Yanfeng Zhang

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Yanfeng Zhang is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanfeng Zhang has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yanfeng Zhang's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (35 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (30 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (20 papers). Yanfeng Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (35 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (30 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (20 papers). Yanfeng Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Canada. Yanfeng Zhang's co-authors include Yujie Chen, Siyuan Yu, Yuanhui Wen, Jiangbo Zhu, Joshua E. Goldberger, Peidong Yang, Peter J. Pauzauskie, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Tevye Kuykendall and Donald J. Sirbuly and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yanfeng Zhang

108 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Design and comparative analysis of alternative mooring systems for offshore floating photovoltaics arrays in ultra-shallow water with significant tidal range

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanfeng Zhang China	24	1.1k	999	792	489	423	118	2.4k
Dexin Ye China	21	1.1k 1.0×	568 0.6×	570 0.7×	297 0.6×	135 0.3×	82	2.4k
Kevin P. Chen United States	32	1.9k 1.7×	2.2k 2.2×	559 0.7×	327 0.7×	61 0.1×	172	3.6k
Zhenlin Wang China	29	1.7k 1.6×	919 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	661 1.4×	115 0.3×	149	4.1k
Liang Chen Canada	35	2.6k 2.3×	4.8k 4.8×	744 0.9×	365 0.7×	147 0.3×	258	5.5k
Edward C. Gage United States	18	1.5k 1.4×	585 0.6×	885 1.1×	447 0.9×	289 0.7×	48	2.4k
Chao Shen China	33	617 0.6×	2.8k 2.8×	504 0.6×	920 1.9×	778 1.8×	207	3.7k
Shih-Yuan Wang United States	33	1.5k 1.3×	2.6k 2.6×	1.4k 1.7×	564 1.2×	360 0.9×	212	4.3k
Ching‐Cherng Sun Taiwan	24	791 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	742 0.9×	377 0.8×	428 1.0×	173	2.3k
Takuro Fujii Japan	28	1.4k 1.3×	2.7k 2.7×	260 0.3×	597 1.2×	172 0.4×	283	3.5k
Shuailong Zhang China	27	424 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	286 0.6×	820 1.9×	114	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanfeng Zhang

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

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Wu, Xixi, Wenxin Li, Qin Feng, et al.. (2025). Unlocking the role of ClDYAD in initiating meiosis: A functional analysis in watermelon. Horticultural Plant Journal. 11(3). 1260–1273.

Gao, Qing, Xiangeng Wang, Kan Huang, et al.. (2025). Four-channel silicon nitride wavelength beam combiners for multi-gas absorption spectroscopy. Optics Letters. 50(7). 2469–2469. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanfeng, et al.. (2025). Synergistic effect of dual oxygen vacancies and I-/I⁰ redox couple on BiOBr/BiOFxI1-x S-scheme heterostructure for enhanced CO2 photoreduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 379. 125722–125722. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Shuqing, et al.. (2024). Power-efficient programmable integrated multiport photonic interferometer in CMOS-compatible silicon nitride. Photonics Research. 12(3). A11–A11. 3 indexed citations

Li, Jiaqi, et al.. (2024). Coherent Optical Comb Generation in the Joint Space of Frequency and Topological Charge. Laser & Photonics Review. 18(4). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Dong, Yanfeng Zhang, & Zhongming Yang. (2023). Angular phase-shifting interferometry for surface shapes measurement using vortex beam. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 166. 107600–107600. 7 indexed citations

Yuan, Chenzhi, Yong Geng, Hai‐Zhi Song, et al.. (2023). Multi‐Wavelength Quantum Light Sources on Silicon Nitride Micro‐Ring Chip. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(10). 23 indexed citations

Lin, Shuqing, Zhaoyang Wu, Yanfeng Zhang, & Siyuan Yu. (2022). Compact and Low-Power Programmable Multiport Interferometer on CMOS-compatible Deuterated Silicon Nitride. 1527–1529. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shuailong, Mohamed Y. El‐Sayed, Ran Peng, et al.. (2021). Reconfigurable multi-component micromachines driven by optoelectronic tweezers. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5349–5349. 68 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuailong, Mohamed Y. El‐Sayed, Ran Peng, et al.. (2021). Influence of light pattern thickness on the manipulation of dielectric microparticles by optoelectronic tweezers. Photonics Research. 10(2). 550–550. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Pengfei, et al.. (2020). Scaling and cascading compact metamaterial photonic waveguide filter blocks. Optics Letters. 45(14). 4072–4072. 11 indexed citations

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Wen, Yuanhui, Ioannis Chremmos, Yujie Chen, Yanfeng Zhang, & Siyuan Yu. (2020). Arbitrary Multiplication and Division of the Orbital Angular Momentum of Light. Physical Review Letters. 124(21). 213901–213901. 42 indexed citations

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Lin, Wei, Yuanhui Wen, Yujie Chen, Yanfeng Zhang, & Siyuan Yu. (2019). Resilient Free-Space Image Transmission with Helical Beams. Physical Review Applied. 12(4). 11 indexed citations

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Shao, Zengkai, Yuanhui Wen, Xiaodong Qiu, et al.. (2019). All-dielectric metasurface grating for on-chip multi-channel orbital angular momentum generation and detection. Optics Express. 27(13). 18794–18794. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Yujie, Zihan Xu, Lin Liu, et al.. (2019). Waveguide-Integrated Deuterated Silicon Nitride (SiN:D) Microdisk Resonators for Nonlinear Photonics. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuailong, E. Scott, Jastaranpreet Singh, et al.. (2019). The optoelectronic microrobot: A versatile toolbox for micromanipulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(30). 14823–14828. 103 indexed citations

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Shao, Zengkai, Zihan Xu, Yanfeng Zhang, et al.. (2018). High Quality Factor Deuterated Silicon Nitride (SiN:D) Microring Resonators. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). W4D.5–W4D.5. 3 indexed citations

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Zhu, Guoxuan, et al.. (2017). A graded index ring-core fiber supporting 22 OAM states. 1–3. 6 indexed citations

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Niu, Jingjing, Qingqing Ji, Mingqiang Li, et al.. (2017). Anomalous Hall effect and magnetic orderings in nano-thick V$_{\mathrm{5}}$S$_{\mathrm{8}}$. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanfeng, et al.. (2016). Research on the Brand Switching Intention of Online Product Reviews Based on the Fuzzy Sentiment Calculation. Shuju fenxi yu zhishi faxian. 32(5). 64–71.

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