Zona Lai

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Zona Lai is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Zona Lai has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Zona Lai's work include Williams Syndrome Research (9 papers), Congenital heart defects research (3 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers). Zona Lai is often cited by papers focused on Williams Syndrome Research (9 papers), Congenital heart defects research (3 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers). Zona Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Zona Lai's co-authors include Ursula Bellugi, W. Jones, Alan J. Lincoln, Marie St. George, Brian R. Lopez, Sally Ozonoff, Judy Reilly, Ralph Adolphs, Ronald Killiany and Douglas L. Rosene and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and Neurobiology of Aging.

In The Last Decade

Zona Lai

16 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

I. The Neurocognitive Profile of Williams Syndrome: A Com... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. I. The Neurocognitive Profile of Williams Syndrome: A Complex Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses
    2000 513 citations Ursula Bellugi, W. Jones et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →

Peers

Zona Lai
Bonnie Klein-Tasman United States
Debra L. Mills United States
Hower Kwon United States
Ilana S. Warsofsky United States
Lisa M. Boulanger United States
Darren R. Hocking Australia
Chiara Gagliardi Italy
David P. Roeltgen United States
Brenda Finucane United States
Manabu Makinodan Japan
Bonnie Klein-Tasman United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by Zona Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zona Lai

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Lin, Ying‐Lien, Wei‐Tsong Wang, & Zona Lai. (2025). Exploring students’ prior knowledge of and metacognitive skills for game-based learning in relation to cognitive strategy and learning effectiveness. Education and Information Technologies. 30(12). 17323–17360. 2 indexed citations
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Rose, Fredric E., et al.. (2006). Orientation and Affective Expression Effects on Face Recognition in Williams Syndrome and Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 37(3). 513–522. 46 indexed citations
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Lopez, Brian R., Alan J. Lincoln, Sally Ozonoff, & Zona Lai. (2005). Examining the Relationship between Executive Functions and Restricted, Repetitive Symptoms of Autistic Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 35(4). 445–460. 408 indexed citations
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Grossfeld, Paul, Teresa Mattina, Zona Lai, et al.. (2004). The 11q terminal deletion disorder: A prospective study of 110 cases. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 129A(1). 51–61. 199 indexed citations
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Levitin, Daniel J., et al.. (2004). Characterizing the Musical Phenotype in Individuals With Williams Syndrome. Child Neuropsychology. 10(4). 223–247. 99 indexed citations
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Lincoln, Alan J., Zona Lai, & W. Jones. (2002). Shifting Attention and Joint Attention Dissociation in Williams Syndrome: Implications for the Cerebellum and Social Deficits in Autism. Neurocase. 8(3). 226–232. 27 indexed citations
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Lichtenberger, Elizabeth O., Alan S. Kaufman, & Zona Lai. (2002). Essentials of WMS[R]-III Assessment. Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series.. 1 indexed citations
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Lincoln, Alan J., Zona Lai, & Wendy Jones. (2002). Shifting Attention and Joint Attention Dissociation in Williams Syndrome: Implications for the Cerebellum and Social Deficits in Autism. Neurocase. 8(2). 226–232. 2 indexed citations
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Bellugi, Ursula, et al.. (2000). I. The Neurocognitive Profile of Williams Syndrome: A Complex Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12(Supplement 1). 7–29. 513 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jones, W., Ursula Bellugi, Zona Lai, et al.. (2000). II. Hypersociability in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12(Supplement 1). 30–46. 375 indexed citations
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Reiss, Allan L., Stéphan Eliez, J. Eric Schmitt, et al.. (2000). IV. Neuroanatomy of Williams Syndrome: A High-Resolution MRI Study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12(Supplement 1). 65–73. 199 indexed citations
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Korenberg, Julie R., Xiaoning Chen, Hamao Hirota, et al.. (2000). VI. Genome Structure and Cognitive Map of Williams Syndrome. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12(Supplement 1). 89–107. 224 indexed citations
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Moss, Mark B., Ronald Killiany, Zona Lai, Douglas L. Rosene, & James G. Herndon. (1997). Recognition memory span in rhesus monkeys of advanced age. Neurobiology of Aging. 18(1). 13–19. 83 indexed citations
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Bellugi, Ursula, Zona Lai, & Paul P. Wang. (1997). Language, communication, and neural systems in Williams syndrome. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews. 3(4). 334–342. 19 indexed citations
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Lai, Zona, Mark B. Moss, Ronald Killiany, Douglas L. Rosene, & James G. Herndon. (1995). Executive system dysfunction in the aged monkey: Spatial and object reversal learning. Neurobiology of Aging. 16(6). 947–954. 142 indexed citations

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