Qian Niu

45.5k total citations · 17 hit papers
282 papers, 34.3k citations indexed

About

Qian Niu is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian Niu has authored 282 papers receiving a total of 34.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 255 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 87 papers in Materials Chemistry and 63 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Qian Niu's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (129 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (112 papers) and Graphene research and applications (67 papers). Qian Niu is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (129 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (112 papers) and Graphene research and applications (67 papers). Qian Niu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Qian Niu's co-authors include Di Xiao, Ming-Che Chang, A. H. MacDonald, Wang Yao, Junren Shi, T. Jungwirth, Biao Wu, Yugui Yao, D. J. Thouless and Zhenhua Qiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Qian Niu

274 papers receiving 33.5k citations

Hit Papers

Berry phase effects on el... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2010 2012 2007 2004 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Berry phase effects on electronic properties
    2010 3.6k citations Di Xiao, Qian Niu et al. profile →
  2. Valley-selective circular dichroism of monolayer molybdenum disulphide
    2012 2.1k citations Qian Niu, Ji Feng et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Valley-Contrasting Physics in Graphene: Magnetic Moment and Topological Transport
    2007 1.7k citations Di Xiao, Wang Yao et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Universal Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect
    2004 1.6k citations Qian Niu, A. H. MacDonald et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Crossover of the three-dimensional topological insulator Bi2Se3 to the two-dimensional limit
    2010 1.1k citations Shun-Qing Shen, Qian Niu et al. profile →
  6. Valley-dependent optoelectronics from inversion symmetry breaking
    2008 857 citations Wang Yao, Di Xiao et al. profile →
  7. Quantized Hall conductance as a topological invariant
    1985 775 citations Qian Niu et al. profile →
  8. First Principles Calculation of Anomalous Hall Conductivity in Ferromagnetic bcc Fe
    2004 761 citations Yugui Yao, A. H. MacDonald et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  9. Wave-packet dynamics in slowly perturbed crystals: Gradient corrections and Berry-phase effects
    1999 737 citations Qian Niu et al. profile →
  10. Anomalous Hall Effect in Ferromagnetic Semiconductors
    2002 699 citations Qian Niu, A. H. MacDonald et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  11. Ground-state degeneracy of the fractional quantum Hall states in the presence of a random potential and on high-genus Riemann surfaces
    1990 643 citations Qian Niu et al. profile →
  12. Anomalous Hall Effect Arising from Noncollinear Antiferromagnetism
    2014 616 citations Hua Chen, Qian Niu et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Quantum anomalous Hall effect in graphene from Rashba and exchange effects
    2010 542 citations Zhenhua Qiao, Shengyuan A. Yang et al. profile →
  14. Superconductivity Modulated by Quantum Size Effects
    2004 497 citations Qian Niu et al. profile →
  15. Massive Dirac fermions and spin physics in an ultrathin film of topological insulator
    2010 464 citations Hai‐Zhou Lu, Wang Yao et al. profile →
  16. Spin Pumping and Spin-Transfer Torques in Antiferromagnets
    2014 302 citations Qian Niu et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  17. Quantised adiabatic charge transport in the presence of substrate disorder and many-body interaction
    1984 283 citations Qian Niu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qian Niu United States 80 27.8k 16.2k 8.0k 5.0k 4.0k 282 34.3k
C. W. J. Beenakker Netherlands 82 23.7k 0.9× 9.5k 0.6× 7.4k 0.9× 6.8k 1.4× 1.3k 0.3× 333 28.3k
Liang Fu United States 79 32.9k 1.2× 20.6k 1.3× 14.8k 1.8× 3.1k 0.6× 4.2k 1.1× 335 38.9k
C. L. Kane United States 64 48.9k 1.8× 27.9k 1.7× 18.9k 2.4× 3.7k 0.7× 4.2k 1.0× 125 54.5k
B. Andrei Bernevig United States 87 33.4k 1.2× 17.7k 1.1× 14.0k 1.7× 2.0k 0.4× 4.1k 1.0× 284 37.4k
F. D. M. Haldane United States 58 24.7k 0.9× 4.5k 0.3× 14.4k 1.8× 2.6k 0.5× 3.6k 0.9× 132 29.3k
Ashvin Vishwanath United States 80 24.0k 0.9× 11.1k 0.7× 13.0k 1.6× 1.2k 0.2× 4.7k 1.2× 255 30.3k
