Hong Yao

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
138 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Hong Yao is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hong Yao has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 75 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 34 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hong Yao's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (56 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (51 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (47 papers). Hong Yao is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (56 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (51 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (47 papers). Hong Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Hong Yao's co-authors include Steven A. Kivelson, Shao-Kai Jian, Yi‐Fan Jiang, Zixiang Li, Shinsei Ryu, Wei-Feng Tsai, Jiangping Hu, Chen Fang, Hong‐Chen Jiang and Leon Balents and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hong Yao

135 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Experimental observation of topological Fermi arcs in type-II Weyl semimetal MoTe2

2016 618 citations Eryin Wang, Hong‐Yun Zhang et al. profile →
Theory of electron nematic order in LaFeAsO

2008 531 citations Hong Yao et al. Physical Review B profile →
Lorentz-violating type-II Dirac fermions in transition metal dichalcogenide PtTe2

2017 346 citations Eryin Wang, Wei Yao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hong Yao China	44	4.9k	3.7k	2.3k	1.6k	404	138	7.1k
Erez Berg Israel	45	8.3k 1.7×	5.6k 1.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	327 0.8×	171	10.6k
Dung‐Hai Lee United States	46	4.2k 0.9×	4.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.8×	600 1.5×	151	7.4k
Tao Xiang China	49	4.1k 0.9×	6.1k 1.6×	971 0.4×	3.4k 2.2×	250 0.6×	238	8.4k
Cenke Xu United States	41	4.5k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	984 0.6×	103 0.3×	137	6.0k
Matthias Vojta Germany	44	4.5k 0.9×	6.9k 1.9×	818 0.4×	3.3k 2.1×	441 1.1×	204	8.8k
Patrick A. Lee United States	30	5.8k 1.2×	7.2k 1.9×	1.5k 0.6×	2.9k 1.8×	984 2.4×	54	9.6k
Olivier Parcollet France	41	3.4k 0.7×	5.2k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	2.7k 1.7×	371 0.9×	93	6.8k
Piers Coleman United States	49	6.4k 1.3×	9.3k 2.5×	1.2k 0.5×	4.4k 2.8×	843 2.1×	211	11.8k
Congjun Wu United States	39	3.9k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	153 0.4×	114	5.3k
Ronny Thomale Germany	59	9.2k 1.9×	6.6k 1.8×	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.7×	493 1.2×	232	12.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hong Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hong Yao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hong Yao

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All Works

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Li, L., et al.. (2025). Energy-saving optimization of air-conditioning water system based on machine learning and improved bat algorithm. Energy and Buildings. 332. 115333–115333. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Mian, Zhongyue Zhou, Xianqing Zhu, et al.. (2024). Insight into the enhancement mechanism of levoglucosan production from biomass pyrolysis by deep eutectic solvent fractionation. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 40(1-4). 105299–105299. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Shi‐Xin, Jonathan Allcock, Shuo Liu, et al.. (2023). TensorCircuit: a Quantum Software Framework for the NISQ Era. Quantum. 7. 912–912. 71 indexed citations

Zhang, Shi‐Xin, et al.. (2023). Universal Kardar-Parisi-Zhang scaling in noisy hybrid quantum circuits. Physical review. B.. 107(20). 21 indexed citations

Zhang, Shi‐Xin, Shi‐Xin Zhang, Chang‐Yu Hsieh, et al.. (2023). Variational Quantum‐Neural Hybrid Error Mitigation. Advanced Quantum Technologies. 6(10). 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Shi‐Xin, et al.. (2023). Automatic differentiable Monte Carlo: Theory and application. Physical Review Research. 5(3). 9 indexed citations

Hu, Lili, Yuzhong Chen, Kang Xu, et al.. (2023). Observation of a magnetic phase transition in monolayer NiPS3. Physical review. B.. 107(22). 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Shi‐Xin, Chang‐Yu Hsieh, Shengyu Zhang, & Hong Yao. (2022). Differentiable quantum architecture search. Quantum Science and Technology. 7(4). 45023–45023. 86 indexed citations

Li, Zi-Xiang, et al.. (2022). Robustness of antiferromagnetism in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Hubbard model. Physical review. B.. 106(8). 23 indexed citations

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Bao, Changhua, Hong‐Yun Zhang, Teng Zhang, et al.. (2021). Experimental Evidence of Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Kekulé-Ordered Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 126(20). 206804–206804. 88 indexed citations

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Yang, Chao, Yi Liu, Yang Wang, et al.. (2019). Intermediate bosonic metallic state in the superconductor-insulator transition. Science. 366(6472). 1505–1509. 102 indexed citations

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Que, Ronghui, Maolin Li, Hong Yao, et al.. (2019). Unusual Effect of Trace Water on the Structure and Activity of Ni_xCo_1−x Electrocatalysts for the Methanol Oxidation Reaction. ChemSusChem. 13(5). 964–973. 15 indexed citations

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Qiao, Shuang, Xintong Li, Naizhou Wang, et al.. (2018). Mottness collapse in 1T-TaS 2-x Se x transition metal dichalcogenide: an interplay between localized and itinerant orbitals. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2018. 26 indexed citations

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Li, Zixiang, Abolhassan Vaezi, Christian B. Mendl, & Hong Yao. (2017). Emergent Spacetime Supersymmetry at Superconducting Quantum Criticality of Single Dirac Cone. arXiv (Cornell University). 2019. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Yang, J. K. Dong, Dan Zhao, et al.. (2016). Bulk Fermi Surface of Charge-Neutral Excitations inSmB6or Not: A Heat-Transport Study. Physical Review Letters. 116(24). 246403–246403. 28 indexed citations

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Jian, Shao-Kai, Yi‐Fan Jiang, & Hong Yao. (2015). Emergent space-time supersymmetry in 3D Weyl semimetals and 2D Dirac semimetals. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2015. 3 indexed citations

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Ding, Hao, Eryin Wang, А. В. Федоров, et al.. (2014). Fully gapped topological surface states in Bi$_2$Se$_3$ films induced by a $\textit{d}$-wave high-temperature superconductor. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Hong & Fan Yang. (2013). Topological Odd-Parity Superconductivity Close to Type-II 2D Van Hove Singularities. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Hong‐Chen, Hong Yao, & Leon Balents. (2012). Spin liquid ground state of the spin-12squareJ1-J2Heisenberg model. Physical Review B. 86(2). 265 indexed citations

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Yao, Hong, et al.. (2002). Exact solution of anisotropic antiferromagnetic alternating Heisenberg–Ising spin chain. Solid State Communications. 121(12). 687–690. 12 indexed citations

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