Weijian Yang

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Weijian Yang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Weijian Yang has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 41 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 33 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Weijian Yang's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (53 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (33 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (22 papers). Weijian Yang is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (53 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (33 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (22 papers). Weijian Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Weijian Yang's co-authors include Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Rafael Yuste, Darcy S. Peterka, Rafael Yuste, Luis Carrillo‐Reid, Liam Paninski, Yuki Bando, Eftychios A. Pnevmatikakis, Shuting Han and Misha B. Ahrens and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Weijian Yang

91 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Simultaneous Denoising, Deconvolution, and Demixing of Ca... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2016 2012 200 400 600
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. Simultaneous Denoising, Deconvolution, and Demixing of Calcium Imaging Data
    2016 608 citations Eftychios A. Pnevmatikakis, Daniel Soudry et al. Neuron profile →
  2. High-contrast gratings for integrated optoelectronics
    2012 406 citations Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Weijian Yang profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weijian Yang United States 25 1.1k 1.0k 980 623 564 105 3.0k
Yael Hanein Israel 34 1.5k 1.3× 567 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 525 0.8× 50 0.1× 123 3.5k
Robert H. Chow United States 38 1.9k 1.7× 284 0.3× 1.2k 1.2× 562 0.9× 324 0.6× 160 5.8k
Richard Schalek United States 23 384 0.3× 219 0.2× 400 0.4× 318 0.5× 539 1.0× 65 2.8k
Kiyotaka Sasagawa Japan 24 703 0.6× 207 0.2× 1.2k 1.2× 332 0.5× 237 0.4× 215 1.9k
Shoogo Ueno Japan 32 627 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 297 0.3× 256 0.4× 752 1.3× 273 4.5k
Chen Yang United States 26 590 0.5× 246 0.2× 462 0.5× 231 0.4× 382 0.7× 86 2.5k
Valentina Emiliani France 36 2.1k 1.9× 1.0k 1.0× 417 0.4× 846 1.4× 1.1k 1.9× 104 3.9k
Ferruccio Pisanello Italy 27 718 0.6× 324 0.3× 454 0.5× 700 1.1× 188 0.3× 101 2.4k
K. Kitamura Japan 37 2.4k 2.2× 1.3k 1.2× 317 0.3× 504 0.8× 440 0.8× 144 5.2k
Hongbo Jia China 25 977 0.9× 785 0.8× 596 0.6× 85 0.1× 343 0.6× 82 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Weijian Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weijian Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weijian Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weijian Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weijian Yang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Weijian Yang. Weijian Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Weijian, et al.. (2025). DeepInMiniscope: Deep learning–powered physics-informed integrated miniscope. Science Advances. 11(37). eadr6687–eadr6687.
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Li, Yunyang, et al.. (2024). High-speed two-photon microscopy with adaptive line-excitation. Optica. 11(8). 1138–1138. 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Yuanfeng, et al.. (2023). Effective removal of arsenite from water using polylactic acid ZIF-8 biocomposite nanofiber. Materials Today Chemistry. 33. 101723–101723. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Weijian & Rafael Yuste. (2021). Holographic Imaging and Stimulation of Neural Circuits. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1293. 613–639. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kangning, et al.. (2021). Deep compressed imaging via optimized pattern scanning. Photonics Research. 9(3). B57–B57. 14 indexed citations
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Han, Shuting, Weijian Yang, & Rafael Yuste. (2019). Two-Color Volumetric Imaging of Neuronal Activity of Cortical Columns. Cell Reports. 27(7). 2229–2240.e4. 29 indexed citations
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Yang, Weijian & Rafael Yuste. (2019). Brain maps at the nanoscale. Nature Biotechnology. 37(4). 378–380. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Weijian, Luis Carrillo‐Reid, Yuki Bando, Darcy S. Peterka, & Rafael Yuste. (2018). Simultaneous two-photon imaging and two-photon optogenetics of cortical circuits in three dimensions. eLife. 7. 135 indexed citations
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Friedrich, Johannes, Weijian Yang, Daniel Soudry, et al.. (2017). Multi-scale approaches for high-speed imaging and analysis of large neural populations. PLoS Computational Biology. 13(8). e1005685–e1005685. 32 indexed citations
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Yang, Weijian & Rafael Yuste. (2017). In vivo imaging of neural activity. Nature Methods. 14(4). 349–359. 296 indexed citations
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Pnevmatikakis, Eftychios A., Daniel Soudry, Yuanjun Gao, et al.. (2016). Simultaneous Denoising, Deconvolution, and Demixing of Calcium Imaging Data. Neuron. 89(2). 285–299. 608 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Weijian, Jae-eun Kang Miller, Luis Carrillo‐Reid, Rafael Yuste, & Darcy S. Peterka. (2015). Dual-region in vivo Functional Imaging with a Spatial Light Modulator. BrW3B.2–BrW3B.2. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Weijian, et al.. (2015). Laser optomechanics. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13700–13700. 26 indexed citations
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Guo, Peng, Weijian Yang, Devang Parekh, et al.. (2013). Experimental and theoretical study of wide hysteresis cycles in 1550 nm VCSELs under optical injection. Optics Express. 21(3). 3125–3125. 24 indexed citations
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Guo, Peng, Weijian Yang, Devang Parekh, et al.. (2012). An ellipse model for cavity mode behavior of optically injection-locked VCSELs. Optics Express. 20(7). 6980–6980. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Weijian. (2012). Effect of diatomite on properties of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer with synergistic flame retardant of magnesium hydroxide and red phosphorus. 1 indexed citations
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Imamura, Akihiro, et al.. (2011). Spatial Mode Demultiplexer Based on High Contrast Sub-wavelength Grating Hollow Waveguide. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 111(186). 305–306.
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Yang, Weijian, et al.. (2008). Direct measurement of group delay with joint time-frequency analysis of a white-light spectral interferogram. Optics Letters. 33(23). 2855–2855. 13 indexed citations
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Yun, Ke, et al.. (2008). Simple and highly accurate technique for time delay measurement in optical fibers by free-running laser configuration. Optics Letters. 33(15). 1732–1732. 11 indexed citations

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