Lexian Yang

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Lexian Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Lexian Yang has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Materials Chemistry, 50 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 39 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Lexian Yang's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (42 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (40 papers) and Graphene research and applications (28 papers). Lexian Yang is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (42 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (40 papers) and Graphene research and applications (28 papers). Lexian Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Lexian Yang's co-authors include Yulin Chen, Zhongkai Liu, Claudia Felser, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Yan Sun, Binghai Yan, Haifeng Yang, Han Peng, Yanfeng Guo and Juan Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lexian Yang

92 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Weyl semimetal phase in the non-centrosymmetric compound TaAs

2015 709 citations Lexian Yang, Zhongkai Liu et al. profile →
Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal

2019 591 citations Defa Liu, Aiji Liang et al. Science profile →
Signature of type-II Weyl semimetal phase in MoTe2

2017 343 citations Juan Jiang, Zhongkai Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lexian Yang China	22	2.1k	2.0k	1.1k	870	349	96	3.1k
Tian Liang United States	19	3.2k 1.5×	3.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	419 1.2×	24	4.4k
Changyoung Kim South Korea	23	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	854 0.8×	767 0.9×	396 1.1×	106	2.3k
Kyoo Kim South Korea	27	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.9×	525 1.5×	116	3.5k
Junzhang Ma China	22	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	743 0.9×	104 0.3×	50	2.7k
N. C. Plumb Switzerland	29	1.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	574 1.6×	88	3.4k
Jin-Feng Jia China	8	2.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	839 1.0×	221 0.6×	8	3.4k
Qi-Kun Xue China	11	2.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	841 1.0×	244 0.7×	14	3.6k
Toru Hirahara Japan	30	2.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	408 0.5×	577 1.7×	97	3.5k
Koichiro Yaji Japan	18	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	681 0.6×	431 0.5×	339 1.0×	80	1.9k
Xiaoxiang Xi China	24	1.0k 0.5×	2.3k 1.1×	821 0.8×	834 1.0×	748 2.1×	65	3.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Wenxuan, Zhiwei Li, Jinkui Zhao, et al.. (2025). Dichotomy in Low- and High-Energy Band Renormalizations in Trilayer Nickelate La4Ni3O10: A Comparison with Cuprates. Physical Review Letters. 135(14). 146506–146506. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Siqi, Wenxuan Zhao, Jieyi Liu, et al.. (2025). Electron correlation and incipient flat bands in the Kagome superconductor CsCr3Sb5. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3229–3229. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Xuefeng, Ding Pei, Shipeng Lu, et al.. (2025). Mott insulating phase and coherent-incoherent crossover across magnetic phase transition in 2D antiferromagnetic CrSBr. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 68(6). 3 indexed citations

Li, Yiwei, Yuqiang Fang, Huijun Zheng, et al.. (2024). Evidence of strong and mode-selective electron–phonon coupling in the topological superconductor candidate 2M-WS2. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6235–6235. 8 indexed citations

Li, Peng, Sen Liao, Zhicheng Wang, et al.. (2024). Evidence of electron interaction with an unidentified bosonic mode in superconductor CsCa2Fe4As4F2. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6433–6433. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xintong, Zhiqiang Hu, Qinqin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Hidden Charge Order and Multiple Electronic Instabilities in EuTe₄. Nano Letters. 24(25). 7681–7687. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yiwei, Yuqiang Fang, Huijun Zheng, et al.. (2023). Topology Hierarchy of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Built from Quantum Spin Hall Layers. Advanced Materials. 35(21). e2300227–e2300227. 11 indexed citations

Gu, Xu, Wenxuan Zhao, Yadong Li, et al.. (2023). Development of a laser-based angle-resolved-photoemission spectrometer with sub-micrometer spatial resolution and high-efficiency spin detection. Review of Scientific Instruments. 94(2). 23903–23903. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Haifeng, Jingjing Gao, Yingying Cao, et al.. (2023). Observation of Mott instability at the valence transition of f-electron system. National Science Review. 10(6). nwad035–nwad035. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Ming, Yaqi Li, Dan Mu, et al.. (2023). Towards layer-selective quantum spin hall channels in weak topological insulator Bi4Br2I2. Nature Communications. 14(1). 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shen, Ding Pei, Xu Gu, et al.. (2022). Electronic structure of antiferromagnetic Dirac semimetal candidate GdIn3. Physical Review Materials. 6(8). 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yiwei, Shihao Zhang, Moyu Chen, et al.. (2022). Observation of Coexisting Dirac Bands and Moiré Flat Bands in Magic‐Angle Twisted Trilayer Graphene. Advanced Materials. 34(42). e2205996–e2205996. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jing, Yang‐Yang Lv, Aiji Liang, et al.. (2022). Observation of dimension-crossover of a tunable 1D Dirac fermion in topological semimetal NbSixTe2. npj Quantum Materials. 7(1). 11 indexed citations

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Liao, Menghan, Yuying Zhu, Runan Shang, et al.. (2021). Coexistence of resistance oscillations and the anomalous metal phase in a lithium intercalated TiSe2 superconductor. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5342–5342. 33 indexed citations

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Yang, Lexian, et al.. (2020). A combined laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and two-photon photoemission spectroscopy study of Td –WTe ₂. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 32(34). 345503–345503. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Chengwei, Meixiao Wang, Juan Jiang, et al.. (2020). Electronic structure and spatial inhomogeneity of iron-based superconductor FeS*. Chinese Physics B. 29(4). 47401–47401. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Defa, Aiji Liang, Enke Liu, et al.. (2019). Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal. Science. 365(6459). 1282–1285. 591 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shi, Wujun, Benjamin J. Wieder, H. L. Meyerheim, et al.. (2019). A Charge-Density-Wave Weyl Semimetal. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Siman, M. X. Wang, C. Chen, et al.. (2018). Experimental observation of conductive edge states in weak topological insulator candidate HfTe5. APL Materials. 6(12). 16 indexed citations

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Shen, Lei, Shuo Sun, Juan Jiang, et al.. (2016). Spectroscopic evidence for the gapless electronic structure in bulk ZrTe5. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 219. 45–52. 15 indexed citations

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