Zhening Liu

13.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
228 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Zhening Liu is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhening Liu has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 82 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 72 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Zhening Liu's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (129 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (69 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (47 papers). Zhening Liu is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (129 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (69 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (47 papers). Zhening Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Zhening Liu's co-authors include Tianzi Jiang, Haihong Liu, Yihui Hao, Yuan Zhou, Meng Liang, Zhimin Xue, Yong Liu, Lixia Tian, Weidan Pu and Chunshui Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhening Liu

215 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Disrupted small-world networks in schizophrenia

2008 845 citations Yuan Zhou, Zhening Liu et al. profile →
The associations between modifiable risk factors and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A comprehensive Mendelian randomization study

2022 139 citations Jiarong Xie, Hangkai Huang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhening Liu China	46	5.9k	3.1k	1.9k	1.8k	723	228	8.6k
Deanna M. Barch United States	35	4.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	961 1.3×	66	7.7k
Christian Sorg Germany	49	5.1k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	670 0.9×	202	8.1k
Joshua L. Roffman United States	32	6.5k 1.1×	2.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	535 0.7×	81	9.0k
Lena Palaniyappan Canada	43	4.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	574 0.8×	264	6.5k
Mark A. Elliott United States	45	5.7k 1.0×	3.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	533 0.7×	110	9.1k
Daniel H. Wolf United States	43	5.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	106	8.1k
Anderson M. Winkler United States	35	5.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	777 1.1×	112	9.0k
Wenbin Guo China	46	4.6k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	599 0.8×	228	6.6k
Nikolaos Koutsouleris Germany	47	4.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	3.2k 1.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	148	7.6k
David R. Roalf United States	48	4.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	766 1.1×	153	8.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Peng, Cheng, Zhening Liu, Jun Yang, et al.. (2025). Symptom networks and working memory in schizophrenia: a multi-methodological cross-sectional study from phenotype to endophenotype. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 25(2). 100577–100577.

Peng, Cheng, et al.. (2025). Dynamic functional connectome configurations underlying working memory deficits in adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 137. 111303–111303. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Shuting, Jinqiang Zhang, Guowei Wu, et al.. (2025). Norepinephrine system dysconnectivity in major depressive disorder: the effect of short term SSRI treatment. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 97. 40–50.

Hou, Weizhen, Zhening Liu, Jun Yang, et al.. (2025). Temporal dynamic changes of intrinsic brain regional activity in depression with smoking. Journal of Affective Disorders. 377. 175–183.

Cheng, Peng, et al.. (2024). Social functioning mediated the relationship between childhood emotional neglect and cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia. Child Abuse & Neglect. 160. 107200–107200. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Jun, Zhening Liu, Yunzhi Pan, et al.. (2024). Regional neural functional efficiency across schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder: a transdiagnostic resting-state fMRI study. Psychological Medicine. 54(15). 4083–4094. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Zhening, Cheng Peng, Jun Yang, et al.. (2024). A connectome-based model of delusion in schizophrenia using functional connectivity under working memory task. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 177. 75–81. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Zhening, et al.. (2023). Traditional Chinese medicine in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitor: theory, development, and future directions. Chinese Medicine. 18(1). 59–59. 26 indexed citations

Huang, Hangkai, Zhening Liu, Jiarong Xie, & Chengfu Xu. (2023). NAFLD does not increase the risk of incident dementia: A prospective study and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 161. 435–440. 12 indexed citations

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Xi, Chang, et al.. (2022). The centrality of working memory networks in differentiating bipolar type I depression from unipolar depression: A task-fMRI study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 68(1). 22–32. 6 indexed citations

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Peng, Cheng, Zhening Liu, Jun Yang, et al.. (2022). Decreased integration of default-mode network during a working memory task in schizophrenia with severe attention deficits. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 1006797–1006797. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhening, et al.. (2021). Differential Dynamical Pattern of Regional Homogeneity in Bipolar and Unipolar Depression: A Preliminary Resting-State fMRI Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12. 764932–764932. 13 indexed citations

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Pan, Yunzhi, et al.. (2021). Abnormal network properties and fiber connections of DMN across major mental disorders: a probability tracing and graph theory study. Cerebral Cortex. 32(15). 3127–3136. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Jie, David J. Hellerstein, Ying Chen, et al.. (2021). Gray matter reorganization underpinnings of antidepressant treatment of persistent depressive disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 43. 129–138. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Chujun, Zhening Liu, Chang Xi, et al.. (2021). Decreased Cortical Folding of the Fusiform Gyrus and Its Hypoconnectivity with Sensorimotor Areas in Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 295. 657–664. 37 indexed citations

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Wang, Yun, Yuan Zhou, Shu Li, et al.. (2014). Impaired social decision making in patients with major depressive disorder. BMC Psychiatry. 14(1). 18–18. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Feng, Wenbin Guo, Qing Gao, et al.. (2012). Classification of Different Therapeutic Responses of Major Depressive Disorder with Multivariate Pattern Analysis Method Based on Structural MR Scans. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40968–e40968. 120 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yonggui, Zhi Xu, Mengjia Pu, et al.. (2011). Genetic variation in the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) pathway is associated with antidepressant response in females. Journal of Affective Disorders. 136(3). 558–566. 24 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yonggui, Wanlin Zhu, Zhijun Zhang, et al.. (2008). Regional Gray Matter Changes Are Associated with Cognitive Deficits in Remitted Geriatric Depression: An Optimized Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. Biological Psychiatry. 64(6). 541–544. 71 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yonggui, Zhijun Zhang, Feng Bai, et al.. (2008). Abnormal neural activity in the patients with remitted geriatric depression: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 111(2-3). 145–152. 110 indexed citations

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