YiJing Yan

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
230 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

YiJing Yan is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, YiJing Yan has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 200 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 49 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in YiJing Yan's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (118 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (76 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (47 papers). YiJing Yan is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (118 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (76 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (47 papers). YiJing Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. YiJing Yan's co-authors include Rui–Xue Xu, Xiao Zheng, Jinshuang Jin, Xin-Qi Li, Jie Hu, Kent R. Wilson, Hou-Dao Zhang, Qiang Shi, Jeffrey L. Krause and Robert M. Whitnell and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

YiJing Yan

224 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

Theory of open quantum systems 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Theory of open quantum systems
    2002 4.9k citations Rui–Xue Xu, YiJing Yan The Journal of Chemical 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
YiJing Yan China 42 10.2k 4.2k 2.4k 1.7k 913 230 11.6k
K. Birgitta Whaley United States 57 11.1k 1.1× 6.5k 1.5× 612 0.3× 1.7k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 286 13.9k
Rui–Xue Xu China 28 6.6k 0.7× 3.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 660 0.4× 390 0.4× 120 7.6k
Jianshu Cao United States 52 6.6k 0.6× 893 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 857 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 199 8.4k
Susana F. Huelga Germany 41 8.4k 0.8× 6.1k 1.4× 1.7k 0.7× 528 0.3× 396 0.4× 106 9.3k
Anupam Garg United States 25 6.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 532 0.3× 465 0.5× 91 7.0k
Paul Brumer Canada 47 9.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.3× 1.9k 0.8× 608 0.4× 2.1k 2.3× 287 10.1k
Garnet Kin‐Lic Chan United States 57 8.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 481 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.7× 169 11.6k
A. J. Leggett United States 40 14.7k 1.4× 5.1k 1.2× 4.3k 1.8× 864 0.5× 741 0.8× 99 17.5k
W. Zwerger Germany 37 13.4k 1.3× 2.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 528 0.6× 103 14.2k
Yoshitaka Tanimura Japan 44 6.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 467 0.3× 2.2k 2.4× 138 6.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by YiJing Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of YiJing Yan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Su, Yu, Yao Wang, Yuan Kong, et al.. (2025). Extended Dissipaton Theory with Application to Adatom–Graphene Composite. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 21(8). 4107–4120. 1 indexed citations
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Su, Yu, Yao Wang, Rui–Xue Xu, & YiJing Yan. (2024). Generalized system–bath entanglement theorem for Gaussian environments. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(8). 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yao, et al.. (2024). HEOM‐QUICK2: A general‐purpose simulator for fermionic many‐body open quantum systems—An update. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science. 14(4). 6 indexed citations
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Su, Yu, et al.. (2024). Extended system–bath entanglement theorem with multiple baths in the presence of external fields. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 161(12). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xiangyang, et al.. (2023). Fe-induced Kondo peak splitting in tip-functionalized scanning tunneling spectroscopy: A first-principles-based simulation. Chemical Physics Letters. 830. 140813–140813. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Zi‐Hao, Yao Wang, Rui–Xue Xu, & YiJing Yan. (2023). Open quantum systems with nonlinear environmental backactions: Extended dissipaton theory vs core-system hierarchy construction. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(7). 74102–74102. 8 indexed citations
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Su, Yu, Zi‐Hao Chen, Yao Wang, et al.. (2023). Extended dissipaton equation of motion for electronic open quantum systems: Application to the Kondo impurity model. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(2). 6 indexed citations
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Gong, Hong, et al.. (2023). Multimode Brownian oscillators: Exact solutions to heat transport. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(2). 4 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xiao, et al.. (2022). On the practical truncation tier of fermionic hierarchical equations of motion. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 157(22). 224107–224107. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Yao & YiJing Yan. (2022). Quantum mechanics of open systems: Dissipaton theories. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 157(17). 170901–170901. 23 indexed citations
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Su, Yu, et al.. (2022). Electron Transfer under the Floquet Modulation in Donor–Bridge–Acceptor Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126(27). 4554–4561. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Yao, Zi‐Hao Chen, Rui–Xue Xu, Xiao Zheng, & YiJing Yan. (2022). A statistical quasi-particles thermofield theory with Gaussian environments: System–bath entanglement theorem for nonequilibrium correlation functions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 157(4). 44102–44102. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Zi‐Hao, Yao Wang, Rui–Xue Xu, & YiJing Yan. (2021). Correlated vibration–solvent effects on the non-Condon exciton spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(24). 244105–244105. 12 indexed citations
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Gong, Hong, Yao Wang, Hou-Dao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Equilibrium and transient thermodynamics: A unified dissipaton-space approach. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 153(15). 154111–154111. 14 indexed citations
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Ullah, Arif, et al.. (2020). Stochastic equation of motion approach to fermionic dissipative dynamics. I. Formalism. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 152(20). 204105–204105. 18 indexed citations
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Gong, Hong, Yao Wang, Hou-Dao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Thermodynamic free-energy spectrum theory for open quantum systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 153(21). 214115–214115. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hou-Dao, et al.. (2019). Highly efficient and accurate sum-over-poles expansion of Fermi and Bose functions at near zero temperatures: Fano spectrum decomposition scheme. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 151(2). 24110–24110. 45 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hou-Dao, et al.. (2016). Minimum-exponents ansatz for molecular dynamics and quantum dissipation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 145(20). 204110–204110. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hou-Dao, Qin Qiao, Rui–Xue Xu, & YiJing Yan. (2016). Effects of Herzberg–Teller vibronic coupling on coherent excitation energy transfer. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 145(20). 204109–204109. 35 indexed citations
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Hou, Dong, Shikuan Wang, Rulin Wang, et al.. (2015). Improving the efficiency of hierarchical equations of motion approach and application to coherent dynamics in Aharonov–Bohm interferometers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 142(10). 104112–104112. 42 indexed citations

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