Wei‐Min Qu

5.9k total citations
113 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Wei‐Min Qu is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei‐Min Qu has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 57 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wei‐Min Qu's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (83 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (44 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (32 papers). Wei‐Min Qu is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (83 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (44 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (32 papers). Wei‐Min Qu collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Wei‐Min Qu's co-authors include Zhi‐Li Huang, Yoshihiro Urade, Osamu Hayaishi, Naomi Eguchi, Jiang‐Fan Chen, Takatoshi Mochizuki, Michael Lazarus, Ze Zhang, Xin‐Hong Xu and Yi‐Qun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Wei‐Min Qu

109 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei‐Min Qu China 35 2.8k 1.8k 1.2k 1.2k 499 113 4.4k
Mahesh Thakkar United States 36 3.2k 1.2× 2.1k 1.2× 1.9k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 401 0.8× 87 4.7k
Zhi‐Li Huang China 47 4.2k 1.5× 2.7k 1.5× 1.9k 1.5× 2.1k 1.7× 976 2.0× 206 7.5k
Radhika Basheer United States 34 3.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 364 0.7× 59 4.1k
Takatoshi Mochizuki Japan 35 2.6k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 673 0.6× 347 0.7× 96 4.3k
Pascal Bonaventure United States 39 1.2k 0.4× 996 0.5× 730 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 228 0.5× 114 4.6k
Stephanie L. Borgland Canada 38 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.2× 959 0.8× 1.8k 1.5× 821 1.6× 88 4.9k
René Drucker‐Colín Mexico 39 2.0k 0.7× 911 0.5× 732 0.6× 2.4k 2.0× 582 1.2× 185 5.3k
Emilio Merlo‐Pich Italy 32 1.1k 0.4× 901 0.5× 451 0.4× 1.6k 1.3× 719 1.4× 57 4.6k
Christine Dugovic United States 30 1.6k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 806 0.7× 272 0.5× 51 3.2k
Yoan Chérasse Japan 30 1.1k 0.4× 640 0.4× 487 0.4× 761 0.6× 295 0.6× 60 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei‐Min Qu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei‐Min Qu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei‐Min Qu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Qu, Wei‐Min, Remidius Ruhinduka, Maggie L. Clark, et al.. (2025). The use and impacts of an ethanol cooking fuel promotion pilot in Dar es Salaam. Energy Sustainable Development. 86. 101692–101692.
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Chen, Ze-Ka, Yuanyuan Liu, Gui-Hai Chen, et al.. (2024). Insomnia-related rodent models in drug discovery. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 45(9). 1777–1792. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Hui, et al.. (2023). Acute or Chronic Exposure to Corticosterone Promotes Wakefulness in Mice. Brain Sciences. 13(10). 1472–1472. 5 indexed citations
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Luo, Yan‐Jia, Jing Ge, Ze-Ka Chen, et al.. (2023). Ventral pallidal glutamatergic neurons regulate wakefulness and emotion through separated projections. iScience. 26(8). 107385–107385. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yang, et al.. (2022). GABAergic neurons in the rostromedial tegmental nucleus are essential for rapid eye movement sleep suppression. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7552–7552. 14 indexed citations
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Xu, Wei, Tianxiao Wang, Yuan Han, et al.. (2021). Nucleus accumbens neurons expressing dopamine D1 receptors modulate states of consciousness in sevoflurane anesthesia. Current Biology. 31(9). 1893–1902.e5. 52 indexed citations
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Li, Yadong, Yan‐Jia Luo, Wei Xu, et al.. (2020). Ventral pallidal GABAergic neurons control wakefulness associated with motivation through the ventral tegmental pathway. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(7). 2912–2928. 67 indexed citations
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Chen, Ze-Ka, Xiang-Shan Yuan, Hui Dong, et al.. (2019). Whole-Brain Neural Connectivity to Lateral Pontine Tegmentum GABAergic Neurons in Mice. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13. 375–375. 18 indexed citations
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Yang, Su-Rong, Zhenzhen Hu, Yan‐Jia Luo, et al.. (2018). The rostromedial tegmental nucleus is essential for non-rapid eye movement sleep. PLoS Biology. 16(4). e2002909–e2002909. 58 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xiang-Shan, Wei Xu, Lu Wang, et al.. (2018). Whole-Brain Monosynaptic Afferent Projections to the Cholecystokinin Neurons of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 807–807. 31 indexed citations
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Luo, Yan‐Jia, Yadong Li, Lu Wang, et al.. (2018). Nucleus accumbens controls wakefulness by a subpopulation of neurons expressing dopamine D1 receptors. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1576–1576. 165 indexed citations
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Huang, Zhi‐Li, et al.. (2017). Adenosine A2A receptor deficiency attenuates the somnogenic effect of prostaglandin D2 in mice. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 38(4). 469–476. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Yu, Shiyu Jiang, Jian Ni, et al.. (2016). Ethanol inhibits histaminergic neurons in mouse tuberomammillary nucleus slices via potentiating GABAergic transmission onto the neurons at both pre- and postsynaptic sites. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 37(10). 1325–1336. 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Zhi‐Li, Ze Zhang, & Wei‐Min Qu. (2014). Roles of Adenosine and Its Receptors in Sleep–Wake Regulation. International review of neurobiology. 119. 349–371. 113 indexed citations
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Wang, Qin, Wei‐Min Qu, Rong Tan, et al.. (2012). Morphine Inhibits Sleep-Promoting Neurons in the Ventrolateral Preoptic Area Via Mu Receptors and Induces Wakefulness in Rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 38(5). 791–801. 52 indexed citations
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Qu, Wei‐Min, Zhi‐Li Huang, Xin‐Hong Xu, Naomi Matsumoto, & Yoshihiro Urade. (2008). Dopaminergic D1and D2Receptors Are Essential for the Arousal Effect of Modafinil. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(34). 8462–8469. 171 indexed citations
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Miyazaki, Tatsuhiko, Masao Ono, Wei‐Min Qu, et al.. (2005). Implication of allelic polymorphism of osteopontin in the development of lupus nephritis in MRL/lpr mice. European Journal of Immunology. 35(5). 1510–1520. 62 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junlin, et al.. (2002). ISCAS at NTCIR-3: Monolingual, Bilingual and MultiLingual IR Tasks. NTCIR. 1 indexed citations

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