Heng Wei

609 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 389 citations indexed

About

Heng Wei is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Heng Wei has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 389 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Heng Wei's work include Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (4 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (4 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (4 papers). Heng Wei is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (4 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (4 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (4 papers). Heng Wei collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Heng Wei's co-authors include Cheng‐Wei Qiu, Weijin Chen, Lin Chen, Aodong Li, Andrea Alù, Xiang Ni, Shanhui Fan, Michele Cotrufo, Jianfeng Chen and Jian Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Heng Wei

9 papers receiving 364 citations

Hit Papers

Exceptional points and non-Hermitian photonics at the nan... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 50 100 150
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.

  1. Exceptional points and non-Hermitian photonics at the nanoscale
    2023 176 citations Aodong Li, Heng Wei et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heng Wei Singapore 7 279 144 103 88 68 10 389
Hadiseh Nasari Iran 13 302 1.1× 166 1.2× 161 1.6× 105 1.2× 57 0.8× 24 460
Mutasem Odeh United States 7 228 0.8× 180 1.3× 108 1.0× 35 0.4× 70 1.0× 11 339
Ying Qiao Zhang China 13 258 0.9× 182 1.3× 117 1.1× 118 1.3× 97 1.4× 25 378
Zeki Hayran Türkiye 11 202 0.7× 113 0.8× 122 1.2× 29 0.3× 61 0.9× 29 311
Mohammad P. Hokmabadi United States 11 189 0.7× 288 2.0× 174 1.7× 69 0.8× 165 2.4× 23 456
Aodong Li China 6 341 1.2× 127 0.9× 92 0.9× 142 1.6× 51 0.8× 7 462
Muriel Botey Spain 12 342 1.2× 63 0.4× 129 1.3× 148 1.7× 26 0.4× 56 403
S. A. Gladyshev Russia 4 272 1.0× 174 1.2× 198 1.9× 28 0.3× 72 1.1× 8 427
Michael W. Feise Australia 7 248 0.9× 173 1.2× 139 1.3× 51 0.6× 80 1.2× 7 347
Michela F. Picardi United Kingdom 10 286 1.0× 162 1.1× 127 1.2× 24 0.3× 36 0.5× 17 382

Countries citing papers authored by Heng Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heng Wei

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Heng Wei. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Heng Wei. The network helps show where Heng Wei may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heng Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heng Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heng Wei based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heng Wei. Heng Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Dong, Shaohua, Heng Wei, Zhipeng Li, et al.. (2025). Exceptional-point optics with loss engineering. 4(1). R02–R02.
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Qin, Haoye, Zengping Su, Zijin Yang, et al.. (2025). Disorder-assisted real–momentum topological photonic crystal. Nature. 639(8055). 602–608. 16 indexed citations
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Xue, Kun, et al.. (2024). Transmissive reconfigurable metasurface enabling independent control of active and passive modules through weak coupling. Photonics Research. 12(7). 1449–1449. 2 indexed citations
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He, Tao, Zhanyi Zhang, Yuzhi Shi, et al.. (2023). Scattering exceptional point in the visible. Light Science & Applications. 12(1). 229–229. 31 indexed citations
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Sun, Kaili, Heng Wei, Weijin Chen, et al.. (2023). Infinite-Q guided modes radiate in the continuum. Physical review. B.. 107(11). 56 indexed citations
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Yang, Ruisheng, Yuancheng Fan, Wei Zhu, et al.. (2023). Terahertz Silicon Metagratings: High‐Efficiency Dispersive Beam Manipulation above Diffraction Cone. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(7). 16 indexed citations
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Li, Aodong, Heng Wei, Michele Cotrufo, et al.. (2023). Exceptional points and non-Hermitian photonics at the nanoscale. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(7). 706–720. 176 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Ruisheng, Yuancheng Fan, Wei Zhu, et al.. (2023). Terahertz Silicon Metagratings: High‐Efficiency Dispersive Beam Manipulation above Diffraction Cone (Laser Photonics Rev. 17(7)/2023). Laser & Photonics Review. 17(7). 1 indexed citations
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Xie, B. P., Lihua Xu, Ming Deng, et al.. (2023). Topological Landau–Zener nanophotonic circuits. Advanced Photonics. 5(3). 14 indexed citations
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Li, Aodong, Weijin Chen, Heng Wei, et al.. (2022). Riemann-Encircling Exceptional Points for Efficient Asymmetric Polarization-Locked Devices. Physical Review Letters. 129(12). 127401–127401. 77 indexed citations

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