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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 184 312 285 199 180 1841 164052
Best Scientists 184 514 465 324 288 1841 164052

Wei Zheng publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wei Zheng between 1986 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wei Zheng published across 41 years, from 1986 to 2026, averaging 57.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 273 publications in 2024. 167 of the 2,342 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 273. Peak 273 publications in 2024. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 4 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 10 publications 1993: 14 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 15 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 18 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 41 publications 2005: 31 publications 2006: 37 publications 2007: 63 publications 2008: 49 publications 2009: 63 publications 2010: 68 publications 2011: 66 publications 2012: 84 publications 2013: 87 publications 2014: 85 publications 2015: 89 publications 2016: 89 publications 2017: 67 publications 2018: 86 publications 2019: 112 publications 2020: 79 publications 2021: 116 publications 2022: 197 publications 2023: 234 publications 2024: 273 publications 2025: 147 publications 2026: 20 publications
1986 2026

2,342 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wei Zheng: publications per year, 1986 to 2026
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 4
1988 5
1989 0
1990 2
1991 4
1992 10
1993 14
1994 7
1995 9
1996 11
1997 15
1998 5
1999 10
2000 10
2001 18
2002 14
2003 20
2004 41
2005 31
2006 37
2007 63
2008 49
2009 63
2010 68
2011 66
2012 84
2013 87
2014 85
2015 89
2016 89
2017 67
2018 86
2019 112
2020 79
2021 116
2022 197
2023 234
2024 273
2025 147
2026 20
Total 2,342
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Wei Zheng publications per year - data summary

  • Wei Zheng, a Medicine scholar from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has 2,342 publications recorded across 41 years, from 1986 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1986 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 273 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1986, with 1 publication.
  • 1 of the 41 years in the span carries no publications at all (1989).
  • The rate of publication averages 57.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 58.5 per year counting only the 40 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 871 publications, 37% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1986-1999: 97 publications (6.9 per year); 2000-2013: 651 publications (46.5 per year); 2014-2026: 1,594 publications (122.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Wei Zheng publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 101–120 to 1,796+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 922. Most scientists, 922, have 341–360 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 1,796+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 101–120 publications: 5 scientists 121–140 publications: 26 scientists 141–160 publications: 73 scientists 161–180 publications: 155 scientists 181–200 publications: 230 scientists 201–220 publications: 363 scientists 221–240 publications: 487 scientists 241–260 publications: 545 scientists 261–280 publications: 722 scientists 281–300 publications: 768 scientists 301–320 publications: 834 scientists 321–340 publications: 895 scientists 341–360 publications: 922 scientists 361–380 publications: 838 scientists 381–400 publications: 861 scientists 401–420 publications: 918 scientists 421–440 publications: 806 scientists 441–460 publications: 771 scientists 461–480 publications: 751 scientists 481–500 publications: 713 scientists 501–520 publications: 617 scientists 521–540 publications: 610 scientists 541–560 publications: 537 scientists 561–580 publications: 504 scientists 581–600 publications: 509 scientists 601–620 publications: 396 scientists 621–640 publications: 386 scientists 641–660 publications: 371 scientists 661–680 publications: 340 scientists 681–700 publications: 336 scientists 701–720 publications: 307 scientists 721–740 publications: 259 scientists 741–760 publications: 230 scientists 761–780 publications: 228 scientists 781–800 publications: 217 scientists 801–820 publications: 204 scientists 821–840 publications: 186 scientists 841–860 publications: 177 scientists 861–880 publications: 155 scientists 881–900 publications: 139 scientists 901–920 publications: 145 scientists 921–940 publications: 116 scientists 941–960 publications: 133 scientists 961–980 publications: 91 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 96 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 77 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 70 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 63 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 77 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 49 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 54 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 49 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 51 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 35 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 39 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 26 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 37 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 36 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 27 scientists 1,281–1,300 publications: 32 scientists 1,301–1,320 publications: 28 scientists 1,321–1,340 publications: 17 scientists 1,341–1,360 publications: 30 scientists 1,361–1,380 publications: 28 scientists 1,381–1,400 publications: 17 scientists 1,401–1,420 publications: 21 scientists 1,421–1,440 publications: 15 scientists 1,441–1,460 publications: 12 scientists 1,461–1,480 publications: 12 scientists 1,481–1,500 publications: 18 scientists 1,501–1,520 publications: 14 scientists 1,521–1,540 publications: 17 scientists 1,541–1,560 publications: 15 scientists 1,561–1,580 publications: 6 scientists 1,581–1,600 publications: 2 scientists 1,601–1,620 publications: 12 scientists 1,621–1,640 publications: 11 scientists 1,641–1,660 publications: 8 scientists 1,661–1,680 publications: 5 scientists 1,681–1,700 publications: 5 scientists 1,701–1,720 publications: 10 scientists 1,721–1,740 publications: 12 scientists 1,741–1,760 publications: 14 scientists 1,761–1,780 publications: 6 scientists 1,781–1,795 publications: 5 scientists 1,796+ publications: 100 scientists
101–120 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,841 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

