Yong Zhao

16.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
557 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Yong Zhao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Zhao has authored 557 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 476 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 158 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 130 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yong Zhao's work include Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (369 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (339 papers) and Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (87 papers). Yong Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (369 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (339 papers) and Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (87 papers). Yong Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yong Zhao's co-authors include Yanan Zhang, Ri-Qing Lv, Qi Wang, Xuegang Li, Feng Xia, Yun Peng, Mao‐qing Chen, Rui‐jie Tong, Lu Cai and Qi-lu Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yong Zhao

518 papers receiving 12.7k 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.

Current status of optical fiber biosensor based on surface plasmon resonance

2019 402 citations Yong Zhao, Yun Peng et al. Biosensors and Bioelectronics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Zhao China	60	11.2k	4.1k	3.2k	1.8k	864	557	13.2k
Bai‐Ou Guan China	51	7.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	692 0.4×	716 0.8×	533	9.9k
Andrea Cusano Italy	49	5.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	778 0.4×	385 0.4×	370	8.0k
Santosh Kumar India	60	6.6k 0.6×	4.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	864 0.5×	2.2k 2.5×	520	10.6k
Hong Cai Singapore	46	4.6k 0.4×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	670 0.4×	1.5k 1.7×	302	7.9k
Ν. F. de Rooij Switzerland	61	7.2k 0.6×	7.4k 1.8×	2.2k 0.7×	3.0k 1.7×	672 0.8×	492	12.5k
Libo Yuan China	39	7.5k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	495 0.3×	423 0.5×	805	9.5k
Yiping Wang China	53	9.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	4.1k 1.3×	459 0.3×	204 0.2×	536	10.9k
Jacques Albert Canada	54	8.9k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	593 0.3×	583 0.7×	302	10.1k
Christophe Caucheteur Belgium	44	6.1k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	682 0.4×	723 0.8×	284	7.3k
Tuan Guo China	45	5.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	665 0.4×	613 0.7×	204	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Zhao

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Li, Chaofan, et al.. (2025). Dual Fabry-Perot interferometric fibre-optic vernier temperature and salinity sensor based on femtosecond laser etching. Measurement. 252. 117305–117305. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Xue, et al.. (2025). A femtosecond laser-machined few-mode fiber laser sensor for refractive index and temperature measurement in 1.56 μm and 2 μm bands. Optics & Laser Technology. 186. 112639–112639. 2 indexed citations

Lv, Ri-Qing, et al.. (2025). A Highly Sensitive Fiber Optic Seawater Salinity Sensor Based on Few Interference Mode Mach-Zehnder Interferometer. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74. 1–8.

Chen, Qiang, Yi Cai, Qing Chen, et al.. (2025). From simulation to experiment: A Sagnac interference-based double holes optical fiber sensor for ultrasensitive Cu(II) detection. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 436. 137692–137692. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanan, et al.. (2024). Quantification measurement of hemoglobin with large dynamic range and low detection limit via an optical fiber optofluidic laser with enzyme-catalyzed reaction. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 379. 115936–115936. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Yun, et al.. (2024). Label-free detection of bovine serum albumin based on a microfiber biosensor with controllable optimized structure. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 375. 115543–115543. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Yifan, et al.. (2024). Application of machine learning in optical fiber sensors. Measurement. 228. 114391–114391. 27 indexed citations

Zhao, Yong, et al.. (2024). Operando monitoring of gelation kinetics of polyacrylamide hydrogel using in-fiber dual-MZI. Fundamental Research. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Lu, et al.. (2024). A filled-enhanced high-sensitivity optical fiber temperature sensor. Optics & Laser Technology. 180. 111543–111543. 3 indexed citations

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Zheng, Wanlu, Bo Han, Yanan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Reflective optical fiber SPR sensor with DNA modification for high-sensitive Hg2+ concentration measurement. Microchemical Journal. 203. 110861–110861. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhenxiang, Ying Yang, Fang Wang, et al.. (2024). Dual-functional C-type fiber SPR biosensor for simultaneous DNA hybridization and temperature sensing. Optics & Laser Technology. 177. 111187–111187. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jincheng, et al.. (2024). Dual-channel Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based on Femtosecond Laser Writing Waveguide for Seawater Temperature and Salinity Sensing. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 42(17). 6108–6114. 5 indexed citations

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Hu, Xu-guang, Yong Zhao, Yun Peng, et al.. (2023). In-situ label-free temperature-compensated DNA hybridization detection with a fiber-optic interferometer and a fiber Bragg grating for microfluidic chip. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 242. 115703–115703. 13 indexed citations

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Cai, Lu, et al.. (2023). A positioning-functionalized force sensor for two-dimensional planes based on a sparse fiber Bragg grating array. Measurement. 216. 112933–112933. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Peng, Qiang Zhao, Shixuan Liu, et al.. (2023). Dual high-Q resonance sensing for refractive index and temperature based on all-dielectric asymmetric metasurface. Optics Communications. 554. 130134–130134. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yong, Yuechun Shi, Guilin Liu, et al.. (2023). Anti-reflection grating-assisted contra-directional coupler with large corrugation width. Optics Communications. 550. 130007–130007. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yong, et al.. (2022). Ultra-broad edge filter based on a periodically twisted graded-index fiber and its application to a power-interrogated temperature sensor. Optics Express. 30(19). 34776–34776. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Xuegang, Ning Chen, Xue Zhou, et al.. (2021). In-situ DNA detection with an interferometric-type optical sensor based on tapered exposed core microstructured optical fiber. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 351. 130942–130942. 60 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yong. (2011). Analysis on Roundness Ultra-error and Surface Defects of Roller Grinding Machine.

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Zhao, Yong, et al.. (2005). Novel force sensor based on a couple of fiber Bragg gratings. Measurement. 38(1). 30–33. 25 indexed citations

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