Xiaowei Song

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Xiaowei Song is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowei Song has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology, 36 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 34 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Xiaowei Song's work include Frailty in Older Adults (43 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (31 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (28 papers). Xiaowei Song is often cited by papers focused on Frailty in Older Adults (43 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (31 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (28 papers). Xiaowei Song collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Xiaowei Song's co-authors include Kenneth Rockwood, Arnold Mitnitski, Arnold Mitnitski, Ingmar Skoog, Ryan C.N. D’Arcy, Jafna L. Cox, Arnold B. Mitnitski, Bertil Steen, Kenneth Rockwood and Tory O. Frizzell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, NeuroImage and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowei Song

131 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Prevalence and 10‐Year Outcomes of Frailty in Older Adults in Relation to Deficit Accumulation

2010 792 citations Xiaowei Song, Arnold Mitnitski et al. profile →

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Marco Inzitari Spain

Jason Leung Hong Kong

Paulo H. M. Chaves United States

Olga Theou Canada

David B. Hogan Canada

Brent C Taylor United States

Timothy Kwok Hong Kong

Peggy M. Cawthon United States

Christopher Patterson United Kingdom

Gabor Abellán van Kan France

Marco Inzitari Spain

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaowei Song

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Summers, Paul, et al.. (2025). Carotid Artery Stenting Intervention to Enhance Global Brain Blood Flow and Cognition in Carotid Artery Disease: Preliminary Findings from a Prospective Follow-Up MRI Study. Medicina. 61(5). 848–848.

Wang, Yujie, Zhaoyou Chu, Jin Yu, et al.. (2025). Dual-ferroptosis induction-based microneedle patches for enhanced chemodynamic/photothermal combination therapy against triple-negative breast cancer. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 15(8). 4210–4224. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Chen, et al.. (2025). Super hybrid rice improved yield by increasing spikelet amount and efficiency under optimized density-nitrogen cultivation. Field Crops Research. 326. 109859–109859. 3 indexed citations

Song, Xiaowei, et al.. (2024). Combating Barriers to the Development of a Patient-Oriented Frailty Website. JMIR Aging. 7. e53098–e53098. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Lan-Xin, et al.. (2024). A Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Feasibility and Clinical Correlation. Medicina. 60(8). 1370–1370. 2 indexed citations

Dong, Jiahui, Rui Chen, Xiaowei Song, Zhenhui Guo, & Weifeng Sun. (2023). Quality of life and mortality in older adults with sepsis after one-year follow up: A prospective cohort study demonstrating the significant impact of frailty. Heart & Lung. 60. 74–80. 13 indexed citations

Song, Xiaowei, et al.. (2023). Physiological phenotypes have optimal values relevant to healthy aging: sweet spots deduced from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. GeroScience. 46(2). 1589–1605. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Hongtao, et al.. (2022). Statistical Analysis on the Power Energy Adequacy of the PV Generation in South China. 42. 860–865. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Yuanyuan, Zhihua Sun, Hui Guo, et al.. (2018). MRI-based brain atrophy and lesion index assessment of whole-brain structural changes during aging. Zhonghua laonian yixue zazhi. 37(1). 27–31. 1 indexed citations

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Gu, Tao, Yun Jiang, Juan Chen, et al.. (2018). Acupuncture therapy in treating migraine: results of a magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging study. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 11. 889–900. 22 indexed citations

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Guo, Hui, William Siu, Ryan C.N. D’Arcy, et al.. (2017). MRI assessment of whole-brain structural changes in aging. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 12. 1251–1270. 26 indexed citations

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Zeng, An, Xiaowei Song, Jiahui Dong, et al.. (2015). Mortality in Relation to Frailty in Patients Admitted to a Specialized Geriatric Intensive Care Unit. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 70(12). 1586–1594. 64 indexed citations

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Guo, Hui, Xiaowei Song, Matthias H. Schmidt, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Whole Brain Health in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: A Standard Procedure for Scoring an MRI-Based Brain Atrophy and Lesion Index. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 42(2). 691–703. 10 indexed citations

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Mitnitski, Arnold, Xiaowei Song, & Kenneth Rockwood. (2013). Assessing biological aging: the origin of deficit accumulation. Biogerontology. 14(6). 709–717. 146 indexed citations

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Guo, Hui, Xiaowei Song, Robert Vandorpe, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of Common Structural Brain Changes in Aging and Alzheimer Disease with the Use of an MRI-Based Brain Atrophy and Lesion Index: A Comparison Between T1WI and T2WI at 1.5T and 3T. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 35(3). 504–512. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ningnannan, et al.. (2012). Combining Structural Brain Changes Improves the Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 33(5). 318–326. 18 indexed citations

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Fang, Xianghua, Jing Shi, Xiaowei Song, et al.. (2012). And mortality in older Chinese adults: Results from the Beijing longitudinal study of aging. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 16(10). 903–907. 93 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2011). Assessment of the Virchow-Robin Spaces in Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Normal Aging, Using High-Field MR Imaging. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 32(8). 1490–1495. 97 indexed citations

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Mitnitski, Arnold, Xiaowei Song, & Kenneth Rockwood. (2007). Improvement and decline in health status from late middle age: Modeling age-related changes in deficit accumulation. Experimental Gerontology. 42(11). 1109–1115. 50 indexed citations

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Song, Xiaowei, et al.. (2006). Cognitive Impairment of Acute Onset in the Consortium to Investigate Vascular Impairment of Cognition (CIVIC) Study: Occurrence, Correlates, and Outcomes. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 14(10). 893–896. 7 indexed citations

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