Steven H. Liang

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Steven H. Liang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven H. Liang has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Steven H. Liang's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (31 papers), Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (26 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (26 papers). Steven H. Liang is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (31 papers), Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (26 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (26 papers). Steven H. Liang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Steven H. Liang's co-authors include Bingqing Tang, Xuefeng Jiang, Minghao Feng, Neil Vasdev, Benjamin H. Rotstein, Lee Josephson, Lu Wang, Jian Rong, Nickeisha A. Stephenson and Ming‐Rong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Steven H. Liang

151 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sulfur Containing Scaffolds in Drugs: Synthesis and Application in Medicinal Chemistry

2016 1.6k citations Steven H. Liang et al. profile →
Marriage of black phosphorus and Cu2+ as effective photothermal agents for PET-guided combination cancer therapy

2020 303 citations Kuan Hu, Lin Xie et al. profile →
Radiochemistry for positron emission tomography

2023 128 citations Jian Rong, Ahmed Haider et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Emerging Molecular PET Imaging for Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Diseases 2025 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Jing‐Jing Zhang, (unknown), Jimmy S. Patel, Rui Lv, Zhijie Zhang, Xin Ji, Lijun Tang, Zhen Chen, Steven H. Liang	0
2	Development of a Novel ¹⁸F-Labeled Radioligand for Imaging Phosphodiesterase 7 with Positron Emission Tomography 2025 ·Molecular Pharmaceutics ·Jian Rong, Chunyu Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), Richard Van, Zhendong Song, Yinlong Li, Jiahui Chen, (unknown), Jimmy S. Patel, Yabiao Gao, Zhenkun Sun, Shun Feng, (unknown), Thomas Collier, (unknown), Ahmed Haider, Yihan Shao, Hongjie Yuan, Steven H. Liang	0
3	The Promise of Selective PARP1 Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy 2025 ·ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), Jimmy S. Patel, Taoqian Zhao, Steven H. Liang	0
4	Development of a Novel ¹⁸F-Labeled Radioligand for Imaging Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase with Positron Emission Tomography 2025 ·ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science ·Jian Rong, Chunyu Zhao, (unknown), Jiahui Chen, (unknown), Kuo Zhang, Zhendong Song, Zhenkun Sun, Yabiao Gao, (unknown), Shun Feng, Thomas Collier, Hongjie Yuan, Jimmy S. Patel, (unknown), Yinlong Li, Steven H. Liang	2
5	Development of Novel PET Tracers for Imaging Non-AD Tauopathies 2025 ·ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Steven H. Liang	1
6	Half‐Curcumin‐Based Chemiluminescence Probes and Their Applications in Detecting Quasi‐Stable Oxidized Proteins 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Jun Yang, Biyue Zhu, Jing Zhang, Steven H. Liang, Shiqian Shen, Chongzhao Ran	2
7	Radiosynthesis and Evaluation of 11C-Labeled Isoindolone-Based Positive Allosteric Modulators for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 2 2024 ·ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science ·Yinlong Li, Kenneth Dahl, Peter Johnström, Katarina Varnäs, Lars Farde, Christer Halldin, (unknown), Donna L. Maier, Mark Powell, Jiahui Chen, Richard Van, Jimmy S. Patel, (unknown), Yabiao Gao, Zhendong Song, Ahmed Haider, Yihan Shao, Charles S. Elmore, Steven H. Liang, Magnus Schou	0
8	Development of Pyridothiophene Compounds for PET Imaging of α‐Synuclein 2024 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Anna Pees, Junchao Tong, (unknown), (unknown), Steven H. Liang, (unknown), Robert H. Mach, Chester A. Mathis, Neil Vasdev	9
