Weizhe Hong

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Weizhe Hong is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weizhe Hong has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Social Psychology, 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Weizhe Hong's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (19 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers). Weizhe Hong is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (19 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers). Weizhe Hong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Weizhe Hong's co-authors include Liqun Luo, Ye Wu, Patrick Chen, David J. Anderson, Lyle Kingsbury, Dongwook Kim, Timothy J. Mosca, Yanning Zuo, Lin Pan and Shan Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Weizhe Hong

40 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Social Behavior

2018 301 citations Patrick Chen, Weizhe Hong Neuron profile →
Correlated Neural Activity and Encoding of Behavior across Brains of Socially Interacting Animals

2019 228 citations Lyle Kingsbury, Shan Huang et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Weizhe Hong

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Martin K. Schwarz Germany

Nadine Gogolla Germany

Sylvie Granon France

Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy United States

Valerie J. Bolivar United States

Ali Çetin United States

Lars Lewejohann Germany

Kee Wui Huang United States

Isabelle Seif France

Dayu Lin United States

Martin K. Schwarz Germany

Weizhe Hong

847 ×0.8

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2.0k ×2.0

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1.7k ×1.7

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942 ×1.3

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378 ×1.1

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Citations per year, relative to Weizhe Hong Weizhe Hong (= 1×) peers Martin K. Schwarz

Countries citing papers authored by Weizhe Hong

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weizhe Hong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weizhe Hong

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kao, Jonathan C., et al.. (2025). Neural basis of cooperative behavior in biological and artificial intelligence systems. Science. 391(6780). eadw8151–eadw8151.

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Rigney, Nicole & Weizhe Hong. (2025). Prosocial Helping Behavior: Conceptual Issues and Neural Mechanisms. Biological Psychiatry. 97(10). 961–970. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Qin, Shan Huang, John L. Zhou, et al.. (2025). Inter-brain neural dynamics in biological and artificial intelligence systems. Nature. 645(8082). 991–1001. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mingmin, et al.. (2024). Cortical regulation of helping behaviour towards others in pain. Nature. 626(7997). 136–144. 28 indexed citations

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Miller, Cory T., Xiaoke Chen, Zoe R. Donaldson, et al.. (2024). The BRAIN Initiative: a pioneering program on the precipice. Nature Neuroscience. 27(12). 2264–2266. 1 indexed citations

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Hong, Weizhe, et al.. (2023). Neural mechanisms of comforting: Prosocial touch and stress buffering. Hormones and Behavior. 153. 105391–105391. 13 indexed citations

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Zuo, Yanning, et al.. (2021). Unveiling the Pathogenesis of Psychiatric Disorders Using Network Models. Genes. 12(7). 1101–1101. 7 indexed citations

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Hu, Rongfeng K., Yanning Zuo, Jun Wang, et al.. (2021). An amygdala-to-hypothalamus circuit for social reward. Nature Neuroscience. 24(6). 831–842. 103 indexed citations

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Raam, Tara & Weizhe Hong. (2021). Organization of neural circuits underlying social behavior: A consideration of the medial amygdala. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 68. 124–136. 77 indexed citations

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Wong, Angela, Gauthaman Sukumar, Clifton L. Dalgard, et al.. (2021). RNA-sequencing of AVPV and ARH reveals vastly different temporal and transcriptomic responses to estradiol in the female rat hypothalamus. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0256148–e0256148. 6 indexed citations

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Kingsbury, Lyle, Shan Huang, Tara Raam, et al.. (2020). Cortical Representations of Conspecific Sex Shape Social Behavior. Neuron. 107(5). 941–953.e7. 61 indexed citations

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Chen, Patrick B., Rongfeng K. Hu, Ye Wu, et al.. (2019). Sexually Dimorphic Control of Parenting Behavior by the Medial Amygdala. Cell. 176(5). 1206–1221.e18. 112 indexed citations

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Chen, Patrick & Weizhe Hong. (2018). Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Social Behavior. Neuron. 98(1). 16–30. 301 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Ye, Lin Pan, Yanning Zuo, Xinmin Li, & Weizhe Hong. (2017). Detecting Activated Cell Populations Using Single-Cell RNA-Seq. Neuron. 96(2). 313–329.e6. 272 indexed citations

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Ward, Alex, Weizhe Hong, Vincenzo Favaloro, & Liqun Luo. (2015). Toll Receptors Instruct Axon and Dendrite Targeting and Participate in Synaptic Partner Matching in a Drosophila Olfactory Circuit. Neuron. 85(5). 1013–1028. 71 indexed citations

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Hong, Weizhe, Dongwook Kim, & David J. Anderson. (2014). Antagonistic Control of Social versus Repetitive Self-Grooming Behaviors by Separable Amygdala Neuronal Subsets. Cell. 158(6). 1348–1361. 279 indexed citations

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Mosca, Timothy J., Weizhe Hong, Vardhan S. Dani, Vincenzo Favaloro, & Liqun Luo. (2012). Trans-synaptic Teneurin signalling in neuromuscular synapse organization and target choice. Nature. 484(7393). 237–241. 163 indexed citations

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Hong, Weizhe, Haitao Zhu, Christopher J. Potter, et al.. (2009). Leucine-rich repeat transmembrane proteins instruct discrete dendrite targeting in an olfactory map. Nature Neuroscience. 12(12). 1542–1550. 84 indexed citations

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Liu, Chong, Kai Mao, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2007). The SH3-like Domain Switches Its Interaction Partners to Modulate the Repression Activity of Mycobacterial Iron-dependent Transcription Regulator in Response to Metal Ion Fluctuations. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(4). 2439–2453. 10 indexed citations

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Hong, Weizhe, Wangwang Jiao, Jicheng Hu, et al.. (2005). Periplasmic Protein HdeA Exhibits Chaperone-like Activity Exclusively within Stomach pH Range by Transforming into Disordered Conformation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(29). 27029–27034. 112 indexed citations

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