Q. An

24.2k citations

672 papers · 17.9k · 5 hit papers · h-index 61

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
Radiation top 10%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 633
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 358
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 244
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 14
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 12
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena 3
- Neutrino Physics Research 2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering 0

Co-authors: Hiroshi Sakamoto (1 shared paper)Yutaka USHIRODA (1 shared paper)Mikihiko Nakao (1 shared paper)Y. Sakai (1 shared paper)Chengping Shen (1 shared paper)Gary Varner (1 shared paper)S.B. Liu (2 shared papers)Stephen Olsen (1 shared paper)
Journals: Physical review. D (275 papers)Physical Review Letters (129 papers)Physics Letters B (103 papers)Chinese Physics C (23 papers)Journal of High Energy Physics (23 papers)
Partner nations: China Germany United States

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Q. An

629 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Q. An's Hit Papers

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Measurement of Ultra-High-Energy Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission of the Galactic Plane from 10 TeV to 1 PeV with LHAASO-KM2A 2023 · 98 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2023 Physical Review Letters
2023 Frontiers of Physics
2013 Physical Review Letters
2010 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
2002 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

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1	The Belle detector Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Alexander Abashian, K. Gotow, N. Morgan, Leo Piilonen, S. Schrenk, K. Abe, Ichiro Adachi, Kanae Aoki Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1087
2	Design and construction of the BESIII detector Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Z. H. An, J. Z. Bai, Jianming Bian, X. Z. Cai, Guofu Cao, X. X. Cao, J. F. Chang, C. Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2010	899
3	Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike Structure in e+e−→π+π−J/ψ at s=4.26 GeV Physical Review Letters ·Mikhail N. Achasov, Xiaocong Ai, O. Albayrak, D. Ambrose, Fenfen An, Q. An, J. Z. Bai, Rinaldo Baldini-Ferroli Hit paper breakdown →	2013	677
4	Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike Structure Zc(4020) and Search for the Zc(3900) in e+e−→π+π−hc Physical Review Letters ·Bai-Cian Ke, Mikhail N. Achasov, O. Albayrak, D. Ambrose, Fenfen An, Q. An, J. Z. Bai, Rinaldo Baldini-Ferroli	2013	338
5	The Physics of the B Factories The European Physical Journal C ·Adrian John Bevan, B. Golob, Thomas Mannel B, Soeren Prell, B. Yabsley, Hiroaki Aihara, F. Anulli, N. Arnaud	2014	302
6	The DArk Matter Particle Explorer mission Astroparticle Physics ·Jin Chang, Giovanni Ambrosi, Q. An, R. Asfandiyarov, Philipp Azzarello, P. Bernardini, Bruna Bertucci, M. Caragiulo	2017	249
7	Improved measurement of electron antineutrino disappearance at Daya Bay Chinese Physics C ·Fengpeng An, Q. An, J. Z. Bai, A. B. Balantekin, Henry R. Band, W. Beriguete, M. Bishai, S. Blyth	2013	239
8	Observation of a Charged ( D D ¯ * ) ± Mass Peak in e + e − → π D D ¯ * at s = 4.26 GeV Physical Review Letters ·Bai-Cian Ke, Mikhail N. Achasov, O. Albayrak, D. Ambrose, Fenfen An, Q. An, J. Z. Bai, Rinaldo Baldini-Ferroli	2014	234
9	Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike Structure in e + e − → ( D * D ¯ * ) ± π ∓ at s = 4.26 GeV Physical Review Letters ·Mikhail N. Achasov, O. Albayrak, D. Ambrose, Fenfen An, Q. An, J. Z. Bai, Rinaldo Baldini-Ferroli, Yong Ban	2014	223
10	Measurement of the cosmic ray proton spectrum from 40 GeV to 100 TeV with the DAMPE satellite Science Advances ·Q. An, R. Asfandiyarov, Philipp Azzarello, P. Bernardini, Jin Chang, D. Y. Chen, H. F. Chen, Wei Chen	2019	200
11	Measurement of the e+e−→π+π− cross section between 600 and 900 MeV using initial state radiation Physics Letters B ·Mikhail N. Achasov, Xiaocong Ai, O. Albayrak, M. Albrecht, D. Ambrose, Antonio Amoroso, Fenfen An, Q. An	2015	196
12	A determination of the properties of the neutral intermediate vector boson Z0 Physics Letters B ·Bernardo Adeva, O. Adriani, M. Aguilar-Benitez, H. Akbari, J. Alcaraz Maestre, Alberto Aloisio, Mariagrazia Alviggi, Q. An	1989	184
13	Precise Measurement of the e+e−→π+π−J/ψ Cross Section at Center-of-Mass Energies from 3.77 to 4.60 GeV Physical Review Letters ·Mikhail N. Achasov, Xiaocong Ai, O. Albayrak, M. Albrecht, D. J. Ambrose, Antonio Amoroso, Fenfen An, Q. An	2017	183
14	Search for hadronic transition χcJ→ηcπ+π− and observation of χcJ→KK¯πππ Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·M. Ablikim, Mikhail N. Achasov, D. J. Ambrose, Fenfen An, Q. An, Zhenghua An, J. Z. Bai, Y. Ban	2013	154
15	Polarization and entanglement in baryon–antibaryon pair production in electron–positron annihilation Nature Physics ·M. Ablikim, F. F. An, X. Cai, Guofu Cao, Chang Jm, W. L. Chang, G. Chen, H. S. Chen	2019	152
16	Observation of a Near-Threshold Structure in the K+ Recoil-Mass Spectra in e+e−→K+(Ds−D0+Ds−D0) Physical Review Letters ·M. Ablikim, Mikhail N. Achasov, Patrik Adlarson, M. Albrecht, Riccardo Aliberti, Antonio Amoroso, Q. An, Anita	2021	144
17	Precision measurement of the integrated luminosity of the data taken by BESIII at center-of-mass energies between 3.810 GeV and 4.600 GeV Chinese Physics C ·Mikhail N. Achasov, Xiaocong Ai, O. Albayrak, M. Albrecht, D. Ambrose, Antonio Amoroso, Fenfen An, Q. An	2015	138
18	Evidence of Two Resonant Structures in e+e−→π+π−hc Physical Review Letters ·Mikhail N. Achasov, Xiaocong Ai, O. Albayrak, M. Albrecht, D. Ambrose, Antonio Amoroso, Fenfen An, Q. An	2017	135
19	Study of χcJ radiative decays into a vector meson Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·Mikhail N. Achasov, Diego Alberto, Q. An, Zhenghua An, J. Z. Bai, Rinaldo Baldini-Ferroli, Yong Ban, Monica Bertani	2011	133
20	Branching fraction measurements of χc0 and χc2 to π0π0 and ηη Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·Mikhail N. Achasov, Q. An, Zhenghua An, J. Z. Bai, Yong Ban, Jianming Bian, Igor R. Boyko, Roy A. Briere	2010	131

About Q. An

Q. An is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Waste Management and Disposal, Infectious Diseases and Organic Chemistry, having authored 672 papers that have together received 17.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (358 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (244 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (14 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (12 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (3 papers) and Neutrino Physics Research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (16.3k citations), Radiation (37 citations), Instrumentation (4 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (48 citations) and Modeling and Simulation (5 citations). Q. An has collaborated with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yutaka USHIRODA, Mikihiko Nakao, Y. Sakai, Chengping Shen, Gary Varner, S.B. Liu, Stephen Olsen, M. Rosen and Frederick H. deB. Harris. Their work appears in journals such as Physical review. D, Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters B, Chinese Physics C and Journal of High Energy Physics.

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