Qiang Zhang

19.0k total citations · 10 hit papers
205 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Qiang Zhang is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiang Zhang has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 101 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qiang Zhang's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (93 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (73 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (47 papers). Qiang Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (93 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (73 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (47 papers). Qiang Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Qiang Zhang's co-authors include Jian-Wei Pan, Xiongfeng Ma, Feihu Xu, Hoi‐Kwong Lo, Lixing You, Yang Liu, Weijun Zhang, Teng‐Yun Chen, Zhen Wang and Alexander Goebel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Qiang Zhang

193 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices

2020 924 citations Feihu Xu, Qiang Zhang et al. profile →
Single quantum emitters in monolayer semiconductors

2015 736 citations Ming-Cheng Chen, Qiang Zhang et al. profile →
Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Over a 404 km Optical Fiber

2016 563 citations Teng‐Yun Chen, Zong‐Wen Yu et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Quantum key distribution over a 40-dB channel loss using superconducting single-photon detectors

2007 519 citations Qiang Zhang et al. Nature Photonics profile →
Experimental demonstration of a heralded entanglement source

2010 361 citations Qiang Zhang, Jian-Wei Pan et al. Nature Photonics profile →
Experimental Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution

2013 321 citations Yang Liu, Teng‐Yun Chen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Sending-or-Not-Sending with Independent Lasers: Secure Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution over 509 km

2020 252 citations Jiu-Peng Chen, Chi Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Experimental Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution over 1000 km Fiber Distance

2023 177 citations Yang Liu, Weijun Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
High-rate quantum key distribution exceeding 110 Mb s–1

2023 152 citations Wei Li, Hao Tan et al. Nature Photonics profile →
Creation of memory–memory entanglement in a metropolitan quantum network

2024 61 citations Xiu-Ping Xie, Jun Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qiang Zhang China	47	6.4k	6.3k	2.0k	1.1k	654	205	9.4k
John Rarity United Kingdom	50	7.5k 1.2×	6.2k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	274	10.5k
Lixing You China	40	4.7k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	376 0.4×	590 0.9×	310	6.9k
Ian A. Walmsley United Kingdom	69	14.6k 2.3×	8.9k 1.4×	4.6k 2.3×	693 0.7×	897 1.4×	406	17.7k
Xiongfeng Ma China	44	7.1k 1.1×	7.8k 1.2×	830 0.4×	575 0.5×	160 0.2×	156	9.1k
Bahaa E. A. Saleh United States	51	7.6k 1.2×	3.9k 0.6×	3.9k 1.9×	452 0.4×	2.3k 3.4×	333	11.8k
Jian-Wei Pan China	96	31.3k 4.9×	28.8k 4.5×	5.5k 2.7×	1.6k 1.5×	1.5k 2.3×	486	37.7k
Guang‐Can Guo China	75	23.3k 3.6×	17.2k 2.7×	6.1k 3.0×	1.9k 1.8×	1.9k 2.9×	1.2k	27.6k
Hugo Zbinden Switzerland	58	14.6k 2.3×	14.2k 2.2×	3.7k 1.8×	318 0.3×	677 1.0×	191	17.7k
A. G. White Australia	50	12.5k 1.9×	11.4k 1.8×	2.8k 1.4×	536 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	146	15.3k
Jiangfeng Du China	54	7.5k 1.2×	4.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	3.3k 3.1×	574 0.9×	367	11.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiang Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Lizhi, Qiang Zhang, Qianqian Yang, et al.. (2025). Near-real-time wildfire detection approach with Himawari-8/9 geostationary satellite data integrating multi-scale spatial–temporal feature. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 137. 104416–104416. 3 indexed citations

Li, Bo, Ming-Yang Zheng, Xiu-Ping Xie, et al.. (2025). Ultrabright Entanglement Based Quantum Key Distribution over a 404 km Optical Fiber. Physical Review Letters. 134(23). 230801–230801. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Xing, et al.. (2025). An Artificial Intelligence-Driven Precipitation Downscaling Method Using Spatiotemporally Coupled Multi-Source Data. Atmosphere. 16(11). 1226–1226.

Gao, Yuchen, et al.. (2025). Overcoming data scarcity challenges in AI-driven energy chemistry research. 4(6). 20250039–20250039.

Li, Zheng-Ping, Yang Xu, Cheng Wu, et al.. (2024). Airborne single-photon LiDAR towards a small-sized and low-power payload. Optica. 11(5). 612–612. 29 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Weijun Zhang, Cong Jiang, et al.. (2023). 1002 km twin-field quantum key distribution with finite-key analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 18 indexed citations

Li, Wei, Li‐Kang Zhang, Yichen Lu, et al.. (2023). Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution without Phase Locking. Physical Review Letters. 130(25). 250802–250802. 36 indexed citations

Zapatero, Víctor, Tim van Leent, Rotem Arnon-Friedman, et al.. (2023). Advances in device-independent quantum key distribution. npj Quantum Information. 9(1). 73 indexed citations

Gu, Xuemei, Liang Huang, Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens, et al.. (2023). Experimental Full Network Nonlocality with Independent Sources and Strict Locality Constraints. Physical Review Letters. 130(19). 190201–190201. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Hao Tan, Yichen Lu, et al.. (2023). High-rate quantum key distribution exceeding 110 Mb s–1. Nature Photonics. 17(5). 416–421. 152 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Wen‐Zhao, Yuzhe Zhang, Minghan Li, et al.. (2022). Toward a Photonic Demonstration of Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution. Physical Review Letters. 129(5). 50502–50502. 79 indexed citations

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Martin‐Drumel, Marie‐Aline, Qiang Zhang, Olivier Pirali, et al.. (2022). The bending of C3: Experimentally probing the l -type doubling and resonance. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 391. 111734–111734. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chi, Xiao‐Long Hu, Cong Jiang, et al.. (2022). Experimental Side-Channel-Secure Quantum Key Distribution. Physical Review Letters. 128(19). 190503–190503. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiu-Peng, Chi Zhang, Yang Liu, et al.. (2022). Quantum Key Distribution over 658 km Fiber with Distributed Vibration Sensing. Physical Review Letters. 128(18). 180502–180502. 72 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiang, et al.. (2022). Gas-phase optical absorption spectra of the indene cation (C ₉ H ₈ ⁺ ). Molecular Physics. 121(17-18). 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Liang, Xuemei Gu, Yang-Fan Jiang, et al.. (2022). Experimental Demonstration of Genuine Tripartite Nonlocality under Strict Locality Conditions. Physical Review Letters. 129(6). 60401–60401. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Feihu, Yuzhe Zhang, Qiang Zhang, & Jian-Wei Pan. (2022). Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution with Random Postselection. Physical Review Letters. 128(11). 110506–110506. 32 indexed citations

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Chen, Ming-Cheng, Can Wang, Fengming Liu, et al.. (2022). Ruling Out Real-Valued Standard Formalism of Quantum Theory. Physical Review Letters. 128(4). 40403–40403. 61 indexed citations

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Wu, Cheng, Xin Huang, Zheng-Ping Li, et al.. (2021). Non–line-of-sight imaging over 1.43 km. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(10). 108 indexed citations

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Yuan, Chengwei & Qiang Zhang. (2008). Design of a TM 01 -TE 01 transmission line for high-power microwave applications. International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams. 37(10). 1–4. 3 indexed citations

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