Wang Yao

55.2k total citations · 30 hit papers
215 papers, 41.6k citations indexed

About

Wang Yao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wang Yao has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 41.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Materials Chemistry, 93 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 92 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wang Yao's work include 2D Materials and Applications (106 papers), Graphene research and applications (64 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (58 papers). Wang Yao is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (106 papers), Graphene research and applications (64 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (58 papers). Wang Yao collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Wang Yao's co-authors include Di Xiao, Xiaodong Xu, Gui‐Bin Liu, Hongyi Yu, Kyle L. Seyler, Qian Niu, Jiaqiang Yan, David Mandrus, Wanxiang Feng and Genevieve Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wang Yao

204 papers receiving 40.8k citations

Hit Papers

Layer-dependent ferromagnetism in a van ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2017 2012 2012 2014 2016 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Layer-dependent ferromagnetism in a van der Waals crystal down to the monolayer limit
    2017 4.3k citations Bevin Huang, Kyle L. Seyler et al. Nature profile →
  2. Coupled Spin and Valley Physics in Monolayers ofMoS2and Other Group-VI Dichalcogenides
    2012 3.9k citations Di Xiao, Xiaodong Xu et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Valley polarization in MoS2 monolayers by optical pumping
    2012 3.0k citations Wang Yao, Di Xiao et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  4. Spin and pseudospins in layered transition metal dichalcogenides
    2014 2.1k citations Xiaodong Xu, Wang Yao et al. profile →
  5. Valleytronics in 2D materials
    2016 2.0k citations Hongyi Yu, Jason Ross et al. profile →
  6. Valley-Contrasting Physics in Graphene: Magnetic Moment and Topological Transport
    2007 1.7k citations Di Xiao, Wang Yao et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Electrically tunable excitonic light-emitting diodes based on monolayer WSe2 p–n junctions
    2014 1.4k citations Jason Ross, Aaron M. Jones et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  8. Observation of long-lived interlayer excitons in monolayer MoSe2–WSe2 heterostructures
    2015 1.3k citations Aaron M. Jones, Jason Ross et al. Nature Communications profile →
  9. Electrical control of neutral and charged excitons in a monolayer semiconductor
    2013 1.2k citations Jason Ross, Sanfeng Wu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  10. Optical generation of excitonic valley coherence in monolayer WSe2
    2013 1.1k citations Aaron M. Jones, Hongyi Yu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  11. Electrical control of 2D magnetism in bilayer CrI3
    2018 997 citations Bevin Huang, Kyle L. Seyler et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  12. Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in spin-filter van der Waals heterostructures
    2018 962 citations Tiancheng Song, Xinghan Cai et al. Science profile →
  13. Signatures of moiré-trapped valley excitons in MoSe2/WSe2 heterobilayers
    2019 901 citations Kyle L. Seyler, Hongyi Yu et al. Nature profile →
  14. Valley-dependent optoelectronics from inversion symmetry breaking
    2008 857 citations Wang Yao, Di Xiao et al. profile →
  15. Three-band tight-binding model for monolayers of group-VIB transition metal dichalcogenides
    2013 747 citations Wang Yao, Di Xiao et al. profile →
  16. Magnetic control of valley pseudospin in monolayer WSe2
    2015 737 citations Grant Aivazian, Aaron M. Jones et al. profile →
  17. Single quantum emitters in monolayer semiconductors
    2015 736 citations Wang Yao, Xiaodong Xu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  18. Monolayer semiconductor nanocavity lasers with ultralow thresholds
    2015 689 citations Sanfeng Wu, Jiaqiang Yan et al. Nature profile →
  19. Van der Waals engineering of ferromagnetic semiconductor heterostructures for spin and valleytronics
    2018 653 citations Kyle L. Seyler, Bevin Huang et al. arXiv (Cornell University) profile →
  20. Valley-polarized exciton dynamics in a 2D semiconductor heterostructure
    2016 608 citations Kyle L. Seyler, Hongyi Yu et al. Science profile →
  21. Electrical tuning of valley magnetic moment through symmetry control in bilayer MoS2
    2013 526 citations Sanfeng Wu, Jason Ross et al. profile →
  22. Electronic structures and theoretical modelling of two-dimensional group-VIB transition metal dichalcogenides
    2014 521 citations Di Xiao, Xiaodong Xu et al. profile →
  23. Massive Dirac fermions and spin physics in an ultrathin film of topological insulator
    2010 464 citations Hai‐Zhou Lu, Wang Yao et al. profile →
  24. Moiré excitons: From programmable quantum emitter arrays to spin-orbit–coupled artificial lattices
    2017 443 citations Hongyi Yu, Jianju Tang et al. profile →
  25. Electrical control of second-harmonic generation in a WSe2 monolayer transistor
    2015 424 citations Kyle L. Seyler, Aaron M. Jones et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  26. Interlayer valley excitons in heterobilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides
    2018 407 citations Hongyi Yu, Kyle L. Seyler et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  27. Signatures of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in twisted MoTe2
    2023 384 citations Jiaqi Cai, Eric Anderson et al. Nature profile →
  28. Observation of fractionally quantized anomalous Hall effect
    2023 363 citations Heonjoon Park, Jiaqi Cai et al. Nature profile →
  29. Excitons and emergent quantum phenomena in stacked 2D semiconductors
