Wen‐Jun Gao

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Wen‐Jun Gao is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen‐Jun Gao has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wen‐Jun Gao's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (57 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (32 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (24 papers). Wen‐Jun Gao is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (57 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (32 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (24 papers). Wen‐Jun Gao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Wen‐Jun Gao's co-authors include Brielle R. Ferguson, Austin A. Coley, Patricia S. Goldman‐Rakic, Melissa A. Snyder, Yanchun Li, Barry D. Waterhouse, Daniel J. Chandler, Yan Xu, Wenlai Fan and Kimberly R. Urban and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Wen‐Jun Gao

136 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.

PV Interneurons: Critical Regulators of E/I Balance for Prefrontal Cortex-Dependent Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wen‐Jun Gao United States	45	2.7k	2.0k	1.6k	438	437	141	5.8k
Rafael Roesler Brazil	46	2.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.6×	469 1.1×	827 1.9×	241	7.4k
Gerard R. Dawson United Kingdom	45	3.5k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	431 1.0×	405 0.9×	126	6.5k
Ya‐Ping Tang China	31	2.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	310 0.7×	771 1.8×	88	6.4k
Yukio Ago Japan	36	1.9k 0.7×	908 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	444 1.0×	275 0.6×	177	4.3k
Marco Bortolato United States	40	2.4k 0.9×	858 0.4×	958 0.6×	510 1.2×	228 0.5×	148	5.3k
Xiaoxi Zhuang United States	46	3.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	3.3k 2.0×	567 1.3×	452 1.0×	82	8.0k
Pedro Bekinschtein Argentina	25	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	182 0.4×	656 1.5×	53	4.4k
Giuseppe Di Giovanni Italy	46	4.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.5×	895 2.0×	542 1.2×	193	7.6k
Guosong Liu China	25	3.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	170 0.4×	444 1.0×	51	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wen‐Jun Gao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen‐Jun Gao

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

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He, Quansheng, et al.. (2025). Transient Inhibition of the Mediodorsal Thalamus During Early Adolescence Induces Hypofrontality and Social Memory Deficits in Young Adulthood. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 5(4). 100486–100486.

Zhang, Xinyang, Dan Xia, Zeyi Wang, et al.. (2025). The locus coeruleus influences behavior by coordinating effective integration of fear memories and sensory input. PLoS Biology. 23(7). e3003272–e3003272.

Gao, Wen‐Jun, et al.. (2024). Designing Zn-MOF/AgCl composites for the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B dye and tetracycline antibiotic. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 168. 112919–112919. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Wen‐Jun, et al.. (2024). Genetic Diversity in Schizophrenia: Developmental Implications of Ultra-Rare, Protein-Truncating Mutations. Genes. 15(9). 1214–1214. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Wen‐Jun, et al.. (2023). The role of cell adhesion molecule IgSF9b at the inhibitory synapse and psychiatric disease. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 156. 105476–105476. 6 indexed citations

Deng, Lili, Yue Liu, Yuling Zhou, et al.. (2023). A Novel Fluorescence Sensor for Iodide Detection Based on the 1,3-Diaryl Pyrazole Unit with AIE and Mechanochromic Fluorescence Behavior. Molecules. 28(20). 7111–7111. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Wen‐Jun, et al.. (2021). Aberrant maturation and connectivity of prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia—contribution of NMDA receptor development and hypofunction. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(1). 731–743. 46 indexed citations

Huang, Gang, et al.. (2020). Herb pair of Ephedrae Herba-Armeniacae Semen Amarum alleviates airway injury in asthmatic rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 269. 113745–113745. 17 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Xiaochen He, Sydney Murphy, et al.. (2019). Knockout of Dual-Specificity Protein Phosphatase 5 Protects Against Hypertension-Induced Renal Injury. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 370(2). 206–217. 21 indexed citations

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Hong, Dandan, Hui Xu, Aihua Cao, et al.. (2018). Neurons in rat orbitofrontal cortex and medial prefrontal cortex exhibit distinct responses in reward and strategy-update in a risk-based decision-making task. Metabolic Brain Disease. 34(2). 417–429. 11 indexed citations

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Xing, Bo, et al.. (2018). Juvenile treatment with mGluR2/3 agonist prevents schizophrenia-like phenotypes in adult by acting through GSK3β. Neuropharmacology. 137. 359–371. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qian, Ting Yin, Rongrong Xu, et al.. (2017). Large-scale immuno-magnetic cell sorting of T cells based on a self-designed high-throughput system for potential clinical application. Nanoscale. 9(36). 13592–13599. 26 indexed citations

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Gao, Wen‐Jun, Lijuan Xing, Qingsong Zhang, et al.. (2016). Nanocomposite hydrogel incorporated with polymerizable liquid crystal surfactant: Shape transition from layered to honeycomb pore structure and thermo/swelling behavior. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 102. 53–61. 4 indexed citations

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Cui, Hongyan, Wen‐Jun Gao, Jiang Liu, & Yunjie Liu. (2013). A virtual network embedding algorithm based on virtual topology connection feature. Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications. 1–5. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yanchun, Minjuan Wang, & Wen‐Jun Gao. (2012). Hyperdopaminergic modulation of inhibitory transmission is dependent on GSK‐3β signaling‐mediated trafficking of GABA_A receptors. Journal of Neurochemistry. 122(2). 308–320. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Yanchun, Christoph Kellendonk, Eleanor H. Simpson, Eric R. Kandel, & Wen‐Jun Gao. (2011). D2 receptor overexpression in the striatum leads to a deficit in inhibitory transmission and dopamine sensitivity in mouse prefrontal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(29). 12107–12112. 65 indexed citations

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Hu, Jianli, Gang Liu, Yanchun Li, Wen‐Jun Gao, & Yue‐Qiao Huang. (2010). Dopamine D1 receptor-mediated NMDA receptor insertion depends on Fyn but not Src kinase pathway in prefrontal cortical neurons. Molecular Brain. 3(1). 20–20. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Qiang, et al.. (2009). Preliminary application of internalized stigma of Mental Illness Scale.. Zhongguo linchuang xinlixue zazhi. 8 indexed citations

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Gao, Wen‐Jun, et al.. (2009). Dizocilpine (MK-801) induces distinct changes of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor subunits in parvalbumin-containing interneurons in young adult rat prefrontal cortex. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 12(10). 1395–1395. 68 indexed citations

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Gao, Wen‐Jun, et al.. (2008). [Effects of leaf litter replacement on soil biological and chemical characteristics in main artificial forests in Qinling Mountains].. PubMed. 19(4). 704–10. 3 indexed citations

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