Kai Sun

14.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
298 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Kai Sun is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Sun has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 108 papers in Materials Chemistry and 84 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Kai Sun's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (70 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (48 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (39 papers). Kai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (70 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (48 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (39 papers). Kai Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Kai Sun's co-authors include S. Das Sarma, Victor Galitski, Eduardo Fradkin, Maxim Dzero, Piers Coleman, Xiaoming Mao, Zheng‐Cheng Gu, Hosho Katsura, Ronald K. Hanson and Jay B. Jeffries and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kai Sun

290 papers receiving 10.8k 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.

Nearly Flatbands with Nontrivial Topology

2011 660 citations Kai Sun et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Topological Kondo Insulators

2010 594 citations Kai Sun et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Fractional quantum Hall effect in the absence of Landau levels

2011 462 citations Kai Sun et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kai Sun	6.0k	3.7k	3.4k	1.5k	1.4k	298	11.0k
Tetsuya Ishikawa	4.0k 0.7×	3.9k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	3.4k 2.5×	719	16.8k
S. K. Sinha	4.4k 0.7×	3.8k 1.0×	5.5k 1.6×	3.6k 2.4×	1.3k 0.9×	288	13.2k
G. Maret	3.0k 0.5×	3.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	168	10.0k
Priya Vashishta	3.8k 0.6×	8.9k 2.4×	1.7k 0.5×	815 0.6×	2.9k 2.1×	460	14.8k
R. Merlín	5.2k 0.9×	5.4k 1.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	2.9k 2.1×	185	10.8k
H. A. Padmore	3.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	2.9k 2.1×	316	9.6k
Rajiv K. Kalia	2.8k 0.5×	7.6k 2.0×	1.2k 0.3×	663 0.5×	2.6k 1.9×	410	12.3k
A. J. Sievers	5.3k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	334	9.3k
Gisela Schütz	6.2k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	3.2k 1.0×	4.0k 2.7×	2.0k 1.5×	338	10.8k
Robert L. White	3.1k 0.5×	3.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	2.7k 1.8×	2.0k 1.5×	263	9.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Sun

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Ding, Danhao Wang, Jiangnan Liu, et al.. (2025). Electric-field-induced domain walls in wurtzite ferroelectrics. Nature. 641(8061). 76–82. 7 indexed citations

Tan, Hengxin, Yuchen Wu, Yun Suk Eo, et al.. (2025). High-temperature surface state in Kondo insulator U ₃ Bi ₄ Ni ₃. Science Advances. 11(12). eadq9952–eadq9952.

Li, Yufeng, et al.. (2025). A centroid contrastive multi-source domain adaptation method for fault diagnosis with category shift. Measurement. 248. 116801–116801. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Kai, et al.. (2024). Extraction of suction anchors in sand with overpressure - Experimental study and numerical analysis. Ocean Engineering. 297. 117058–117058. 1 indexed citations

Sung, Suk Hyun, Ismail El Baggari, Tony Chiang, et al.. (2024). Endotaxial stabilization of 2D charge density waves with long-range order. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1403–1403. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Kai, et al.. (2023). Breakdown of conventional winding number calculation in one-dimensional lattices with interactions beyond nearest neighbors. Communications Physics. 6(1). 13 indexed citations

Jin, Binjie, Lishuai Jin, Young‐Joo Lee, et al.. (2023). Soft Mechanical Metamaterials with Transformable Topology Protected by Stress Caching. Advanced Science. 10(22). e2302475–e2302475. 19 indexed citations

Xie, Hongchao, Xiangpeng Luo, Zhipeng Ye, et al.. (2023). Evidence of non-collinear spin texture in magnetic moiré superlattices. Nature Physics. 19(8). 1150–1155. 55 indexed citations

Dong, Lijin, et al.. (2023). Irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking of 347 stainless steel in simulated PWR primary water containing lithium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 586. 154676–154676. 4 indexed citations

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Kim, Ahyoung, Qian Chang, Lehan Yao, et al.. (2023). Direct Imaging of “Patch-Clasping” and Relaxation in Robust and Flexible Nanoparticle Assemblies. ACS Nano. 18(1). 939–950. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Zhixiu Liang, Lijun Wu, et al.. (2023). Verwey transition as evolution from electronic nematicity to trimerons via electron-phonon coupling. Science Advances. 9(23). eadf8220–eadf8220. 5 indexed citations

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Sung, Suk Hyun, Ismail El Baggari, Xiangpeng Luo, et al.. (2022). Two-dimensional charge order stabilized in clean polytype heterostructures. Nature Communications. 13(1). 413–413. 21 indexed citations

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Zhou, Shan, Jiahui Li, Jun Lu, et al.. (2022). Chiral assemblies of pinwheel superlattices on substrates. Nature. 612(7939). 259–265. 81 indexed citations

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Janssen, Lukas, Kai Sun, Zi Yang Meng, et al.. (2022). Nematic Quantum Criticality in Dirac Systems. Physical Review Letters. 128(15). 157203–157203. 12 indexed citations

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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2021). Amplitude Mode in Quantum Magnets via Dimensional Crossover. Physical Review Letters. 126(22). 227201–227201. 23 indexed citations

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Jin, Wencan, Zhipeng Ye, Xiangpeng Luo, et al.. (2020). Tunable layered-magnetism–assisted magneto-Raman effect in a two-dimensional magnet CrI ₃. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(40). 24664–24669. 25 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyun Ho, Bowen Yang, Siwen Li, et al.. (2019). Evolution of interlayer and intralayer magnetism in three atomically thin chromium trihalides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(23). 11131–11136. 246 indexed citations

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Wang, Qinsheng, Jingchuan Zheng, Yuan He, et al.. (2019). Robust edge photocurrent response on layered type II Weyl semimetal WTe2. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5736–5736. 96 indexed citations

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Sun, Kai, S. S. Sun, Chunhui Zhu, et al.. (2018). Hidden CDW states and insulator-to-metal transition after a pulsed femtosecond laser excitation in layered chalcogenide 1T-TaS _{2− _x} Se _{_x}. Science Advances. 4(7). eaas9660–eaas9660. 39 indexed citations

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Jin, Wencan, Hyun Ho Kim, Zhipeng Ye, et al.. (2018). Raman fingerprint of two terahertz spin wave branches in a two-dimensional honeycomb Ising ferromagnet. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5122–5122. 106 indexed citations

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