Zhonghui Guan

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Zhonghui Guan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhonghui Guan has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Physiology and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhonghui Guan's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (7 papers). Zhonghui Guan is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (7 papers). Zhonghui Guan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Zhonghui Guan's co-authors include Allan I. Basbaum, Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Stavros Lomvardas, Joao Bráz, Joung‐Hun Kim, Xiaobing Yu, Maurizio Giustetto, Maria Concetta Miniaci and Dimitris Thanos and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhonghui Guan

32 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Injured sensory neuron–derived CSF1 induces microglial proliferation and DAP12-dependent pain

2015 422 citations Zhonghui Guan, Julia Kuhn et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Dorsal root ganglion macrophages contribute to both the initiation and persistence of neuropathic pain

2020 335 citations Xiaobing Yu, Hongju Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhonghui Guan United States	14	769	710	671	287	224	36	1.8k
Hind Abdo Sweden	12	727 0.9×	881 1.2×	954 1.4×	189 0.7×	89 0.4×	14	2.5k
Johannes Brockhaus Germany	21	829 1.1×	391 0.6×	649 1.0×	313 1.1×	79 0.4×	34	1.8k
Zsuzsanna Callaerts‐Vegh Belgium	25	767 1.0×	575 0.8×	919 1.4×	223 0.8×	226 1.0×	66	2.0k
Maria Concetta Miniaci Italy	20	867 1.1×	253 0.4×	1.0k 1.6×	305 1.1×	251 1.1×	42	2.0k
Arkady Khoutorsky Canada	27	665 0.9×	640 0.9×	1.8k 2.7×	106 0.4×	528 2.4×	60	3.0k
Olga Touloumi Greece	22	399 0.5×	454 0.6×	478 0.7×	330 1.1×	152 0.7×	50	1.6k
Duncan P. McHale United Kingdom	9	526 0.7×	641 0.9×	1.0k 1.6×	305 1.1×	242 1.1×	11	1.8k
Sabrina L. McIlwrath United States	19	974 1.3×	856 1.2×	962 1.4×	61 0.2×	158 0.7×	30	2.4k
Heh‐In Im South Korea	18	511 0.7×	221 0.3×	1.1k 1.6×	199 0.7×	256 1.1×	40	1.9k
Jean‐Dominique Delcroix United States	12	715 0.9×	610 0.9×	593 0.9×	85 0.3×	211 0.9×	16	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhonghui Guan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhonghui Guan

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

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Zhang, Lingyi, Tran Duc Anh Ly, Megan L. Durr, et al.. (2025). Independent Factors Associated With Opioid Refills After Inpatient Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 152(2). 199–199.

Zhang, Lingyi, et al.. (2023). Opioid Overprescription and Underprescription to Patients After Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 149(8). 756–756. 1 indexed citations

Mummaneni, Praveen V., Nitin Agarwal, Lori Reisner, et al.. (2023). Mismatched opioid prescription in patients discharged after neurological surgeries: a retrospective cohort study. Pain. 164(11). 2615–2621. 2 indexed citations

Bongiovanni, Tasce, et al.. (2023). Discharge Opioid Over- and Underprescription to Patients after General Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 237(2). 332–342. 4 indexed citations

Bishara, Andrew, et al.. (2022). Opioid prescribing practices at hospital discharge for surgical patients before and after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2016 opioid prescribing guideline. BMC Anesthesiology. 22(1). 141–141. 8 indexed citations

Li, Kexin, et al.. (2022). Neuroanatomical Basis for the Orexinergic Modulation of Anesthesia Arousal and Pain Control. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 891631–891631. 7 indexed citations

He, Liangliang, et al.. (2022). Modified Spared Nerve Injury Surgery Model of Neuropathic Pain in Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

Tan, Wulin, et al.. (2022). Distinct phases of adult microglia proliferation: a Myc-mediated early phase and a Tnfaip3-mediated late phase. Cell Discovery. 8(1). 34–34. 20 indexed citations

Zhou, Wei & Zhonghui Guan. (2021). Ion Channels in Anesthesia. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1349. 401–413. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiao & Zhonghui Guan. (2021). Function of Oncogene Mycn in Adult Neurogenesis and Oligodendrogenesis. Molecular Neurobiology. 59(1). 77–92. 13 indexed citations

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Yu, Xiaobing, Hongju Liu, Katherine Hamel, et al.. (2020). Dorsal root ganglion macrophages contribute to both the initiation and persistence of neuropathic pain. Nature Communications. 11(1). 264–264. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Xiaobing, et al.. (2019). Rapid Isolation of Dorsal Root Ganglion Macrophages. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Lee, Jessica, Kathryn Zavala, Manohar Sharma, et al.. (2019). Transcription factor Sp4 is required for hyperalgesic state persistence. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0211349–e0211349. 7 indexed citations

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Bráz, Joao, Xidao Wang, Zhonghui Guan, John L.R. Rubenstein, & Allan I. Basbaum. (2015). Transplant-mediated enhancement of spinal cord GABAergic inhibition reverses paclitaxel-induced mechanical and heat hypersensitivity. Pain. 156(6). 1084–1091. 58 indexed citations

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Guan, Zhonghui, Julia Kuhn, Xidao Wang, et al.. (2015). Injured sensory neuron–derived CSF1 induces microglial proliferation and DAP12-dependent pain. Nature Neuroscience. 19(1). 94–101. 422 indexed citations breakdown →

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Solórzano, Carlos, Ferda Cevikbas, Joao Bráz, et al.. (2015). Primary Afferent and Spinal Cord Expression of Gastrin-Releasing Peptide: Message, Protein, and Antibody Concerns. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(2). 648–657. 72 indexed citations

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Guan, Zhonghui, et al.. (2006). The mushroom body defect Gene Product Is an Essential Component of the Meiosis II Spindle Apparatus in Drosophila Oocytes. Genetics. 173(1). 243–253. 30 indexed citations

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Guan, Zhonghui, Joung‐Hun Kim, Stavros Lomvardas, et al.. (2003). p38 MAP Kinase Mediates Both Short-Term and Long-Term Synaptic Depression inAplysia. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(19). 7317–7325. 73 indexed citations

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Guan, Zhonghui, Robert L. Scott, & Howard A. Nash. (2000). A New Assay for the Genetic Study of General Anesthesia inDrosophila Melanogaster: Use in Analysis of Mutations in the X-chromosomal 12E Region. Journal of Neurogenetics. 14(1). 25–42. 29 indexed citations

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Guan, Zhonghui, et al.. (1997). [Changes of coenzyme Q content in brain tissues of rats with fluorosis].. PubMed. 31(6). 330–3. 1 indexed citations

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