Chen Ning Yang

11.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
106 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Chen Ning Yang is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Ning Yang has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 37 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 14 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Chen Ning Yang's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (26 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (24 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (20 papers). Chen Ning Yang is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (26 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (24 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (20 papers). Chen Ning Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Chen Ning Yang's co-authors include Tai Tsun Wu, T. T. Chou, Changqing Yang, Nina Byers, Elizabeth Yen, Jannik Benecke, Yoichi Kazama, Alfred S. Goldhaber, M. Dresden and R. de Bruyn Ouboter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Chen Ning Yang

101 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Concept of Off-Diagonal Long-Range Order and the Quantum ... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1962 1969 1961 1975 1969 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Concept of Off-Diagonal Long-Range Order and the Quantum Phases of Liquid He and of Superconductors
    1962 996 citations Chen Ning Yang profile →
  2. Thermodynamics of a One-Dimensional System of Bosons with Repulsive Delta-Function Interaction
    1969 902 citations Chen Ning Yang et al. profile →
  3. Theoretical Considerations Concerning Quantized Magnetic Flux in Superconducting Cylinders
    1961 707 citations Chen Ning Yang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Concept of nonintegrable phase factors and global formulation of gauge fields
    1975 668 citations Chen Ning Yang et al. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields profile →
  5. Hypothesis of Limiting Fragmentation in High-Energy Collisions
    1969 551 citations T. T. Chou, Chen Ning Yang et al. profile →
  6. Dirac monopole without strings: Monopole harmonics
    1976 542 citations Chen Ning Yang et al. profile →
  7. ηpairing and off-diagonal long-range order in a Hubbard model
    1989 416 citations Chen Ning Yang Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chen Ning Yang United States 32 4.5k 2.5k 2.2k 1.4k 551 106 7.6k
Yong-Shi Wu United States 34 3.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 814 1.5× 152 5.5k
P. Wiegmann United States 42 3.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 3.3k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 195 0.4× 107 6.3k
Franz Wegner Germany 39 5.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 5.1k 2.3× 1.8k 1.3× 206 0.4× 87 8.3k
Jürg Fröhlich Switzerland 57 3.9k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 3.3k 1.5× 3.3k 2.4× 846 1.5× 242 10.5k
E. Brézin France 51 3.4k 0.8× 3.5k 1.4× 4.3k 1.9× 2.9k 2.1× 834 1.5× 125 9.6k
Martin C. Gutzwiller United States 24 5.1k 1.1× 756 0.3× 2.3k 1.1× 5.1k 3.7× 413 0.7× 59 8.7k
Jean Zinn‐Justin France 50 4.3k 1.0× 3.5k 1.4× 5.3k 2.4× 2.7k 2.0× 1.1k 2.0× 126 11.4k
C. Rebbi United States 47 2.6k 0.6× 7.0k 2.9× 2.1k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 2.4× 206 9.8k
Y. Nambu United States 35 3.0k 0.7× 10.0k 4.0× 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 1.7k 3.1× 117 13.1k
A. Zee United States 56 3.1k 0.7× 7.8k 3.2× 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 2.5k 4.5× 208 11.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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An, Haipeng & Chen Ning Yang. (2024). Gravitational waves produced by domain walls during inflation. Physical review. D. 109(12). 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhuo, Chao Ma, Xiong Gao, et al.. (2024). Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel 3-naphthylthiophene derivatives as potent SIRT2 inhibitors for the treatment of myocardial fibrosis. Bioorganic Chemistry. 154. 108033–108033. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (2017). Analogy between electromagnetic potentials and wave-like dynamic variables with connections to quantum theory. European Journal of Physics. 39(3). 35406–35406. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (2012). Selected Papers of Chen Ning Yang II. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (2012). Quantum numbers, Chern classes, and a bodhisattva. Physics Today. 65(1). 33–34. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (2007). Analysis of Anti-jamming Technique of Search Radar. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (2005). Selected Papers (1945-1980) of Chen Ning Yang - With Commentary. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (1998). Vector potential, gauge field and connection on a fiber bundle. Tsinghua Science & Technology. 3(1). 861–970. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (1997). Professor T. Y. Wu and Physics. Chinese Journal of Physics. 35(6). 737. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (1994). Conceptual Beginnings of Various Symmetries in the Twentieth Century Physics. Chinese Journal of Physics. 32(6). 1437. 2 indexed citations
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Deng, Yuefan & Chen Ning Yang. (1992). Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Hückel Hamiltonian for carbon-60. Physics Letters A. 170(2). 116–126. 29 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (1987). Genesis of genius. Nature. 330(6143). 30–31. 1 indexed citations
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Chou, T. T. & Chen Ning Yang. (1986). SHOULD THERE BE KNO SCALING FOR e+–e− 2-JET EVENTS?. International Journal of Modern Physics A. 1(2). 415–420. 2 indexed citations
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Chou, T. T. & Chen Ning Yang. (1984). Binomial distribution for the charge asymmetry parameter. Physics Letters B. 135(1-3). 175–178. 64 indexed citations
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Chou, T. T. & Chen Ning Yang. (1982). Remarks on multiplicity fluctuations and KNO scaling in p collider experiments. Physics Letters B. 116(4). 301–304. 30 indexed citations
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Kazama, Yoichi, Chen Ning Yang, & Alfred S. Goldhaber. (1977). Scattering of a Dirac particle with chargeZeby a fixed magnetic monopole. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 15(8). 2287–2299. 147 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (1977). Condition of Self-Duality for SU(2) Gauge Fields on Euclidean Four-Dimensional Space. Physical Review Letters. 38(24). 1377–1379. 238 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen Ning. (1977). MAGNETIC MONOPOLES, FIBER BUNDLES, AND GAUGE FIELDS. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 294(1). 86–97. 38 indexed citations

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