Simon Pan

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Simon Pan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Pan has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 3 papers in Neurology and 3 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Simon Pan's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (3 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (2 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Simon Pan is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (3 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (2 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Simon Pan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Simon Pan's co-authors include Mazen A. Kheirbek, Jonah R. Chan, Sonia R. Mayoral, Hye Sun Choi, Jerika J. Barron, Ari B. Molofsky, Rafael Taeho Han, Hiromi Nakao-Inoue, Sunrae E. Taloma and Anna V. Molofsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Journal of Cell Biology and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Simon Pan

10 papers receiving 833 citations

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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.

Microglial Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix Promotes Synapse Plasticity

2020 423 citations Phi T. Nguyen, Leah C. Dorman et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Pan United States	9	407	282	270	195	153	10	838
Frances S. Cho United States	13	460 1.1×	345 1.2×	153 0.6×	208 1.1×	236 1.5×	17	1.1k
Augustė Vadišiūtė United Kingdom	6	503 1.2×	199 0.7×	142 0.5×	126 0.6×	194 1.3×	8	703
Morgane Sonia Thion France	13	504 1.2×	227 0.8×	168 0.6×	260 1.3×	305 2.0×	15	905
Oihane Abiega Spain	8	648 1.6×	213 0.8×	314 1.2×	200 1.0×	292 1.9×	8	976
Christina A. Welsh United States	9	659 1.6×	296 1.0×	168 0.6×	245 1.3×	289 1.9×	9	1.0k
Leah C. Dorman United States	5	644 1.6×	240 0.9×	183 0.7×	169 0.9×	353 2.3×	8	970
Phi T. Nguyen United States	7	599 1.5×	239 0.8×	173 0.6×	232 1.2×	350 2.3×	7	1.0k
Emily A. Kelly United States	11	355 0.9×	246 0.9×	96 0.4×	133 0.7×	157 1.0×	20	734
Bradley Watmuff United States	11	276 0.7×	236 0.8×	120 0.4×	358 1.8×	112 0.7×	14	822
N. Zečević Serbia	12	189 0.5×	236 0.8×	262 1.0×	271 1.4×	106 0.7×	31	870

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Pan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Pan

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Rauschecker, Andreas M., Simon Pan, Clare E. Palmer, et al.. (2025). Neurocognitive and brain structure correlates of reading and television habits in early adolescence. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 6235–6235. 2 indexed citations

2.

Pan, Simon, et al.. (2021). Image-Guided Percutaneous Ablation of Adrenal Metastases: A Meta-Analysis of Efficacy and Safety. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 32(4). 527–535.e1. 15 indexed citations

3.

Pan, Simon & Jonah R. Chan. (2021). Clinical Applications of Myelin Plasticity for Remyelinating Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis. Annals of Neurology. 90(4). 558–567. 11 indexed citations

4.

Pan, Simon, Sonia R. Mayoral, Hye Sun Choi, Jonah R. Chan, & Mazen A. Kheirbek. (2020). Preservation of a remote fear memory requires new myelin formation. Nature Neuroscience. 23(4). 487–499. 228 indexed citations

5.

Pan, Simon, et al.. (2020). Neuroradiological Features of Mild and Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Academic Radiology. 27(11). 1507–1514. 14 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Phi T., Leah C. Dorman, Simon Pan, et al.. (2020). Microglial Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix Promotes Synapse Plasticity. Cell. 182(2). 388–403.e15. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kastner, David B., Irina De la Huerta, Simon Pan, et al.. (2019). Partial Cone Loss Triggers Synapse-Specific Remodeling and Spatial Receptive Field Rearrangements in a Mature Retinal Circuit. Cell Reports. 27(7). 2171–2183.e5. 31 indexed citations

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Almeida, Rafael, Simon Pan, Katy L. H. Cole, et al.. (2018). Myelination of Neuronal Cell Bodies when Myelin Supply Exceeds Axonal Demand. Current Biology. 28(8). 1296–1305.e5. 34 indexed citations

9.

Leung, Amanda, et al.. (2018). Light-dependent pathways for dopaminergic amacrine cell development and function. eLife. 7. 37 indexed citations

10.

Pan, Simon & Jonah R. Chan. (2017). Regulation and dysregulation of axon infrastructure by myelinating glia. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(12). 3903–3916. 43 indexed citations

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