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Number of Medicine scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
101–120 5
121–140 26
141–160 73
161–180 155
181–200 230
201–220 363
221–240 487
241–260 545
261–280 722
281–300 768
301–320 834
321–340 895
341–360 922
361–380 838
381–400 861
401–420 918
421–440 806
441–460 771
461–480 751
481–500 713
501–520 617
521–540 610
541–560 537
561–580 504
581–600 509
601–620 396
621–640 386
641–660 371
661–680 340
681–700 336
701–720 307
721–740 259
741–760 230
761–780 228
781–800 217
801–820 204
821–840 186
841–860 177
861–880 155
881–900 139
901–920 145
921–940 116
941–960 133
961–980 91
981–1,000 96
1,001–1,020 77
1,021–1,040 70
1,041–1,060 63
1,061–1,080 77
1,081–1,100 49
1,101–1,120 54
1,121–1,140 49
1,141–1,160 51
1,161–1,180 35
1,181–1,200 39
1,201–1,220 26
1,221–1,240 37
1,241–1,260 36
1,261–1,280 27
1,281–1,300 32
1,301–1,320 28
1,321–1,340 17
1,341–1,360 30
1,361–1,380 28
1,381–1,400 17
1,401–1,420 21
1,421–1,440 15
1,441–1,460 12
1,461–1,480 12
1,481–1,500 18
1,501–1,520 14
1,521–1,540 17
1,541–1,560 15
1,561–1,580 6
1,581–1,600 2
1,601–1,620 12
1,621–1,640 11
1,641–1,660 8
1,661–1,680 5
1,681–1,700 5
1,701–1,720 10
1,721–1,740 12
1,741–1,760 14
1,761–1,780 6
1,781–1,795 5
1,796+ 100 1,841
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Wei Zheng publication distribution in Medicine in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 20,134 Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 86 ranges running from 101–120 to 1,796+ publications.
  • Wei Zheng, a Medicine scholar from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, records 1,841 publications - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Medicine scientists score the same or lower than Wei Zheng, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 441–460 publications range, and Wei Zheng ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 341–360 publications, holding 922 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 64% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 521–540 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Wei Zheng D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 75 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 217+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,027. Most scientists, 1,027, have 82–83 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 184–185 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70–71 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 184 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Medicine scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 226
72–73 391
74–75 574
76–77 730
78–79 891
80–81 972
82–83 1,027
84–85 1,003
86–87 960
88–89 970
90–91 922
92–93 839
94–95 808
96–97 779
98–99 668
100–101 611
102–103 630
104–105 513
106–107 541
108–109 445
110–111 429
112–113 399
114–115 393
116–117 318
118–119 302
120–121 287
122–123 255
124–125 256
126–127 252
128–129 230
130–131 179
132–133 168
134–135 163
136–137 159
138–139 134
140–141 134
142–143 118
144–145 109
146–147 106
148–149 74
150–151 79
152–153 80
154–155 87
156–157 57
158–159 74
160–161 69
162–163 60
164–165 53
166–167 39
168–169 42
170–171 32
172–173 39
174–175 40
176–177 28
178–179 19
180–181 23
182–183 31
184–185 18 184
186–187 20
188–189 22
190–191 13
192–193 21
194–195 12
196–197 12
198–199 14
200–201 15
202–203 13
204–205 10
206–207 8
208–209 4
210–211 12
212–213 11
214–215 10
216 4
217+ 98
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Wei Zheng D-index placement in Medicine in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 20,134 Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 75 ranges running from 70–71 to 217+ D-Index.
  • Wei Zheng, a Medicine scholar from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, records 184 D-Index - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Medicine scientists score the same or lower than Wei Zheng, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 94–95 D-Index range, and Wei Zheng ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 82–83 D-Index, holding 1,027 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 106–107 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award

