2026 Yong He: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	110	537	487	7	7	311	56665

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

110

537

487

311

56665

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award

Overview

Yong He is affiliated with Beijing Normal University in China and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work predominantly focuses on cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, materials chemistry, psychiatry and mental health, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research covers main topics including functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neural dynamics and brain function, advanced MRI techniques and applications, mental health research topics, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Yong He has been published frequently in several reputable venues, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Cambridge Structural Database
NeuroImage
Cerebral Cortex
Biological Psychiatry

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Yong He include:

Quantitative mapping of the brain's structural connectivity using diffusion MRI tractography: A review, 2022, NeuroImage
Connectome gradient dysfunction in major depression and its association with gene expression profiles and treatment outcomes, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
Development of the default-mode network during childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal resting-state fMRI study, 2020, NeuroImage
Development of functional connectome gradients during childhood and adolescence, 2022, Science Bulletin
Reliability and Individual Specificity of EEG Microstate Characteristics, 2020, Brain Topography

Frequent co-authors in Yong He's collaborations include Mingrui Xia, Jia-Hong Gao, Tengda Zhao, Sha Tao, and Yanpei Wang. This network of collaborators contributes to a wide array of interdisciplinary studies combining neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, and mental health research.

Best Publications

BrainNet Viewer: a network visualization tool for human brain connectomics.

Mingrui Xia;Jinhui Wang;Yong He

4253
Citations
Altered baseline brain activity in children with ADHD revealed by resting-state functional MRI

Yu-Feng Zang;Yong He;Chao-Zhe Zhu;Chao-Zhe Zhu;Qing-Jiu Cao

3000
Citations
Regional homogeneity approach to fMRI data analysis

Yufeng Zang;Tianzi Jiang;Yingli Lu;Yong He

2932
Citations
REST: A Toolkit for Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data Processing

Xiao-Wei Song;Zhang-Ye Dong;Xiang-Yu Long;Su-Fang Li

2086
Citations
Small-World Anatomical Networks in the Human Brain Revealed by Cortical Thickness from MRI

Yong He;Zhang J. Chen;Alan C. Evans

1537
Citations
GRETNA: a graph theoretical network analysis toolbox for imaging connectomics

Jinhui Wang;Jinhui Wang;Xindi Wang;Mingrui Xia;Xuhong Liao

1445
Citations
Mapping Anatomical Connectivity Patterns of Human Cerebral Cortex Using In Vivo Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography

Gaolang Gong;Yong He;Luis Concha;Catherine Lebel

1245
Citations
Disrupted small-world networks in schizophrenia.

Yong Liu;Meng Liang;Yuan Zhou;Yong He

1226
Citations
Structural insights into aberrant topological patterns of large-scale cortical networks in Alzheimer's disease.

Yong He;Zhang Chen;Alan Evans

1084
Citations
Changes in hippocampal connectivity in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease: evidence from resting state fMRI.

Liang Wang;Yufeng Zang;Yong He;Meng Liang

1011
Citations
Disrupted brain connectivity networks in drug-naive, first-episode major depressive disorder.

Junran Zhang;Jinhui Wang;Qizhu Wu;Weihong Kuang

996
Citations
Graph theoretical modeling of brain connectivity.

Yong He;Alan Evans

809
Citations
PANDA: a pipeline toolbox for analyzing brain diffusion images

Zaixu Cui;Suyu Zhong;Pengfei Xu;Yong He

783
Citations
DYNAMIC FUNCTIONAL REORGANIZATION OF THE MOTOR EXECUTION NETWORK AFTER STROKE

Liang Wang;Chunshui Yu;Chunshui Yu;Hai Chen;Wen Qin

729
Citations
Age- and Gender-Related Differences in the Cortical Anatomical Network

Gaolang Gong;Pedro Rosa-Neto;Felix Carbonell;Zhang J. Chen

722
Citations
Uncovering Intrinsic Modular Organization of Spontaneous Brain Activity in Humans

Yong-yong He;Jinhui Wang;Liang Wang;Zhang J. Chen

716
Citations
Parcellation‐dependent small‐world brain functional networks: A resting‐state fMRI study

Jinhui Wang;Liang Wang;Liang Wang;Yufeng Zang;Hong Yang

709
Citations
Coupling of functional connectivity and regional cerebral blood flow reveals a physiological basis for network hubs of the human brain

Xia Liang;Xia Liang;Qihong Zou;Yong He;Yihong Yang

704
Citations
Regional coherence changes in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease: A combined structural and resting-state functional MRI study

Yong He;Liang Wang;Yufeng Zang;Yufeng Zang;Lixia Tian

662
Citations
Diffusion Tensor Tractography Reveals Abnormal Topological Organization in Structural Cortical Networks in Alzheimer's Disease

Chun Yi Lo;Pei Ning Wang;Kun Hsien Chou;Jinhui Wang

622
Citations