Shou-Cheng Zhang

60.9k total citations · 18 hit papers
76 papers, 42.8k citations indexed

About

Shou-Cheng Zhang is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shou-Cheng Zhang has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 42.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 54 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Shou-Cheng Zhang's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (66 papers), Graphene research and applications (49 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (25 papers). Shou-Cheng Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (66 papers), Graphene research and applications (49 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (25 papers). Shou-Cheng Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Shou-Cheng Zhang's co-authors include Xiao-Liang Qi, Taylor L. Hughes, B. Andrei Bernevig, Xiao‐Liang Qi, Chao‐Xing Liu, Xi Dai, Zhong Fang, Haijun Zhang, L. W. Molenkamp and Markus König and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Shou-Cheng Zhang

76 papers receiving 41.9k citations

Hit Papers

Topological insulators and superconductors 2006 2026 2012 2019 2011 2006 2009 2007 2008 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
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.

  1. Topological insulators and superconductors
    2011 10.4k citations Xiao-Liang Qi, Shou-Cheng Zhang profile →
  2. Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Phase Transition in HgTe Quantum Wells
    2006 5.2k citations B. Andrei Bernevig, Taylor L. Hughes et al. Science profile →
  3. Topological insulators in Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 with a single Dirac cone on the surface
    2009 4.9k citations Haijun Zhang, Chao‐Xing Liu et al. profile →
  4. Quantum Spin Hall Insulator State in HgTe Quantum Wells
    2007 4.4k citations Xiao-Liang Qi, Shou-Cheng Zhang et al. Science profile →
  5. Topological field theory of time-reversal invariant insulators
    2008 2.5k citations Xiao‐Liang Qi, Taylor L. Hughes et al. Physical Review B profile →
  6. Quantum Spin Hall Effect
    2006 1.5k citations B. Andrei Bernevig, Shou-Cheng Zhang Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Crossover of the three-dimensional topological insulator Bi2Se3 to the two-dimensional limit
    2010 1.1k citations Ke He, Can‐Li Song et al. profile →
  8. Model Hamiltonian for topological insulators
    2010 676 citations Chao‐Xing Liu, Xiao-Liang Qi et al. Physical Review B profile →
  9. Buckled two-dimensional Xene sheets
    2017 636 citations Yong Xu, Shou-Cheng Zhang et al. Nature Materials profile →
  10. The Quantum Spin Hall Effect: Theory and Experiment
    2008 622 citations Taylor L. Hughes, Chao‐Xing Liu et al. profile →
  11. Helical Liquid and the Edge of Quantum Spin Hall Systems
    2006 606 citations Congjun Wu, B. Andrei Bernevig et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  12. Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Inverted Type-II Semiconductors
    2008 574 citations Chao‐Xing Liu, Taylor L. Hughes et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect inHg1−yMnyTeQuantum Wells
    2008 544 citations Chao‐Xing Liu, Xiao‐Liang Qi et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  14. Topological Mott Insulators
    2008 506 citations Shou-Cheng Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  15. Magnetic Impurities on the Surface of a Topological Insulator
    2009 486 citations Chao‐Xing Liu, Xiao-Liang Qi et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  16. The Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect: Theory and Experiment
    2016 433 citations Chao‐Xing Liu, Shou-Cheng Zhang et al. profile →
  17. The Coexistence of Superconductivity and Topological Order in the Bi 2 Se 3 Thin Films
    2012 408 citations Canhua Liu, Fang Yang et al. Science profile →
  18. Chiral topological superconductor from the quantum Hall state
    2010 382 citations Xiao-Liang Qi, Taylor L. Hughes 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
Shou-Cheng Zhang United States 57 39.2k 24.5k 14.8k 3.6k 2.6k 76 42.8k
M. Zahid Hasan United States 61 35.1k 0.9× 23.1k 0.9× 14.8k 1.0× 4.8k 1.4× 2.2k 0.9× 181 39.6k
Liang Fu United States 79 32.9k 0.8× 20.6k 0.8× 14.8k 1.0× 4.2k 1.2× 3.1k 1.2× 335 38.9k
B. Andrei Bernevig United States 87 33.4k 0.9× 17.7k 0.7× 14.0k 0.9× 4.1k 1.2× 2.0k 0.8× 284 37.4k
Leon Balents United States 78 18.6k 0.5× 9.7k 0.4× 17.9k 1.2× 6.7k 1.9× 1.8k 0.7× 249 28.7k
E. J. Melé United States 51 23.1k 0.6× 17.3k 0.7× 6.8k 0.5× 2.4k 0.7× 3.1k 1.2× 225 28.5k
Qian Niu United States 80 27.8k 0.7× 16.2k 0.7× 8.0k 0.5× 4.0k 1.1× 5.0k 1.9× 282 34.3k
Ashvin Vishwanath United States 80 24.0k 0.6× 11.1k 0.5× 13.0k 0.9× 4.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.5× 255 30.3k
Taylor L. Hughes United States 53 17.9k 0.5× 8.4k 0.3× 6.6k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 911 0.4× 167 19.0k
Joel E. Moore United States 63 15.5k 0.4× 8.1k 0.3× 6.5k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 223 18.4k
