Xianjun Meng

634 total citations
37 papers, 479 citations indexed

About

Xianjun Meng is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Biological Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Xianjun Meng has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 479 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 10 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 9 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Xianjun Meng's work include Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (16 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (10 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (9 papers). Xianjun Meng is often cited by papers focused on Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (16 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (10 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (9 papers). Xianjun Meng collaborates with scholars based in China, Malaysia and United States. Xianjun Meng's co-authors include Yunfei Mu, Hongjie Jia, Kai Hou, Xiaodan Yu, Wanqing Chen, Wenjing Cheng, Yiping Chen, Wenjie Chen, Wenya Huang and Yang Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Xianjun Meng

33 papers receiving 474 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xianjun Meng China 13 159 142 121 101 67 37 479
Xueyan Wu China 11 132 0.8× 7 0.0× 89 0.7× 142 1.4× 55 0.8× 19 523
Thomas A. Unger Germany 12 650 4.1× 10 0.1× 10 0.1× 24 0.2× 160 2.4× 27 1.1k
Qiaoqiao Yang China 10 55 0.3× 20 0.1× 66 0.5× 20 0.2× 213 3.2× 17 662
Siyuan Zhou China 12 123 0.8× 199 1.4× 5 0.0× 5 0.0× 47 0.7× 69 576
Xiaofang Wu China 10 148 0.9× 4 0.0× 11 0.1× 7 0.1× 66 1.0× 41 710
Haozhe Li China 12 16 0.1× 7 0.0× 137 1.1× 46 0.5× 63 0.9× 49 562
Zhenjia Lin China 9 46 0.3× 7 0.0× 12 0.1× 7 0.1× 35 0.5× 19 275
Jong‐Min Park South Korea 12 58 0.4× 26 0.2× 21 0.2× 20 0.2× 91 1.4× 80 496
Cheng‐Di Chiu Taiwan 12 12 0.1× 41 0.3× 15 0.1× 8 0.1× 77 1.1× 38 448
Ling Hu China 13 63 0.4× 241 1.7× 7 0.1× 11 0.1× 73 1.1× 93 620

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xianjun Meng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xianjun Meng

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All Works

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Li, Jianguo, Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Peng Li, et al.. (2025). Acupuncture improves depression-like behaviors in rats through gut microbiota and TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway modulation. Brain Research Bulletin. 232. 111590–111590.
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Li, Bin, Xianjun Meng, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2025). Dietary polyphenols alleviate alcoholic liver injury: potential mechanisms, product development status, and future research directions. Phytochemistry Reviews. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jianguo, Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Jingyu Zeng, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Antidepressant Mechanisms of Acupuncture: Targeting Hippocampal Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, Neuroplasticity, and Apoptosis in CUMS Rats. Molecular Neurobiology. 62(4). 4221–4236. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Jianguo, Yao Dong, Tiansheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). GABAB modulate NF-κB/NLRP3 pathways in electroacupuncture prevention of depression in CUMS rats. Brain Research Bulletin. 218. 111108–111108. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenjie, Yiping Chen, Wenjing Cheng, et al.. (2023). Acupuncture exerts preventive effects in rats of chronic unpredictable mild stress: The involvement of inflammation in amygdala and brain-spleen axis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 646. 86–95. 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Yiping, et al.. (2023). The effects of acupuncture on depression by regulating BDNF-related balance via lateral habenular nucleus BDNF/TrkB/CREB signaling pathway in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 451. 114509–114509. 20 indexed citations
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Aslam, Muhammad Shahzad, Yiping Chen, Wenjie Chen, et al.. (2023). Electroacupuncture ameliorates chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression-like behavior and cognitive impairment through suppressing oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in rats. Brain Research Bulletin. 206. 110838–110838. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenjie, Yiping Chen, Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, et al.. (2023). The effect of acupuncture on lateral habenular nucleus and intestinal microflora in depression model rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 455. 114627–114627. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Yiping, Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Jianguo Li, et al.. (2023). Acupuncture alleviates CUMS-induced depression-like behaviors of rats by regulating oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and ferroptosis. Brain Research. 1826. 148715–148715. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Yiping, Wenjie Chen, Wenjing Cheng, et al.. (2022). Anti-depressant effects of acupuncture: The insights from NLRP3 mediated pyroptosis and inflammation. Neuroscience Letters. 785. 136787–136787. 24 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wenjing, Peng Li, Wenya Huang, et al.. (2022). Acupuncture Relieves Stress-Induced Depressive Behavior by Reducing Oxidative Stress and Neuroapoptosis in Rats. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 783056–783056. 25 indexed citations
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Huang, Wenya, Xianjun Meng, Yang Huang, et al.. (2019). Nitric Oxide and Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Signaling Mediates the Antidepressant Effects of Acupuncture in the Rat Model of Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress. Medical Science Monitor. 25. 9112–9122. 13 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianjun. (2012). Regulatory Effect of Electroacupuncture at Zhongji on Detrusor Function of Bladder.
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Meng, Xianjun. (2012). Ethical Dilemmas in the Domestic Shortage of Cadaveric Donors from the Viewpoint of Value. 1 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianjun. (2012). [Acupuncture and moxibustion at Siguan points mainly for 28 cases of restless legs syndrome].. PubMed. 32(10). 911–2. 3 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianjun, et al.. (2008). [Comprehensive utilization and sustainable development of Chinese herbal medicinal resource].. PubMed. 28(5). 463–5. 1 indexed citations
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Bardutzky, Juergen, Xianjun Meng, James Bouley, et al.. (2005). Effects of Intravenous Dimethyl Sulfoxide on Ischemia Evolution in a Rat Permanent Occlusion Model. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 25(8). 968–977. 39 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianjun, et al.. (2001). [Clinical observation on effect of electroacupuncture therapy in treating superficial tumor].. PubMed. 21(3). 174–6. 2 indexed citations

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