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13405
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3151
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1468

Rong Zhang 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 Rong Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 313 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rong Zhang 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 Rong Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rong Zhang is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, neurology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's main topics of study include cardiovascular health and disease prevention, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques, dementia and cognitive impairment research, advanced MRI techniques and applications, and heart rate variability and autonomic control.

Rong Zhang has published extensively, with papers featured in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of Applied Physiology
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Hypertension

Significant recent publications include:

  • Brain Perfusion Change in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment After 12 Months of Aerobic Exercise Training (2020, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)
  • One-Year Aerobic Exercise Reduced Carotid Arterial Stiffness and Increased Cerebral Blood Flow in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (2021, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)
  • Aerobic exercise training and neurocognitive function in cognitively normal older adults: A one-year randomized controlled trial (2022, Journal of Internal Medicine)
  • Midlife aerobic exercise and brain structural integrity: Associations with age and cardiorespiratory fitness (2020, NeuroImage)
  • One-year aerobic exercise increases cerebral blood flow in cognitively normal older adults (2022, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism)

Throughout the course of their career, Rong Zhang has collaborated with several frequent coauthors:

  • Takashi Tarumi
  • Tsubasa Tomoto
  • C. Munro Cullum
  • David C. Zhu
  • Evan Pasha

The body of work reflects a focus on how aerobic exercise impacts brain function, cardiovascular health, and neurocognitive outcomes, often investigating cerebral blood flow and arterial stiffness among older adults or those with mild cognitive impairment. The research integrates advanced imaging techniques alongside physiological assessments.

Best Publications

  • Transfer function analysis of dynamic cerebral autoregulation in humans.

    Rong Zhang;Julie H. Zuckerman;Cole A. Giller;Benjamin D. Levine

  • Autonomic Neural Control of Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation in Humans

    Rong Zhang;Julie H. Zuckerman;Kenichi Iwasaki;Thad E. Wilson

  • Effect of gravity and microgravity on intracranial pressure

    Justin S. Lawley;Lonnie G. Petersen;Erin J. Howden;Satyam Sarma

  • Cerebral blood flow in normal aging adults: cardiovascular determinants, clinical implications, and aerobic fitness.

    Takashi Tarumi;Takashi Tarumi;Rong Zhang;Rong Zhang

  • Cerebral Hemodynamics in Normal Aging: Central Artery Stiffness, Wave Reflection, and Pressure Pulsatility

    Takashi Tarumi;Takashi Tarumi;Muhammad Ayaz Khan;Muhammad Ayaz Khan;Jie Liu;Jie Liu;Benjamin M Tseng;Benjamin M Tseng

  • Hemodynamics of orthostatic intolerance: implications for gender differences

    Qi Fu;Armin Arbab-Zadeh;Merja A. Perhonen;Rong Zhang

  • Dynamic cerebral autoregulation during repeated squat-stand maneuvers

    Jurgen A. H. R. Claassen;Benjamin D. Levine;Rong Zhang

  • Heat stress reduces cerebral blood velocity and markedly impairs orthostatic tolerance in humans

    Thad E. Wilson;Jian Cui;Jian Cui;Rong Zhang;Craig G. Crandall

  • Human muscle sympathetic neural and haemodynamic responses to tilt following spaceflight.

    Benjamin D. Levine;James A. Pawelczyk;Andrew C. Ertl;Andrew C. Ertl;James F. Cox

  • Transcranial Doppler estimation of cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular conductance during modified rebreathing.

    Jurgen A H R Claassen;Rong Zhang;Qi Fu;Sarah Witkowski

  • Deterioration of cerebral autoregulation during orthostatic stress: insights from the frequency domain

    Rong Zhang;Julie H. Zuckerman;Benjamin D. Levine

  • Life‐long aerobic exercise preserved baseline cerebral blood flow but reduced vascular reactivity to CO2

    Binu P. Thomas;Binu P. Thomas;Uma S. Yezhuvath;Benjamin Y. Tseng;Peiying Liu

  • White matter integrity in physically fit older adults.

    Benjamin Y. Tseng;T. Gundapuneedi;M. A. Khan;Ramon Diaz-Arrastia

  • Human cerebral autoregulation before, during and after spaceflight

    Ken Ichi Iwasaki;Ken Ichi Iwasaki;Benjamin D. Levine;Rong Zhang;Julie H. Zuckerman

  • Effects of head-down-tilt bed rest on cerebral hemodynamics during orthostatic stress

    Rong Zhang;Julie H. Zuckerman;James A. Pawelczyk;Benjamin D. Levine

  • Effect of head-down-tilt bed rest and hypovolemia on dynamic regulation of heart rate and blood pressure

    Ken-Ichi Iwasaki;Rong Zhang;Julie H. Zuckerman;James A. Pawelczyk

  • Dynamic pressure-flow relationship of the cerebral circulation during acute increase in arterial pressure.

    Rong Zhang;Khosrow Behbehani;Benjamin D. Levine

  • Mechanism of blood pressure and R-R variability: insights from ganglion blockade in humans

    Rong Zhang;Rong Zhang;Kenichi Iwasaki;Julie H. Zuckerman;Khosrow Behbehani;Khosrow Behbehani

  • Distribution of cardiac output to the brain across the adult lifespan

    Chang Yang Xing;Takashi Tarumi;Takashi Tarumi;Jie Liu;Jie Liu;Jie Liu;Yinan Zhang

  • Skin cooling maintains cerebral blood flow velocity and orthostatic tolerance during tilting in heated humans.

    Thad E. Wilson;Jian Cui;Rong Zhang;Sarah Witkowski

  • Impaired cerebral autoregulation: measurement and application to stroke

    Li Xiong;Xiuyun Liu;Ty T Shang;Peter Smielewski

  • Spontaneous fluctuations in cerebral blood flow: Insights from extended- duration recordings in humans

    Rong Zhang;Julie H. Zuckerman;Benjamin D. Levine

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin D. Levine
Benjamin D. Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Craig G. Crandall
Craig G. Crandall The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
C. Munro Cullum
C. Munro Cullum The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Vasilis Z. Marmarelis
Vasilis Z. Marmarelis University of Southern California
Hanzhang Lu
Hanzhang Lu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia University of Pennsylvania
William K. Cornwell
William K. Cornwell University of New South Wales
Myron F. Weiner
Myron F. Weiner The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jeffrey N. Keller
Jeffrey N. Keller Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Mark H. Drazner
Mark H. Drazner The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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