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D-Index
61
Citations
11496
World Ranking
3719
National Ranking
1705

Zheng-Xiong Xi 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 Zheng-Xiong Xi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 177 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zheng-Xiong Xi 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 Zheng-Xiong Xi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • The Origin and Neuronal Function of In Vivo Nonsynaptic Glutamate

    David A. Baker;Zheng-Xiong Xi;Hui Shen;Chad J. Swanson

  • Local Cues Establish and Maintain Region-Specific Phenotypes of Basal Ganglia Microglia

    Lindsay M. De Biase;Kornel E. Schuebel;Zachary H. Fusfeld;Kamwing Jair

  • Brain Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors Modulate Cocaine’s Actions in Mice

    Zheng Xiong Xi;Xiao Qing Peng;Xia Li;Rui Song

  • Cannabinoid CB2 receptors modulate midbrain dopamine neuronal activity and dopamine-related behavior in mice

    Hai Ying Zhang;Ming Gao;Qing Rong Liu;Guo Hua Bi

  • The role of central dopamine D3 receptors in drug addiction: a review of pharmacological evidence.

    Christian A. Heidbreder;Eliot L. Gardner;Zheng-Xiong Xi;Panayotis K. Thanos

  • Species differences in cannabinoid receptor 2 (CNR2 gene): identification of novel human and rodent CB2 isoforms, differential tissue expression, and regulation by cannabinoid receptor ligands

    Qing-Rong Liu;Chun-Hung Pan;Akitoyo Hishimoto;Chuan-Yun Li

  • Cannabinoid Type 2 Receptors Mediate a Cell Type-Specific Plasticity in the Hippocampus

    A. Vanessa Stempel;Alexander Stumpf;Hai Ying Zhang;Tuğba Özdoğan

  • Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Modulate Extracellular Glutamate in the Nucleus Accumbens

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;David A. Baker;Hui Shen;Daniel S. Carson

  • Agents in Development for the Management of Cocaine Abuse

    David A. Gorelick;Eliot L. Gardner;Zheng-Xiong Xi

  • Modulation of Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Signaling by Chronic Cocaine

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Sammanda Ramamoorthy;David A. Baker;Hui Shen

  • Blockade of mesolimbic dopamine D3 receptors inhibits stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking in rats.

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Jeremy Gilbert;Arlene C. Campos;Nicole Kline

  • Selective dopamine D3 receptor antagonism by SB-277011A attenuates cocaine reinforcement as assessed by progressive-ratio and variable-cost-variable-payoff fixed-ratio cocaine self-administration in rats.

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Jeremy G. Gilbert;Arlene C. Pak;Charles R. Ashby

  • Progress in brain cannabinoid CB2 receptor research: From genes to behavior.

    Chloe J. Jordan;Zheng-Xiong Xi

  • Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Antagonist AM251 Inhibits Cocaine-Primed Relapse in Rats: Role of Glutamate in the Nucleus Accumbens

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Jeremy G Gilbert;Xiao-Qing Peng;Arlene C Pak

  • The novel dopamine D3 receptor antagonist NGB 2904 inhibits cocaine's rewarding effects and cocaine-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior in rats.

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Amy Hauck Newman;Jeremy G Gilbert;Arlene C Pak

  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine release modulation by mesolimbic GABAA receptors—an in vivo electrochemical study

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Elliot A Stein

  • Acute administration of SB-277011A, NGB 2904, or BP 897 inhibits cocaine cue-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior in rats: role of dopamine D3 receptors.

    Jeremy G. Gilbert;Amy Hauck Newman;Eliot L. Gardner;Charles R. Ashby

  • GABA transmission in the nucleus accumbens is altered after withdrawal from repeated cocaine.

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Sammanda Ramamoorthy;Hui Shen;Russell Lake

  • Glutamate transmission and addiction to cocaine.

    Peter W. Kalivas;Krista McFARLAND;Scott Bowers;Karen Szumlinski

  • GABAergic mechanisms of opiate reinforcement .

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Elliot A. Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliot L. Gardner
Eliot L. Gardner National Institute on Drug Abuse
Amy Hauck Newman
Amy Hauck Newman National Institutes of Health
Elliot A. Stein
Elliot A. Stein National Institute on Drug Abuse
Qing-Rong Liu
Qing-Rong Liu National Institutes of Health
Barbara S. Slusher
Barbara S. Slusher Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Peter W. Kalivas
Peter W. Kalivas Medical University of South Carolina
Gianluigi Tanda
Gianluigi Tanda National Institutes of Health
Shi-Jiang Li
Shi-Jiang Li Medical College of Wisconsin
Jie Wu
Jie Wu Temple University

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