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Yijun Liu

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Neuroscience

D-Index
74
Citations
14802
World Ranking
2152
National Ranking
1021

Yijun Liu 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 Yijun Liu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 161 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yijun Liu 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 Yijun Liu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yijun Liu was affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focused on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions in radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Additional work touched on endocrine and autonomic systems as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's main research topics encompassed advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, functional brain connectivity studies, advanced MRI techniques and applications, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, sleep and wakefulness research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

Yijun Liu authored several papers, including:

  • A hybrid high-resolution anatomical MRI atlas with sub-parcellation of cortical gyri using resting fMRI (2022) published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • Identification of overlapping and interacting networks reveals intrinsic spatiotemporal organization of the human brain (2023) published in NeuroImage
  • Adenosine-Dependent Arousal Induced by Astrocytes in a Brainstem Circuit (2024) published in Advanced Science
  • A hybrid high-resolution anatomical MRI atlas with sub-parcellation of cortical gyri using resting fMRI (2020) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The intrinsic spatiotemporal organization of the human brain - A multi-dimensional functional network atlas (2021) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent coauthors included Jessica L. Wisnowski, Richard M. Leahy, Jian Li, Anand A. Joshi, and Soyoung Choi.

The majority of Yijun Liu's publications appeared in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • NeuroImage
  • Advanced Science

Best Publications

  • Analyzing brain networks with PCA and conditional Granger causality

    Zhenyu Zhou;Yonghong Chen;Mingzhou Ding;Paul Wright

  • Arithmetic processing in the brain shaped by cultures.

    Yiyuan Tang;Wutian Zhang;Kewei Chen;Shigang Feng

  • Microstructure Abnormalities in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder

    Kai Yuan;Wei Qin;Guihong Wang;Fang Zeng

  • Brain activation in the processing of Chinese characters and words: a functional MRI study.

    Li Hai Tan;John A. Spinks;Jia Hong Gao;Ho Ling Liu

  • The temporal response of the brain after eating revealed by functional MRI

    Yijun Liu;Jia-Hong Gao;Ho-Ling Liu;Peter T. Fox

  • Altered hypothalamic function in response to glucose ingestion in obese humans.

    Masafumi Matsuda;Yijun Liu;Srikanth Mahankali;Yonglin Pu

  • Disgust and the insula: fMRI responses to pictures of mutilation and contamination.

    P. Wright;G. He;N. A. Shapira;W. K. Goodman

  • Brain activation by disgust-inducing pictures in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Nathan A. Shapira;Yijun Liu;Alex G. He;Margaret M. Bradley

  • Altered spontaneous neuronal activity of the default-mode network in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Guangming Lu;Yuan Zhong;Qifu Tan

  • Obesity: pathophysiology and intervention.

    Yi Zhang;Ju Liu;Jianliang Yao;Gang Ji

  • FMRI Study of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Using Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation Analysis

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Guangming Lu;Yuan Zhong;Qifu Tan

  • Impaired attention network in temporal lobe epilepsy: a resting FMRI study.

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Guangming Lu;Yuan Zhong;Qifu Tan

  • Cortical thickness abnormalities in late adolescence with online gaming addiction.

    Kai Yuan;Ping Cheng;Tao Dong;Yanzhi Bi

  • FMRI connectivity analysis of acupuncture effects on an amygdala-associated brain network

    Wei Qin;Wei Qin;Jie Tian;Jie Tian;Lijun Bai;Xiaohong Pan

  • Apathy, depression, and motor symptoms have distinct and separable resting activity patterns in idiopathic Parkinson disease.

    F. M. Skidmore;M. Yang;L. Baxter;K. M. von Deneen

  • Dysfunctional connectivity patterns in chronic heroin users: An fMRI study

    Jixin Liu;Jimin Liang;Wei Qin;Jie Tian;Jie Tian

  • Causal Interactions in Attention Networks Predict Behavioral Performance

    Xiaotong Wen;Li Yao;Yijun Liu;Mingzhou Ding

  • Impaired perceptual networks in temporal lobe epilepsy revealed by resting fMRI

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Guangming Lu;Yuan Zhong;Qifu Tan

  • Gray matter density negatively correlates with duration of heroin use in young lifetime heroin-dependent individuals.

    Yi Yuan;Zude Zhu;Jinfu Shi;Zhiling Zou

  • Top-Down Regulation of Default Mode Activity in Spatial Visual Attention

    Xiaotong Wen;Yijun Liu;Yijun Liu;Li Yao;Mingzhou Ding

  • Satiety dysfunction in Prader-Willi syndrome demonstrated by fMRI

    N A Shapira;M C Lessig;A G He;G A James

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Tian
Jie Tian Chinese Academy of Sciences
Karen M. von Deneen
Karen M. von Deneen Xidian University
Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang Xidian University
Wei Qin
Wei Qin Xidian University
Mark S. Gold
Mark S. Gold Washington University in St. Louis
Kai Yuan
Kai Yuan Xidian University
Peter T. Fox
Peter T. Fox The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Wei Liao
Wei Liao University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Jia-Hong Gao
Jia-Hong Gao Peking University
Qiyong Gong
Qiyong Gong Sichuan University

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