    2021 239 citations Nathan P. Wilson, Wang Yao et al. Nature profile →
  30. Programming correlated magnetic states with gate-controlled moiré geometry
    2023 86 citations Eric Anderson, Feng‐Ren Fan et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wang Yao Hong Kong 65 35.8k 18.0k 14.4k 6.2k 3.5k 215 41.6k
Xiaodong Xu United States 78 37.5k 1.0× 19.1k 1.1× 13.6k 0.9× 7.5k 1.2× 4.2k 1.2× 231 43.4k
Di Xiao United States 66 33.0k 0.9× 14.3k 0.8× 17.3k 1.2× 8.5k 1.4× 3.0k 0.9× 187 41.5k
Kin Fai Mak United States 58 35.5k 1.0× 18.3k 1.0× 10.6k 0.7× 4.9k 0.8× 6.2k 1.8× 99 41.1k
Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero United States 79 29.9k 0.8× 9.9k 0.6× 19.8k 1.4× 6.3k 1.0× 5.2k 1.5× 177 39.5k
Herre S. J. van der Zant Netherlands 76 14.0k 0.4× 13.2k 0.7× 9.5k 0.7× 3.3k 0.5× 4.2k 1.2× 366 23.9k
Marius Grundmann Germany 76 18.4k 0.5× 16.2k 0.9× 12.6k 0.9× 7.2k 1.2× 3.5k 1.0× 755 28.7k
Cory R. Dean United States 56 17.6k 0.5× 6.2k 0.3× 8.9k 0.6× 2.5k 0.4× 3.5k 1.0× 143 21.4k
David Cobden United States 47 15.8k 0.4× 7.1k 0.4× 6.9k 0.5× 4.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 91 19.7k
Masakazu Aono Japan 71 8.3k 0.2× 16.4k 0.9× 4.9k 0.3× 2.2k 0.3× 3.3k 0.9× 485 24.5k
Frank H. L. Koppens Spain 66 12.7k 0.4× 11.5k 0.6× 10.8k 0.7× 6.5k 1.1× 12.3k 3.5× 163 26.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Su, Huiting, Dong Zhang, Minya Lu, et al.. (2025). The role of mNGS in the diagnosis of talaromycosis and case series. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 191–191. 2 indexed citations
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Zhai, Dawei, et al.. (2025). Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in a Singular Flat Band. Physical Review Letters. 134(19). 196501–196501. 4 indexed citations
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Zhai, Dawei, Hongyi Yu, & Wang Yao. (2025). Twistronics and moiré superlattice physics in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides. Reports on Progress in Physics. 88(8). 84501–84501.
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Yao, Wang, Beijia Huang, Jialing Song, et al.. (2024). Normalization factor database for life cycle impact assessment in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 105. 107394–107394. 6 indexed citations
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Xie, Kang, et al.. (2024). Extreme precipitation trends in Northeast China based on a non-stationary generalized extreme value model. Geoscience Letters. 11(1). 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jihang, Dawei Zhai, Cong Xiao, & Wang Yao. (2024). Layer Hall counterflow as a model probe of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. Physical review. B.. 109(15). 3 indexed citations
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Park, Heonjoon, Jiaqi Cai, Eric Anderson, et al.. (2023). Observation of fractionally quantized anomalous Hall effect. Nature. 622(7981). 74–79. 363 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhai, Dawei, Cong Chen, Cong Xiao, & Wang Yao. (2023). Time-reversal even charge hall effect from twisted interface coupling. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1961–1961. 28 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yinong, Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Jiayi Zhu, et al.. (2023). Every-other-layer dipolar excitons in a spin-valley locked superlattice. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(5). 501–506. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Di, et al.. (2023). Single Photon Emitters with Polarization and Orbital Angular Momentum Locking in Monolayer Semiconductors. Nano Letters. 23(9). 3851–3857. 1 indexed citations
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Zhai, Dawei, et al.. (2022). Anomalous Magneto-Optical Response and Chiral Interface of Dipolar Excitons at Twisted Valleys. Nano Letters. 22(13). 5466–5472. 7 indexed citations
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Tang, Jianju, Hongyi Yu, Chih‐Kang Shih, & Wang Yao. (2021). Moiré excitons at line defects in transition metal dichalcogenides heterobilayers. Comptes Rendus Physique. 22(S4). 53–68. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yan Fang, Dexiang Tang, Mingxi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Complete mitochondrial genome ofTolypocladiumsp. YFCC 1805002 isolated fromOphiocordyceps sinensisin Baima Snow Mountain, Southwestern China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 171–173. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Tiancheng, Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu, Xinghan Cai, et al.. (2019). Voltage Control of a van der Waals Spin-Filter Magnetic Tunnel Junction. Nano Letters. 19(2). 915–920. 136 indexed citations
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Song, Tiancheng, Xinghan Cai, Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu, et al.. (2018). Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in spin-filter van der Waals heterostructures. Science. 360(6394). 1214–1218. 962 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2018). An Advanced Quantum-Resistent Signature Scheme For Cloud Based On Eisenstein Ring. Aberdeen University Research Archive (Aberdeen University). 56(1). 19–34. 1 indexed citations
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Yao, Wang. (2012). Response Space Relationship Research Between Landuse Distributing and Surface Water Quality in Beijing. Environmental Monitoring in China. 1 indexed citations
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Ross, Jason, Sanfeng Wu, Hongyi Yu, et al.. (2012). Electrical Control of Truly Two-Dimensional Neutral and Charged Excitons in a Monolayer Semiconductor. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 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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