2026 Lixing Lao: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	77	18390	17278	9179	8481	363	22857

Overview

Lixing Lao is affiliated with the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine in the United States. Their research is primarily concentrated in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on complementary and alternative medicine. Additionally, their work spans several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, pharmacology, physiology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to integrative and complementary approaches to health, including:

Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
Pain Management and Placebo Effect
Sleep and related disorders
Healthcare and Venom Research
Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Cancer survivorship and care

Lixing Lao has published frequently in journals such as:

Phytomedicine
Integrative Cancer Therapies
Acupuncture in Medicine
Journal of Integrative Medicine
BMJ

Some of their recent notable papers include:

"Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment" (2021), published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
"Methodological challenges in design and conduct of randomised controlled trials in acupuncture" (2022), published in BMJ
"Direct inhibition of the TLR4/MyD88 pathway by geniposide suppresses HIF-1α-independent VEGF expression and angiogenesis in hepatocellular carcinoma" (2020), published in British Journal of Pharmacology
"The mechanism of electroacupuncture for depression on basic research: a systematic review" (2021), published in Chinese Medicine
"Acupuncture for cancer-related insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2022), published in Phytomedicine

Lixing Lao has collaborated extensively with co-authors such as Zhang-Jin Zhang, Haiyong Chen, Wing-Fai Yeung, Shifen Xu, and Xuan Yin, with collaboration counts ranging from 12 to 16 publications each.

Best Publications

The Role of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants in Liver Diseases

Sha Li;Hor-Yue Tan;Ning Wang;Zhang-Jin Zhang

1721
Citations
Mechanisms of Acupuncture-Electroacupuncture on Persistent Pain

Ruixin Zhang;Lixing Lao;Ke Ren;Brian M. Berman

939
Citations
Effectiveness of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, controlled trial.

Brian M Berman;Lixing Lao;Patricia Langenberg;Wen Lin Lee

903
Citations
Acupuncture and dry‐needling for low back pain

A D Furlan;M W van Tulder;D C Cherkin;H Tsukayama

732
Citations
Is acupuncture effective for the treatment of chronic pain? A systematic review

Jeanette Ezzo;Brian Berman;Victoria A. Hadhazy;Alejandro R. Jadad

655
Citations
Acupuncture-point stimulation for chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting

Jeanette Ezzo;Mary Ann Richardson;Andrew Vickers;Claire Allen

517
Citations
Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain: an updated systematic review within the framework of the cochrane collaboration.

Alessandro Furlan;Maurits van Tulder;Dan Cherkin;Hiroshi Tsukayama

504
Citations
Acupuncture for peripheral joint osteoarthritis

Eric Manheimer;Ke Cheng;Klaus Linde;Lixing Lao

464
Citations
Acupuncture for osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review.

Jeanette Ezzo;Victoria Hadhazy;Stephen Birch;Lixing Lao

388
Citations
A randomized trial of acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee.

B M Berman;B B Singh;L Lao;P Langenberg

367
Citations
The effectiveness of acupuncture in the management of acute and chronic low back pain. A systematic review within the framework of the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group.

M. W. Van Tulder;D. C. Cherkin;B. Berman;Lixing Lao

355
Citations
Meta-analysis: Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Eric Manheimer;Klaus Linde;Lixing Lao;Lex M. Bouter

335
Citations
Paradoxes in Acupuncture Research: Strategies for Moving Forward

Helene M Langevin;Peter Michael Wayne;Hugh MacPherson;Rosa Schnyer

327
Citations
IL-1ra alleviates inflammatory hyperalgesia through preventing phosphorylation of NMDA receptor NR-1 subunit in rats

Rui-Xin Zhang;Aihui Li;Bing Liu;Linbo Wang

270
Citations
Spinal glial activation in a new rat model of bone cancer pain produced by prostate cancer cell inoculation of the tibia

Rui-Xin Zhang;Bing Liu;Linbo Wang;Ke Ren

269
Citations
Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery: a placebo-controlled trial.

Lixing Lao;Stewart Bergman;Gayle R. Hamilton;Patricia Langenberg

269
Citations
Acupuncture-Point Stimulation for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Jeanette Ezzo;Andrew Vickers;Mary Ann Richardson;Claire Allen

266
Citations
Acupuncture for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

Eric Manheimer;Ke Cheng;L. Susan Wieland;Li Shih Min

255
Citations
Is acupuncture safe? A systematic review of case reports.

Lixing Lao;Gayle R. Hamilton;Jianping Fu;Brian M. Berman

247
Citations
Is acupuncture analgesia an expectancy effect? Preliminary evidence based on participants' perceived assignments in two placebo-controlled trials.

R. Barker Bausell;Lixing Lao;Stewart Bergman;Wen-Lin Lee

244
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Berman Virginia Commonwealth University

Ke Ren University of Maryland, Baltimore

Chun-Tao Che University of Illinois at Chicago

Vitaly Napadow Harvard University

Joseph J.Y. Sung Nanyang Technological University

Patricia Langenberg University of Maryland, Baltimore

Harry H. S. Fong University of Illinois at Chicago

Justin C.Y. Wu Chinese University of Hong Kong

Marc C. Hochberg University of Maryland, Baltimore

Richard E. Harris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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