Yunjiang Rao

16.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
484 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Yunjiang Rao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunjiang Rao has authored 484 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 401 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 240 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 102 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yunjiang Rao's work include Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (332 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (233 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (146 papers). Yunjiang Rao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (332 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (233 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (146 papers). Yunjiang Rao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yunjiang Rao's co-authors include Zinan Wang, Tao Zhu, Yuan Gong, Yu Wu, Weili Zhang, Zengling Ran, Han Wu, Dewen Duan, Kin Seng Chiang and Baicheng Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yunjiang Rao

454 papers receiving 12.5k 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.

Coherent Φ-OTDR based on I/Q demodulation and homodyne detection

2016 362 citations Zinan Wang, Yunjiang Rao et al. profile →
Ultra-long high-sensitivity Φ-OTDR for high spatial resolution intrusion detection of pipelines

2014 331 citations Yunjiang Rao, Zinan Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunjiang Rao China	61	11.1k	6.0k	2.7k	1.9k	719	484	13.3k
Xiaoyi Bao Canada	52	11.1k 1.0×	6.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	521 0.7×	486	12.5k
Weili Zhang China	43	3.7k 0.3×	2.7k 0.5×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	464 0.6×	361	7.3k
Zinan Wang China	38	3.9k 0.3×	2.5k 0.4×	938 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	496 0.7×	255	5.3k
Raman Kashyap Canada	42	5.6k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	907 0.3×	472 0.3×	329 0.5×	401	7.0k
Er‐Ping Li China	51	6.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.3×	3.1k 1.2×	133 0.1×	546 0.8×	693	11.2k
Tiegen Liu China	44	5.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.3×	2.3k 0.9×	124 0.1×	231 0.3×	523	7.9k
Xiaocong Yuan China	54	4.4k 0.4×	9.9k 1.6×	8.1k 3.1×	316 0.2×	712 1.0×	545	14.8k
Hwa‐Yaw Tam Hong Kong	55	11.2k 1.0×	5.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	96 0.1×	90 0.1×	566	12.8k
Tao Zhu China	45	6.2k 0.6×	3.3k 0.5×	974 0.4×	141 0.1×	106 0.1×	356	7.4k
Yong Zhao China	60	11.2k 1.0×	3.2k 0.5×	4.1k 1.5×	59 0.0×	97 0.1×	557	13.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunjiang Rao

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Yao, Baicheng, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive noise analysis for counter-propagating all-normal dispersion (CANDi) fiber laser. APL Photonics. 10(3).

Li, Caiyun, Hong-kun Zheng, Lingmei Ma, et al.. (2024). Optimizing the Demodulation Method for DAS System Based on Point-Backscattering-Enhanced Fiber. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 73. 1–8. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Chenxiang, et al.. (2023). Highly sensitive fiber grating hydrogen sensor based on hydrogen-doped Pt/WO3. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 404. 135250–135250. 23 indexed citations

Zhang, Yaxin, Chenxiang Wang, Yanqiong Wang, et al.. (2023). Multiplexed optofluidic laser immunosensor for sensitive and rapid detection of biomarkers. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 403. 135198–135198. 2 indexed citations

He, Xinyue, et al.. (2023). Dual-soliton-microcombs based coherent fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing. 366. ATh4I.7–ATh4I.7.

Wang, Yanqiong, Chaoyang Gong, Tao Zhu, et al.. (2023). Photonic Bandgap Fiber Microlaser with Dual‐Band Emission for Integrated Optical Tagging and Sensing. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(6). 13 indexed citations

Ran, Zengling, et al.. (2021). Fiber-Optic Microstructure Sensors: A Review. Photonic Sensors. 11(2). 227–261. 50 indexed citations

Rao, Yunjiang, Zinan Wang, Huijuan Wu, Zengling Ran, & Bing Han. (2021). Recent Advances in Phase-Sensitive Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (Ф-OTDR). Photonic Sensors. 11(1). 1–30. 93 indexed citations

An, Ning, Yiwei Li, Teng Tan, et al.. (2021). Graphene-Fiber Biochemical Sensors: Principles, Implementations, and Advances. Photonic Sensors. 11(1). 123–139. 18 indexed citations

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Gong, Chaoyang, et al.. (2021). Recent Progress in Fiber Optofluidic Lasing and Sensing. Photonic Sensors. 11(2). 262–278. 12 indexed citations

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Rao, Yunjiang, et al.. (2020). Dental Imaging With Near-Infrared Transillumination Using Random Fiber Laser. Photonic Sensors. 10(4). 333–339. 9 indexed citations

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Wu, Yu, Caibin Yu, Fan Wu, et al.. (2017). A Highly Sensitive Fiber-Optic Microphone Based on Graphene Oxide Membrane. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 35(19). 4344–4349. 82 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weili, et al.. (2016). Fiber-Type Random Laser Based on a Cylindrical Waveguide with a Disordered Cladding Layer. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26473–26473. 12 indexed citations

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Yu, Caibin, Xiaoxiao Chen, Yuan Gong, et al.. (2014). Simultaneous force and temperature measurement using optical microfiber asymmetrical interferometer. Photonic Sensors. 4(3). 242–247. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Tingting, Zilin Yuan, Yuan Gong, et al.. (2013). Fiber Bragg grating strain sensors for marine engineering. Photonic Sensors. 3(3). 267–271. 16 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yang, et al.. (2013). Derrick safety monitoring system based on fiber Bragg grating strain sensors. Photonic Sensors. 3(3). 237–240. 5 indexed citations

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Rao, Yunjiang. (2012). OFS research over the last 10 years at CQU & UESTC. Photonic Sensors. 2(2). 97–117. 16 indexed citations

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Rao, Yunjiang. (2011). Study on fiber-optic low-coherence interferometric and fiber Bragg grating sensors. Photonic Sensors. 1(4). 382–400. 23 indexed citations

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Chiang, Kin Seng, Yunqi Liu, Qing Liu, & Yunjiang Rao. (2010). Optical sensing based on light coupling between two parallel long-period fiber gratings. Photonic Sensors. 1(3). 204–209. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yiping & Yunjiang Rao. (2004). Measuring bend-curvature and determining bend-direction simultaneously using long period fiber gratings. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1. 1 indexed citations

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