Xu Liu

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Xu Liu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Liu has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xu Liu's work include Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (22 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (17 papers) and Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design (13 papers). Xu Liu is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (22 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (17 papers) and Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design (13 papers). Xu Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Xu Liu's co-authors include Susumu Tonegawa, Steve Ramirez, Roger L. Redondo, Karl Deisseroth, Corey B. Puryear, Petti T. Pang, Arvind Govindarajan, Ronald L. Davis, Joshua Kim and William C. Krause and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Xu Liu

67 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Optogenetic stimulation of a hippocampal engram activates fear memory recall

2012 1.1k citations Xu Liu, Steve Ramirez et al. profile →
Memory Engram Cells Have Come of Age

2015 390 citations Susumu Tonegawa, Xu Liu et al. Neuron profile →
PDF Cells Are a GABA-Responsive Wake-Promoting Component of the Drosophila Sleep Circuit

2008 304 citations Katherine M. Parisky, José L. Agosto et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xu Liu China	17	2.1k	1.5k	448	342	281	77	3.1k
Daniel J. O’Shea United States	11	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	573 1.3×	144 0.4×	154 0.5×	16	3.1k
Jun Noguchi Japan	28	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 2.8×	263 0.8×	172 0.6×	45	4.1k
Derek L. Buhl United States	20	2.9k 1.4×	2.4k 1.6×	758 1.7×	132 0.4×	190 0.7×	42	4.0k
Soo‐Hyun Lee South Korea	19	2.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.6×	1.1k 2.5×	151 0.4×	201 0.7×	42	4.3k
Matthias Prigge Germany	15	2.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	981 2.2×	287 0.8×	84 0.3×	22	3.8k
Isaac Kauvar United States	15	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	508 1.1×	214 0.6×	637 2.3×	18	3.0k
Benjamin F. Grewe Switzerland	22	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	504 1.1×	135 0.4×	141 0.5×	38	3.2k
Li I. Zhang United States	40	3.2k 1.5×	4.1k 2.7×	895 2.0×	220 0.6×	376 1.3×	74	5.8k
Brett D. Mensh United States	30	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	598 1.3×	111 0.3×	144 0.5×	56	3.6k
Christina K. Kim United States	16	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	748 1.7×	243 0.7×	61 0.2×	22	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Liu

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

All Works

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Zhong, Wenjun, Shichun Zou, Xu Liu, et al.. (2025). Effect of intake oxygen concentration and ammonia energy ratio on combustion and emission characteristics of ammonia/diesel RCCI engine under low load. Applied Thermal Engineering. 271. 126275–126275. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Xu, et al.. (2024). An optical investigation of the effects of diesel injection pressure and intake air temperature in an ammonia-diesel dual-fuel engine under low-load conditions. Applied Thermal Engineering. 261. 125174–125174. 12 indexed citations

Jiang, Peng, et al.. (2023). Experimental investigation combined with steady-state and transient-state tests on soot characteristics of hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel/n-butanol blends. Energy. 282. 128929–128929. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zhihai, et al.. (2023). A 10GS/s 7b Time-Interleaved Time-Domain ADC with Speed-Enhanced Bootstrapped Switch. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xu, Peng Jiang, Wenjun Zhong, Zhixia He, & Qian Wang. (2023). Optical diagnostics of premixed energy ratio effects on RCCI combustion and soot formation characteristics under low load conditions. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 46. 102164–102164. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Xu, et al.. (2023). Cu/NiO nanorods for efficiently promoting the electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. Dalton Transactions. 52(46). 17470–17476. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Xu, et al.. (2023). A 4-Channel Neural Stimulation IC Design With Charge Balancing and Multiple Current Output Modes. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. 17(5). 1037–1049. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Xu, et al.. (2023). A Low Noise Neural Recording Frontend IC With Power Management for Closed-Loop Brain-Machine Interface Application. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. 17(5). 1050–1061.

Liu, Xu, et al.. (2023). Optimizing RCCI combustion for improved engine performance under low load conditions: Impact of low-reactivity fuel and direct injection timing. Fuel. 351. 128871–128871. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Xu, et al.. (2023). A High-Precision Current Sensing Front-End IC Design for Wide-Range Dynamic Current Detection. 157–162. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Xu, et al.. (2022). A review and analysis of current-mode biosensing front-end ICs for nanopore-based DNA sequencing. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Xu, Feng Gu, Yingzheng Liu, & Di Peng. (2021). Pressure sensitivity of a ruthenium complex based temperature-sensitive paint and its effect on heat flux determination in high-speed flows. Measurement Science and Technology. 32(8). 84016–84016. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yun, et al.. (2018). A Single Stage DC-DC Power Management IC with MPPT for uA/mA-Scale PV Energy Harvesting Applications. 254–259. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Xu, et al.. (2018). An Exponential Current Generation Circuit Using the Taylor Series Approximation for Neural Stimulators. 3 indexed citations

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Tonegawa, Susumu, Xu Liu, Steve Ramirez, & Roger L. Redondo. (2015). Memory Engram Cells Have Come of Age. Neuron. 87(5). 918–931. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guo, Fang, et al.. (2012). Serotonin-mediated modulation of Na+/K+ pump current in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. BMC Neuroscience. 13(1). 10–10. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Xu, et al.. (2009). The GABA_AReceptor RDL Suppresses the Conditioned Stimulus Pathway for Olfactory Learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(5). 1573–1579. 45 indexed citations

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Parisky, Katherine M., José L. Agosto, Stefan R. Pulver, et al.. (2009). PDF Cells Are a GABA-Responsive Wake-Promoting Component of the Drosophila Sleep Circuit. Neuron. 61(1). 152–152. 9 indexed citations

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Parisky, Katherine M., José L. Agosto, Stefan R. Pulver, et al.. (2008). PDF Cells Are a GABA-Responsive Wake-Promoting Component of the Drosophila Sleep Circuit. Neuron. 60(4). 672–682. 304 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Xu & Ronald L. Davis. (2008). The GABAergic anterior paired lateral neuron suppresses and is suppressed by olfactory learning. Nature Neuroscience. 12(1). 53–59. 166 indexed citations

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