Yan Sun

22.7k total citations · 11 hit papers
205 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Yan Sun is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Sun has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 131 papers in Materials Chemistry and 59 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Yan Sun's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (118 papers), Graphene research and applications (65 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (47 papers). Yan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (118 papers), Graphene research and applications (65 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (47 papers). Yan Sun collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Yan Sun's co-authors include Claudia Felser, Binghai Yan, Chandra Shekhar, S. Parkin, Nitesh Kumar, Xing‐Qiu Chen, Marcus Schmidt, Yang Zhang, Shu-Chun Wu and Cesare Franchini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yan Sun

199 papers receiving 16.0k 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.

Dirac semimetal and topological phase transitions inA3Bi (A=Na, K, Rb)

2012 1.4k citations Zhijun Wang, Yan Sun et al. profile →
Weyl Semimetals as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts

2017 1.2k citations Nitesh Kumar, Yan Sun et al. profile →
Negative magnetoresistance without well-defined chirality in the Weyl semimetal TaP

2016 944 citations F. Arnold, Chandra Shekhar et al. Nature Communications profile →
Extremely large magnetoresistance and ultrahigh mobility in the topological Weyl semimetal candidate NbP

2015 873 citations Chandra Shekhar, Yan Sun et al. Nature Physics profile →
Weyl semimetal phase in the non-centrosymmetric compound TaAs

2015 709 citations Lexian Yang, Zhongkai Liu et al. Nature Physics profile →
Large anomalous Hall effect driven by a nonvanishing Berry curvature in the noncolinear antiferromagnet Mn ₃ Ge

2016 642 citations Yan Sun, Binghai Yan et al. profile →
High electron mobility and quantum oscillations in non-encapsulated ultrathin semiconducting Bi2O2Se

2017 608 citations Cheng Chen, Yan Sun et al. profile →
Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal

2019 591 citations Defa Liu, Aiji Liang et al. Science profile →
Prediction of Weyl semimetal in orthorhombicMoTe2

2015 487 citations Yan Sun, Shu-Chun Wu et al. profile →
Signature of type-II Weyl semimetal phase in MoTe2

2017 343 citations Zhongkai Liu, Yan Sun et al. Nature Communications profile →
Giant anomalous Nernst signal in the antiferromagnet YbMnBi₂.

2022 141 citations Yu Pan, Congcong Le et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Sun Germany	56	10.4k	9.9k	4.3k	3.3k	2.5k	205	16.2k
Binghai Yan Germany	69	14.4k 1.4×	12.9k 1.3×	6.3k 1.5×	4.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.2×	280	21.6k
Chandra Shekhar Germany	44	5.4k 0.5×	4.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	135	9.6k
M. Taniguchi Japan	54	4.2k 0.4×	5.3k 0.5×	3.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.2×	592	11.3k
Eli Rotenberg United States	66	9.8k 0.9×	14.1k 1.4×	5.4k 1.2×	4.8k 1.4×	5.5k 2.2×	328	21.9k
Marcus Schmidt Germany	37	3.9k 0.4×	3.8k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	221	8.5k
Kai Liu United States	56	4.8k 0.5×	4.1k 0.4×	2.8k 0.6×	4.2k 1.3×	2.0k 0.8×	304	10.1k
M. I. Eremets Germany	43	2.7k 0.3×	5.8k 0.6×	3.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	122	12.8k
Hanyu Liu China	59	2.5k 0.2×	7.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	372	12.9k
Jong Kyu Kim South Korea	55	3.9k 0.4×	7.6k 0.8×	6.4k 1.5×	3.0k 0.9×	7.6k 3.1×	248	15.9k
J. Fink Germany	72	4.6k 0.4×	8.4k 0.9×	7.1k 1.6×	5.0k 1.5×	3.8k 1.5×	400	18.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Sun 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 Yan Sun. Yan Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Liu, Shan, et al.. (2025). Decision and coordination of sustainable supply chain considering CSR implementation and channel leadership. RAIRO. Operations research. 59(2). 907–937. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Zixuan, Haoyuan Qin, Pengnian Shan, et al.. (2025). Photo-activated piezoelectric-catalyzed hydrogen peroxide production in pure water by carbon-modified graphitic carbon nitride. Chemical Engineering Journal. 520. 165829–165829. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Hui, Yiyan Wang, Na Li, et al.. (2025). Anomalous and topological Hall effect in the kagome magnet ZrMn6Sn6. Physical review. B.. 111(20).

