2026 Wei Gao: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	43	7339	6765	3172	2863	92	8944

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Overview

Wei Gao is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience and medicine, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience.

Their work spans several specialized subfields, including:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Genetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Wei Gao's main research topics cover a range of areas related to brain function and development such as:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
Neural dynamics and brain function
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Their publication record includes significant contributions to several journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

Cerebral Cortex
UNC Libraries
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
Biological Psychiatry

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Wei Gao are:

The impact of energy poverty on agricultural productivity: The case of China, 2022, Energy Policy
Behavioral coping phenotypes and associated psychosocial outcomes of pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, Scientific Reports
Genetic Influences on the Developing Young Brain and Risk for Neuropsychiatric Disorders, 2023, Biological Psychiatry
A connectomic analysis of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression, 2021, Brain Stimulation
Aberrant Static and Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity in Acute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with Cognitive Impairment, 2021, Clinical Neuroradiology

Frequent collaborators in Wei Gao's research include:

John H. Gilmore
Haitao Chen
Emil Cornea
Janelle Liu
Andrew Salzwedel

Best Publications

Imaging structural and functional brain development in early childhood

John H. Gilmore;Rebecca C. Knickmeyer;Wei Gao

971
Citations
Evidence on the emergence of the brain's default network from 2-week-old to 2-year-old healthy pediatric subjects

Wei Gao;Hongtu Zhu;Kelly S. Giovanello;J. Keith Smith

663
Citations
The UNC/UMN Baby Connectome Project (BCP): An overview of the study design and protocol development.

Brittany R. Howell;Martin A. Styner;Wei Gao;Wei Gao;Pew-Thian Yap

428
Citations
Functional Network Development During the First Year: Relative Sequence and Socioeconomic Correlations

Wei Gao;Sarael Alcauter;Amanda Elton;Carlos R. Hernandez-Castillo

425
Citations
Development of human brain cortical network architecture during infancy

Wei Gao;Sarael Alcauter;J. Keith Smith;John H. Gilmore

370
Citations
Growing a social brain.

Shir Atzil;Wei Gao;Isaac Fradkin;Lisa Feldman Barrett

337
Citations
Functional Connectivity of the Infant Human Brain: Plastic and Modifiable

Wei Gao;Weili Lin;Karen M Grewen;John H Gilmore

319
Citations
Temporal and Spatial Development of Axonal Maturation and Myelination of White Matter in the Developing Brain

W. Gao;W. Lin;Y. Chen;G. Gerig

313
Citations
Temporal and spatial evolution of brain network topology during the first two years of life

Wei Gao;John H Gilmore;Kelly Sullivan Giovanello;Jeffrey Keith Smith

274
Citations
Frontal Parietal Control Network Regulates the Anti-Correlated Default and Dorsal Attention Networks

Wei Gao;Weili Lin

258
Citations
Functional connectivity MR imaging reveals cortical functional connectivity in the developing brain

Weili Lin;Q. Zhu;Wei Gao;Y. Chen

249
Citations
Development of Thalamocortical Connectivity during Infancy and Its Cognitive Correlations

S. Alcauter;W. Lin;J. K. Smith;S. J. Short

247
Citations
The Synchronization within and Interaction between the Default and Dorsal Attention Networks in Early Infancy

Wei Gao;John H. Gilmore;Dinggang Shen;Jeffery Keith Smith

210
Citations
Integration of Network Topological and Connectivity Properties for Neuroimaging Classification

Biao Jie;Daoqiang Zhang;Wei Gao;Qian Wang

162
Citations
Altered structural connectivity in neonates at genetic risk for schizophrenia: a combined study using morphological and white matter networks.

Feng Shi;Pew Thian Yap;Wei Gao;Weili Lin

155
Citations
Intersubject variability of and genetic effects on the brain's functional connectivity during infancy.

Wei Gao;Amanda Elton;Hongtu Zhu;Sarael Alcauter

149
Citations
Task-related modulation of functional connectivity variability and its behavioral correlations.

Amanda Elton;Wei Gao

144
Citations
Divergent task-dependent functional connectivity of executive control and salience networks.

Amanda Elton;Wei Gao

143
Citations
Structural and Maturational Covariance in Early Childhood Brain Development

Xiujuan Geng;Gang Li;Zhaohua Lu;Wei Gao

139
Citations
Task-positive functional connectivity of the default mode network transcends task domain

Amanda Elton;Wei Gao

132
Citations