2026 Leon Balents: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	99	1679	1598	25	25	414	55162

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55162

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the theory of new topological quantum phases of electrons in condensed matter
2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Leon Balents is affiliated with the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and materials science, with a focus on condensed matter phenomena, superconductivity, and topological materials.

Their main fields of study include:

Physics and Astronomy
Materials Science

Subfields where they have contributed extensively are:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Key topics of their work include:

Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Quantum many-body systems
Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Leon Balents has published in various venues frequently. Prominent journals and publication platforms where their work appears include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Physical Review Letters
Nature Physics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators include:

Stephen D. Wilson
Urban F. P. Seifert
Mengxing Ye
L. Savary
Zhu-Xi Luo

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Leon Balents are:

CsV₃Sb₅: A Z₂ Topological Kagome Metal with a Superconducting Ground State (2020), Physical Review Letters
Superconductivity and strong correlations in moiré flat bands (2020), Nature Physics
Electronic instabilities of kagome metals: Saddle points and Landau theory (2021), Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Rotation symmetry breaking in the normal state of a kagome superconductor KV3Sb5 (2022), Nature Physics
Three-state nematicity and magneto-optical Kerr effect in the charge density waves in kagome superconductors (2022), Nature Physics

Their recognitions include:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2013) with a citation for the theory of new topological quantum phases of electrons in condensed matter
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2000)

Best Publications

Spin liquids in frustrated magnets

Leon Balents

4510
Citations
Topological invariants of time-reversal-invariant band structures

Joel Moore;Leon Balents

2725
Citations
Weyl Semimetal in a Topological Insulator Multilayer

Anton Burkov;Leon Balents

2493
Citations
Carbon nanotube intramolecular junctions

Zhen Yao;Henk W. Ch. Postma;Leon Balents;Cees Dekker

2368
Citations
Luttinger-liquid behaviour in carbon nanotubes

Marc Bockrath;David H. Cobden;Jia Lu;Andrew G. Rinzler

2109
Citations
Quantum spin liquids: a review.

Lucile Savary;Leon Balents

1996
Citations
Topological nodal semimetals

A. A. Burkov;M. D. Hook;Leon Balents

1732
Citations
Deconfined Quantum Critical Points

T. Senthil;Ashvin Vishwanath;Leon Balents;Subir Sachdev

1590
Citations
Luttinger Liquid Behavior in Carbon Nanotubes

M. Bockrath;D. H. Cobden;J. Lu;A. G. Rinzler

1504
Citations
Quantum Spin Liquids

Lucile Savary;Leon Balents

1311
Citations
Mott physics and band topology in materials with strong spin-orbit interaction

Dmytro Pesin;Dmytro Pesin;Dmytro Pesin;Leon Balents

1188
Citations
Correlated Quantum Phenomena in the Strong Spin-Orbit Regime

William Witczak-Krempa;Gang Chen;Yong Baek Kim;Leon Balents

1092
Citations
Quantum criticality beyond the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm

T. Senthil;Leon Balents;Subir Sachdev;Ashvin Vishwanath

964
Citations
Cs V 3 Sb 5 : A Z 2 Topological Kagome Metal with a Superconducting Ground State

Brenden R. Ortiz;Samuel M. L. Teicher;Yong Hu;Julia L. Zuo

963
Citations
Superconductivity and strong correlations in moiré flat bands

Leon Balents;Leon Balents;Cory R. Dean;Dmitri K. Efetov;Andrea F. Young

850
Citations
Coulomb Interactions and Mesoscopic Effects in Carbon Nanotubes

Charles Kane;Leon Balents;Matthew P. A. Fisher

800
Citations
Identifying Topological Order by Entanglement Entropy

Hong-Chen Jiang;Zhenghan Wang;Leon Balents

757
Citations
Pyrochlore photons: The U ( 1 ) spin liquid in a S = 1 2 three-dimensional frustrated magnet

Michael Hermele;Matthew P. A. Fisher;Leon Balents

703
Citations
Intrinsic quantized anomalous Hall effect in a moir'e heterostructure

M. Serlin;C. L. Tschirhart;H. Polshyn;Y. Zhang

668
Citations
Intrinsic quantized anomalous Hall effect in a moiré heterostructure

M. Serlin;C. L. Tschirhart;H. Polshyn;Y. Zhang

460
Citations