Quan Zhang

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Quan Zhang is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Quan Zhang has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Quan Zhang's work include Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (26 papers), Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (16 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (14 papers). Quan Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (26 papers), Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (16 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (14 papers). Quan Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Quan Zhang's co-authors include Gary Strangman, David A. Boas, Eric L. Miller, Zhi Li, Dana H. Brooks, Misha E. Kilmer, Emery N. Brown, Charles A. DiMarzio, Richard J. Gaudette and Giorgio Ganis and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Quan Zhang

71 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Imaging the body with diffuse optical tomography

2001 503 citations David A. Boas, Dana H. Brooks et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Quan Zhang China	24	1.9k	1.9k	316	208	189	79	2.8k
Hanli Liu United States	39	3.1k 1.6×	1.9k 1.0×	748 2.4×	371 1.8×	264 1.4×	254	4.7k
Solomon Diamond United States	22	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 4.3×	558 2.7×	292 1.5×	65	3.4k
Daniel Leff United Kingdom	30	992 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	445 1.4×	458 2.2×	1.1k 6.0×	182	3.5k
Raphael Zimmermann Switzerland	7	1.1k 0.6×	789 0.4×	556 1.8×	291 1.4×	126 0.7×	9	1.6k
Gilwon Yoon South Korea	20	363 0.2×	661 0.4×	137 0.4×	233 1.1×	150 0.8×	81	1.4k
Raimo Sepponen Finland	25	1.0k 0.5×	334 0.2×	119 0.4×	209 1.0×	162 0.9×	103	2.2k
Nils D. Forkert Canada	33	917 0.5×	594 0.3×	450 1.4×	178 0.9×	108 0.6×	242	4.2k
Chao Zhou United States	40	2.6k 1.3×	3.1k 1.6×	149 0.5×	308 1.5×	1.3k 6.8×	125	5.9k
Giovanni Calcagnini Italy	26	417 0.2×	490 0.3×	269 0.9×	1.0k 4.9×	183 1.0×	151	2.0k
Sergio Fantini United States	44	5.0k 2.6×	4.4k 2.3×	798 2.5×	580 2.8×	731 3.9×	235	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Quan Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Quan Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Quan Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Quan Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Quan Zhang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Quan Zhang. Quan Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Lijun, Quan Zhang, & Sikai Zou. (2025). Modeling on dynamic thermal performance of thermosyphon integrated latent thermal energy storage condenser (TLTESC). Energy. 318. 134739–134739. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Shubin, et al.. (2024). Impact of industrial intelligence on income inequality of urban residents in China. Alexandria Engineering Journal. 104. 328–338.

Zhang, Quan, Shenao Li, & Yijin Wu. (2024). Understanding Risk Factors for Suicide Among Older People in Rural China: A Systematic Review. Innovation in Aging. 8(3). igae015–igae015. 4 indexed citations

Li, Lin-Zi, et al.. (2023). Physician Empathy in Doctor-Patient Communication: A Systematic Review. Health Communication. 39(5). 1027–1037. 35 indexed citations

Ong, Joshua, Alireza Tavakkoli, Gary Strangman, et al.. (2022). Neuro-ophthalmic imaging and visual assessment technology for spaceflight associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS). Survey of Ophthalmology. 67(5). 1443–1466. 28 indexed citations

Zhang, Ning, Quan Zhang, & A. V. Nurmikko. (2022). Sub-mm resolution tomographic imaging in turbid media by an ultra-high density multichannel approach. Biomedical Optics Express. 13(11). 5926–5926. 4 indexed citations

Gao, Junfeng, Lingyun Gu, Xiangde Min, et al.. (2021). Brain Fingerprinting and Lie Detection: A Study of Dynamic Functional Connectivity Patterns of Deception Using EEG Phase Synchrony Analysis. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 26(2). 600–613. 11 indexed citations

Šarlija, Marko, Siniša Popović, Tanja Jovanović, et al.. (2020). Prediction of Task Performance From Physiological Features of Stress Resilience. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 25(6). 2150–2161. 15 indexed citations

Chen, Jing, Wei Fu, Xing Chen, et al.. (2020). A Highly Sensitive Amperometric Glutamate Oxidase Microbiosensor Based on a Reduced Graphene Oxide/Prussian Blue Nanocube/Gold Nanoparticle Composite Film-Modified Pt Electrode. Sensors. 20(10). 2924–2924. 19 indexed citations

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Gao, Lin, et al.. (2019). Probing prefrontal cortex hemodynamic alterations during facial emotion recognition for major depression disorder through functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Neural Engineering. 16(2). 26026–26026. 23 indexed citations

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Ćosić, Krešimir, Siniša Popović, Marko Šarlija, et al.. (2019). New Tools and Methods in Selection of Air Traffic Controllers Based on Multimodal Psychophysiological Measurements. IEEE Access. 7. 174873–174888. 21 indexed citations

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Ge, Sheng, Peng Wang, Hui Liu, et al.. (2019). Neural Activity and Decoding of Action Observation Using Combined EEG and fNIRS Measurement. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 13. 357–357. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Quan, Feiyun Sun, & Wenyi Dong. (2015). Nitrobenzene removal from micro-polluted water resource by a submerged MBR and the importance of activated sludge. Desalination and Water Treatment. 57(24). 11300–11308. 8 indexed citations

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Strangman, Gary, Quan Zhang, & Zhi Li. (2013). Scalp and skull influence on near infrared photon propagation in the Colin27 brain template. NeuroImage. 85. 136–149. 123 indexed citations

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Strangman, Gary, Zhi Li, & Quan Zhang. (2013). Depth Sensitivity and Source-Detector Separations for Near Infrared Spectroscopy Based on the Colin27 Brain Template. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e66319–e66319. 195 indexed citations

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Zhang, Quan, et al.. (2012). A TOPSIS-based approach to multiple attribute decision making with interval numbers. 105. 3446–3449. 1 indexed citations

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Fang, Qianqian, Stefan A. Carp, Juliette Selb, et al.. (2009). Combined optical imaging and mammography of the healthy breast: Optical contrast derived from breast structure and compression. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 28(1). 30–42. 112 indexed citations

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Zhang, Quan, Thomas J. Brukilacchio, Ang Li, et al.. (2005). Coregistered tomographic x-ray and optical breast imaging: initial results. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 10(2). 24033–24033. 123 indexed citations

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Zhang, Quan. (2004). The Experiences and Inspirations from the American Financial Companies. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Quan. (2003). Study on the optimization method of empty wagon distribution based on knowledge constraints. Journal of the China Railway Society. 4 indexed citations

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