Oskar Vafek

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Oskar Vafek is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Oskar Vafek has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 37 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 36 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Oskar Vafek's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (38 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (35 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (34 papers). Oskar Vafek is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (38 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (35 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (34 papers). Oskar Vafek collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Oskar Vafek's co-authors include Jian Kang, Ashvin Vishwanath, Zlatko Tešanović, Vladimir Juričić, Marcel Franz, Igor F. Herbut, Kun Yang, Vladimir Cvetković, B. Andrei Bernevig and Ashot Melikyan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Oskar Vafek

77 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Dirac Fermions in Solids: From High-Tc Cuprates and Graph... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2024 100 200 300 400
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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. Dirac Fermions in Solids: From High-Tc Cuprates and Graphene to Topological Insulators and Weyl Semimetals
    2014 417 citations Oskar Vafek et al. profile →
  2. Fractional Chern insulators versus nonmagnetic states in twisted bilayer MoTe2
    2024 59 citations Jiabin Yu, Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman et al. Physical review. B. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Oskar Vafek United States 32 2.8k 2.0k 1.6k 740 229 80 4.0k
Dao‐Xin Yao China 30 975 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 2.2k 1.4× 2.0k 2.7× 89 0.4× 202 3.8k
Stephan Haas United States 35 1.9k 0.7× 426 0.2× 1.9k 1.2× 868 1.2× 236 1.0× 168 3.2k
Junren Shi China 29 3.9k 1.4× 4.1k 2.1× 1.5k 0.9× 891 1.2× 296 1.3× 73 6.2k
T. Hanaguri Japan 31 1.4k 0.5× 731 0.4× 3.4k 2.1× 2.4k 3.3× 192 0.8× 111 4.2k
A. F. Kemper United States 32 1.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.7× 81 0.4× 105 3.5k
Yu. A. Izyumov Russia 31 1.2k 0.4× 637 0.3× 2.2k 1.4× 1.6k 2.2× 156 0.7× 108 3.1k
Yoshimitsu Kohama Japan 29 976 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.9× 59 0.3× 135 3.1k
T. Sasagawa Japan 39 2.6k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 3.7k 2.3× 2.2k 3.0× 323 1.4× 199 5.8k
Masao Ogata Japan 40 2.1k 0.7× 928 0.5× 3.6k 2.3× 2.4k 3.3× 129 0.6× 235 5.0k

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All Works

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He, Minhao, Xiaoyu Wang, Jiaqi Cai, et al.. (2025). Strongly interacting Hofstadter states in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. Nature Physics. 21(9). 1380–1386.
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Herzog-Arbeitman, Jonah, Dumitru Călugăru, Haoyu Hu, et al.. (2025). Kekulé spiral order from strained topological heavy fermions. Physical review. B.. 112(12). 1 indexed citations
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Herzog-Arbeitman, Jonah, Yuzhi Wang, J.D. Liu, et al.. (2024). Moiré fractional Chern insulators. II. First-principles calculations and continuum models of rhombohedral graphene superlattices. Physical review. B.. 109(20). 27 indexed citations
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Chew, Aaron, et al.. (2024). Topological heavy fermions in magnetic field. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5257–5257. 6 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar, et al.. (2023). Twisted-bilayer FeSe and the Fe-based superlattices. SciPost Physics. 15(3). 10 indexed citations
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Xie, Fang, Jian Kang, B. Andrei Bernevig, Oskar Vafek, & Nicolas Regnault. (2023). Phase diagram of twisted bilayer graphene at filling factor ν=±3. Physical review. B.. 107(7). 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoyu & Oskar Vafek. (2023). Revisiting Bloch electrons in a magnetic field: Hofstadter physics via hybrid Wannier states. Physical review. B.. 108(24). 6 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar. (2023). Anisotropic resistivity tensor from disk geometry magnetoconductance. Physical Review Applied. 20(6). 2 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar & Jian Kang. (2020). Renormalization Group Study of Hidden Symmetry in Twisted Bilayer Graphene with Coulomb Interactions. Physical Review Letters. 125(25). 257602–257602. 100 indexed citations
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Kang, Jian & Oskar Vafek. (2019). Strong Coupling Phases of Partially Filled Twisted Bilayer Graphene Narrow Bands. Physical Review Letters. 122(24). 246401–246401. 254 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar & Andrey V. Chubukov. (2017). Hund Interaction, Spin-Orbit Coupling, and the Mechanism of Superconductivity in Strongly Hole-Doped Iron Pnictides. Physical Review Letters. 118(8). 87003–87003. 46 indexed citations
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Cvetković, Vladimir & Oskar Vafek. (2015). Berry phases and the intrinsic thermal Hall effect in high-temperature cuprate superconductors. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6518–6518. 17 indexed citations
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Throckmorton, Robert E. & Oskar Vafek. (2010). Relaxation of nuclear magnetic moments and site-selective NMR ind-wave superconductors. Physical Review B. 81(10). 2 indexed citations
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Melikyan, Ashot & Oskar Vafek. (2008). Quantum Oscillations in the mixed state of d-wave superconductors. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2 indexed citations
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Herbut, Igor F., Vladimir Juričić, & Oskar Vafek. (2008). Coulomb Interaction, Ripples, and the Minimal Conductivity of Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 100(4). 46403–46403. 158 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar. (2007). Anomalous Scaling and Gapless Fermions ofd-Wave Superconductors in a Magnetic Field. Physical Review Letters. 99(4). 47002–47002. 2 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar & Ashot Melikyan. (2006). Index Theoretic Characterization ofd-Wave Superconductors in the Vortex State. Physical Review Letters. 96(16). 167005–167005. 19 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar & B. Andrei Bernevig. (2005). Piezo-Magneto-Electric Effects in p-Doped Semiconductors. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 5 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar, et al.. (2004). Pair Density Wave in the Pseudogap State of High Temperature Superconductors. Physical Review Letters. 93(18). 187002–187002. 134 indexed citations
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Vafek, Oskar & Zlatko Tešanović. (2003). Quantum Criticality ofd-Wave Quasiparticles and Superconducting Phase Fluctuations. Physical Review Letters. 91(23). 237001–237001. 16 indexed citations

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