Qunlin Chen

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Qunlin Chen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qunlin Chen has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 75 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 12 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Qunlin Chen's work include Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (56 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (35 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (32 papers). Qunlin Chen is often cited by papers focused on Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (56 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (35 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (32 papers). Qunlin Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Qunlin Chen's co-authors include Jiang Qiu, Dongtao Wei, Roger E. Beaty, Wenjing Yang, Jiangzhou Sun, Alexander P. Christensen, Qinglin Zhang, Paul J. Silvia, Yoed N. Kenett and Kaixiang Zhuang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Qunlin Chen

97 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Robust prediction of individual creative ability from brain functional connectivity

2018 478 citations Roger E. Beaty, Yoed N. Kenett et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qunlin Chen China	31	2.3k	1.8k	436	304	256	100	3.1k
Dongtao Wei China	36	2.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	590 1.4×	413 1.4×	659 2.6×	166	4.0k
Karl Koschutnig Austria	31	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	427 1.0×	340 1.1×	245 1.0×	83	3.6k
Enrico Glerean Finland	29	2.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 2.7×	330 1.1×	289 1.1×	68	3.8k
Tobias U. Hauser United Kingdom	31	2.0k 0.9×	810 0.4×	301 0.7×	139 0.5×	519 2.0×	75	3.1k
Jeremy R. Reynolds United States	19	3.2k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	551 1.3×	258 0.8×	379 1.5×	24	4.2k
Stefan Van der Stigchel Netherlands	41	4.5k 2.0×	1.2k 0.7×	740 1.7×	156 0.5×	173 0.7×	260	5.8k
Derek Evan Nee United States	35	4.7k 2.1×	1.4k 0.8×	458 1.1×	304 1.0×	368 1.4×	50	5.7k
Andrea Hildebrandt Germany	24	1.4k 0.6×	945 0.5×	385 0.9×	64 0.2×	233 0.9×	100	2.4k
Artur Marchewka Poland	28	1.8k 0.8×	890 0.5×	556 1.3×	109 0.4×	455 1.8×	107	2.9k
Carter Wendelken United States	28	2.2k 1.0×	670 0.4×	448 1.0×	222 0.7×	313 1.2×	42	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qunlin Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qunlin Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qunlin Chen 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 Qunlin Chen. Qunlin Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Neural, genetic, and cognitive signatures of creativity. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1324–1324. 9 indexed citations

Ding, Ke, et al.. (2024). Recognizing ideas generated in a creative task: the roles of the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex in facilitating self-generated learning. Cerebral Cortex. 34(5). 6 indexed citations

Chen, Qunlin, et al.. (2024). Validation of the I- and D-type epistemic curiosity scale among young Chinese children and implications on early curiosity nurture. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 795–795. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xueyang, Qunlin Chen, Kaixiang Zhuang, et al.. (2024). Semantic associative abilities and executive control functions predict novelty and appropriateness of idea generation. Communications Biology. 7(1). 703–703. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Xi, Bernhard Hommel, Lorenza S. Colzato, et al.. (2023). The contribution of divergent and convergent thinking to visual creativity. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 49. 101372–101372. 14 indexed citations

Zhao, Jia, Yong Zhang, Yingmei Qin, et al.. (2022). Electroencephalographic oscillations of alpha and beta rhythms during phrase-guessing procedure. Cognitive Neurodynamics. 17(5). 1345–1355. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Jun, Jiahui Liu, Yu Liu, et al.. (2021). Dysfunction of the anterior and intermediate hippocampal functional network in major depressive disorders across the adult lifespan. Biological Psychology. 165. 108192–108192. 9 indexed citations

Zhuang, Kaixiang, Wenjing Yang, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2020). Connectome-based evidence for creative thinking as an emergent property of ordinary cognitive operations. NeuroImage. 227. 117632–117632. 47 indexed citations

He, Hong, Yu Li, Qunlin Chen, et al.. (2020). Tracking resting-state functional connectivity changes and mind wandering: A longitudinal neuroimaging study. Neuropsychologia. 150. 107674–107674. 11 indexed citations

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He, Hong, Qunlin Chen, Dongtao Wei, Liang Shi, & Jiang Qiu. (2019). Thought Control Ability Moderates the Effect of Mind Wandering on Positive Affect via the Frontoparietal Control Network. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 2791–2791. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhaowen, Jie Zhang, Xiaohua Xie, et al.. (2018). Neural and genetic determinants of creativity. NeuroImage. 174. 164–176. 52 indexed citations

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Wei, Dongtao, Kaixiang Zhuang, Lei Ai, et al.. (2018). Data Descriptor: Structural and functional brain scans from the cross-sectional Southwest University adult lifespan dataset. Scientific Data. 5. 3 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xingxing, Kangcheng Wang, Li Chen, et al.. (2018). Together Means More Happiness: Relationship Status Moderates the Association between Brain Structure and Life Satisfaction. Neuroscience. 384. 406–416. 21 indexed citations

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Qiu, Jiang, Yunman Xia, Li He, et al.. (2018). Abnormal rsFC and GMV changes in parahippocampal and DLPFC for high Déjà vu experienced subjects. Biological Psychology. 133. 72–78. 6 indexed citations

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Zhu, Wenfeng, Qunlin Chen, Ling‐Xiang Xia, et al.. (2017). Common and distinct brain networks underlying verbal and visual creativity. Human Brain Mapping. 38(4). 2094–2111. 79 indexed citations

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Li, Haijiang, Qunlin Chen, Jiamei Lu, & Jiang Qiu. (2017). Brain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16856–16856. 8 indexed citations

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Shi, Baoguo, Li Xu, Qunlin Chen, & Jiang Qiu. (2017). Sex differences in the association between gray matter volume and verbal creativity. Neuroreport. 28(11). 666–670. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Qunlin, Roger E. Beaty, Dongtao Wei, et al.. (2016). Longitudinal Alterations of Frontoparietal and Frontotemporal Networks Predict Future Creative Cognitive Ability. Cerebral Cortex. 28(1). 103–115. 64 indexed citations

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Chen, Qunlin, Wenjing Yang, Rui Chen, et al.. (2015). Examining brain structures associated with the motive to achieve success and the motive to avoid failure: A voxel-based morphometry study. Social Neuroscience. 11(1). 38–48. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Qunlin, Wenjing Yang, Wenfu Li, et al.. (2014). Association of creative achievement with cognitive flexibility by a combined voxel-based morphometry and resting-state functional connectivity study. NeuroImage. 102. 474–483. 97 indexed citations

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