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D-Index
36
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7185
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8928
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3776

Zhanyan Fu 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 Zhanyan Fu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 57 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhanyan Fu 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 Zhanyan Fu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhanyan Fu is affiliated with the Broad Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected domains within neuroscience and molecular biology, with a focus on understanding neural dynamics, genetic engineering, and brain function at the cellular and molecular levels.

The main fields of study for Zhanyan Fu include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study encompass:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Biomedical Engineering

The key research topics covered by their work are:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Zhanyan Fu has published extensively in several prominent scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Neuron
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Cell
  • Nature

Key recent publications illustrate the breadth of their research:

  • "Viral manipulation of functionally distinct interneurons in mice, non-human primates and humans," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Distinct subnetworks of the thalamic reticular nucleus," 2020, Nature
  • "A transcription factor atlas of directed differentiation," 2023, Cell
  • "An Ultra-Sensitive Step-Function Opsin for Minimally Invasive Optogenetic Stimulation in Mice and Macaques," 2020, Neuron
  • "Effects of a patient-derived de novo coding alteration of CACNA1I in mice connect a schizophrenia risk gene with sleep spindle deficits," 2020, Translational Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Mario A. Arias-García
  • Guoping Feng
  • Baolin Guo
  • Nolan D. Hartley
  • Violeta G. López-Huerta

Best Publications

  • Shank3 mutant mice display autistic-like behaviours and striatal dysfunction

    João Peça;Cátia Feliciano;Jonathan T. Ting;Wenting Wang

  • Adult restoration of Shank3 expression rescues selective autistic-like phenotypes

    Yuan Mei;Patricia Monteiro;Patricia Monteiro;Patricia Monteiro;Yang Zhou;Jin-Ah Kim

  • Mice with Shank3 Mutations Associated with ASD and Schizophrenia Display Both Shared and Distinct Defects

    Yang Zhou;Yang Zhou;Tobias Kaiser;Patrícia Monteiro;Patrícia Monteiro;Patrícia Monteiro;Xiangyu Zhang

  • Anterior cingulate cortex dysfunction underlies social deficits in Shank3 mutant mice.

    Baolin Guo;Jing Chen;Qian Chen;Keke Ren

  • Combining NGN2 Programming with Developmental Patterning Generates Human Excitatory Neurons with NMDAR-Mediated Synaptic Transmission

    Ralda Nehme;Ralda Nehme;Emanuela Zuccaro;Emanuela Zuccaro;Sulagna Dia Ghosh;Sulagna Dia Ghosh;Chenchen Li

  • Imaging Neural Activity Using Thy1-GCaMP Transgenic mice

    Qian Chen;Joseph Cichon;Wenting Wang;Li Qiu

  • Population imaging of neural activity in awake behaving mice

    Kiryl D. Piatkevich;Kiryl D. Piatkevich;Seth Bensussen;Hua an Tseng;Sanaya N. Shroff

  • Viral manipulation of functionally distinct interneurons in mice, non-human primates and humans

    Douglas Vormstein-Schneider;Jessica D. Lin;Kenneth A. Pelkey;Ramesh Chittajallu

  • Relationship between Availability of NMDA Receptor Subunits and Their Expression at the Synapse

    Kate Prybylowski;Zhanyan Fu;Gabriele Losi;Lynda M. Hawkins

  • Jointly reduced inhibition and excitation underlies circuit-wide changes in cortical processing in Rett syndrome.

    Abhishek Banerjee;Rajeev V. Rikhye;Vincent Breton-Provencher;Xin Tang

  • Striatopallidal dysfunction underlies repetitive behavior in Shank3-deficient model of autism

    Wenting Wang;Chenchen Li;Qian Chen;Marie-Sophie van der Goes

  • Distinct subnetworks of the thalamic reticular nucleus.

    Yinqing Li;Yinqing Li;Violeta G. Lopez-Huerta;Violeta G. Lopez-Huerta;Violeta G. Lopez-Huerta;Xian Adiconis;Kirsten Levandowski;Kirsten Levandowski

  • The Effects of Amyloid Precursor Protein on Postsynaptic Composition and Activity

    Hyang-Sook Hoe;Zhanyan Fu;Alexandra Makarova;Ji-Yun Lee

  • Functional Excitatory Synapses in HEK293 Cells Expressing Neuroligin and Glutamate Receptors

    Zhanyan Fu;Philip Washbourne;Pavel I. Ortinski;Stefano Vicini

  • An Ultra-Sensitive Step-Function Opsin for Minimally Invasive Optogenetic Stimulation in Mice and Macaques

    Xin Gong;Xin Gong;Xin Gong;Diego Mendoza-Halliday;Jonathan T. Ting;Jonathan T. Ting;Jonathan T. Ting;Tobias Kaiser

  • Direct modulation of GFAP-expressing glia in the arcuate nucleus bi-directionally regulates feeding.

    Naiyan Chen;Naiyan Chen;Hiroki Sugihara;Jinah Kim;Zhanyan Fu;Zhanyan Fu

  • Association of NR3A with the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor NR1 and NR2 subunits.

    Rana A. Al-Hallaq;Bryan R. Jarabek;Zhanyan Fu;Stefano Vicini

  • Dopamine Modulation of GABA Tonic Conductance in Striatal Output Neurons

    Megan J. Janssen;Kristen K. Ade;Zhanyan Fu;Stefano Vicini

  • Differential roles of Rap1 and Rap2 small GTPases in neurite retraction and synapse elimination in hippocampal spiny neurons.

    Zhanyan Fu;Sang Hyoung Lee;Alyson Simonetta;Jonathan Hansen

  • Apolipoprotein E Receptor 2 Interactions with the N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor

    Hyang-Sook Hoe;Ana Pocivavsek;Geetanjali Chakraborty;Zhanyan Fu

  • PSD-95 regulates NMDA receptors in developing cerebellar granule neurons of the rat.

    Gabriele Losi;Kate Prybylowski;Kate Prybylowski;Zhanyan Fu;Zhanyan Fu;Jianhong Luo;Jianhong Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernardo L. Sabatini
Bernardo L. Sabatini Harvard Medical School
Boaz Barak
Boaz Barak Harvard University
Paola Arlotta
Paola Arlotta Harvard University
Jonathan T. Ting
Jonathan T. Ting Allen Institute for Brain Science
Gord Fishell
Gord Fishell Harvard Medical School
Joshua Z. Levin
Joshua Z. Levin Broad Institute
Shaun Purcell
Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School

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