Yulu Shi

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yulu Shi is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Yulu Shi has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Epidemiology, 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Yulu Shi's work include Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (12 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (10 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Yulu Shi is often cited by papers focused on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (12 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (10 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Yulu Shi collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Malaysia. Yulu Shi's co-authors include Joanna M. Wardlaw, Michael J. Thrippleton, Ian Marshall, Anton JM de Craen, Mirjam I. Geerlings, Iona Hamilton, Gordon W. Blair, Fergus Doubal, Mark A. van Buchem and Stephen Makin and has published in prestigious journals such as NeuroImage, Neurology and Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Yulu Shi

20 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Update on cerebral small vessel disease: a dynamic whole-brain disease

2016 318 citations Yulu Shi, Joanna M. Wardlaw Stroke and Vascular Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yulu Shi China	12	411	389	328	270	234	25	1.1k
Meng‐Cheong Wong Singapore	18	420 1.0×	150 0.4×	255 0.8×	222 0.8×	150 0.6×	30	1.0k
Wenli Hu China	17	267 0.6×	147 0.4×	138 0.4×	213 0.8×	154 0.7×	72	828
Kuo‐Lun Huang Taiwan	18	234 0.6×	241 0.6×	175 0.5×	150 0.6×	142 0.6×	68	868
Francesco Arba Italy	15	342 0.8×	230 0.6×	476 1.5×	227 0.8×	56 0.2×	44	837
Yuxiang Gu China	26	1.2k 3.0×	403 1.0×	277 0.8×	225 0.8×	120 0.5×	109	1.9k
Dong Yang China	20	340 0.8×	278 0.7×	621 1.9×	90 0.3×	85 0.4×	55	1.2k
Gary Rajah United States	21	636 1.5×	372 1.0×	457 1.4×	202 0.7×	35 0.1×	95	1.3k
Andrea Kleindienst Germany	26	713 1.7×	215 0.6×	352 1.1×	121 0.4×	128 0.5×	54	1.7k
Keiji Kurita Japan	20	499 1.2×	165 0.4×	202 0.6×	152 0.6×	66 0.3×	42	1.1k
Takemori Yamawaki Japan	19	466 1.1×	184 0.5×	212 0.6×	154 0.6×	55 0.2×	75	1.2k

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Yang, Yingying, Mengyuan Zhou, Yulu Shi, et al.. (2025). Association of Left Ventricular Function With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in a Community‐Based Population. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 31(2). e70226–e70226.

Blair, Gordon W., Ian J. C. MacCormick, Sarah McGrory, et al.. (2025). Retinal vascular reactivity is associated with white matter hyperintensities and dysfunctional cerebrovascular reactivity in cerebral small vessel disease. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 45(12). 2301–2315.

Zhuo, Zhizheng, De‐Cai Tian, Yutong Bai, et al.. (2025). Periventricular gradient of normal-appearing white matter in normal aging and multiple neurological diseases. Journal of Advanced Research.

Shi, Yulu, et al.. (2025). Plaque features and lenticulostriate artery morphology in unexplained early neurological deterioration in symptomatic MCA stenosis: A 7 T MRI study. International Journal of Stroke. 20(10). 1271–1279.

Pei, Xun, Yulu Shi, Yingying Yang, et al.. (2024). Unveiling connections between venous disruption and cerebral small vessel disease using diffusion tensor image analysis along perivascular space (DTI-ALPS): A 7-T MRI study. International Journal of Stroke. 20(4). 497–506. 4 indexed citations

Zhuo, Zhizheng, Chenghao Liu, Yunyun Duan, et al.. (2024). Deep learning enables accurate brain tissue microstructure analysis based on clinically feasible diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. NeuroImage. 300. 120858–120858.

Shi, Yulu, et al.. (2023). Aberrant LETM1 elevation dysregulates mitochondrial functions and energy metabolism and promotes lung metastasis in osteosarcoma. Genes & Diseases. 11(3). 100988–100988. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Yingying, Xueli Cai, Mengyuan Zhou, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease from a Population-Based Cohort in China. Neuroepidemiology. 57(6). 413–422. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xing, Yulu Shi, Ying Gao, et al.. (2023). Blood–Brain Barrier Breakdown is a Sensitive Biomarker of Cognitive and Language Impairment in Patients with White Matter Hyperintensities. Neurology and Therapy. 12(5). 1745–1758. 8 indexed citations

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Stewart, Catriona, Michael Stringer, Yulu Shi, Michael J. Thrippleton, & Joanna M. Wardlaw. (2021). Associations Between White Matter Hyperintensity Burden, Cerebral Blood Flow and Transit Time in Small Vessel Disease: An Updated Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 647848–647848. 56 indexed citations

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Stringer, Michael, Gordon W. Blair, Yulu Shi, et al.. (2021). A Comparison of CVR Magnitude and Delay Assessed at 1.5 and 3T in Patients With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 644837–644837. 8 indexed citations

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Blair, Gordon W., Jason P. Appleton, Katie Flaherty, et al.. (2019). Tolerability, safety and intermediary pharmacological effects of cilostazol and isosorbide mononitrate, alone and combined, in patients with lacunar ischaemic stroke: The LACunar Intervention-1 (LACI-1) trial, a randomised clinical trial. EClinicalMedicine. 11. 34–43. 34 indexed citations

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Shi, Yulu, Michael J. Thrippleton, Gordon W. Blair, et al.. (2018). Small vessel disease is associated with altered cerebrovascular pulsatility but not resting cerebral blood flow. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 40(1). 85–99. 92 indexed citations

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Shi, Yulu, Michael J. Thrippleton, Ian Marshall, & Joanna M. Wardlaw. (2017). Intracranial pulsatility in patients with cerebral small vessel disease: a systematic review. Clinical Science. 132(1). 157–171. 54 indexed citations

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Blair, Gordon W., Jason P. Appleton, Zhe Kang Law, et al.. (2017). Preventing cognitive decline and dementia from cerebral small vessel disease: The LACI-1 Trial. Protocol and statistical analysis plan of a phase IIa dose escalation trial testing tolerability, safety and effect on intermediary endpoints of isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol, separately and in combination. International Journal of Stroke. 13(5). 530–538. 21 indexed citations

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Xie, Xiaofeng, Yulu Shi, & Junjian Zhang. (2017). Structural network connectivity impairment and depressive symptoms in cerebral small vessel disease. Journal of Affective Disorders. 220. 8–14. 29 indexed citations

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Thrippleton, Michael J., Yulu Shi, Gordon W. Blair, et al.. (2017). Cerebrovascular Reactivity MRI Protocol - Figures. 1 indexed citations

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Thrippleton, Michael J., Yulu Shi, Gordon W. Blair, et al.. (2017). Cerebrovascular reactivity measurement in cerebral small vessel disease: Rationale and reproducibility of a protocol for MRI acquisition and image processing. International Journal of Stroke. 13(2). 195–206. 45 indexed citations

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Shi, Yulu, Michael J. Thrippleton, Stephen Makin, et al.. (2016). Cerebral blood flow in small vessel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 36(10). 1653–1667. 224 indexed citations

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Shi, Yulu & Joanna M. Wardlaw. (2016). Update on cerebral small vessel disease: a dynamic whole-brain disease. Stroke and Vascular Neurology. 1(3). 83–92. 318 indexed citations breakdown →

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