Wei Liao

13.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
221 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Liao is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Liao has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 87 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 39 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Wei Liao's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (155 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (62 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (61 papers). Wei Liao is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (155 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (62 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (61 papers). Wei Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Wei Liao's co-authors include Huafu Chen, Guangming Lu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Jurong Ding, Xujun Duan, Qiang Xu, Qiyong Gong, Dante Mantini, Gong‐Jun Ji and Zhengge Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Liao

210 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Altered functional–structural coupling of large-scale brain networks in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

2011 463 citations Zhiqiang Zhang, Wei Liao et al. profile →
RESTplus: an improved toolkit for resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data processing

2019 236 citations Jue Wang, Han Zhang et al. Science Bulletin profile →
From CNN to Transformer: A Review of Medical Image Segmentation Models

2024 49 citations Wei Liao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Liao China	55	7.5k	3.6k	2.1k	1.4k	736	221	10.0k
Lawrence R. Frank United States	52	5.0k 0.7×	5.7k 1.6×	795 0.4×	631 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	146	11.8k
David Darby Australia	47	2.0k 0.3×	1.8k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	681 0.5×	415 0.6×	144	8.8k
Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos United Kingdom	39	6.9k 0.9×	8.0k 2.2×	817 0.4×	677 0.5×	689 0.9×	94	12.0k
Bratislav Mišić Canada	43	5.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	429 0.2×	717 0.5×	675 0.9×	143	7.3k
Martijn P. van den Heuvel Netherlands	71	17.2k 2.3×	9.1k 2.5×	2.1k 1.0×	2.8k 2.0×	1.8k 2.5×	219	22.6k
Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher Germany	46	4.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	572 0.3×	427 0.3×	1.2k 1.7×	125	6.5k
Mikail Rubinov United States	26	9.7k 1.3×	3.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	36	11.7k
Gabriele Lohmann Germany	39	5.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	495 0.2×	968 0.7×	292 0.4×	103	7.3k
M. Mallar Chakravarty Canada	60	5.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	712 0.5×	1.8k 2.4×	347	12.6k
Rami K. Niazy United Kingdom	8	6.5k 0.9×	6.0k 1.7×	1.5k 0.7×	775 0.6×	757 1.0×	10	11.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Wenxia, Shuo Xu, Bharat B. Biswal, et al.. (2025). Multimodal, multifaceted, imaging-based human brain white matter atlas. Science Bulletin. 71(3). 500–504. 1 indexed citations

Bae, Christopher J., Jianrong Liu, Jiahui Ding, et al.. (2025). Dental microwear and diet of the latest Miocene ape in southern China (Lufengpithecus lufengensis). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 667. 112869–112869.

Liao, Wei, et al.. (2025). Mechanics and Degradation Synergistic Modification of Polyglycolic Acid for Soluble Bridge Plug in Oil and Gas Fields. Polymer Composites. 46(16). 14563–14575.

Liao, Wei, et al.. (2025). Normative modeling of brain morphometry in self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Cerebral Cortex. 35(3).

Ji, Gong‐Jun, Zaixu Cui, Ryan C.N. D’Arcy, et al.. (2024). Imaging brain white matter function using resting-state functional MRI. Science Bulletin. 70(9). 1384–1388. 7 indexed citations

Xia, Jie, Cirong Liu, Jiao Li, et al.. (2024). Decomposing cortical activity through neuronal tracing connectome-eigenmodes in marmosets. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2289–2289. 2 indexed citations

Li, Jiao, Guo‐Rong Wu, Jie Xia, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal topological correspondence between blood oxygenation and glucose metabolism revealed by simultaneous fPET-fMRI in brain’s white matter. Cerebral Cortex. 33(15). 9291–9302. 8 indexed citations

Liao, Wei, Xinfeng Xu, Zhihua Li, et al.. (2023). Three‐dimensional imaging anatomical research and clinical implications of V¹ ⁺²d in the left upper lung. Thoracic Cancer. 15(3). 239–247. 2 indexed citations

Ji, Gong‐Jun, Jinmei Sun, Li Zhang, et al.. (2023). White matter dysfunction in psychiatric disorders is associated with neurotransmitter and genetic profiles. Nature Mental Health. 1(9). 655–666. 30 indexed citations

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Li, Jiao, Heng Chen, Feiyang Fan, et al.. (2020). White-matter functional topology: a neuromarker for classification and prediction in unmedicated depression. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 365–365. 42 indexed citations

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Wang, Jue, Ning Yang, Wei Liao, et al.. (2015). Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex in typically developing children: Laterality analysis. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 15. 117–129. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Jue, Zhiqiang Zhang, Gong‐Jun Ji, et al.. (2015). Frequency-Specific Alterations of Local Synchronization in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy. Medicine. 94(32). e1374–e1374. 24 indexed citations

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Ji, Gong‐Jun, Zhiqiang Zhang, Qiang Xu, et al.. (2015). Connectome Reorganization Associated With Surgical Outcome in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Medicine. 94(40). e1737–e1737. 33 indexed citations

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Luo, Qinghua, Lian Du, Wei Liao, et al.. (2015). Reorganization of Anatomical Connectome following Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder. Neural Plasticity. 2015. 1–8. 24 indexed citations

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Ji, Gong‐Jun, Zhiqiang Zhang, Han Zhang, et al.. (2013). Correction: Disrupted Causal Connectivity in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. PLoS ONE. 8(9). 5 indexed citations

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Wu, Guo‐Rong, Wei Liao, Sebastiano Stramaglia, Huafu Chen, & Daniele Marinazzo. (2013). Recovering Directed Networks in Neuroimaging Datasets Using Partially Conditioned Granger Causality. Brain Connectivity. 3(3). 294–301. 20 indexed citations

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Luo, Cheng, Zhiwei Guo, Yongxiu Lai, et al.. (2012). Musical Training Induces Functional Plasticity in Perceptual and Motor Networks: Insights from Resting-State fMRI. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36568–e36568. 95 indexed citations

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Pan, Zhengyong, et al.. (2010). Estimation of the Hemodynamic Response during Motor Imagery Using Bayesian RBF Neural Network. Journal of Electronic Science and Technology. 8(2). 168–172. 2 indexed citations

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Liao, Wei. (2010). Evaluation of China Global Fund TB Program Round 1 in Longquanyi district. 1 indexed citations

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Liao, Wei, Huafu Chen, Yuan Feng, et al.. (2010). Selective aberrant functional connectivity of resting state networks in social anxiety disorder. NeuroImage. 52(4). 1549–1558. 270 indexed citations

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