D. N. Sheng

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
187 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

D. N. Sheng is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, D. N. Sheng has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 123 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 30 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in D. N. Sheng's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (112 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (87 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (75 papers). D. N. Sheng is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (112 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (87 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (75 papers). D. N. Sheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. D. N. Sheng's co-authors include Li Sheng, Zheng-Yu Weng, C. S. Ting, Shou-Shu Gong, F. D. M. Haldane, Wei Zhu, Matthew P. A. Fisher, Olexei I. Motrunich, Ashvin Vishwanath and Leon Balents and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

D. N. Sheng

184 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

Quantum Spin-Hall Effect and Topologically Invariant Chern Numbers

2006 499 citations D. N. Sheng, Zheng-Yu Weng et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Fractional quantum Hall effect in the absence of Landau levels

2011 462 citations D. N. Sheng, Li Sheng et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. N. Sheng United States	44	5.8k	4.2k	1.6k	997	334	187	7.2k
Daniel P. Arovas United States	38	4.9k 0.8×	3.8k 0.9×	803 0.5×	824 0.8×	295 0.9×	93	6.1k
Stefan Weßel Germany	38	3.5k 0.6×	3.2k 0.8×	929 0.6×	624 0.6×	138 0.4×	142	4.9k
Akira Furusaki Japan	51	9.0k 1.5×	5.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	507 1.5×	131	10.2k
Andreas P. Schnyder Germany	37	9.1k 1.6×	5.1k 1.2×	3.0k 1.8×	1.1k 1.1×	189 0.6×	112	10.0k
Congjun Wu United States	39	3.9k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	153 0.5×	114	5.3k
Jeffrey C. Y. Teo United States	20	5.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	2.4k 1.5×	378 0.4×	158 0.5×	43	5.6k
Jason Alicea United States	36	7.0k 1.2×	3.3k 0.8×	3.3k 2.0×	374 0.4×	356 1.1×	90	7.8k
Shoucheng Zhang United States	26	6.3k 1.1×	2.6k 0.6×	3.6k 2.2×	726 0.7×	868 2.6×	57	7.5k
Adrian Feiguin United States	30	3.5k 0.6×	2.8k 0.7×	501 0.3×	939 0.9×	291 0.9×	116	4.5k
Marcel Franz Canada	51	6.4k 1.1×	4.8k 1.2×	2.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.2×	324 1.0×	135	8.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Feng, Weiwei Luo, W. Zhu, & D. N. Sheng. (2025). Robust non-Abelian even-denominator fractional Chern insulator in twisted bilayer MoTe2. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2115–2115. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Feng, F. D. M. Haldane, & D. N. Sheng. (2025). Global phase diagram of D-wave superconductivity in the square-lattice t-J model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2420963122–e2420963122. 12 indexed citations

Cheng, Peng, D. N. Sheng, & Hong‐Chen Jiang. (2025). Superconductivity in the lightly doped Hubbard model on the cylindrical honeycomb lattice. Physical review. B.. 111(8).

Zhang, Jiaxin, et al.. (2024). Sign structure of the t−t′−J model and its physical consequences. Physical review. B.. 110(16). 9 indexed citations

Chen, Feng & D. N. Sheng. (2023). Singlet, triplet, and pair density wave superconductivity in the doped triangular-lattice moiré system. Physical review. B.. 108(20). 13 indexed citations

Gong, Shou-Shu, et al.. (2023). Quantum Phase Diagram and Spontaneously Emergent Topological Chiral Superconductivity in Doped Triangular-Lattice Mott Insulators. Physical Review Letters. 130(13). 136003–136003. 17 indexed citations

Dong, Xiaoyu & D. N. Sheng. (2020). Spin-1 Kitaev-Heisenberg model on a honeycomb lattice. Physical review. B.. 102(12). 44 indexed citations

Gong, Shou-Shu, et al.. (2019). Gapless Chiral Spin Liquid Phase in Spin-$1/2$ Triangular Heisenberg Model. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Zheng, D. N. Sheng, & Liang Fu. (2019). Spin-Orbital Density Wave and a Mott Insulator in a Two-Orbital Hubbard Model on a Honeycomb Lattice. Physical Review Letters. 123(8). 87602–87602. 10 indexed citations

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Haghshenas, Reza, Shou-Shu Gong, & D. N. Sheng. (2018). An iPEPS study of kagome Heisenberg model with chiral interaction: A single-layer tensor-network algorithm. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Sheng, D. N., Zheng-Yu Weng, & Zheng Zhu. (2018). Pairing versus phase coherence of doped holes in distinct quantum spin backgrounds. Physical Review Letters. 1 indexed citations

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Deng, Weiyin, Ya-Ning Ren, R. Shen, et al.. (2017). Analytical theory and possible detection of the ac quantum spin Hall effect. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5078–5078. 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Wen-Jun, Shou-Shu Gong, Wei Zhu, & D. N. Sheng. (2015). Topological Spin Liquid Phase in the Spin-$1/2$ Triangular Heisenberg Model. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, W., Shou-Shu Gong, F. D. M. Haldane, & D. N. Sheng. (2014). Identifying Non-Abelian Topological Order through Minimal Entangled States. Physical Review Letters. 112(9). 96803–96803. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Huichao, Li Sheng, R. Shen, et al.. (2013). Stabilization of the Quantum Spin Hall Effect by Designed Removal of Time-Reversal Symmetry of Edge States. Physical Review Letters. 110(26). 266802–266802. 34 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhong, et al.. (2011). Time-Reversal-Symmetry-Broken Quantum Spin Hall Effect. Physical Review Letters. 107(6). 66602–66602. 240 indexed citations

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Jiang, Hong‐Chen, Zheng-Yu Weng, & D. N. Sheng. (2008). Density Matrix Renormalization Group Numerical Study of the Kagome Antiferromagnet. Physical Review Letters. 101(11). 117203–117203. 200 indexed citations

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Weng, M. Q., D. N. Sheng, Zheng-Yu Weng, & Robert J. Bursill. (2006). Spin-liquid phase in an anisotropic triangular-lattice Heisenberg model: Exact diagonalization and density-matrix renormalization group calculations. Physical Review B. 74(1). 71 indexed citations

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Sheng, Li, D. N. Sheng, & C. S. Ting. (2005). Spin-Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling and Disorder. Physical Review Letters. 94(1). 16602–16602. 132 indexed citations

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Sheng, D. N., Leon Balents, & Ziqiang Wang. (2003). Phase Diagram for Quantum Hall Bilayers atν=1. Physical Review Letters. 91(11). 116802–116802. 66 indexed citations

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