Yiheng Lin

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yiheng Lin is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiheng Lin has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 20 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 13 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yiheng Lin's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (18 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (11 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (10 papers). Yiheng Lin is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (18 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (11 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (10 papers). Yiheng Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Yiheng Lin's co-authors include John Gaebler, Ting Rei Tan, R. Bowler, D. Leibfried, D. J. Wineland, Yong Wan, Emanuel Knill, J. D. Jost, Florentin Reiter and Anders S. Sørensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yiheng Lin

54 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

High-Fidelity Universal Gate Set forBe9+Ion Qubits

2016 365 citations John Gaebler, Ting Rei Tan et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-based therapy: mechanism, systemic safety and biodistribution for precision clinical applications

2021 170 citations Yiheng Lin et al. profile →
Coherent Diabatic Ion Transport and Separation in a Multizone Trap Array

2012 163 citations R. Bowler, John Gaebler 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						Papers	Cites
Yiheng Lin United States	18	1.2k	1.0k	175	142	139	57	1.9k
A. J. Ramsay United Kingdom	27	1.8k 1.4×	655 0.6×	161 0.9×	785 5.5×	57 0.4×	72	2.4k
Tao Tu China	24	697 0.6×	345 0.3×	449 2.6×	473 3.3×	40 0.3×	130	2.2k
Richard E. George United States	15	566 0.5×	244 0.2×	57 0.3×	204 1.4×	229 1.6×	40	1.3k
Haitan Xu United States	16	1.5k 1.2×	480 0.5×	170 1.0×	371 2.6×	58 0.4×	44	2.1k
M.-S. Chang Taiwan	25	2.2k 1.8×	966 0.9×	272 1.6×	177 1.2×	61 0.4×	64	3.7k
Michael J. Fitch United States	21	838 0.7×	679 0.7×	373 2.1×	833 5.9×	56 0.4×	62	2.1k
T. Takano Japan	18	959 0.8×	204 0.2×	210 1.2×	144 1.0×	23 0.2×	44	1.5k
Zhihai Wang China	21	931 0.8×	576 0.6×	106 0.6×	297 2.1×	20 0.1×	102	1.3k
Carlo Piermarocchi United States	29	3.4k 2.8×	885 0.9×	179 1.0×	1.0k 7.4×	75 0.5×	96	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yiheng Lin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiheng Lin

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

All Works

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Li, Yue, Yang Wu, Yuqi Zhou, et al.. (2025). Programmable simulation of high-order exceptional point with a trapped ion. 4(1).

Wang, Yao, Xingyu Zhao, Kamran Rehan, et al.. (2025). Combining energy efficiency and quantum advantage in cyclic machines. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5127–5127. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Yiheng, et al.. (2023). Fertility and Pregnancy Outcomes after Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Early-Stage Borderline Ovarian Tumors and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Single-Center Study. Cancers. 15(22). 5327–5327. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Hanying, et al.. (2022). Antibiotic choice for the management of preterm premature rupture of membranes in Taiwanese women. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association. 121(9). 1798–1803. 3 indexed citations

Qin, Jiawei, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in patients with hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hypertension Research. 44(10). 1251–1260. 45 indexed citations

Sheng, Weiwei, Xiaoyang Shi, Yiheng Lin, et al.. (2020). Musashi2 promotes EGF-induced EMT in pancreatic cancer via ZEB1-ERK/MAPK signaling. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 39(1). 16–16. 94 indexed citations

Lester, Brian, Yiheng Lin, Mark O. Brown, et al.. (2018). Measurement-Based Entanglement of Noninteracting Bosonic Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 120(19). 193602–193602. 17 indexed citations

Thiele, T., Yiheng Lin, Mark O. Brown, & C. A. Regal. (2018). Self-Calibrating Vector Atomic Magnetometry through Microwave Polarization Reconstruction. Physical Review Letters. 121(15). 153202–153202. 18 indexed citations

Gaebler, John, Ting Rei Tan, Yiheng Lin, et al.. (2016). High Fidelity Universal Gate Set for 9Be+ Ion Qubits | NIST. Physical Review Letters. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Yiheng, John Gaebler, Florentin Reiter, et al.. (2016). Preparation of Entangled States through Hilbert Space Engineering. Physical Review Letters. 117(14). 140502–140502. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Hong Yu, et al.. (2016). On the origins of near-surface stresses in silicon around Cu-filled and CNT-filled through silicon vias. Semiconductor Science and Technology. 31(5). 55008–55008. 5 indexed citations

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Morigi, Giovanna, J. Eschner, Cecilia Cormick, et al.. (2015). Dissipative Quantum Control of a Spin Chain. Physical Review Letters. 115(20). 200502–200502. 46 indexed citations

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Tan, Ting Rei, John Gaebler, Yiheng Lin, et al.. (2015). Multi-element logic gates for trapped-ion qubits. Nature. 528(7582). 380–383. 112 indexed citations

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Tan, Ting Rei, John Gaebler, R. Bowler, et al.. (2013). Demonstration of a Dressed-State Phase Gate for Trapped Ions. Physical Review Letters. 110(26). 263002–263002. 48 indexed citations

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Lin, Yiheng, John Gaebler, Ting Rei Tan, et al.. (2013). Sympathetic Electromagnetically-Induced-Transparency Laser Cooling of Motional Modes in an Ion Chain. Physical Review Letters. 110(15). 153002–153002. 58 indexed citations

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Lin, Yiheng, et al.. (2013). Gliomatosis cerebri with spinal metastasis presenting with chronic meningitis in two boys. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association. 114(9). 886–890. 1 indexed citations

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Gaebler, John, Adam M. Meier, Ting Rei Tan, et al.. (2012). Randomized Benchmarking of Multiqubit Gates. Physical Review Letters. 108(26). 260503–260503. 72 indexed citations

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Bowler, R., John Gaebler, Yiheng Lin, et al.. (2012). Coherent Diabatic Ion Transport and Separation in a Multizone Trap Array. Physical Review Letters. 109(8). 80502–80502. 163 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liao, Min-Tser, I‐Jung Tsai, Hui‐Teng Cheng, et al.. (2012). A rare cause of childhood-onset nephrotic syndrome: lipoprotein glomerulopathy. Clinical Nephrology. 78(9). 237–240. 9 indexed citations

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Boros, Eszter, Yiheng Lin, Cara L. Ferreira, et al.. (2011). One to chelate them all: investigation of a versatile, bifunctional chelator for 64Cu, 99mTc, Re and Co. Dalton Transactions. 40(23). 6253–6253. 16 indexed citations

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