Wei-dong Wang

743 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 483 citations indexed

About

Wei-dong Wang is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei-dong Wang has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 483 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 3 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Wei-dong Wang's work include Sleep and related disorders (5 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (5 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (2 papers). Wei-dong Wang is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and related disorders (5 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (5 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (2 papers). Wei-dong Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wei-dong Wang's co-authors include Richard Kirwan, Na Yan, Atıf Rahman, Haixia Zhou, Mohsen Mazidi, Li Ke, Youfa Wang, Yixuan Li, Shiqi Chen and Lu Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Forces and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Wei-dong Wang

14 papers receiving 470 citations

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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.

Prevalence of mental health problems among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 317 citations Lu Ma, Mohsen Mazidi et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei-dong Wang China	6	289	101	84	65	48	14	483
Dušica Lečić Toševski Serbia	12	242 0.8×	86 0.9×	75 0.9×	125 1.9×	25 0.5×	34	615
Anne E. Mueller United States	8	98 0.3×	116 1.1×	66 0.8×	55 0.8×	49 1.0×	11	413
Leslie Jordan United States	8	198 0.7×	51 0.5×	71 0.8×	83 1.3×	22 0.5×	18	514
Xiaoqin Zhou China	13	183 0.6×	81 0.8×	146 1.7×	84 1.3×	47 1.0×	38	517
Yvonne Görlich Germany	8	206 0.7×	240 2.4×	88 1.0×	82 1.3×	12 0.3×	12	525
Elena Bilevicius Canada	14	382 1.3×	190 1.9×	157 1.9×	115 1.8×	19 0.4×	26	703
Danielle C. DeVille United States	12	376 1.3×	133 1.3×	97 1.2×	114 1.8×	14 0.3×	25	551
Sanne M. Hendriks Netherlands	8	210 0.7×	185 1.8×	56 0.7×	132 2.0×	11 0.2×	8	519
R. Gregory Lande United States	13	241 0.8×	95 0.9×	80 1.0×	57 0.9×	7 0.1×	53	520
M. Bosc France	4	196 0.7×	196 1.9×	73 0.9×	75 1.2×	16 0.3×	7	566

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei-dong Wang

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

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14 of 14 papers shown

Xue, Yan, Wei-dong Wang, Yanjiao Liu, Jian Wang, & Arthur S. Walters. (2025). Sleep disturbances in generalized anxiety Disorder: The central role of insomnia. Sleep Medicine. 132. 106545–106545. 2 indexed citations

Chang, Jingjing, et al.. (2023). The influence of parenting style in childhood on adult depressed patients’ interpersonal relationships in the period of youth. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1169311–1169311. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Lu, Mohsen Mazidi, Li Ke, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of mental health problems among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 293. 78–89. 317 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Zhiqing, Dongmei Liu, Shiyu Wang, et al.. (2015). An epidemiological study on insomnia in permanent residents over the age of 18 years old in YiBin City. 41(3). 150–154. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Fang, Othelia EunKyoung Lee, Fan Feng, et al.. (2015). The effect of meditative movement on sleep quality: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 30. 43–52. 48 indexed citations

Wang, Wei-dong, Guixia Li, Yanjiao Liu, et al.. (2014). Low Resistance Thought Induction Sleep-regulating Technique (TIP3-2) Combined with Medication for Primary Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 21(4). 618–628. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Wei-dong, et al.. (2013). Hypnotic suggestion combined with Guqin music in the treatment of primary insomnia-a 8-week randomized controlled trial. Traditional Chinese Medicine. 35(9). 775–778. 1 indexed citations

Zuo, Nianming, Jiliang Fang, Yuan Zhou, et al.. (2012). White Matter Abnormalities in Major Depression: A Tract-Based Spatial Statistics and Rumination Study. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37561–e37561. 69 indexed citations

Xue, Yan, et al.. (2012). Traditional Chinese medicine herbal preparations in restless legs syndrome (RLS) treatment: A review and probable first description of RLS in 1529. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 16(6). 509–518. 20 indexed citations

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Kohn, Melvin L., et al.. (2012). Social Structure and Personality during the Transformation of Urban China: A Comparison to Transitional Poland and Ukraine. Social Forces. 91(2). 347–374. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Yanjiao, et al.. (2009). Investigation on part of people's sleep condition in Sichuan seismic disastrous area.. Zhonghua zhongyiyao zazhi. 24(10). 1335–1336. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Fang, et al.. (2009). Correlation Study of Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Disturbance. Traditional Chinese Medicine. 31(2). 154–156. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Fang, et al.. (2008). Clinical Observation on Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eight-Section Brocade to Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 28(2). 101–105. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinping, Yunsheng Xu, & Wei-dong Wang. (2006). High-Order Basis Functions for the Moment Method Solution of Two-Dimensional Scattering Problems. 5. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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