Junwei Zhao

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Junwei Zhao is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junwei Zhao has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Junwei Zhao's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (63 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (25 papers). Junwei Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (63 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (25 papers). Junwei Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Junwei Zhao's co-authors include А. Г. Косовичев, T. L. Duvall, Yang Liu, J. T. Hoeksema, T. D. Tarbell, P. H. Scherrer, A. M. Title, J. Schou, C. J. Schrijver and R. I. Bush and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Junwei Zhao

78 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Investigation ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 400 800 1.2k
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. The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Investigation for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
    2011 1.5k citations J. Schou, J. T. Hoeksema et al. Solar Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Junwei Zhao United States 20 2.5k 682 523 221 174 91 2.8k
D. H. Boteler Canada 31 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 1.7× 92 0.2× 88 0.4× 416 2.4× 135 3.2k
A. Viljanen Finland 43 3.5k 1.4× 2.5k 3.6× 71 0.1× 125 0.6× 167 1.0× 135 4.6k
Risto Pirjola Finland 38 2.8k 1.1× 1.9k 2.8× 117 0.2× 76 0.3× 532 3.1× 138 4.8k
A. K. Srivastava India 25 1.8k 0.7× 504 0.7× 106 0.2× 58 0.3× 25 0.1× 133 2.2k
Ningbo Wang China 26 1.7k 0.7× 117 0.2× 124 0.2× 1.3k 6.0× 220 1.3× 87 2.4k
Kyung‐Suk Cho South Korea 25 1.7k 0.7× 406 0.6× 191 0.4× 56 0.3× 34 0.2× 123 1.9k
A. Özgüç Türkiye 20 702 0.3× 155 0.2× 182 0.3× 150 0.7× 17 0.1× 61 1.0k
Peter Wintoft Sweden 18 809 0.3× 423 0.6× 78 0.1× 55 0.2× 69 0.4× 34 1000
Mary Kae Lockwood United States 13 902 0.4× 174 0.3× 91 0.2× 31 0.1× 46 0.3× 32 1.3k
Gilles Simon France 17 742 0.3× 263 0.4× 121 0.2× 68 0.3× 36 0.2× 69 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Junwei Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junwei Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Junwei Zhao. 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 Junwei Zhao. The network helps show where Junwei Zhao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junwei Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Junwei Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Junwei Zhao 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 Junwei Zhao. Junwei Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhao, Junwei, et al.. (2025). Observed dispersive properties of the slow magnetoacoustic waves propagating in coronal fan loops above sunspots. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 538(2). 797–808. 1 indexed citations
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Rajaguru, S. P., et al.. (2025). Solar Cycle Variations in Meridional Flows and Rotational Shear within the Sun’s Near-surface Shear Layer. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 984(1). L1–L1.
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Hindman, Bradley W., et al.. (2024). Assessing the Observability of Deep Meridional Flow Cells in the Solar Interior. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 78–78. 2 indexed citations
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Upton, Lisa, H. M. Antia, Sarbani Basu, et al.. (2024). The Sun’s Large-Scale Flows I: Measurements of Differential Rotation & Torsional Oscillation. Solar Physics. 299(3). 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei, et al.. (2023). Observed Power and Frequency Variations of Solar Rossby Waves with Solar Cycles. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 954(1). L26–L26. 5 indexed citations
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Tripathy, S. C., Kiran Jain, D. C. Braun, et al.. (2023). Improving the Understanding of Subsurface Structure and Dynamics of Solar Active Regions. 55(3). 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei, R. Komm, C. S. Baldner, et al.. (2023). Multi-Vantage Helioseismology.
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Sun, Xudong, et al.. (2023). Removal of Active Region Inflows Reveals a Weak Solar Cycle Scale Trend in the Near-surface Meridional Flow. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(1). 63–63. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuming, Jingnan Guo, Gang Li, E. Roussos, & Junwei Zhao. (2022). Variation in Cosmic-Ray Intensity Lags Sunspot Number: Implications of Late Opening of Solar Magnetic Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 928(2). 157–157. 16 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei, et al.. (2022). Phase Shifts Measured in Evanescent Acoustic Waves above the Solar Photosphere and Their Possible Impacts on Local Helioseismology. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(1). 109–109. 6 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei, et al.. (2022). Inferring Maps of the Sun’s Far-side Unsigned Magnetic Flux from Far-side Helioseismic Images Using Machine Learning Techniques. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(2). 197–197. 6 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei, et al.. (2021). Long-Term Variation of Helioseismic Far-Side Images and What Causes It. Solar Physics. 296(12).
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Zhao, Junwei, et al.. (2021). A Possible Selection Rule for Flares Causing Sunquakes. The Astrophysical Journal. 908(2). 182–182. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei, et al.. (2019). Imaging the Sun's Far-side Active Regions by Applying Multiple Measurement Schemes on Multiskip Acoustic Waves. The Astrophysical Journal. 887(2). 216–216. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, et al.. (2018). Using Sun's Far-Side Images Inferred by the Time-Distance Helioseismic Imaging to Improve Synoptic Maps of Magnetic Field: Importance and Methodology. 147. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xudong, J. T. Hoeksema, Yang Liu, & Junwei Zhao. (2015). ON POLAR MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL AND SURFACE FLUX TRANSPORT DURING SOLAR CYCLE 24. The Astrophysical Journal. 798(2). 114–114. 92 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei. (2013). Short-Term Traffic Flow's Forecasting by Fusing Wavelet Neural Network and Historical Trend Model. Modern Computer. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei. (2008). Status,Problems and Countermeasures of Development and Utilization of Bauxite Resources in China. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junwei. (2003). A New Comprehensive Utilization Way of Abolished Mining Pits.

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