Liu, Mingfeng, Jian-Tao Wang, Peitao Liu, et al.. (2024). Layer-by-layer phase transformation in Ti3O5 revealed by machine-learning molecular dynamics simulations. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3079–3079. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Xiangyang, et al.. (2024). Molecular beam epitaxy growth and doping modulation of topological semimetal NiTe2. Applied Physics Letters. 125(5).

He, Bin, M. Yao, Yu Pan, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Weyl semimetal signature in Co3Sn2S2 Kagome ferromagnet by chlorine doping. Communications Materials. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Lai, Junwen, Peitao Liu, Tomonori Shirakawa, et al.. (2024). Universal Enhancement Effect of Nonlinear Optical Response from Band Hybridization. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(29). 2 indexed citations

Liu, Kai, Wusheng Fan, Yan Sun, et al.. (2024). Topological Heusler Magnets‐Driven High‐Performance Transverse Nernst Thermoelectric Generators. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(21). 17 indexed citations

Wang, Di, Dandan Wang, Yan Sun, et al.. (2024). Domain wall magnetic tunnel junction-based artificial synapses and neurons for all-spin neuromorphic hardware. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4534–4534. 37 indexed citations

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Sun, Yan, et al.. (2023). Large shift current, π Zak phase, and the unconventional nature of Se and Te. Physical Review Research. 5(2). 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Di, Huai Lin, Nuo Xu, et al.. (2023). Spintronic leaky-integrate-fire spiking neurons with self-reset and winner-takes-all for neuromorphic computing. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1068–1068. 59 indexed citations

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Liu, Mingfeng, Xiangyang Liu, Jiangxu Li, et al.. (2023). Parent structures of near-ambient nitrogen-doped lutetium hydride superconductor. Physical review. B.. 108(2). 26 indexed citations

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Železný, Jakub, et al.. (2023). High-throughput study of the anomalous Hall effect. npj Computational Materials. 9(1). 7 indexed citations

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Lei, Shiming, Jianwei Huang, Brian Casas, et al.. (2023). Weyl nodal ring states and Landau quantization with very large magnetoresistance in square-net magnet EuGa4. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5812–5812. 5 indexed citations

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Tu, Ren, Kaili Liang, Yan Sun, et al.. (2022). Ultra-Dilute high-entropy alloy catalyst with core-shell structure for high-active hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol at mild temperature. Chemical Engineering Journal. 452. 139526–139526. 45 indexed citations

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Guo, Chunyu, Lun‐Hui Hu, Carsten Putzke, et al.. (2022). Quasi-symmetry-protected topology in a semi-metal. Nature Physics. 18(7). 813–818. 32 indexed citations

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Le, Congcong, Claudia Felser, & Yan Sun. (2021). Design strong anomalous Hall effect via spin canting in antiferromagnetic nodal line materials. Physical review. B.. 104(12). 9 indexed citations

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Yang, S. Y., Jonathan Noky, Jacob Gayles, et al.. (2020). Field-Modulated Anomalous Hall Conductivity and Planar Hall Effect in Co₃Sn₂S₂ Nanoflakes. Nano Letters. 20(11). 7860–7867. 39 indexed citations

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Liu, Defa, Aiji Liang, Enke Liu, et al.. (2019). Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal. Science. 365(6459). 1282–1285. 591 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shekhar, Chandra, F. Arnold, Shu-Chun Wu, et al.. (2015). Large and unsaturated negative magnetoresistance induced by the chiral anomaly in the Weyl semimetal TaP. arXiv (Cornell University). 22 indexed citations

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