K. S. Cheng

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
246 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

K. S. Cheng is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, K. S. Cheng has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 220 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 102 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 37 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in K. S. Cheng's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (157 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (100 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (88 papers). K. S. Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (157 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (100 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (88 papers). K. S. Cheng collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. K. S. Cheng's co-authors include M. Ruderman, C. Ho, Zi-Gao Dai, Li Zhang, Tiberiu Harko, J. Takata, H. F. Chau, M. A. Alpar, David Pines and Yong-Feng Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

K. S. Cheng

234 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Energetic radiation from rapidly spinning pulsars. I - Ou... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Energetic radiation from rapidly spinning pulsars. I - Outer magnetosphere gaps. II - VELA and Crab
    1986 462 citations K. S. Cheng et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. S. Cheng Hong Kong 35 4.4k 2.4k 806 446 346 246 4.7k
P. G. Sutherland United States 21 3.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 382 0.9× 600 1.7× 54 3.9k
M. Coleman Miller United States 46 5.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 315 0.7× 324 0.9× 154 6.0k
K. Hurley United States 34 5.2k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 954 1.2× 139 0.3× 303 0.9× 294 5.4k
J. Shaham United States 23 3.4k 0.8× 737 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 402 0.9× 377 1.1× 71 3.6k
D. G. Yakovlev Russia 31 2.4k 0.5× 991 0.4× 994 1.2× 232 0.5× 815 2.4× 102 2.9k
S. M. Ransom United States 39 7.7k 1.8× 2.4k 1.0× 1.8k 2.3× 1.1k 2.5× 733 2.1× 188 8.0k
Rosalba Perna United States 39 4.6k 1.0× 999 0.4× 676 0.8× 157 0.4× 150 0.4× 174 4.7k
J. A. Miralles Spain 24 2.1k 0.5× 777 0.3× 531 0.7× 233 0.5× 176 0.5× 78 2.4k
Jonathan Arons United States 37 4.2k 1.0× 2.9k 1.2× 887 1.1× 174 0.4× 1000 2.9× 99 5.1k
P. C. C. Freire Germany 36 5.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 806 1.0× 1.0k 2.3× 389 1.1× 145 5.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. S. Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. S. Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. S. Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. S. Cheng 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 K. S. Cheng. K. S. Cheng 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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Zhang, Wei, et al.. (2025). Effect of MoS2 lubricant content on percolation behaviour in powder compression. Advanced Powder Technology. 36(8). 104967–104967.
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Hui, C. Y., J. Takata, A. K. H. Kong, et al.. (2023). A Comparison of Millisecond Pulsar Populations between Globular Clusters and the Galactic Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 944(2). 225–225. 7 indexed citations
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Hui, C. Y., Jongsuk Hong, J. Takata, et al.. (2023). Influences of dynamical disruptions on the evolution of pulsars in globular clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 525(3). 4167–4175. 1 indexed citations
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Hui, C. Y., et al.. (2020). Searches for pulsar-like candidates from unidentified objects in the Third Catalog of Hard Fermi-LAT Sources with machine learning techniques. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(1). 1093–1109. 6 indexed citations
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Takata, J., et al.. (2019). Modelling multiwavelength emissions from PSR B1259–63/LS 2883: Effects of the stellar disc on shock radiations. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations
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Yi, Shu-Xu, K. S. Cheng, & Rui Luo. (2018). Clumpy jets from black hole–massive star binaries as engines of fast radio bursts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 483(3). 4197–4201.
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Lee, Jong‐Soo, C. Y. Hui, J. Takata, et al.. (2018). X-Ray Census of Millisecond Pulsars in the Galactic Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 864(1). 23–23. 29 indexed citations
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Ko, Chung‐Ming, V. A. Dogiel, D. O. Chernyshov, & K. S. Cheng. (2014). Multi-wavelength emission from the Fermi Bubbles. 40.
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Chernyshov, D. O., K. S. Cheng, V. A. Dogiel, Chung‐Ming Ko, & W.-H. Ip. (2010). Restrictions on the injection energy of positrons annihilating near the Galactic Centre. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 403(2). 817–825. 5 indexed citations
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Dogiel, V. A., V. Tatischeff, K. S. Cheng, et al.. (2009). Nuclear interaction gamma-ray lines from the Galactic center region. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations
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Kovács, Zoltán, K. S. Cheng, & Tiberiu Harko. (2009). Thin accretion discs around neutron and quark stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 26 indexed citations
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Cheng, K. S., et al.. (2009). The Eighth Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics: A Tribute to Kam-Ching Leung. Astronomical Society of the Pacific eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Takata, J., et al.. (2008). A Revisit of the Phase‐resolved X‐Ray and Gamma‐Ray Spectra of the Crab Pulsar. The Astrophysical Journal. 676(1). 562–572. 45 indexed citations
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Huang, Yong-Feng, et al.. (2007). Transient X-ray emission from normal galactic nuclei. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Cheng, K. S., D. O. Chernyshov, & V. A. Dogiel. (2007). Diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Galactic center – a multiple energy injection model. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations
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Cheng, K. S., et al.. (2007). The Seventh Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics. Astronomical Society of the Pacific eBooks. 362. 27 indexed citations
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Huang, Yong-Feng & K. S. Cheng. (2003). Gamma-ray bursts: optical afterglows in the deep Newtonian phase. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 341(1). 263–269. 52 indexed citations
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Cheng, K. S., et al.. (2000). Young pulsars and unidentified gamma-ray sources at the Galactic plane. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 357. 957–967. 1 indexed citations
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Fan, J. H., et al.. (1999). Polarization and beaming effect for BL Lacertae objects-II.
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Chan, K. L., K. S. Cheng, & Harinder P. Singh. (1998). 1997 Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 138. 11 indexed citations

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