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Medicine

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73
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19661
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9792

Neuroscience

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73
Citations
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World Ranking
2204
National Ranking
1047

Zuoxin Wang 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 Zuoxin Wang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 155 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zuoxin Wang 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 Zuoxin Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Zuoxin Wang is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their academic work spans a variety of subfields including social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, and physiology.

Their research addresses key topics such as neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, gut microbiota and health, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, attachment and relationship dynamics, as well as circadian rhythm and melatonin.

Zuoxin Wang has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Yan Liu, Meghan Donovan, Yongliang Pan, Guoliang Li, and Zhibin Zhang. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement with multiple aspects of behavioral and neurological sciences.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of subjects within their focus areas, with notable examples including:

  • Social isolation alters behavior, the gut-immune-brain axis, and neurochemical circuits in male and female prairie voles (2020) published in Neurobiology of Stress
  • Role of Long Noncoding RNA Gas5 in Cocaine Action (2020) published in Biological Psychiatry
  • Hormonal Regulation of Mammalian Adult Neurogenesis: A Multifaceted Mechanism (2020) published in Biomolecules
  • Thermo-TRPs and gut microbiota are involved in thermogenesis and energy metabolism during low temperature exposure of obese mice (2020) published in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Density-induced social stress alters oxytocin and vasopressin activities in the brain of a small rodent species (2020) published in Integrative Zoology

Zuoxin Wang has published multiple works in a variety of academic venues, including Neurobiology of Stress, Biological Psychiatry, Behavioural Brain Research, Neuroscience, and Biomolecules. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Their contributions to the scientific community have been recognized through prestigious awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2018 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The neurobiology of pair bonding

    Larry J Young;Zuoxin Wang

  • Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene

    Miranda M. Lim;Zuoxin Wang;Daniel E. Olazábal;Xianghui Ren

  • Oxytocin is required for nursing but is not essential for parturition or reproductive behavior

    Katsuhiko Nishimori;Larry J. Young;Qiuxia Guo;Zuoxin Wang

  • Nucleus accumbens oxytocin and dopamine interact to regulate pair bond formation in female prairie voles.

    Y Liu;Z.X Wang

  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine differentially mediates the formation and maintenance of monogamous pair bonds.

    Brandon J Aragona;Yan Liu;Y Joy Yu;J Thomas Curtis

  • Patterns of brain vasopressin receptor distribution associated with social organization in microtine rodents

    Thomas R. Insel;Zuo Xin Wang;Craig F. Ferris

  • Role of septal vasopressin innervation in paternal behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

    Zuoxin Wang;C. F. Ferris;G. J. De Vries

  • Neuroendocrine bases of monogamy

    Larry J. Young;Zuoxin Wang;Thomas R. Insel

  • The neurobiology of pair bonding: insights from a socially monogamous rodent.

    Kimberly A. Young;Kyle L. Gobrogge;Yan Liu;Zuoxin Wang

  • A critical role for nucleus accumbens dopamine in partner-preference formation in male prairie voles.

    Brandon J. Aragona;Yan Liu;J. Thomas Curtis;Friedrich K. Stephan

  • Dopamine D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens are important for social attachment in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

    Brenden Gingrich;Yan Liu;Carissa Cascio;Zuoxin Wang

  • Hypothalamic Oxytocin Mediates Social Buffering of the Stress Response

    Adam S. Smith;Zuoxin Wang

  • Vasopressin in the lateral septum regulates pair bond formation in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

    Yan Liu;J. Thomas Curtis;Zuoxin Wang

  • The effects of social environment on adult neurogenesis in the female prairie vole.

    Christie D. Fowler;Yan Liu;Charles Ouimet;Zuoxin Wang

  • Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated regulation of partner preferences in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): a mechanism for pair bonding?

    Zuoxin Wang;Guozhong Yu;Carissa Cascio;Yan Liu

  • Dopamine, oxytocin, and vasopressin receptor binding in the medial prefrontal cortex of monogamous and promiscuous voles

    Michael D. Smeltzer;J. Thomas Curtis;Brandon J. Aragona;Zuoxin Wang

  • Sexual and social experience is associated with different patterns of behavior and neural activation in male prairie voles

    Zuoxin Wang;Terrence J. Hulihan;Thomas R. Insel

  • Estrogen receptor alpha is essential for induction of oxytocin receptor by estrogen.

    Larry J. Young;Zuoxin Wang;Ross Donaldson;Emilie F. Rissman

  • Sex differences in the effects of testosterone and its metabolites on vasopressin messenger RNA levels in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of rats

    G. J. De Vries;Zuoxin Wang;N. A. Bullock;S. Numan

  • Oxytocin, vasopressin, and the neuroendocrine basis of pair bond formation.

    Thomas R. Insel;James T. Winslow;Zuoxin Wang;Larry J. Young

  • Changes in Oxytocin Receptor mRNA in Rat Brain During Pregnancy and the Effects of Estrogen and Interleukin-6

    Larry J. Young;Scott Muns;Zuoxin Wang;Thomas R. Insel

  • Role of septal vasopressin innervation in paternal behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) (parental care/maternal behavior/bed nucleus of the stria terminalis/medial amygdala/oxytocin)

    Zuoxin Wang;Craig F. FERRISt;Geert J. De Vries

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Insel
Thomas R. Insel National Institutes of Health
Larry J. Young
Larry J. Young Emory University
Brandon J. Aragona
Brandon J. Aragona University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Emilie F. Rissman
Emilie F. Rissman University of Virginia
Mohamed Kabbaj
Mohamed Kabbaj Florida State University
Deborah M. Power
Deborah M. Power University of Algarve
Andrea C. Gore
Andrea C. Gore The University of Texas at Austin
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David R. Grattan
David R. Grattan University of Otago
Randy J. Nelson
Randy J. Nelson West Virginia University

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