Edison Liang

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Edison Liang is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Edison Liang has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 70 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Edison Liang's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (67 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (39 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (32 papers). Edison Liang is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (67 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (39 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (32 papers). Edison Liang collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Edison Liang's co-authors include R. L. Bowers, S. C. Wilks, M. Tabak, B. A. Remington, C. D. Dermer, R. P. Drake, J. Kane, W. M. Wood‐Vasey, D. D. Ryutov and Hui Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Edison Liang

143 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Anisotropic Spheres in General Relativity

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Author						Papers	Cites
Edison Liang	3.1k	2.4k	981	567	525	147	4.2k
Jonathan Arons	4.2k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	1000 1.0×	887 1.6×	314 0.6×	99	5.1k
T. D. Arber	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	576 1.0×	1.0k 1.9×	84	4.2k
A. Y. Wong	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	532 0.9×	404 0.8×	144	3.1k
L. I. Rudakov	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	644 0.7×	219 0.4×	304 0.6×	128	2.1k
E. J. Valeo	1.2k 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	391 0.7×	700 1.3×	102	3.1k
F. Califano	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	841 0.9×	326 0.6×	511 1.0×	172	3.8k
Y. Kishimoto	1.7k 0.6×	2.7k 1.1×	799 0.8×	185 0.3×	558 1.1×	210	3.1k
D. F. DuBois	935 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	375 0.7×	654 1.2×	73	3.1k
R. Pellat	5.3k 1.7×	2.7k 1.1×	926 0.9×	994 1.8×	454 0.9×	165	6.5k
R. Ramaty	4.4k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	452 0.5×	297 0.5×	154 0.3×	234	5.1k

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Zhang, Xun, X. Wen, Ruiyun Peng, et al.. (2024). A first-in-human phase I study of a novel MDM2/p53 inhibitor alrizomadlin in advanced solid tumors. ESMO Open. 9(8). 103636–103636. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Fangfang, Xiaoli Wei, Weineng Feng, et al.. (2024). Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAP) inhibitor APG-1387 monotherapy or in combination with programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitor toripalimab in patients with advanced solid tumors: results from two phase I trials. ESMO Open. 9(8). 103651–103651. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Edison, K.L. Yao, Wei Wong, et al.. (2022). A scintillator attenuation spectrometer for intense gamma-rays. Review of Scientific Instruments. 93(6). 63103–63103. 5 indexed citations

Tzeferacos, Petros, Edison Liang, R. K. Follett, et al.. (2019). Numerical simulation of magnetized jet creation using a hollow ring of laser beams. Physics of Plasmas. 26(2). 7 indexed citations

Ma, Hui, Chao Wang, Linlin Zhang, et al.. (2016). Transcription factor activity of estrogen receptor α activation upon nonylphenol or bisphenol A treatment enhances the in vitro proliferation, invasion, and migration of neuroblastoma cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

Liang, Edison, Wen Fu, Shudao Zhou, et al.. (2015). High e+/e− Ratio Dense Pair Creation with 1021W.cm−2 Laser Irradiating Solid Targets. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13968–13968. 54 indexed citations

McLaughlin, David J., Kenneth R. Hogstrom, John Gibbons, et al.. (2015). Permanent‐magnet energy spectrometer for electron beams from radiotherapy accelerators. Medical Physics. 42(9). 5517–5529. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Hui, S. C. Wilks, Edison Liang, et al.. (2009). Relativistic Positron Creation Using Ultraintense Short Pulse Lasers. Physical Review Letters. 102(10). 105001–105001. 275 indexed citations

Li, Hui, Shengtai Li, J. Koller, et al.. (2005). Potential Vorticity Evolution of a Protoplanetary Disk with an Embedded Protoplanet. The Astrophysical Journal. 624(2). 1003–1009. 74 indexed citations

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Liang, Edison & Kazumi Nishimura. (2004). Bifurcation and Lorentz-Factor Scaling of Relativistic Magnetized Plasma Expansion. Physical Review Letters. 92(17). 175005–175005. 12 indexed citations

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Liang, Edison, Kazumi Nishimura, Hui Li, & S. Peter Gary. (2003). Particle Energization in an Expanding Magnetized Relativistic Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 90(8). 85001–85001. 13 indexed citations

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Edwards, M. J., A. J. Mackinnon, J. Zweiback, et al.. (2001). Investigation of Ultrafast Laser-Driven Radiative Blast Waves. Physical Review Letters. 87(8). 85004–85004. 89 indexed citations

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Böttcher, M. & Edison Liang. (1998). A New Model for the Hard Time Lags in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries. CERN Bulletin. 37 indexed citations

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Liang, Edison, et al.. (1998). Comptonization Signatures in the Rapid Aperiodic Variability of Galactic Black Hole Candidates. The Astrophysical Journal. 506(1). 281–288. 21 indexed citations

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Liang, Edison. (1991). Structure of thermal pair clouds around gamma-ray-emitting black holes. The Astrophysical Journal. 367. 470–470. 5 indexed citations

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Band, D. L. & Edison Liang. (1988). Adiabatic Supernova Expansion into the Circumstellar Medium. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 101. 69–72. 1 indexed citations

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Band, D. L. & Edison Liang. (1988). The early interaction of a supernova with the ambient medium. I - Adiabatic expansion. The Astrophysical Journal. 334. 266–266. 6 indexed citations

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Liang, Edison, et al.. (1983). Analysis of the KONUS catalog of gamma-ray bursts with the thermal synchrotron model. The Astrophysical Journal. 271. 766–766. 13 indexed citations

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Liang, Edison. (1980). Test of the inverse Compton model for Cygnus X-1. Nature. 283(5748). 642–644. 7 indexed citations

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Liang, Edison & K.A. Thompson. (1980). Transonic disk accretion onto black holes. The Astrophysical Journal. 240. 271–271. 62 indexed citations

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