Kai Liao

1.7k total citations
47 papers, 815 citations indexed

About

Kai Liao is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Liao has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 815 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Kai Liao's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (31 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (22 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (20 papers). Kai Liao is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (31 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (22 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (20 papers). Kai Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Poland. Kai Liao's co-authors include Zong‐Hong Zhu, Marek Biesiada, Xi-Long Fan, Xuheng Ding, Zhengxiang Li, Arman Shafieloo, Eric V. Linder, Ryan E. Keeley, Tommaso Treu and Shuo Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kai Liao

41 papers receiving 757 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Liao China 17 781 207 61 54 34 47 815
Kazumi Kashiyama Japan 19 1.0k 1.3× 427 2.1× 37 0.6× 59 1.1× 15 0.4× 51 1.1k
Jing-Zhao Qi China 19 800 1.0× 265 1.3× 50 0.8× 26 0.5× 47 1.4× 46 825
P. B. Ivanov Russia 16 1.2k 1.5× 449 2.2× 29 0.5× 27 0.5× 52 1.5× 44 1.2k
Monica Colpi Italy 8 644 0.8× 319 1.5× 62 1.0× 100 1.9× 36 1.1× 11 676
Ashok K. Singal India 13 437 0.6× 255 1.2× 23 0.4× 74 1.4× 17 0.5× 50 479
Casey Meakin United States 12 792 1.0× 322 1.6× 80 1.3× 13 0.2× 3 0.1× 17 853
M. F. Bietenholz Canada 19 796 1.0× 476 2.3× 22 0.4× 13 0.2× 31 0.9× 66 848
Kevin B. Burdge United States 13 662 0.8× 61 0.3× 200 3.3× 21 0.4× 20 0.6× 33 723
J. Pratt United States 14 337 0.4× 85 0.4× 44 0.7× 18 0.3× 14 0.4× 41 412
A. Boehle United States 9 443 0.6× 122 0.6× 64 1.0× 49 0.9× 9 0.3× 21 466

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Liao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Liao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Liao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Liao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Liao 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 Kai Liao. Kai Liao 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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Sun, M. & Kai Liao. (2025). Probing stellar-mass primordial black holes with type Ia supernova microlensing. Physical review. D. 112(2).
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Liao, Kai, Yuanfeng Wei, G.J. Wang, et al.. (2025). Ru─B Modulated Electronic Structure Promotes Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia and Zinc‐Nitrate Battery. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(10).
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Wang, Xi-Jing, Yuan Meng, Xiao‐Mei Kuang, & Kai Liao. (2025). Exploring black holes with multiple photon spheres by interferometric signatures. Physical review. D. 112(12).
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Li, Xiaolei & Kai Liao. (2024). Determining Cosmological-model-independent H 0 with Gravitationally Lensed Supernova Refsdal. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 121–121. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaolei, Ryan E. Keeley, Arman Shafieloo, & Kai Liao. (2024). A Model-independent Method to Determine H 0 Using Time-delay Lensing, Quasars, and Type Ia Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal. 960(2). 103–103. 9 indexed citations
6.
Wang, Xi-Jing, Yuan Meng, Xiao‐Mei Kuang, & Kai Liao. (2024). Distinguishing black holes with and without spontaneous scalarization in Einstein-scalar-Gauss–Bonnet theories via optical features. The European Physical Journal C. 84(12). 7 indexed citations
7.
Biesiada, Marek, et al.. (2024). Time delay anomalies of fuzzy gravitational lenses. Physical review. D. 110(8).
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Liu, Tonghua & Kai Liao. (2024). Determining cosmological-model-independent H0 and post-Newtonian parameter with time-delay lenses and supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2). 1354–1359. 6 indexed citations
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Sohn, Wuhyun, et al.. (2023). Harnessing Unresolved Lensed Quasars: The Mathematical Foundation of the Fluctuation Curve. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2). 158–158. 2 indexed citations
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Liao, Kai, et al.. (2023). Identifying strongly lensed gravitational waves with the third-generation detectors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(1). 682–690. 2 indexed citations
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Shafieloo, Arman, et al.. (2022). Identifying Lensed Quasars and Measuring Their Time Delays from Unresolved Light Curves. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(2). 191–191. 13 indexed citations
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Liao, Kai, Marek Biesiada, & Zong‐Hong Zhu. (2022). Strongly Lensed Transient Sources: A Review. Chinese Physics Letters. 39(11). 119801–119801. 37 indexed citations
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Liao, Kai, et al.. (2022). Impact of gravitational lensing on black hole mass function inference with third-generation gravitational wave detectors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(3). 4656–4668. 1 indexed citations
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Ding, Xuheng, Kai Liao, Simon Birrer, et al.. (2021). Improved time-delay lens modelling and H0 inference with transient sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504(4). 5621–5628. 25 indexed citations
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Liao, Kai. (2021). Impact of Microlensing on Observational Strategies for Gravitational Time-delay Measurements. The Astrophysical Journal. 906(1). 26–26. 6 indexed citations
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Liao, Kai, Arman Shafieloo, Ryan E. Keeley, & Eric V. Linder. (2020). Determining $H_0$ Model-Independently and Consistency Tests. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Liao, Kai. (2019). Constraints on cosmic curvature with lensing time delays and gravitational waves. Physical review. D. 99(8). 17 indexed citations
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Liao, Kai, Marek Biesiada, & Xi-Long Fan. (2019). The Wave Nature of Continuous Gravitational Waves from Microlensing. Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University). 29 indexed citations
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Dobler, Gregory, C. D. Fassnacht, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2015). STRONG LENS TIME DELAY CHALLENGE. I. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN. The Astrophysical Journal. 799(2). 168–168. 34 indexed citations
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Liao, Kai, Anastasios Avgoustidis, & Zhengxiang Li. (2015). Is the Universe transparent?. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 92(12). 25 indexed citations

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