Zheng-Wei Liu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 837 citations indexed

About

Zheng-Wei Liu is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Zheng-Wei Liu has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 837 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 3 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Zheng-Wei Liu's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (30 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (23 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (17 papers). Zheng-Wei Liu is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (30 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (23 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (17 papers). Zheng-Wei Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Zheng-Wei Liu's co-authors include Zhanwen Han, Richard J. Stancliffe, Bo Wang, F. K. Röpke, Takashi J. Moriya, C. Abate, Rüdiger Pakmor, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer and P. V. F. Edelmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Zheng-Wei Liu

43 papers receiving 746 citations

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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.

Type Ia Supernova Explosions in Binary Systems: A Review

2023 81 citations Zheng-Wei Liu, Zhanwen Han et al. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zheng-Wei Liu China	18	783	147	109	21	20	44	837
C. Pagani United States	14	570 0.7×	201 1.4×	49 0.4×	22 1.0×	18 0.9×	38	597
David J. Westpfahl United States	13	713 0.9×	83 0.6×	207 1.9×	4 0.2×	16 0.8×	28	752
F. K. Liu China	15	524 0.7×	227 1.5×	27 0.2×	9 0.4×	9 0.5×	31	592
Kajal K. Ghosh United States	10	532 0.7×	220 1.5×	35 0.3×	15 0.7×	23 1.1×	21	561
H. Nicklas Germany	9	414 0.5×	54 0.4×	169 1.6×	6 0.3×	24 1.2×	47	474
J. Kolodziejczak United States	5	172 0.2×	67 0.5×	20 0.2×	16 0.8×	9 0.5×	10	209
J. Lebreton France	10	268 0.3×	52 0.4×	49 0.4×	18 0.9×	26 1.3×	16	352
Zhaoming Gan China	11	477 0.6×	185 1.3×	28 0.3×	42 2.0×	10 0.5×	27	529
A. Tkachenko Russia	11	247 0.3×	109 0.7×	24 0.2×	14 0.7×	10 0.5×	47	285

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zheng-Wei Liu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Yuyang, Bing Shu, Zheng-Wei Liu, et al.. (2025). Deep learning-based multi-scale crack image segmentation and improved skeletonization measurement method. Materials Today Communications. 46. 112727–112727. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Lifu, Bingqiu Chen, Jiao Li, et al.. (2025). The Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II Supernova 2024abfl. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 982(2). L55–L55. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Bing, et al.. (2024). Producing Type Ia Supernovae from Hybrid CONe White Dwarfs with Main-sequence Binary Companions at Low Metallicity of Z = 0.0001. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 25(1). 15018–15018. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Zheng-Wei, Shuai Chen, Dongli Xin, et al.. (2024). Accurate Identification of Partial Discharge Signals in Cable Terminations of High-Speed Electric Multiple Unit Using Wavelet Transform and Deep Belief Network. Applied Sciences. 14(11). 4743–4743. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Gang, Zheng-Wei Liu, Alexander Heger, et al.. (2023). A metal-poor star with abundances from a pair-instability supernova. Nature. 618(7966). 712–715. 35 indexed citations

McCully, C., Saurabh W. Jha, R. Scalzo, et al.. (2022). Still Brighter than Pre-explosion, SN 2012Z Did Not Disappear: Comparing Hubble Space Telescope Observations a Decade Apart. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(2). 138–138. 20 indexed citations

Liu, Zheng-Wei, et al.. (2022). On the Rotation Properties of a Post-explosion Helium-star Companion in Type Iax Supernovae. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 22(7). 75004–75004. 2 indexed citations

Ge, Hongwei, Christopher A. Tout, Xuefei Chen, et al.. (2022). The Common Envelope Evolution Outcome—A Case Study on Hot Subdwarf B Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(2). 137–137. 24 indexed citations

Liu, Zheng-Wei, et al.. (2022). Long-term Evolution of Postexplosion Helium-star Companions of Type Iax Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(1). 65–65. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Zheng-Wei & Richard J. Stancliffe. (2020). A closer look at non-interacting He stars as a channel for producing the old population of type Ia supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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Han, Yanling, H. Zhu, X. Ai, et al.. (2020). Test beam measurements of an irradiated prototype pixel sensor designed for the CEPC vertex detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 977. 164267–164267. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Zheng-Wei, et al.. (2017). Three-dimensional Hydrodynamical Simulations of Mass Transfer in Binary Systems by a Free Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 846(2). 117–117. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Zheng-Wei & Richard J. Stancliffe. (2017). Can the helium-enriched main-sequence donor scenario hide enough hydrogen to explain Type Ia supernovae?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 470(1). L72–L76. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Zheng-Wei & Richard J. Stancliffe. (2016). Constraining the progenitor of the Type Ia Supernova SN 2012cg. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459(2). 1781–1789. 8 indexed citations

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Moriya, Takashi J., Zheng-Wei Liu, Jonathan Mackey, T. W. Chen, & N. Langer. (2015). Revealing the binary origin of Type Ic superluminous supernovae through nebular hydrogen emission. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Zheng-Wei, Thomas M. Tauris, F. K. Röpke, et al.. (2015). The interaction of core-collapse supernova ejecta with a companion star. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 43 indexed citations

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Liu, Zheng-Wei, Takashi J. Moriya, & Richard J. Stancliffe. (2015). Early ultraviolet signatures from the interaction of Type Ia supernova ejecta with a stellar companion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 454(2). 1192–1201. 19 indexed citations

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Abate, C., Richard J. Stancliffe, & Zheng-Wei Liu. (2015). How plausible are the proposed formation scenarios of CEMP-r/sstars?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 587. A50–A50. 35 indexed citations

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Liu, Zheng-Wei, Rüdiger Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, et al.. (2012). Three-dimensional simulations of the interaction between Type Ia supernova ejecta and their main sequence companions. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 548. A2–A2. 67 indexed citations

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Xu, Da, et al.. (2009). Statistical relationship between solar wind conditions and geomagnetic storms in 1998–2008. Planetary and Space Science. 57(12). 1500–1513. 17 indexed citations

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