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Liqun Luo publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Liqun Luo sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 292 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Liqun Luo D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Liqun Luo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Liqun Luo is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States, with a research focus primarily in the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, sensory systems, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as neurobiology and insect physiology research, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, olfactory and sensory function studies, receptor mechanisms and signaling, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and invertebrate immune response mechanisms.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Liqun Luo include:

  • Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly, 2022, Science
  • Architectures of neuronal circuits, 2021, Science
  • Deep posteromedial cortical rhythm in dissociation, 2020, Nature
  • Cerebellar nuclei evolved by repeatedly duplicating a conserved cell-type set, 2020, Science
  • Cell-Surface Proteomic Profiling in the Fly Brain Uncovers Wiring Regulators, 2020, Cell

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Liqun Luo include:

  • Hongjie Li
  • David J. Luginbuhl
  • Stephen R. Quake
  • Qijing Xie
  • Chuanyun Xu

The scientist's work appears frequently in several publication venues known for neuroscience and biology research. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature
  • Neuron

Liqun Luo has been recognized with multiple fellowships and memberships in distinguished organizations. These include being a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2012, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences also since 2012, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2011, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1997.

Best Publications

  • A global double‐fluorescent Cre reporter mouse

    Mandar Deepak Muzumdar;Bosiljka Tasic;Bosiljka Tasic;Kazunari Miyamichi;Kazunari Miyamichi;Ling Li;Ling Li

  • Mosaic analysis with a repressible cell marker for studies of gene function in neuronal morphogenesis.

    Tzumin Lee;Liqun Luo

  • RHO GTPASES in neuronal morphogenesis

    Liqun Luo

  • Distinct morphogenetic functions of similar small GTPases: Drosophila Drac1 is involved in axonal outgrowth and myoblast fusion.

    Liqun Luo;Y. J. Liao;Lily Yeh Jan;Yuh Nung Jan

  • Circuit Architecture of VTA Dopamine Neurons Revealed by Systematic Input-Output Mapping.

    Kevin T. Beier;Elizabeth E. Steinberg;Katherine E. DeLoach;Stanley Xie

  • Mosaic analysis with a repressible cell marker (MARCM) for Drosophila neural development

    Tzumin Lee;Liqun Luo

  • Axon retraction and degeneration in development and disease.

    Liqun Luo;Dennis D. M. O'Leary

  • Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly

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  • Genetic dissection of neural circuits.

    Liqun Luo;Edward M. Callaway;Karel Svoboda

  • Long-range and local circuits for top-down modulation of visual cortex processing

    Siyu Zhang;Min Xu;Tsukasa Kamigaki;Johnny Phong Hoang Do

  • Small GTPases Rac and Rho in the Maintenance of Dendritic Spines and Branches in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons

    Ann Y. Nakayama;Matthew B. Harms;Liqun Luo

  • Intact-Brain Analyses Reveal Distinct Information Carried by SNc Dopamine Subcircuits.

    Talia N. Lerner;Carrie Shilyansky;Thomas J. Davidson;Kathryn E. Evans

  • Actin Cytoskeleton Regulation in Neuronal Morphogenesis and Structural Plasticity

    Liqun Luo

  • Development of the Drosophila mushroom bodies: sequential generation of three distinct types of neurons from a neuroblast

    Tzumin Lee;Arthur Lee;Liqun Luo

  • Viral-genetic tracing of the input–output organization of a central noradrenaline circuit

    Lindsay A. Schwarz;Kazunari Miyamichi;Xiaojing J. Gao;Kevin T. Beier

  • Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers Reveals Tumor Cell of Origin in Glioma

    Chong Liu;Jonathan C. Sage;Michael R. Miller;Roel G.W. Verhaak

  • Comprehensive Maps of Drosophila Higher Olfactory Centers: Spatially Segregated Fruit and Pheromone Representation

    Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis;Christopher J. Potter;Christopher J. Potter;Alexander M. Chan;Elizabeth C. Marin

  • Permanent Genetic Access to Transiently Active Neurons via TRAP: Targeted Recombination in Active Populations

    Casey J. Guenthner;Kazunari Miyamichi;Kazunari Miyamichi;Helen H. Yang;H. Craig Heller

  • Drosophila Rho-associated kinase (Drok) links Frizzled-mediated planar cell polarity signaling to the actin cytoskeleton.

    Christopher G. Winter;Bruce Wang;Anna Ballew;Anne Royou

  • The Q System: A Repressible Binary System for Transgene Expression, Lineage Tracing, and Mosaic Analysis

    Christopher J. Potter;Bosiljka Tasic;Bosiljka Tasic;Emilie V. Russler;Emilie V. Russler;Liang Liang;Liang Liang

  • Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers in Mice

    Hui Zong;J. Sebastian Espinosa;Helen Hong Su;Mandar D. Muzumdar

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Quake
Stephen R. Quake Stanford University
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Bosiljka Tasic
Bosiljka Tasic Allen Institute for Brain Science
Robert C. Malenka
Robert C. Malenka Stanford University
Takaki Komiyama
Takaki Komiyama University of California, San Diego
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Mark J. Schnitzer
Mark J. Schnitzer Stanford University
Yuh Nung Jan
Yuh Nung Jan University of California, San Francisco
Ryan J. Watts
Ryan J. Watts Denali Therapeutics (United States)
Yang Dan
Yang Dan University of California, Berkeley

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