Xuhong Liao

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Xuhong Liao is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuhong Liao has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Xuhong Liao's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (30 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (23 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (12 papers). Xuhong Liao is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (30 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (23 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (12 papers). Xuhong Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Xuhong Liao's co-authors include Yong He, Mingrui Xia, Xindi Wang, Jinhui Wang, Alan C. Evans, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Zhengjia Dai, Guang Hu, Miao Cao and Jin Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Xuhong Liao

47 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

GRETNA: a graph theoretical network analysis toolbox for imaging connectomics

2015 1.1k citations Jinhui Wang, Xindi Wang et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xuhong Liao China	24	2.5k	1.2k	477	323	220	47	3.0k
Petra Ritter Germany	35	4.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	379 0.8×	197 0.6×	170 0.8×	92	4.5k
Marcel A. de Reus Netherlands	35	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	358 0.8×	333 1.0×	155 0.7×	46	3.4k
Biyu J. He United States	30	4.7k 1.9×	835 0.7×	292 0.6×	267 0.8×	120 0.5×	58	5.1k
Joana Cabral United Kingdom	27	3.0k 1.2×	880 0.7×	428 0.9×	121 0.4×	167 0.8×	68	3.6k
Stefania Della Penna Italy	30	4.7k 1.9×	1.3k 1.1×	703 1.5×	306 0.9×	77 0.3×	87	5.3k
Francesco de Pasquale Italy	20	3.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	510 1.1×	246 0.8×	74 0.3×	52	4.2k
R. Matthew Hutchison Canada	25	4.4k 1.8×	1.7k 1.4×	656 1.4×	258 0.8×	99 0.5×	33	4.8k
Luca Cocchi Australia	36	4.4k 1.8×	2.0k 1.6×	859 1.8×	627 1.9×	110 0.5×	80	5.4k
Shella Keilholz United States	34	4.9k 2.0×	2.3k 1.9×	628 1.3×	243 0.8×	95 0.4×	102	5.7k
Heidi E. Kirsch United States	34	4.2k 1.7×	547 0.5×	272 0.6×	1.2k 3.8×	143 0.7×	82	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xuhong Liao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuhong Liao

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Wang, Xiaoyue, Lianglong Sun, Tengda Zhao, et al.. (2025). Topographic, cognitive, and neurobiological profiling of the interdependent structural and functional modules of the brain. Science Bulletin. 70(15). 2416–2420. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yuehua, Xuhong Liao, Tianyuan Lei, et al.. (2024). Development of neonatal connectome dynamics and its prediction for cognitive and language outcomes at age 2. Cerebral Cortex. 34(5). 2 indexed citations

Liu, Lu, Di Chen, Huang Fang, et al.. (2024). Interference of default mode on attention networks in adults with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and its association with genetic variants and treatment outcomes. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 30(8). e14900–e14900. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaosha, Xiaoying Wang, Huichao Yang, et al.. (2022). Different computational relations in language are captured by distinct brain systems. Cerebral Cortex. 33(4). 997–1013. 12 indexed citations

Xia, Mingrui, et al.. (2022). Meta-connectomic analysis maps consistent, reproducible, and transcriptionally relevant functional connectome hubs in the human brain. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1056–1056. 14 indexed citations

Sun, Lianglong, Dingna Duan, Jin Liu, et al.. (2022). Structural insight into the individual variability architecture of the functional brain connectome. NeuroImage. 259. 119387–119387. 24 indexed citations

Liu, Jin, Mingrui Xia, Xindi Wang, Xuhong Liao, & Yong He. (2020). The spatial organization of the chronnectome associates with cortical hierarchy and transcriptional profiles in the human brain. NeuroImage. 222. 117296–117296. 21 indexed citations

Fan, Fengmei, Xuhong Liao, Tianyuan Lei, et al.. (2020). Development of the default-mode network during childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal resting-state fMRI study. NeuroImage. 226. 117581–117581. 82 indexed citations

Ma, Qing, Yanqing Tang, Fei Wang, et al.. (2019). Transdiagnostic Dysfunctions in Brain Modules Across Patients with Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder: A Connectome-Based Study. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 46(3). 699–712. 84 indexed citations

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Zhao, Tengda, Xuhong Liao, Vladimir Fonov, et al.. (2019). Unbiased age-specific structural brain atlases for Chinese pediatric population. NeuroImage. 189. 55–70. 39 indexed citations

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Wei, Yongbin, Xuhong Liao, Chao‐Gan Yan, Yong He, & Mingrui Xia. (2017). Identifying topological motif patterns of human brain functional networks. Human Brain Mapping. 38(5). 2734–2750. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Jin, Mingrui Xia, Zhengjia Dai, et al.. (2016). Intrinsic Brain Hub Connectivity Underlies Individual Differences in Spatial Working Memory. Cerebral Cortex. 27(12). 5496–5508. 46 indexed citations

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Cao, Miao, Yong He, Zhengjia Dai, et al.. (2016). Early Development of Functional Network Segregation Revealed by Connectomic Analysis of the Preterm Human Brain. Cerebral Cortex. 27(3). bhw038–bhw038. 134 indexed citations

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Wang, Jinhui, Xindi Wang, Mingrui Xia, et al.. (2015). GRETNA: a graph theoretical network analysis toolbox for imaging connectomics. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 9. 386–386. 1115 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Tengda, Fei Duan, Xuhong Liao, et al.. (2015). Test-retest reliability of white matter structural brain networks: a multiband diffusion MRI study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 9. 59–59. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lisheng, Xuhong Liao, Yuanyuan Mi, Yu Qian, & Guang Hu. (2014). Attractive target wave patterns in complex networks consisting of excitable nodes. Chinese Physics B. 23(7). 78906–78906. 4 indexed citations

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Liao, Xuhong, Mingrui Xia, Ting Xu, et al.. (2013). Functional brain hubs and their test–retest reliability: A multiband resting-state functional MRI study. NeuroImage. 83. 969–982. 155 indexed citations

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Liao, Xuhong, et al.. (2010). Oscillation sources and wave propagation paths in complex networks consisting of excitable nodes. Frontiers of Physics. 6(1). 124–132. 20 indexed citations

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Liao, Xuhong, et al.. (2009). Asymmetry in Negative Refraction of Nonlinear Waves. Communications in Theoretical Physics. 52(1). 128–132. 2 indexed citations

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Liao, Xuhong, et al.. (2009). Nonlinear waves with negative phase velocity. Physical Review E. 80(3). 36211–36211. 6 indexed citations

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