Zhijun Wang China 50 17.8k 0.5× 13.6k 0.6× 7.2k 0.5× 3.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.6× 192 21.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shou-Cheng Zhang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Jingyuan, Biao Lian, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2019). Doubling theorem and boundary states of five-dimensional Weyl semimetal. Physical review. B.. 100(7). 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiao-Qi, Shou-Cheng Zhang, & Tomáš Bzdušek. (2018). Conversion Rules for Weyl Points and Nodal Lines in Topological Media. Physical Review Letters. 121(10). 106402–106402. 38 indexed citations
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Zhou, Quan, Peizhe Tang, Shenxiu Liu, et al.. (2018). Learning atoms for materials discovery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(28). E6411–E6417. 143 indexed citations
4.
Wang, Jing & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2017). Topological states of condensed matter. Nature Materials. 16(11). 1062–1067. 147 indexed citations
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Tang, Peizhe, Quan Zhou, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2017). Multiple Types of Topological Fermions in Transition Metal Silicides. Physical Review Letters. 119(20). 206402–206402. 303 indexed citations
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Ruan, Jiawei, Shao-Kai Jian, Hong Yao, et al.. (2016). Symmetry-protected ideal Weyl semimetal in HgTe-class materials. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11136–11136. 196 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Biao Lian, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2015). Electrically Tunable Magnetism in Magnetic Topological Insulators. Physical Review Letters. 115(3). 36805–36805. 62 indexed citations
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Patankar, Shreyas, James P. Hinton, J. Orenstein, et al.. (2015). Resonant magneto-optic Kerr effect in the magnetic topological insulatorCr:(Sbx,Bi1−x)2Te3. Physical Review B. 92(21). 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Xin, et al.. (2014). Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Magnetically Doped InAs/GaSb Quantum Wells. Physical Review Letters. 113(14). 147201–147201. 63 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Biao Lian, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2014). Universal scaling of the quantum anomalous Hall plateau transition. Physical Review B. 89(8). 105 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Biao Lian, Haijun Zhang, Yong Xu, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2013). Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect with Higher Plateaus. Physical Review Letters. 111(13). 136801–136801. 144 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Biao Lian, Haijun Zhang, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2013). Anomalous Edge Transport in the Quantum Anomalous Hall State. Physical Review Letters. 111(8). 86803–86803. 69 indexed citations
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Liu, Canhua, Fang Yang, Lin Miao, et al.. (2012). The Coexistence of Superconductivity and Topological Order in the Bi 2 Se 3 Thin Films. Science. 336(6077). 52–55. 408 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qi, Xiao‐Liang, Taylor L. Hughes, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2010). Topological invariants for the Fermi surface of a time-reversal-invariant superconductor. Physical Review B. 81(13). 221 indexed citations
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Cheng, Peng, Can‐Li Song, Tong Zhang, et al.. (2010). Landau Quantization of Topological Surface States inBi2Se3. Physical Review Letters. 105(7). 76801–76801. 300 indexed citations
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Maciejko, Joseph, Chao‐Xing Liu, Yuval Oreg, et al.. (2009). Kondo Effect in the Helical Edge Liquid of the Quantum Spin Hall State. Physical Review Letters. 102(25). 256803–256803. 211 indexed citations
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Wu, Congjun, Kai Sun, Eduardo Fradkin, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2007). Fermi liquid instabilities in the spin channel. Physical Review B. 75(11). 139 indexed citations
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Wu, Congjun, B. Andrei Bernevig, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2006). Helical Liquid and the Edge of Quantum Spin Hall Systems. Physical Review Letters. 96(10). 106401–106401. 606 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bernevig, B. Andrei, Taylor L. Hughes, & Shou-Cheng Zhang. (2005). Orbitronics: The Intrinsic Orbital Current inp-Doped Silicon. Physical Review Letters. 95(6). 66601–66601. 176 indexed citations
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Bernevig, B. Andrei, et al.. (2005). Maxwell Equation for Coupled Spin-Charge Wave Propagation. Physical Review Letters. 95(7). 76602–76602. 19 indexed citations

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