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2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
107
Citations
44485
World Ranking
123
National Ranking
60

Materials Science

D-Index
120
Citations
56976
World Ranking
488
National Ranking
180

Kang L. Wang publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kang L. Wang sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 982 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Kang L. Wang D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kang L. Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2009 - Semiconductor Industry Association University Researcher Award

Overview

Kang L. Wang is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields including Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Materials Science. The subfields they concentrate on include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Condensed Matter Physics; Materials Chemistry; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The primary research topics addressed by Kang L. Wang include:

  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials

Their recent publications reflect a focus on spintronics, magnetic properties, and topological insulators. Selected recent papers are:

  • "Topological spintronics and magnetoelectronics," 2021, Nature Materials
  • "Exchange bias switching in an antiferromagnet/ferromagnet bilayer driven by spin-orbit torque," 2020, Nature Electronics
  • "Magnetic memory driven by topological insulators," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "A Van der Waals Interface Hosting Two Groups of Magnetic Skyrmions," 2022, Advanced Materials
  • "Room temperature energy-efficient spin-orbit torque switching in two-dimensional van der Waals Fe3GeTe2 induced by topological insulators," 2023, Nature Communications

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Peng Zhang
  • Lixuan Tai
  • Hao Wu
  • Bingqian Dai
  • Chris Eckberg

Kang L. Wang's works have been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Applied Physics Letters

Among awards, they have received the Semiconductor Industry Association University Researcher Award in 2009.

Best Publications

  • A Chemical Route to Graphene for Device Applications

    Scott Gilje;Song Han;Minsheng Wang;Kang L. Wang

  • High-speed graphene transistors with a self-aligned nanowire gate

    Lei Liao;Yung Chen Lin;Mingqiang Bao;Rui Cheng

  • Blowing magnetic skyrmion bubbles

    Wanjun Jiang;Pramey Upadhyaya;Wei Zhang;Guoqiang Yu

  • Electron-spin-resonance transistors for quantum computing in silicon-germanium heterostructures

    Rutger Vrijen;Eli Yablonovitch;Kang Wang;Hong Wen Jiang

  • Resistive switching materials for information processing

    Zhongrui Wang;Huaqiang Wu;Geoffrey W. Burr;Cheol Seong Hwang

  • Switching of perpendicular magnetization by spin-orbit torques in the absence of external magnetic fields

    Guoqiang Yu;Pramey Upadhyaya;Yabin Fan;Juan G. Alzate

  • Magnetization switching through giant spin–orbit torque in a magnetically doped topological insulator heterostructure

    Yabin Fan;Pramey Upadhyaya;Xufeng Kou;Murong Lang

  • Quantum spin Hall effect in inverted type-II semiconductors.

    Chaoxing Liu;Chaoxing Liu;Taylor L. Hughes;Xiao Liang Qi;Kang Wang

  • Significant decrease of the lattice thermal conductivity due to phonon confinement in a free-standing semiconductor quantum well

    Alexander Balandin;Kang L. Wang

  • Magnonic logic circuits

    Alexander Khitun;Mingqiang Bao;Kang L Wang

  • Scale-invariant quantum anomalous Hall effect in magnetic topological insulators beyond the two-dimensional limit.

    Xufeng Kou;Shih Ting Guo;Yabin Fan;Lei Pan

  • Low-power non-volatile spintronic memory: STT-RAM and beyond

    K L Wang;J G Alzate;P Khalili Amiri

  • Room-temperature ferroelectricity in supramolecular networks of charge-transfer complexes

    Alok S. Tayi;Alexander K. Shveyd;Andrew C.-H. Sue;Andrew C.-H. Sue;Jodi M. Szarko;Jodi M. Szarko

  • Two-dimensional spintronics for low-power electronics

    Xiaoyang Lin;Wei Yang;Kang L. Wang;Weisheng Zhao

  • Manipulating surface states in topological insulator nanoribbons

    Faxian Xiu;Liang He;Yong Wang;Yong Wang;Lina Cheng

  • Enhanced charge carrier mobility in two-dimensional high dielectric molybdenum oxide.

    Sivacarendran Balendhran;Junkai Deng;Jian Zhen Ou;Sumeet Walia

  • Roadmap of Spin–Orbit Torques

    Qiming Shao;Peng Li;Luqiao Liu;Hyunsoo Yang

  • Structure of (CuO) 2 double layers in superconducting YBa2Cu3O7

    H. W. Zandbergen;R. Gronsky;K. Wang;G. Thomas

  • Thermal conductivity of symmetrically strained Si/Ge superlattices

    Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc;Weili Liu;Jianlin Liu;Taofang Zeng

  • Precise Quantization of the Anomalous Hall Effect near Zero Magnetic Field.

    A. J. Bestwick;A. J. Bestwick;E. J. Fox;E. J. Fox;Xufeng Kou;Lei Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianshi Tang
Jianshi Tang Tsinghua University
Jianlin Liu
Jianlin Liu University of California, Riverside
Faxian Xiu
Faxian Xiu Fudan University
Jin Zou
Jin Zou University of Queensland
Alexander A. Balandin
Alexander A. Balandin University of California, Los Angeles
Yaroslav Tserkovnyak
Yaroslav Tserkovnyak University of California, Los Angeles
Jordan A. Katine
Jordan A. Katine Western Digital (Japan)
Xiufeng Han
Xiufeng Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chongwu Zhou
Chongwu Zhou University of Southern California
Gregory P. Carman
Gregory P. Carman University of California, Los Angeles

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