Overview

Wei Zheng is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research contributions span predominantly within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant focus on subfields including Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Biological Psychiatry, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work centers on key topics such as Treatment of Major Depression, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Mental Health Research Topics, and Stress Responses and Cortisol.

Wei Zheng has published research notably in the following venues:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • ALPHA PSYCHIATRY
  • Asian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry

Selected recent papers include:

  • Adjunctive intranasal esketamine for major depressive disorder: A systematic review of randomized double-blind controlled-placebo studies, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • The Neglect of Left-Behind Children in China: A Meta-Analysis, 2020, Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • Cholesterol and triglyceride levels in first-episode patients with major depressive disorder: A meta-analysis of case-control studies, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Alterations of multiple peripheral inflammatory cytokine levels after repeated ketamine infusions in major depressive disorder, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Volumetric changes in subcortical structures following repeated ketamine treatment in patients with major depressive disorder: a longitudinal analysis, 2020, Translational Psychiatry

Wei Zheng collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Yuping Ning
  • Yanling Zhou
  • Yu-Tao Xiang
  • Xiaofeng Lan
  • Xingbing Huang

The scientist's body of work includes extensive research on depressive disorders, with particular attention to novel therapeutic interventions and the biological underpinnings of major depression. Their contributions to the understanding of treatment mechanisms using pharmacological agents such as ketamine and esketamine are captured in several meta-analyses and longitudinal studies.

The focus on inflammatory cytokines, brain structural changes, and lipid profiles reflects a multidisciplinary approach crossing clinical psychiatry, neuroscience, and pharmacology. This integrative research strategy aligns with the broad range of subfields they engage in.

Their scholarly activity, reflected in a volume of publications primarily in high-impact journals related to affective disorders and psychiatry, highlights ongoing contributions to mental health research and neuropsychiatric treatment development.

Best Publications

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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  • Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Shilpa N Bhupathiraju;David Wormser;Pei Gao;Pei Gao

  • Bevformer: learning bird's-eye-view representation from lidar-camera via spatiotemporal transformers

    Unknown

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

    Wei Zheng;Dale F. McLerran;Betsy Rolland;Xianglan Zhang

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Observation of a Centrality-Dependent Dijet Asymmetry in Lead-Lead <?format ?>Collisions at with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

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  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Internimage: Exploring large-scale vision foundation models with deformable convolutions

    Unknown

  • Common Genetic Variation In Cellular Transport Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) Risk

    Ganna Chornokur;Hui-Yi Lin;Jonathan P. Tyrer;Kate Lawrenson

  • Llama-adapter: Efficient fine-tuning of language models with zero-init attention

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  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer

    Laufey Amundadottir;Peter Kraft;Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon;Charles S. Fuchs

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Animatediff: Animate your personalized text-to-image diffusion models without specific tuning

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  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians

    Yoon Shin Cho;Chien Hsiun Chen;Chien Hsiun Chen;Cheng Hu;Jirong Long

  • Soya food intake and risk of endometrial cancer among Chinese women in Shanghai: population based case-control study.

    Wang Hong Xu;Wei Zheng;Yong Bing Xiang;Zhi Xian Ruan

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Qiuyin Cai
Qiuyin Cai Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Yu-Tang Gao
Yu-Tang Gao Fudan University
Yong-Bing Xiang
Yong-Bing Xiang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Gong Yang
Gong Yang Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jirong Long
Jirong Long Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hui Cai
Hui Cai Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Wanqing Wen
Wanqing Wen Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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