Kun Yang

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
249 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Kun Yang is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Yang has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 116 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 56 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kun Yang's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (108 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (105 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (53 papers). Kun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (108 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (105 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (53 papers). Kun Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Kun Yang's co-authors include E. H. Rezayi, S. M. Girvin, A. H. MacDonald, Xin Wan, F. D. M. Haldane, S. L. Sondhi, Oskar Vafek, R. N. Bhatt, D. Yoshioka and Luyao Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kun Yang

229 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Spontaneous interlayer coherence in double-layer quantum Hall systems: Charged vortices and Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions

1995 538 citations Kun Yang et al. profile →
Technology-enabled great leap in deciphering plant genomes

2024 49 citations Kun Yang, Yujie Huang et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Yang United States	41	4.9k	2.9k	1.7k	700	519	249	6.0k
Shoucheng Zhang United States	26	6.3k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	3.6k 2.1×	868 1.2×	726 1.4×	57	7.5k
Eun-Ah Kim United States	33	3.3k 0.7×	3.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	610 0.9×	1.7k 3.2×	136	5.6k
Christoph Strunk Germany	31	3.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	925 1.3×	604 1.2×	118	4.8k
Xiao Hu Japan	33	4.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	944 1.3×	1.4k 2.7×	150	5.3k
Biao Lian United States	35	3.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	3.4k 2.0×	987 1.4×	609 1.2×	78	5.5k
Ivar Martin United States	39	4.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	965 1.4×	832 1.6×	141	5.3k
М. А. Баранов Russia	34	3.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	642 0.4×	442 0.6×	231 0.4×	160	4.5k
Takahiro Morimoto Japan	41	4.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.9×	769 1.5×	156	5.8k
Karsten Flensberg Denmark	51	8.7k 1.8×	3.9k 1.4×	3.2k 1.9×	2.0k 2.8×	369 0.7×	175	9.5k
H. A. Fertig United States	36	4.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	3.1k 1.8×	1.1k 1.6×	311 0.6×	144	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Yang

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All Works

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2026). Agentic Satellite-Augmented Low-Altitude Economy and Terrestrial Networks: A Survey on Generative Approaches. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 28. 4800–4841.

Yang, Kun. (2024). Geometric degrees of freedom and graviton-like excitations in fractional quantum Hall liquids. Acta Physica Sinica. 73(17). 177801–177801.

Yang, Shuwen, Kun Yang, Lijun Zhang, et al.. (2024). Case Report: Optical Pumped Magnetometer Magnetocardiography as a Potential Method of Therapy Monitoring in Fulminant Myocarditis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 3 indexed citations

Jiang, Huijie, et al.. (2024). Passively mode-locked fiber laser based on ethylene glycol. Results in Physics. 60. 107670–107670. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiangyi, et al.. (2024). Factors affecting the interest of students with special needs in physical education participation in colleges and universities: a grounded theory study of the special physical education classroom. Current Psychology. 43(35). 28323–28341. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Kun, et al.. (2024). Temperature-controlled DCP Fluorescent Probe Based on Hydrogel-immobilized Quantum Dots Composite. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater Sci Ed. 39(4). 931–936. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Kun, et al.. (2024). Bright/dark switchable mode-locked fiber laser based on alcohol. Chinese Optics Letters. 22(3). 31403–31403. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Kun, Yujie Huang, Shiyu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Technology-enabled great leap in deciphering plant genomes. Nature Plants. 10(4). 551–566. 49 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Kun. (2024). Graviton-like excitation observed with predicted chirality in fractional quantum Hall liquids. The Innovation. 5(4). 100641–100641. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2023). Density functional theory of NO2 and N2O adsorption on the transition metal modified TiO2 surface. Chemical Physics Letters. 834. 140977–140977. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, Hui-Lai Zhang, Jin‐Lei Wu, et al.. (2023). Quantum parametric amplification of phonon-mediated magnon-spin interaction. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 66(11). 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, Zemin Tian, Jinghua Li, & Yingwen Yan. (2023). Theoretical Investigation of Rate Rules for H-Intermigration Reactions for Cyclic Alkylperoxy Radicals. Energies. 16(6). 2881–2881. 3 indexed citations

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Seidel, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Competing phases and intertwined orders in coupled wires near the self-dual point. Physical review. B.. 108(24). 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Dezheng, Xiong‐Feng Zhou, Jianping Liang, et al.. (2021). Degradation of methylene blue in liquid using high-voltage pulsed discharge plasma synergizing iron-based catalyst-activated persulfate. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(24). 244002–244002. 26 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2021). Simple analog of the black-hole information paradox in quantum Hall interfaces. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Donghyun, et al.. (2020). A brief review on the effect of impurities on the atomic layer deposited fluorite-structure ferroelectrics. Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering. 53(4). 169–181. 1 indexed citations

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Roy, Bitan, Malcolm P. Kennett, Kun Yang, & Vladimir Juričić. (2018). From Birefringent Electrons to a Marginal or Non-Fermi Liquid of Relativistic Spin-1/2 Fermions: An Emergent Superuniversality. Physical Review Letters. 121(15). 157602–157602. 26 indexed citations

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Wan, Xin, Zhenghan Wang, & Kun Yang. (2013). From the fractional quantum Hall effect to topological quantum computation. 42(8). 558–566. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun. (2000). A Study on the Cross-talk Caused by DPL in Crystal Holographic Data Storage. Journal of Optoelectronics·laser. 1 indexed citations

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Hyman, R. A., et al.. (1996). Random Antiferromagnetic Spin-1 Chains. APS. 2 indexed citations

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