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D-Index
42
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6792
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7662
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3292

Xiangmin Xu 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 Xiangmin Xu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 113 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiangmin Xu 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 Xiangmin Xu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiangmin Xu is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Xu's work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and biophysics.

Their research covers several key topics in neuroscience, such as:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Cell image analysis techniques

Xiangmin Xu's recent publications reflect their engagement with multiple aspects of neural circuit mapping, neural plasticity, and statistical methods in neuroscience. Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Beyond t test and ANOVA: applications of mixed-effects models for more rigorous statistical analysis in neuroscience research," 2021, Neuron
  • "Microglia Elimination Increases Neural Circuit Connectivity and Activity in Adult Mouse Cortex," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping and Recent Advances in Trans-synaptic Anterograde Tracers," 2020, Neuron
  • "Single-cell epigenome analysis reveals age-associated decay of heterochromatin domains in excitatory neurons in the mouse brain," 2022, Cell Research
  • "Psychedelics and Neural Plasticity: Therapeutic Implications," 2022, Journal of Neuroscience

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Todd C. Holmes
  • Steven F. Grieco (23 publications)
  • Lujia Chen (12 publications)
  • Kevin G. Johnston (12 publications)
  • Xiaoxiao Lin (10 publications)

Xu has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Psychiatry, Nature Communications, Neuron, and Neurobiology of Disease. This range of publication venues indicates active contributions to both preprint and peer-reviewed literature in neuroscience and related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Immunochemical Characterization of Inhibitory Mouse Cortical Neurons: Three Chemically Distinct Classes of Inhibitory Cells

    Xiangmin Xu;Keith D. Roby;Edward M. Callaway

  • Beyond t test and ANOVA: applications of mixed-effects models for more rigorous statistical analysis in neuroscience research

    Zhaoxia Yu;Michele Guindani;Steven F. Grieco;Lujia Chen

  • A disinhibitory microcircuit initiates critical-period plasticity in the visual cortex

    Sandra J. Kuhlman;Nicholas D. Olivas;Elaine Tring;Taruna Ikrar

  • Pathogenic SYNGAP1 mutations impair cognitive development by disrupting maturation of dendritic spine synapses.

    James P. Clement;Massimiliano Aceti;Thomas K. Creson;Emin D. Ozkan

  • Laminar Specificity of Functional Input to Distinct Types of Inhibitory Cortical Neurons

    Xiangmin Xu;Edward M. Callaway

  • Adult neurogenesis modifies excitability of the dentate gyrus.

    Taruna Ikrar;Nannan Guo;Kaiwen He;Antoine Besnard

  • Cell-Type-Specific Circuit Connectivity of Hippocampal CA1 Revealed through Cre-Dependent Rabies Tracing

    Yanjun Sun;Amanda Q Nguyen;Joseph P Nguyen;Luc Le

  • A comparison of koniocellular, magnocellular and parvocellular receptive field properties in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus)

    Xiangmin Xu;Jennifer M. Ichida;John D. Allison;Jamie D. Boyd

  • Mouse cortical inhibitory neuron type that coexpresses somatostatin and calretinin.

    Xiangmin Xu;Keith D. Roby;Edward M. Callaway

  • Reduced cognition in Syngap1 mutants is caused by isolated damage within developing forebrain excitatory neurons.

    Emin D. Ozkan;Thomas K. Creson;Enikö A. Kramár;Camilo Rojas

  • Microglia Elimination Increases Neural Circuit Connectivity and Activity in Adult Mouse Cortex

    Yong-Jun Liu;Elizabeth E. Spangenberg;Bryan Tang;Todd C. Holmes

  • Are primate lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) cells really sensitive to orientation or direction

    Xiangmin Xu;Jennifer Ichida;Yuri Shostak;A.B. Bonds

  • Reduced Prefrontal Synaptic Connectivity and Disturbed Oscillatory Population Dynamics in the CNTNAP2 Model of Autism.

    Maria T. Lazaro;Maria T. Lazaro;Jiannis Taxidis;Tristan Shuman;Tristan Shuman;Iris Bachmutsky

  • Neuregulin-1/ErbB4 Signaling Regulates Visual Cortical Plasticity.

    Yanjun Sun;Taruna Ikrar;Melissa F. Davis;Nian Gong

  • Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping and Recent Advances in Trans-synaptic Anterograde Tracers.

    Xiangmin Xu;Todd C. Holmes;Min-Hua Luo;Min-Hua Luo;Kevin T. Beier

  • An inhibitory pull–push circuit in frontal cortex

    Pablo Garcia-Junco-Clemente;Taruna Ikrar;Elaine Tring;Xiangmin Xu

  • Functional Organization of Visual Cortex in the Owl Monkey

    Xiangmin Xu;William Bosking;Gyula Sáry;James Stefansic

  • CA1-projecting subiculum neurons facilitate object–place learning

    Yanjun Sun;Suoqin Jin;Xiaoxiao Lin;Lujia Chen

  • Dorsolateral septum somatostatin interneurons gate mobility to calibrate context-specific behavioral fear responses

    Antoine Besnard;Yuan Gao;Michael TaeWoo Kim;Hannah Twarkowski

  • Primary visual cortex shows laminar‐specific and balanced circuit organization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connectivity

    Xiangmin Xu;Nicholas D. Olivas;Taruna Ikrar;Tao Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Vivien A. Casagrande
Vivien A. Casagrande Vanderbilt University
A. B. Bonds
A. B. Bonds Vanderbilt University
Jon H. Kaas
Jon H. Kaas Vanderbilt University
Douglas A. Nitz
Douglas A. Nitz University of California, San Diego
Peyman Golshani
Peyman Golshani University of California, Los Angeles
Edward M. Callaway
Edward M. Callaway Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Joshua T. Trachtenberg
Joshua T. Trachtenberg University of California, Los Angeles
Olivier Civelli
Olivier Civelli University of California, Irvine
Amar Sahay
Amar Sahay Harvard University
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles

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