9	Discovery of a highly specific radiolabeled antibody targeting B-cell maturation antigen: Applications in PET imaging of multiple myeloma 2024 ·European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging ·(unknown), Siqi Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Xin Gao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hui Zeng, Hao Xu, Jinghao Wang, Steven H. Liang, Rui Wang, Kuan Hu, Lu Wang	3
10	Visualizing reactive astrocytes: Positron emission tomography imaging ligands for imidazoline‐2 binding sites 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Wanqing Li, (unknown), Jiahui Chen, Yinlong Li, Xiaoyu Du, Steven H. Liang, Hualong Fu	1
11	Differential responses of disease‐related GRIN variants located in pore‐forming M2 domain of N‐methyl‐D ‐aspartate receptor to FDA ‐approved inhibitors 2023 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Rui Song, Jin Zhang, Riley E. Perszyk, Chad R. Camp, Weiting Tang, (unknown), Jia Li, Yuchen Xu, Jiahui Chen, Yinlong Li, Steven H. Liang, Stephen F. Traynelis, Hongjie Yuan	4
12	Development of Novel ¹¹C-Labeled Selective Orexin-2 Receptor Radioligands for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging 2023 ·ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Jian Rong, Tomoteru Yamasaki, Yinlong Li, Katsushi Kumata, Chunyu Zhao, (unknown), Jiahui Chen, Zhiwei Xiao, Masayuki Fujinaga, Kuan Hu, Wakana Mori, Yiding Zhang, Lin Xie, Xin Zhou, Thomas Collier, Ming‐Rong Zhang, Steven H. Liang	5
13	Spirocyclic Iodonium Ylides for Fluorine‐18 Radiolabeling of Non‐Activated Arenes: From Concept to Clinical Research 2023 ·The Chemical Record ·(unknown), Anna Pees, (unknown), Steven H. Liang, (unknown)	4
14	In Vitro Evaluation of [³H]CPPC as a Tool Radioligand for CSF-1R 2021 ·ACS Chemical Neuroscience ·Ashley C. Knight, (unknown), Tong Zi, Steven H. Liang, Lee Josephson, Karl Schmidt, Shil Patel, Neil Vasdev	24
15	Imaging Autotaxin In Vivo with ¹⁸F-Labeled Positron Emission Tomography Ligands 2021 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Xiaoyun Deng, Fernando Salgado-Polo, Tuo Shao, Zhiwei Xiao, Richard Van, Jiahui Chen, Jian Rong, Ahmed Haider, Yihan Shao, Lee Josephson, Anastassis Perrakis, Steven H. Liang	4
16	Development of a triazolobenzodiazepine-based PET probe for subtype-selective vasopressin 1A receptor imaging 2021 ·Pharmacological Research ·Ahmed Haider, Zhiwei Xiao, Xiaotian Xia, Jiahui Chen, Richard Van, Shi Kuang, Chunyu Zhao, Jian Rong, Tuo Shao, P. Ramesh, (unknown), Yihan Shao, Chongzhao Ran, Larry J. Young, Steven H. Liang	2
17	Revisiting the Radiosynthesis of [18F]FPEB and Preliminary PET Imaging in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease 2020 ·Molecules ·(unknown), (unknown), Jason P. Holland, (unknown), (unknown), Steven H. Liang, Neil Vasdev, Nickeisha A. Stephenson	9
18	Identification and Development of a New Positron Emission Tomography Ligand 4-(2-Fluoro-4-[¹¹C]methoxyphenyl)-5-((1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)methoxy)picolinamide for Imaging Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 2 (mGlu₂) 2020 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Tomoteru Yamasaki, Xiaofei Zhang, Katsushi Kumata, Yiding Zhang, Xiaoyun Deng, Masayuki Fujinaga, Zhen Chen, Wakana Mori, Kuan Hu, Hidekatsu Wakizaka, Akiko Hatori, Lin Xie, Masanao Ogawa, Nobuki Nengaki, Richard Van, Yihan Shao, Douglas J. Sheffler, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Steven H. Liang, Ming‐Rong Zhang	4
19	Recent developments on PET radiotracers for TSPO and their applications in neuroimaging 2020 ·Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ·Lingling Zhang, Kuan Hu, Tuo Shao, Lu Hou, Shaojuan Zhang, Weijian Ye, Lee Josephson, Jeffrey H. Meyer, Ming‐Rong Zhang, Neil Vasdev, Jinghao Wang, Hao Xu, Lu Wang, Steven H. Liang	116
20	Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Ligand Development for Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors: Challenges and Opportunities for Radiotracer Targeting N-Methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA), α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid (AMPA), and Kainate Receptors 2018 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Hualong Fu, Zhen Chen, Lee Josephson, Zijing Li, Steven H. Liang	36

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