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Heping Cheng

Heping Cheng

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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
32713
World Ranking
2097
National Ranking
51

Heping Cheng publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heping Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 262 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Heping Cheng D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heping Cheng sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Heping Cheng is affiliated with Peking University in China. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Within these domains, their work frequently intersects with key subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Ion Channel Regulation and Function
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques

Heping Cheng has coauthored extensively with several collaborators, including:

  • Jue Zhang
  • Aimin Wang
  • Runlong Wu
  • Xianhua Wang
  • Liangyi Chen

Their notable recent publications include:

  • "An optimized acetylcholine sensor for monitoring in vivo cholinergic activity," 2020, published in Nature Methods
  • "The mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel mediates heart mechano-chemo transduction," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Miniature two-photon microscopy for enlarged field-of-view, multi-plane and long-term brain imaging," 2021, published in Nature Methods
  • "Dynamics of a disinhibitory prefrontal microcircuit in controlling social competition," 2021, published in Neuron
  • "Miniature three-photon microscopy maximized for scattered fluorescence collection," 2023, published in Nature Methods

Their work is frequently published in prominent scientific journals. The most common venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Methods
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Research
  • Neuron

Best Publications

  • Calcium sparks: elementary events underlying excitation-contraction coupling in heart muscle

    H Cheng;W J Lederer;Mark B Cannell

  • Relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by calcium sparks

    M. T. Nelson;H. Cheng;M. Rubart;Luis Fernando Santana

  • Hydrothermal Preparation of Uniform Nanosize Rutile and Anatase Particles

    Humin Cheng;Jiming Ma;Zhenguo Zhao;Limin Qi

  • Defective excitation-contraction coupling in experimental cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.

    A. M. Gómez;H. H. Valdivia;H. Cheng;Miriam R. Lederer

  • Calcium flickers steer cell migration

    Chaoliang Wei;Xianhua Wang;Min Chen;Kunfu Ouyang

  • Superoxide Flashes in Single Mitochondria

    Wang Wang;Huaqiang Fang;Linda Groom;Aiwu Cheng

  • Calcium sparks and [Ca2+]i waves in cardiac myocytes

    H. Cheng;M. R. Lederer;W. J. Lederer;M. B. Cannell

  • Linkage of β1-adrenergic stimulation to apoptotic heart cell death through protein kinase A–independent activation of Ca2+/calmodulin kinase II

    Wei-Zhong Zhu;Shi-Qiang Wang;Khalid Chakir;Dongmei Yang

  • Ca2+ signalling between single L-type Ca2+ channels and ryanodine receptors in heart cells.

    Shi Qiang Wang;Long Sheng Song;Edward G. Lakatta;Heping Cheng;Heping Cheng

  • Fast high-resolution miniature two-photon microscopy for brain imaging in freely behaving mice

    Weijian Zong;Runlong Wu;Mingli Li;Yanhui Hu

  • RyR2 mutations linked to ventricular tachycardia and sudden death reduce the threshold for store-overload-induced Ca2+ release (SOICR)

    Dawei Jiang;Bailong Xiao;Dongmei Yang;Ruiwu Wang

  • Coupling of beta2-adrenoceptor to Gi proteins and its physiological relevance in murine cardiac myocytes.

    Rui Ping Xiao;Pavel Avdonin;Ying Ying Zhou;Heping Cheng

  • Orphaned ryanodine receptors in the failing heart

    Long-Sheng Song;Eric A. Sobie;Stacey McCulle;W. J. Lederer

  • T-tubule remodeling during transition from hypertrophy to heart failure.

    Sheng Wei;Ang Guo;Biyi Chen;William J. Kutschke

  • ASF/SF2-Regulated CaMKIIδ Alternative Splicing Temporally Reprograms Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Cardiac Muscle

    Xiangdong Xu;Dongmei Yang;Jian Hua Ding;Wang Wang

  • Culture and adenoviral infection of adult mouse cardiac myocytes: methods for cellular genetic physiology.

    Ying Ying Zhou;Shi Qiang Wang;Wei Zhong Zhu;Andrej Chruscinski

  • Local Control Models of Cardiac Excitation–Contraction Coupling : A Possible Role for Allosteric Interactions between Ryanodine Receptors

    Michael D. Stern;Long Sheng Song;Heping Cheng;James S.K. Sham

  • Two mechanisms of quantized calcium release in skeletal muscle

    M. G. Klein;H. Cheng;Luis Fernando Santana;Y. H. Jiang

  • Recent Advances in Cardiac β2-Adrenergic Signal Transduction

    Rui-Ping Xiao;Heping Cheng;Ying-Ying Zhou;Meike Kuschel

  • Amplitude Distribution of Calcium Sparks in Confocal Images: Theory and Studies with an Automatic Detection Method

    Heping Cheng;Long Sheng Song;Natalia Shirokova;Adom González

Frequent Co-Authors

Rui-Ping Xiao
Rui-Ping Xiao Peking University
Edward G. Lakatta
Edward G. Lakatta National Institutes of Health
W. J. Lederer
W. J. Lederer University of Maryland, Baltimore
Yanhui Hu
Yanhui Hu Harvard University
Zhuan Zhou
Zhuan Zhou Peking University
Mark B. Cannell
Mark B. Cannell University of Bristol
Eduardo Ríos
Eduardo Ríos Rush University
Ju Chen
Ju Chen University of California, San Diego
Jianjie Ma
Jianjie Ma The Ohio State University
Shey-Shing Sheu
Shey-Shing Sheu Thomas Jefferson University

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