Xiaowen Meng

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Xiaowen Meng is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowen Meng has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xiaowen Meng's work include Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (16 papers), Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (11 papers) and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (10 papers). Xiaowen Meng is often cited by papers focused on Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (16 papers), Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (11 papers) and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (10 papers). Xiaowen Meng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Xiaowen Meng's co-authors include Fuhai Ji, Ke Peng, Juan Zhang, Hong Liu, Huayue Liu, Fan Xia, Yajuan Zhu, Zhengyuan Xia, Weirong Chen and Lina Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowen Meng

47 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Opioid-free anaesthesia reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting after thoracoscopic lung resection: a randomised controlled trial

2023 52 citations Nan Song, Xiaowen Meng et al. British Journal of Anaesthesia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaowen Meng China	23	259	226	197	196	170	53	1.0k
Chaoliang Tang China	19	296 1.1×	116 0.5×	103 0.5×	201 1.0×	106 0.6×	50	1.1k
Jingui Yu China	20	420 1.6×	121 0.5×	170 0.9×	137 0.7×	86 0.5×	46	1.3k
Wenzhi Li China	22	275 1.1×	157 0.7×	115 0.6×	89 0.5×	111 0.7×	84	1.4k
Xude Sun China	16	204 0.8×	153 0.7×	75 0.4×	177 0.9×	186 1.1×	31	903
Helena Watts United Kingdom	11	137 0.5×	412 1.8×	80 0.4×	181 0.9×	177 1.0×	18	1.0k
Mingchun Wu China	10	177 0.7×	207 0.9×	183 0.9×	64 0.3×	61 0.4×	11	576
Kotaro Kida United States	17	232 0.9×	98 0.4×	95 0.5×	117 0.6×	103 0.6×	24	987
Jennifer K. Callaway Australia	21	535 2.1×	243 1.1×	110 0.6×	92 0.5×	167 1.0×	40	1.4k
Toru Goyagi Japan	21	204 0.8×	151 0.7×	177 0.9×	333 1.7×	88 0.5×	56	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaowen Meng

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Zhang, Yang, Hui Chen, Ke Peng, et al.. (2025). Effects of Sevoflurane Versus Propofol Total Intravenous Anaesthesia on Renal Function in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 19. 9041–9053.

Kong, Ying, Xiaowen Meng, Ke Peng, et al.. (2025). Paraventricular hypothalamic input to anterior cingulate cortex controls food preferences in chronic visceral pain mice. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5943–5943.

Zhang, Jingjing, et al.. (2025). Development and Validation of a Risk Predictive Model for Adverse Postoperative Health Status of Elderly Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery Using Lasso-Logistic Regression. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 20. 183–196.

Zhao, Weiming, Ke Peng, Xiaowen Meng, et al.. (2025). Igfbp2 Downregulation in PVT‐CeA Glutamatergic Circuits Drives Neonatal Anesthesia‐Induced Fear Memory Deficits. Advanced Science. 12(41). e05025–e05025. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Huayue, Xiaowen Meng, Ying Chen, et al.. (2024). Complement C1q-mediated microglial synaptic elimination by enhancing desialylation underlies sevoflurane-induced developmental neurotoxicity. Cell & Bioscience. 14(1). 42–42. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Biying, Yufan Yang, Yao Wang, et al.. (2024). Ciprofol Ameliorates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting Ferroptosis Through Upregulating HIF-1α. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 18. 6115–6132. 3 indexed citations

Meng, Xiaowen, et al.. (2024). Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 Alleviated Sevoflurane-Induced Developmental Neurotoxicity via Microglial Pruning of Dendritic Spines in the CA1 Region of the Hippocampus. Neuroscience Bulletin. 40(9). 1215–1229. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2024). Regulation of Neuronal Pyroptosis Through NLRP3 by Delivering miR-22 Using Lipid Nanoparticles in Mice with Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 20(3). 481–493.

Peng, Ke, Xiaowen Meng, Xi-sheng Shan, et al.. (2023). Single-nucleus Atlas of Sevoflurane-induced Hippocampal Cell Type– and Sex-specific Effects during Development in Mice. Anesthesiology. 138(5). 477–495. 14 indexed citations

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Song, Nan, et al.. (2023). Opioid-free anaesthesia reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting after thoracoscopic lung resection: a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 132(2). 267–276. 52 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Wenting, Xiaowen Meng, Ke Peng, et al.. (2023). Boosting Microglial Lipid Metabolism via TREM2 Signaling by Biomimetic Nanoparticles to Attenuate the Sevoflurane‐Induced Developmental Neurotoxicity. Advanced Science. 11(10). e2305989–e2305989. 15 indexed citations

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Feng, Zhen, Zelin Yang, Xiaowen Meng, et al.. (2022). Two-dimensional metal–organic framework Mo₃(C₂O)₁₂ as a promising single-atom catalyst for selective nitrogen-to-ammonia conversion. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(9). 4731–4738. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Hui, Nan Song, Jun Zhang, et al.. (2021). Dexmedetomidine Attenuates Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Myocardial Inflammation and Apoptosis Through Inhibiting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signaling. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 14. 1217–1233. 32 indexed citations

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Song, Nan, Jiao Ma, Xiaowen Meng, et al.. (2020). Heat Shock Protein 70 Protects the Heart from Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury through Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2020. 1–19. 49 indexed citations

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Peng, Ke, Hong Liu, Bin Yan, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of cathepsin S attenuates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by suppressing inflammation and apoptosis. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 236(2). 1309–1320. 27 indexed citations

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Peng, Ke, Weirong Chen, Fan Xia, et al.. (2019). Dexmedetomidine post‐treatment attenuates cardiac ischaemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting apoptosis through HIF‐1α signalling. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(1). 850–861. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Juan, Fan Xia, Haifeng Zhao, et al.. (2019). Dexmedetomidine-induced cardioprotection is mediated by inhibition of high mobility group box-1 and the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0218726–e0218726. 22 indexed citations

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Meng, Xiaowen, Juan Zhang, Weirong Chen, et al.. (2017). Dexmedetomidine Protects Cardiomyocytes against Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury by Suppressing TLR4-MyD88-NF-κB Signaling. BioMed Research International. 2017. 1–13. 40 indexed citations

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Peng, Ke, Juan Zhang, Xiaowen Meng, Huayue Liu, & Fuhai Ji. (2017). Optimization of Postoperative Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Opioid-Dexmedetomidine Combinations: An Updated Meta-Analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.. PubMed. 20(7). 569–596. 33 indexed citations

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Ji, Fuhai, et al.. (2016). Effects of dexmedetomidine preconditioning on myocardial expression of high mobility group box-1 protein during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. 37(12). 1063–1067. 1 indexed citations

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