Yang Sun

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Yang Sun is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Sun has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 58 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 28 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Yang Sun's work include Nuclear physics research studies (107 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (40 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (40 papers). Yang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear physics research studies (107 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (40 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (40 papers). Yang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yang Sun's co-authors include Kenji Hara, J. R. Thompson, F. Holtzberg, A. D. Marwick, L. Civale, T. K. Worthington, John R. Clem, L. Krusin‐Elbaum, Marquis A. Kirk and Kazunari Kaneko and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Yang Sun

132 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Vortex confinement by columnar defects inYBa2Cu3O7crystal... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 250 500 750 1000
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. Vortex confinement by columnar defects inYBa2Cu3O7crystals: Enhanced pinning at high fields and temperatures
    1991 1.0k citations L. Civale, A. D. Marwick et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yang Sun China 30 2.2k 1.7k 1.6k 477 474 139 4.0k
D. W. L. Sprung Canada 30 1.8k 0.8× 247 0.1× 2.2k 1.4× 63 0.1× 285 0.6× 171 3.3k
Hartwig Schmidt Germany 21 631 0.3× 739 0.4× 1.0k 0.6× 161 0.3× 143 0.3× 65 1.8k
K. Heyde Belgium 34 4.4k 2.0× 660 0.4× 2.5k 1.6× 46 0.1× 914 1.9× 183 4.9k
P. M. Walker United Kingdom 36 4.1k 1.8× 702 0.4× 2.2k 1.3× 33 0.1× 627 1.3× 260 4.6k
Erich Vogt Canada 28 2.0k 0.9× 207 0.1× 1.9k 1.2× 74 0.2× 286 0.6× 69 3.7k
Leonard S. Kisslinger United States 25 2.7k 1.2× 533 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 24 0.1× 379 0.8× 109 3.3k
E. Krotscheck United States 39 616 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 3.7k 2.3× 70 0.1× 94 0.2× 199 4.1k
D. Ward Canada 35 3.0k 1.3× 443 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 35 0.1× 556 1.2× 155 3.5k
John G. Zabolitzky Germany 28 889 0.4× 724 0.4× 1.9k 1.2× 59 0.1× 236 0.5× 70 2.8k
Mike Guidry United States 24 1.4k 0.6× 322 0.2× 713 0.4× 108 0.2× 198 0.4× 130 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yang Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yang 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 Yang Sun. Yang Sun 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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Kaneko, K., Noritaka Shimizu, T. Mizusaki, & Yang Sun. (2025). Shape coexistence and shape staggering beyond Z=82 induced by T=0 monopole and quasi-SU(3) quadrupole interactions. Physical review. C. 111(5).
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Chen, Fangqi, Y. Niu, Yang Sun, & M. Wiedeking. (2025). Origin of the Low-Energy Enhancement of the γ-Ray Strength Function. Physical Review Letters. 134(8). 82502–82502. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Yang, et al.. (2025). Pb single-atoms on nitrogen-doped graphene hollow spheres for electromagnetic wave absorption. Carbon. 240. 120352–120352. 8 indexed citations
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Kaneko, Kazunari, Yang Sun, Noritaka Shimizu, & T. Mizusaki. (2023). Quasi-SU(3) Coupling Induced Oblate-Prolate Shape Phase Transition in the Casten Triangle. Physical Review Letters. 130(5). 52501–52501. 10 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael J., R. Chapman, K. Spohr, et al.. (2022). Rotational sequences in N=98 Tm167 populated in the Dy164(Li7,4nγ)Tm167 fusion-evaporation reaction. Physical review. C. 106(5). 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Yang. (2021). The deeper the better — Scientists explore the Universe from inside of a mountain. Science Bulletin. 67(2). 111–113. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shudong, et al.. (2019). <i>Ab initio</i> calculation of electronic state structure of TiAl. Acta Physica Sinica. 68(24). 243101–243101.
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Liu, A.-W., et al.. (2018). Toward a Determination of the Proton-Electron Mass Ratio from the Lamb-Dip Measurement of HD. Physical Review Letters. 120(15). 153001–153001. 77 indexed citations
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Fu, Changbo, Jie Bao, Liming Chen, et al.. (2015). Laser-driven plasma collider for nuclear studies. Science Bulletin. 60(13). 1211–1213. 11 indexed citations
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Kaneko, Kazunari, T. Mizusaki, Yang Sun, & S. Tazaki. (2015). Systematical shell-model calculation in the pairing-plus-multipole Hamiltonian with a monopole interaction for thepf5/2g9/2shell. Physical Review C. 92(4). 29 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhiyi, et al.. (2014). Description of rotational properties of the superheavy nucleus 256,258,260Rf by projected shell model. Chinese Science Bulletin. 59(29-30). 3853–3857. 5 indexed citations
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Mizusaki, T., et al.. (2013). Grassmann integral and Balian–Brézin decomposition in Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov matrix elements. Physics Letters B. 725(1-3). 175–179. 22 indexed citations
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Bhat, G. H., J. A. Sheikh, Yang Sun, & U. Garg. (2012). Triaxial projected shell model study of the rapid changes inB(E2)for180−190Pt isotopes. Physical Review C. 86(4). 17 indexed citations
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Xu, F. R., et al.. (2011). On the stability of high-K isomers in the second well of actinide nuclei. The European Physical Journal A. 47(11). 19 indexed citations
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Xu, Xuejun, Shaowu Chen, Haihua Xu, et al.. (2009). High-speed 2 × 2 silicon-based electro-optic switch with nanosecond switch time. Chinese Physics B. 18(9). 3900–3904. 12 indexed citations
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Sheikh, J. A. & Yang Sun. (2004). Chaos and rotational damping in particle-rotor model. Nuclear Physics A. 733(1-2). 67–84. 3 indexed citations
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Ossandón, J. G., et al.. (1995). Influence of neutron irradiation damage on the equilibrium properties of the polycrystallineBi1.8Pb0.3Sr2Ca2Cu3O10superconductor. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 51(13). 8551–8559. 6 indexed citations
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Thompson, J.R., Yang Sun, D. K. Christen, et al.. (1993). Vortex dynamics in YBaCuO single crystals with point- and line-like defects-flux creep studies. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 200(1-4). 395–402. 1 indexed citations
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Civale, L., A. D. Marwick, T. K. Worthington, et al.. (1991). Vortex confinement by columnar defects inYBa2Cu3O7crystals: Enhanced pinning at high fields and temperatures. Physical Review Letters. 67(5). 648–651. 1010 indexed citations breakdown →

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