Yong-Xin Yan

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yong-Xin Yan is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong-Xin Yan has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 3 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Yong-Xin Yan's work include Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (2 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (2 papers) and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (2 papers). Yong-Xin Yan is often cited by papers focused on Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (2 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (2 papers) and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (2 papers). Yong-Xin Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Yong-Xin Yan's co-authors include Keith A. Nelson, Edward B. Gamble, Lap‐Tak Cheng, Margaret M. Robinson, Leah R. Williams and Jeffrey S. Meth and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters and IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Yong-Xin Yan

7 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Impulsive stimulated scat... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 100 200 300 400
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. Impulsive stimulated scattering: General importance in femtosecond laser pulse interactions with matter, and spectroscopic applications
    1985 455 citations Yong-Xin Yan, Edward B. Gamble et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yong-Xin Yan 774 325 218 167 158 7 1.1k
S. Saikan 636 0.8× 269 0.8× 225 1.0× 111 0.7× 117 0.7× 77 920
Haim Lotem 456 0.6× 155 0.5× 311 1.4× 121 0.7× 228 1.4× 42 785
V. Hizhnyakov 954 1.2× 496 1.5× 178 0.8× 68 0.4× 88 0.6× 164 1.5k
H. Mahr 1.0k 1.3× 453 1.4× 571 2.6× 48 0.3× 165 1.0× 47 1.4k
B. W. Mangum 381 0.5× 413 1.3× 166 0.8× 180 1.1× 129 0.8× 54 1.3k
Emanuele Pontecorvo 460 0.6× 349 1.1× 76 0.3× 235 1.4× 98 0.6× 35 910
D.C. Hanna 948 1.2× 157 0.5× 299 1.4× 76 0.5× 168 1.1× 8 1.2k
A. Taschin 529 0.7× 410 1.3× 361 1.7× 82 0.5× 224 1.4× 61 1.1k
H. L. Fragnito 1.2k 1.5× 205 0.6× 691 3.2× 84 0.5× 118 0.7× 51 1.5k
N. S. Shiren 649 0.8× 317 1.0× 214 1.0× 78 0.5× 208 1.3× 49 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong-Xin Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong-Xin Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong-Xin Yan

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

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Cheng, Lap‐Tak, Yong-Xin Yan, & Keith A. Nelson. (1989). Ultrasonic and hypersonic properties of molten KNO3–Ca(NO3)2 mixture. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 91(10). 6052–6061. 40 indexed citations
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Yan, Yong-Xin, Lap‐Tak Cheng, & Keith A. Nelson. (1988). The temperature-dependent distribution of relaxation times in glycerol: Time-domain light scattering study of acoustic and Mountain-mode behavior in the 20 MHz–3 GHz frequency range. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 88(10). 6477–6486. 91 indexed citations
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Yan, Yong-Xin & Keith A. Nelson. (1987). Impulsive stimulated light scattering. I. General theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 87(11). 6240–6256. 299 indexed citations
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Yan, Yong-Xin & Keith A. Nelson. (1987). Impulsive stimulated light scattering. II. Comparison to frequency-domain light-scattering spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 87(11). 6257–6265. 143 indexed citations
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Cheng, Lap‐Tak, et al.. (1986). Impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering in KD<inf>2</inf>PO<inf>4</inf>near the structural phase transition. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 22(8). 1453–1456. 15 indexed citations
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Yan, Yong-Xin, Edward B. Gamble, & Keith A. Nelson. (1985). Impulsive stimulated scattering: General importance in femtosecond laser pulse interactions with matter, and spectroscopic applications. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 83(11). 5391–5399. 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Robinson, Margaret M., Yong-Xin Yan, Edward B. Gamble, et al.. (1984). Picosecond impulsive stimulated brillouin scattering: Optical excitation of coherent transverse acoustic waves and application to time-domain investigations of structural phase transitions. Chemical Physics Letters. 112(6). 491–496. 38 indexed citations

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