Liam Watson

578 total citations
21 papers, 149 citations indexed

About

Liam Watson is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liam Watson has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 149 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Geometry and Topology, 17 papers in Mathematical Physics and 7 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. Recurrent topics in Liam Watson's work include Geometric and Algebraic Topology (18 papers), Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (17 papers) and Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (7 papers). Liam Watson is often cited by papers focused on Geometric and Algebraic Topology (18 papers), Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (17 papers) and Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (7 papers). Liam Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Liam Watson's co-authors include Steven Boyer, Jacob Rasmussen, Joshua Evan Greene, Matthew Hedden, Shao‐Yu Chen, Michael S. Fuhrer, Mark T. Edmonds, Iolanda Di Bernardo, Kaijian Xing and Anton Tadich and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and Journal of Physics Condensed Matter.

In The Last Decade

Liam Watson

17 papers receiving 140 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liam Watson United States	7	137	110	41	33	28	21	149
Zhongtao Wu Hong Kong	5	103 0.8×	79 0.7×	30 0.7×	24 0.7×	25 0.9×	14	133
Joshua Evan Greene United States	9	124 0.9×	84 0.8×	58 1.4×	39 1.2×	15 0.5×	15	156
Paolo Ghiggini France	8	210 1.5×	172 1.6×	61 1.5×	29 0.9×	38 1.4×	15	211
Emmanuel Giroux France	7	227 1.7×	168 1.5×	50 1.2×	26 0.8×	9 0.3×	7	234
Kimihiko Motegi Japan	8	219 1.6×	156 1.4×	59 1.4×	79 2.4×	5 0.2×	50	222
José María Montesinos Spain	7	159 1.2×	112 1.0×	51 1.2×	29 0.9×	9 0.3×	23	187
James Conant United States	7	149 1.1×	149 1.4×	25 0.6×	22 0.7×	3 0.1×	16	173
Shicheng Wang China	12	349 2.5×	286 2.6×	86 2.1×	49 1.5×	10 0.4×	57	374
Mehrdad Kalantar United States	6	100 0.7×	154 1.4×	19 0.5×	6 0.2×	6 0.2×	20	160
Arthur Bartels Germany	11	234 1.7×	237 2.2×	34 0.8×	4 0.1×	7 0.3×	21	277

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20 of 20 papers shown

Watson, Liam, Yande Que, Yang‐Hao Chan, et al.. (2025). Observation of the Charge Density Wave Excitonic Order Parameter in Topological Insulator Monolayer WTe₂. ACS Nano. 19(36). 32374–32381.

Bernardo, Iolanda Di, Daniel McEwen, Anton Tadich, et al.. (2024). Imaging the Breakdown and Restoration of Topological Protection in Magnetic Topological Insulator MnBi₂Te₄. Advanced Materials. 36(24). e2312004–e2312004. 4 indexed citations

Watson, Liam, et al.. (2024). Thin links and Conway spheres. Compositio Mathematica. 160(7). 1467–1524. 2 indexed citations

Watson, Liam, et al.. (2023). Cabling in terms of immersed curves. Geometry & Topology. 27(3). 925–952. 4 indexed citations

Rasmussen, Jacob, et al.. (2023). Bordered Floer homology for manifolds with torus boundary via immersed curves. Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 6 indexed citations

Watson, Liam, et al.. (2023). A calculus for bordered Floer homology. Geometry & Topology. 27(3). 823–924. 2 indexed citations

Watson, Liam, et al.. (2023). Cosmetic operations and Khovanov multicurves. Mathematische Annalen. 389(3). 2903–2930.

Watson, Liam, et al.. (2023). A mnemonic for the Lipshitz–Ozsváth–Thurstoncorrespondence. Algebraic & Geometric Topology. 23(6). 2519–2543.

Bernardo, Iolanda Di, Liam Watson, Kaijian Xing, et al.. (2022). Defects, band bending and ionization rings in MoS₂. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 34(17). 174002–174002. 6 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Jacob, et al.. (2022). Heegaard Floer homology for manifolds with torus boundary: properties and examples. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. 125(4). 879–967. 11 indexed citations

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Watson, Liam, et al.. (2022). Khovanov homology and strong inversions. arXiv (Cornell University). 5(1). 223–244. 2 indexed citations

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Friedl, Stefan, et al.. (2020). Characters in Low-Dimensional Topology. Contemporary mathematics - American Mathematical Society.

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Watson, Liam, et al.. (2017). The Alexander module, Seifert forms, and categorification. Journal of Topology. 10(1). 22–100. 3 indexed citations

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Watson, Liam, et al.. (2014). Genus one open books with non-left-orderable fundamental group. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 142(4). 1425–1435. 3 indexed citations

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Greene, Joshua Evan & Liam Watson. (2013). Turaev torsion, definite 4-manifolds, and quasi-alternating knots. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 45(5). 962–972. 9 indexed citations

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Boyer, Steven, et al.. (2012). On L-spaces and left-orderable fundamental groups. Mathematische Annalen. 356(4). 1213–1245. 64 indexed citations

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Watson, Liam. (2012). Surgery obstructions from Khovanov homology. Selecta Mathematica. 18(2). 417–472. 11 indexed citations

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Watson, Liam. (2010). A remark on Khovanov homology and two-fold branched covers. Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 245(2). 373–380. 3 indexed citations

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Hedden, Matthew & Liam Watson. (2010). Does Khovanov homology detect the unknot?. American Journal of Mathematics. 132(5). 1339–1345. 8 indexed citations

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Watson, Liam. (2006). ANY TANGLE EXTENDS TO NON-MUTANT KNOTS WITH THE SAME JONES POLYNOMIAL. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 15(9). 1153–1162. 4 indexed citations

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