Yi Zhou

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Yi Zhou is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Zhou has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 53 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 31 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yi Zhou's work include Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (39 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (36 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (22 papers). Yi Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (39 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (36 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (22 papers). Yi Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yi Zhou's co-authors include Tai-Kai Ng, Kazushi Kanoda, Fu‐Chun Zhang, Faxian Xiu, Kang L. Wang, Hui-Ke Jin, Zhu‐An Xu, Yong Wang, Jin Zou and Dong-Hui Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yi Zhou

104 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum spin liquid states 2016 2026 2019 2022 2017 2016 250 500 750
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. Quantum spin liquid states
    2017 990 citations Yi Zhou, Kazushi Kanoda et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →
  2. Majorana Zero Mode Detected with Spin Selective Andreev Reflection in the Vortex of a Topological Superconductor
    2016 420 citations Haohua Sun, Lun‐Hui Hu 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
Yi Zhou China 28 2.4k 2.3k 1.4k 1.2k 720 108 4.3k
Xiaoping Yang China 22 549 0.2× 599 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 774 0.6× 669 0.9× 114 2.0k
W. J. Lu China 46 1.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 4.6k 3.2× 3.0k 2.4× 1.7k 2.4× 229 6.5k
Zengwei Zhu China 30 1.8k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 1.8k 1.2× 2.5k 2.0× 520 0.7× 107 4.5k
N. Miyakawa Japan 22 428 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 334 0.2× 789 0.6× 851 1.2× 96 2.3k
V. Neu Germany 27 1.5k 0.6× 664 0.3× 577 0.4× 1.6k 1.3× 230 0.3× 142 2.5k
V. K. Vlasko‐Vlasov United States 25 1.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 434 0.3× 1.0k 0.8× 424 0.6× 97 2.5k
Yiming Pan China 22 835 0.4× 221 0.1× 1.5k 1.1× 199 0.2× 848 1.2× 76 2.5k
Kevin Huang United States 24 516 0.2× 966 0.4× 385 0.3× 1.0k 0.8× 688 1.0× 98 2.1k
Alex Panchula United States 20 3.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.6× 1.8k 1.2× 2.0k 1.6× 1.6k 2.2× 43 4.8k
TeYu Chien United States 19 376 0.2× 539 0.2× 494 0.3× 385 0.3× 313 0.4× 56 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yi Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yi Zhou 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 Yi Zhou. Yi Zhou 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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Peng, Xinwen, Shengnan Zhang, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2025). Scaling behavior of magnetoresistance and Hall resistivity in the altermagnet CrSb. Physical review. B.. 111(14). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Panpan, Jialin Zhao, Qian Xu, et al.. (2025). Engineered plasmonic-covalent organic frameworks nanoarchitecture synergized with hybridization chain reaction for dual-mode sensing of sub-picomolar biomarkers. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 289. 117922–117922.
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Peng, Xinwen, Zhihao Liu, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2025). Universal scaling behavior of transport properties in non-magnetic RuO2. Communications Materials. 6(1). 2 indexed citations
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Jin, Hui-Ke, et al.. (2024). Possible chiral spin liquid state in the S = 1/2 kagome Heisenberg model. npj Quantum Materials. 9(1). 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yi, et al.. (2023). Lacing topological orders in two dimensions: Exactly solvable models for Kitaev's sixteen-fold way. SciPost Physics. 14(5). 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Zihao, Linpeng Nie, Yanxing Yang, et al.. (2023). Fluctuating magnetic droplets immersed in a sea of quantum spin liquid. The Innovation. 4(5). 100459–100459. 15 indexed citations
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Jin, Hui-Ke, et al.. (2022). Unveiling a critical stripy state in the triangular-lattice SU(4) spin-orbital model. Science Bulletin. 67(9). 918–923. 14 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yi, et al.. (2020). A study on energy storage characteristics of industrial steam heating system based on dynamic modeling. Energy Reports. 6. 190–198. 21 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaojun, Yonghui Zhou, Mengmeng Wang, et al.. (2018). Pressure induced superconductivity bordering a charge-density-wave state in NbTe4 with strong spin-orbit coupling. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6298–6298. 25 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yi, Kazushi Kanoda, & Tai-Kai Ng. (2017). Quantum spin liquid states. Reviews of Modern Physics. 89(2). 990 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jin, Hui-Ke, et al.. (2017). Exact Solution for the Interacting Kitaev Chain at the Symmetric Point. Physical Review Letters. 118(26). 267701–267701. 50 indexed citations
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Chen, Luzhuo, Mingcen Weng, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2016). Transparent actuators and robots based on single-layer superaligned carbon nanotube sheet and polymer composites. Nanoscale. 8(12). 6877–6883. 75 indexed citations
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Sun, Haohua, Lun‐Hui Hu, Chuang Li, et al.. (2016). Majorana Zero Mode Detected with Spin Selective Andreev Reflection in the Vortex of a Topological Superconductor. Physical Review Letters. 116(25). 257003–257003. 420 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Yi & Patrick A. Lee. (2011). Spinon Phonon Interaction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Quantum Spin Liquids. Physical Review Letters. 106(5). 56402–56402. 26 indexed citations
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Gao, Jin-Hua, Jie Yuan, Wei-Qiang Chen, Yi Zhou, & Fu‐Chun Zhang. (2011). Giant Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect on the Surface of Topological Insulator. Physical Review Letters. 106(5). 57205–57205. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Susheng Tan, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2009). Attraction between weakly charged silica spheres at a water-air interface induced by surface-charge heterogeneity. Physical Review E. 79(4). 41403–41403. 22 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yi, Zhenhua Wu, & Mo‐Lin Ge. (1999). Geometric Phase in Optical Fiber. Chinese Physics Letters. 16(5). 316–317. 3 indexed citations

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