World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Psychology
China
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
76
Citations
20233
World Ranking
1723
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in China Leader Award

Overview

Xiang Yang Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, focusing primarily on medical research. Their work spans several interconnected fields, notably psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, education, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas including the impact of technology on adolescents, child development with digital technology, functional brain connectivity studies, schizophrenia research and treatment, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, sleep and related disorders, and psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

Xiang Yang Zhang has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • Annals of General Psychiatry
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Their notable recent papers comprise:

  • Internet addiction among college students in a Chinese population: Prevalence, correlates, and its relationship with suicide attempts, 2020, Depression and Anxiety
  • Sex differences in prevalence, risk factors and clinical correlates of internet addiction among Chinese college students, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Insomnia in Chinese College Students With Internet Addiction: Prevalence and Associated Clinical Correlates, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Association between clinical symptoms and apolipoprotein A1 or apolipoprotein B levels is regulated by apolipoprotein E variant rs429358 in patients with chronic schizophrenia, 2021, Annals of General Psychiatry
  • Association between auditory P300 event-related potential and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in first-episode antipsychotic-naïve patients with schizophrenia, 2024, Schizophrenia Research

Throughout their career, Xiang Yang Zhang has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Yanmei Shen, Chunxiang Huang, Xuerong Luo, Yaru Zhang, and Shaobing Li.

Best Publications

  • Free radicals, antioxidant defense systems, and schizophrenia.

    Jing Qin Wu;Thomas R. Kosten;Xiang Yang Zhang

  • Antioxidant enzymes and lipid peroxidation in different forms of schizophrenia treated with typical and atypical antipsychotics.

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Yun Long Tan;Lian Yuan Cao;Gui Ying Wu

  • Left too early: the effects of age at separation from parents on Chinese rural children's symptoms of anxiety and depression.

    Zhengkui Liu;Xinying Li;Xiaojia Ge

  • Elevated interleukin-2, interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 serum levels in neuroleptic-free schizophrenia: association with psychopathology.

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Dong Feng Zhou;Pei Yan Zhang;Gui Ying Wu

  • Changes in serum interleukin-2, -6, and -8 levels before and during treatment with risperidone and haloperidol: relationship to outcome in schizophrenia.

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Dong Feng Zhou;Lian Yuan Cao;Pei Yan Zhang

  • Cortisol and Cytokines in Chronic and Treatment-Resistant Patients with Schizophrenia: Association with Psychopathology and Response to Antipsychotics

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Xiang Yang Zhang;Dong Feng Zhou;Lian Yuan Cao;Gui Ying Wu

  • Decreased serum BDNF levels in chronic institutionalized schizophrenia on long-term treatment with typical and atypical antipsychotics

    Mei Hong Xiu;Li Hui;Yu Feng Dang;Tian De Hou

  • The prevalence and risk factors of psychological disturbances of frontline medical staff in china under the COVID-19 epidemic: Workload should be concerned.

    Yongjie Zhou;Wenjuan Wang;Yanping Sun;Wei Qian

  • Low BDNF is associated with cognitive impairment in chronic patients with schizophrenia

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Xiang Yang Zhang;Jun Liang;Da Chun Chen;Mei Hong Xiu

  • Decreased levels of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor in drug-naïve first-episode schizophrenia: relationship to clinical phenotypes

    Da Chun Chen;Jing Wang;Bo Wang;Sheng Chang Yang

  • Decreased BDNF in serum of patients with chronic schizophrenia on long-term treatment with antipsychotics

    Yun Long Tan;Dong Feng Zhou;Lian Yuan Cao;Yi Zhuang Zou

  • Identifying a clinical signature of suicidality among patients with mood disorders: A pilot study using a machine learning approach

    Ives Cavalcante Passos;Benson Mwangi;Bo Cao;Jane E. Hamilton

  • Mental Health in Frontline Medical Workers during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Epidemic in China: A Comparison with the General Population.

    Yiming Liang;Kankan Wu;Yongjie Zhou;Xin Huang

  • Low BDNF is associated with cognitive deficits in patients with type 2 diabetes.

    Yan Feng Zhen;Jia Zhang;Xing Yu Liu;Hui Fang

  • Gender differences in cognitive function of patients with chronic schizophrenia

    Mei Han;Xu-Feng Huang;Da Chun Chen;Mei Hong Xiu

  • Treatment response prediction and individualized identification of first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia using brain functional connectivity.

    Bo Cao;Bo Cao;Raymond Y. Cho;Dachun Chen;Meihong Xiu

  • A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of extract of Ginkgo biloba added to haloperidol in treatment-resistant patients with schizophrenia.

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Dong Feng Zhou;Pei Yan Zhang;Gui Ying Wu

  • Cognitive and serum BDNF correlates of BDNF Val66Met gene polymorphism in patients with schizophrenia and normal controls.

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Xiang Yang Zhang;Da Chun Chen;Mei Hong Xiu;Colin N. Haile

  • Psychological Resilience as a Protective Factor for Depression and Anxiety Among the Public During the Outbreak of COVID-19

    Shasha Song;Xin Yang;Hua Yang;Ping Zhou

  • Extract of Ginkgo biloba Treatment for Tardive Dyskinesia in Schizophrenia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Wu Fang Zhang;Yun Long Tan;Xiang Y Zhang;Raymond C K Chan

  • Gender differences in never-medicated first-episode schizophrenia and medicated chronic schizophrenia patients.

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Da Chun Chen;Mei Hong Xiu;Fu De Yang

  • Prazosin, an α-1 Adrenergic Antagonist, Reduces Cocaine-Induced Reinstatement of Drug-Seeking

    Xiang Yang Zhang;Therese A. Kosten

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu-Tao Xiang
Yu-Tao Xiang University of Macau
Hongyu Zhao
Hongyu Zhao Yale University
Hong-Wen Deng
Hong-Wen Deng Tulane University
David H. Epstein
David H. Epstein National Institute on Drug Abuse
Helen F.K. Chiu
Helen F.K. Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pin Nie
Pin Nie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Robert H. Pietrzak
Robert H. Pietrzak Yale University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring psychology in the USA opens diverse online degree options and career pathways. Many students pursue specialized roles, such as school counseling, which require a combination of advanced education and state-specific certifications.

If you are interested in working with students, your journey will begin by understanding state requirements. For example, Massachusetts school counselor education requirements emphasize both graduate coursework and practical experience. Similarly, Michigan school counselor certification requirements highlight the importance of approved programs and structured internships.

Aspiring counselors in other states encounter unique criteria as well. In Minnesota, becoming a school counselor in Minnesota involves tailored graduate programs and examinations. Over in the South, Mississippi school counselor certification requirements require relevant degrees and practical training.

No matter the location, earning your degree online can provide the flexibility to meet state requirements while preparing for a rewarding career in psychology and counseling.

Best Scientists Citing Xiang Yang Zhang

Trending Scientists