Lan Zhou

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
195 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Lan Zhou is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lan Zhou has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 160 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lan Zhou's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (159 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (88 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (76 papers). Lan Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (159 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (88 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (76 papers). Lan Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Lan Zhou's co-authors include Yu‐Bo Sheng, Wei Zhong, C. P. Sun, Franco Nori, Shengmei Zhao, Le‐Man Kuang, Yu-xi Liu, Z. R. Gong, C. P. Sun and Gui‐Lu Long and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lan Zhou

181 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum Secure Direct Communication with Qu... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2017 2008 2022 100 200 300 400
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. Quantum Secure Direct Communication with Quantum Memory
    2017 495 citations Yu‐Bo Sheng, Lan Zhou et al. profile →
  2. Controllable Scattering of a Single Photon inside a One-Dimensional Resonator Waveguide
    2008 435 citations Lan Zhou, Yu-xi Liu et al. profile →
  3. One-step device-independent quantum secure direct communication
    2022 121 citations Lan Zhou, Yu‐Bo Sheng Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lan Zhou China 40 5.2k 5.1k 801 180 123 195 5.9k
Shou Zhang China 39 4.9k 0.9× 3.9k 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 153 0.8× 287 2.3× 395 5.5k
Nicolò Spagnolo Italy 27 2.1k 0.4× 2.3k 0.5× 735 0.9× 324 1.8× 133 1.1× 99 3.0k
Jungsang Kim United States 26 1.9k 0.4× 1.9k 0.4× 565 0.7× 205 1.1× 43 0.3× 107 2.8k
Tobias Gehring Denmark 21 1.6k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 517 0.6× 196 1.1× 51 0.4× 58 2.2k
Li Qian Canada 24 2.1k 0.4× 1.7k 0.3× 1.2k 1.5× 112 0.6× 28 0.2× 143 2.8k
Zu-En Su China 13 1.8k 0.3× 1.9k 0.4× 478 0.6× 167 0.9× 53 0.4× 24 2.4k
Kunchi Peng China 36 4.7k 0.9× 3.7k 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 85 0.5× 74 0.6× 200 5.0k
Anthony Laing United Kingdom 21 1.6k 0.3× 2.7k 0.5× 1.5k 1.9× 109 0.6× 83 0.7× 47 3.2k
Ping Xu China 21 1.9k 0.4× 1.6k 0.3× 668 0.8× 87 0.5× 83 0.7× 121 2.3k
Dian Wu China 16 1.5k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 463 0.6× 199 1.1× 63 0.5× 30 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lan Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lan Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lan Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lan Zhou 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 Lan Zhou. Lan Zhou 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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Zhou, Lan, et al.. (2025). Measurement-device-independent quantum dialogue protocol with bidirectional identity authentication. Chinese Physics B. 34(11). 110308–110308.
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Wang, Xing-Fu, et al.. (2025). Measurement-based entanglement purification for hybrid entangled state. Chinese Physics B. 34(3). 30307–30307. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Hongyan, Zuhui Pu, Ying Lü, et al.. (2025). Single-cell RNA sequencing and AlphaFold 3 insights into cytokine signaling and its role in uveal melanoma. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1458041–1458041. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xing-Fu, et al.. (2025). Passive-state preparation for quantum secure direct communication. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 68(4). 9 indexed citations
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Feng, Hao, Yidi Zhang, Lan Zhou, et al.. (2024). Developing China’s Electricity Financial Market: Strategic Design of Financial Derivatives for Risk Management and Market Stability. Energies. 17(23). 5854–5854. 1 indexed citations
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Zhong, Wei, et al.. (2024). Quantum secure direct communication with hybrid entanglement. Frontiers of Physics. 19(5). 24 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lan, et al.. (2024). 单光子空间W态的高效无噪线性放大方案. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version).
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Sheng, Yu‐Bo & Lan Zhou. (2023). Accessible technology enables practical quantum secret sharing. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 66(6). 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lan, et al.. (2023). Measurement-device-independent three-party quantum secure direct communication. Quantum Information Processing. 22(2). 38 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lan, et al.. (2023). Device-Independent Quantum Secure Direct Communication with Single-Photon Sources. Physical Review Applied. 19(1). 84 indexed citations
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Wang, Xing-Fu, et al.. (2023). Multi-party simultaneous quantum identity authentication based on Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 142(6). 68002–68002. 1 indexed citations
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Nie, Wei, Ying Hu, Le‐Man Kuang, et al.. (2023). Experimental study of modified Tavis-Cummings model with directly-coupled superconducting artificial atoms. Optics Express. 32(1). 179–179. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Haofei, Bo Liu, Wen Gu, et al.. (2022). Multimorbidity and catastrophic health expenditure: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 1043189–1043189. 5 indexed citations
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Zeng, Jing, et al.. (2022). Non-Markovianity of an atom in a semi-infinite rectangular waveguide. Chinese Physics B. 32(3). 30305–30305. 3 indexed citations
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Lu, Jing, et al.. (2021). Few-photon routing via chiral light-matter couplings. Communications in Theoretical Physics. 74(2). 25101–25101. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lan, Yu‐Bo Sheng, & Gui‐Lu Long. (2019). Device-independent quantum secure direct communication against collective attacks. Science Bulletin. 65(1). 12–20. 224 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lan, et al.. (2015). The Assessment Method of Zone-block Velocity Measuring System’s Calibration and Measuring Uncertainty. 35(5). 181–183. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lan & Aishui Yu. (2015). Current Status and Prospect of Cathode Materials for Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Journal of Electrochemistry. 21(3). 211. 1 indexed citations
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Sheng, Yu‐Bo & Lan Zhou. (2015). Two-step complete polarization logic Bell-state analysis. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13453–13453. 64 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lan. (2010). The Discuss of Architecture Structure of Public Key Infrastructure System. 1 indexed citations

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