Yifan Wang

2.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yifan Wang is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifan Wang has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 16 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Yifan Wang's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (32 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (14 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (12 papers). Yifan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (32 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (14 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (12 papers). Yifan Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Yifan Wang's co-authors include Xi Yin, Shu-Heng Shao, Ryan Thorngren, Ying-Hsuan Lin, Chi‐Ming Chang, Dan Xie, Silviu S. Pufu, Shota Komatsu, Shai M. Chester and Hirosi Ooguri and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Genes & Development and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yifan Wang

49 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Topological defect lines ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2024 2024 50 100 150 200 250
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. Topological defect lines and renormalization group flows in two dimensions
    2019 261 citations Chi‐Ming Chang, Ying-Hsuan Lin et al. Journal of High Energy Physics profile →
  2. Fusion category symmetry. Part I. Anomaly in-flow and gapped phases
    2024 78 citations Ryan Thorngren, Yifan Wang Journal of High Energy Physics profile →
  3. Fusion category symmetry. Part II. Categoriosities at c = 1 and beyond
    2024 63 citations Ryan Thorngren, Yifan Wang Journal of High Energy Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yifan Wang United States 19 773 380 329 322 275 49 1.3k
Grigory Tarnopolsky United States 20 761 1.0× 164 0.4× 347 1.1× 875 2.7× 390 1.4× 39 1.8k
Sven Bjarke Gudnason China 20 902 1.2× 62 0.2× 203 0.6× 254 0.8× 198 0.7× 74 1.2k
T. H. Hansson Sweden 21 590 0.8× 123 0.3× 259 0.8× 1.3k 4.1× 691 2.5× 60 1.9k
A. Patkós Hungary 19 893 1.2× 52 0.1× 146 0.4× 284 0.9× 376 1.4× 92 1.2k
G. Lozano Argentina 20 278 0.4× 39 0.1× 327 1.0× 652 2.0× 368 1.3× 65 1.1k
Gordon W. Semenoff Canada 23 412 0.5× 55 0.1× 241 0.7× 1.1k 3.3× 413 1.5× 50 1.4k
Gesualdo Delfino Italy 18 317 0.4× 383 1.0× 371 1.1× 546 1.7× 693 2.5× 59 1.2k
J.F. Wheater United Kingdom 19 675 0.9× 76 0.2× 256 0.8× 236 0.7× 300 1.1× 64 1.1k
Maissam Barkeshli United States 29 253 0.3× 272 0.7× 156 0.5× 2.3k 7.0× 1.2k 4.3× 73 2.6k
Ludwik Dąbrowski Italy 19 136 0.2× 312 0.8× 395 1.2× 261 0.8× 59 0.2× 98 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yifan Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yifan Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yifan Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yifan Wang 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 Yifan Wang. Yifan Wang 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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Popov, Fedor K. & Yifan Wang. (2025). Factorizing Defects from Generalized Pinning Fields. Physical Review Letters. 135(20). 201601–201601. 1 indexed citations
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Pufu, Silviu S., et al.. (2025). Scattering from (p, q)-strings in AdS5 × S5. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2025(3). 3 indexed citations
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Copetti, Christian, Michele Del Zotto, Kantaro Ohmori, & Yifan Wang. (2025). Higher Structure of Chiral Symmetry. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 406(4). 73–73. 5 indexed citations
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Popov, Fedor K., et al.. (2024). Effective Field Theory of Conformal Boundaries. Physical Review Letters. 133(26). 261601–261601. 9 indexed citations
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Thorngren, Ryan & Yifan Wang. (2024). Fusion category symmetry. Part I. Anomaly in-flow and gapped phases. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(4). 78 indexed citations breakdown →
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Popov, Fedor K., et al.. (2024). Beyond N = ∞ in large N conformal vector models at finite temperature. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(8). 3 indexed citations
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Heydeman, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Probing supersymmetric black holes with surface defects. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023(10). 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Casimir energy and modularity in higher-dimensional conformal field theories. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023(7). 15 indexed citations
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Sun, Hao-Yu, et al.. (2022). The hitchhiker's guide to 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Dedushenko, Mykola & Yifan Wang. (2022). 4d/2d → 3d/1d: A song of protected operator algebras. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 26(7). 2011–2075. 6 indexed citations
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Chang, Chi‐Ming, Martin Fluder, Ying-Hsuan Lin, & Yifan Wang. (2021). Proving the 6d Cardy formula and matching global gravitational anomalies. SciPost Physics. 11(2). 4 indexed citations
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Pasayat, Shubhra S., Ryan Ley, Chirag Gupta, et al.. (2020). Color-tunable <10  μ m square InGaN micro-LEDs on compliant GaN-on-porous-GaN pseudo-substrates. Applied Physics Letters. 117(6). 50 indexed citations
13.
Wang, Yifan, Yifan Wang, Na Xue, et al.. (2019). Construction and Properties of Sierpiński Triangular Fractals on Surfaces. ChemPhysChem. 20(18). 2262–2270. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan, Dan Xie, Stephen S.‐T. Yau, & Shing‐Tung Yau. (2017). $4d$ $\mathcal{N} = 2$ SCFT from complete intersection singularity. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 21(3). 801–855. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan, Qikai Xu, Laura M. Sack, Chanhee Kang, & Stephen J. Elledge. (2016). A gain-of-function senescence bypass screen identifies the homeobox transcription factor DLX2 as a regulator of ATM–p53 signaling. Genes & Development. 30(3). 293–306. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan & Dan Xie. (2016). Classification of Argyres-Douglas theories from M5 branes. Physical review. D. 94(6). 55 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan & Xi Yin. (2015). Constraining Higher Derivative Supergravity with Scattering Amplitudes. Physical Review Letters. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Ying-Hsuan, et al.. (2015). Higher derivative couplings in theories with sixteen supersymmetries. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 92(12). 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan & Dan Xie. (2015). Classification of Argyres-Douglas theories from M5 branes. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan, Qi Wang, Zhigang Jia, et al.. (2013). Three-step growth of metamorphic GaAs on Si(001) by low-pressure metal organic chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 31(5). 25 indexed citations

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