M. Zahid Hasan United States 61 35.1k 1.3× 23.1k 1.4× 14.8k 1.8× 2.2k 0.5× 4.8k 1.2× 181 39.6k
Y. Imry Israel 58 12.2k 0.4× 5.3k 0.3× 7.3k 0.9× 5.4k 1.1× 2.0k 0.5× 243 18.8k
A. H. MacDonald United States 121 47.6k 1.7× 32.8k 2.0× 19.6k 2.4× 12.2k 2.5× 10.1k 2.5× 763 63.0k
K. W. West United States 91 28.2k 1.0× 6.3k 0.4× 12.2k 1.5× 10.1k 2.0× 1.3k 0.3× 772 31.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Zeyu, et al.. (2025). Chern Number Tunable Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Compensated Antiferromagnets. Physical Review Letters. 134(11). 116603–116603. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Zheng, Zhenhua Qiao, Yang Gao, & Qian Niu. (2024). Interstate Berry curvature of hinge state and its detection. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 2 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, Weikang Wu, Yue-Xin Huang, et al.. (2023). Time-Reversal-Even Nonlinear Current Induced Spin Polarization. Physical Review Letters. 130(16). 166302–166302. 28 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic Nonlinear Electric Spin Generation in Centrosymmetric Magnets. Physical Review Letters. 129(8). 86602–86602. 41 indexed citations
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Liu, Lin, Yang Meng, Yuanwei Sun, et al.. (2022). Switching magnon chirality in artificial ferrimagnet. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1264–1264. 41 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, et al.. (2021). Electric driving of magnetization dynamics in a hybrid insulator. Physical review. B.. 104(6). 10 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong & Qian Niu. (2020). Unified bulk semiclassical theory for intrinsic thermal transport and magnetization currents. Physical review. B.. 101(23). 18 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, Hua Chen, Yang Gao, et al.. (2020). Linear magnetoresistance induced by intra-scattering semiclassics of Bloch electrons. Physical review. B.. 101(20). 23 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, Ying Liu, Ming Xie, Shengyuan A. Yang, & Qian Niu. (2019). Theory of the phonon side-jump contribution in anomalous Hall effect. Physical review. B.. 99(24). 8 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, Z. Z. Du, & Qian Niu. (2019). Theory of nonlinear Hall effects: Modified semiclassics from quantum kinetics. Physical review. B.. 100(16). 81 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, et al.. (2019). Valley-contrasting orbital magnetic moment induced negative magnetoresistance. Physical review. B.. 100(4). 10 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, Yi Liu, Zhe Yuan, Shengyuan A. Yang, & Qian Niu. (2019). Temperature dependence of the side-jump spin Hall conductivity. Physical review. B.. 100(8). 14 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cong, et al.. (2019). Scaling parameters in anomalous and nonlinear Hall effects depend on temperature. Physical review. B.. 100(16). 21 indexed citations
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Xiao, Li, Jingshan Qi, Qian Niu, & Ji Feng. (2016). Giant and tunable valley degeneracy splitting in MoTe$_2$. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 10 indexed citations
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Xiao, Di, Priyamvada Jadaun, Qian Niu, & Sanjay K. Banerjee. (2013). Topological Classification of Crystalline Insulators with Point Group Symmetry. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Qiao, Zhenhua, et al.. (2010). Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Graphene. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Hai‐Zhou, et al.. (2009). Predicted emergent spin physics in an ultrathin film of topological insulator. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Diener, Roberto B., et al.. (2004). The dynamical generation of two-dimensional matter-wave discrete solitons. Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics. 6(5). S231–S240. 11 indexed citations
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Niu, Qian. (2003). Anomalous Hall Effect in Ferromagnetic Semiconductors. APS. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Bharucha, C. F., John C. Robinson, F. L. Moore, et al.. (1999). Dynamical localization of ultracold sodium atoms. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(4). 3881–3895. 50 indexed citations

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