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Xiao-Gang Wen

Xiao-Gang Wen

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Physics

D-Index
112
Citations
62790
World Ranking
1081
National Ranking
572

Xiao-Gang Wen publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiao-Gang Wen sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 398 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Xiao-Gang Wen D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiao-Gang Wen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the physics of the fractional quantum Hall effect, and for novel insights into quantum magnetism and high temperature superconductivity
  • 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Xiao-Gang Wen is a researcher affiliated with MIT in the United States, specializing in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work covers various subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Condensed Matter Physics; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; Statistical and Nonlinear Physics; and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their research focuses on several key topics such as Quantum many-body systems, Topological Materials and Phenomena, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories.

Among recent publications by Xiao-Gang Wen are:

  • "Topological transition on the conformal manifold" (2020), published in Physical Review Research
  • "Symmetry as a shadow of topological order and a derivation of topological holographic principle" (2023), published in Physical Review B
  • "Classification of topological phases with finite internal symmetries in all dimensions" (2020), published in Journal of High Energy Physics
  • "Holographic theory for continuous phase transitions: Emergence and symmetry protection of gaplessness" (2023), published in Physical Review B
  • "Lattice models that realize ℤₙ-1 symmetry-protected topological states for even n" (2020), published in Physical Review B

Xiao-Gang Wen has collaborated frequently with coauthors including Salvatore D. Pace, Arkya Chatterjee, Juven Wang, Abigail Timmel, and Siu-Hung Ng. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications across his main fields of study.

Their work has appeared in a variety of publication venues. Notably frequent venues include arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Physical Review Research, Journal of High Energy Physics, and SciPost Physics.

The scientist has received several recognitions such as being a Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018), a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) since 2002 with a citation highlighting contributions to fractional quantum Hall effect physics and quantum magnetism, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1993.

Best Publications

  • Doping a Mott insulator: Physics of high-temperature superconductivity

    Patrick A. Lee;Naoto Nagaosa;Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Quantum Field Theory of Many-body Systems: From the Origin of Sound to an Origin of Light and Electrons

    Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Detecting Topological Order in a Ground State Wave Function

    Michael Levin;Xiao-Gang Wen

  • String-net condensation: A physical mechanism for topological phases

    Michael A. Levin;Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems

    Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Chiral spin states and superconductivity

    X. G. Wen;Frank Wilczek;A. Zee

  • Symmetry protected topological orders and the group cohomology of their symmetry group

    Xie Chen;Xie Chen;Zheng-Cheng Gu;Zheng-Xin Liu;Zheng-Xin Liu;Xiao-Gang Wen;Xiao-Gang Wen;Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Topological Orders in Rigid States

    X.G. Wen

  • Ground-state degeneracy of the fractional quantum Hall states in the presence of a random potential and on high-genus Riemann surfaces

    X. G. Wen;Q. Niu

  • Quantum orders and symmetric spin liquids

    Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Local unitary transformation, long-range quantum entanglement, wave function renormalization, and topological order

    Xie Chen;Zheng-Cheng Gu;Xiao-Gang Wen

  • High-Temperature Fractional Quantum Hall States

    Evelyn Tang;Jia Wei Mei;Jia Wei Mei;Xiao Gang Wen

  • Tensor-Entanglement-Filtering Renormalization Approach and Symmetry Protected Topological Order

    Zheng-Cheng Gu;Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Classification of gapped symmetric phases in one-dimensional spin systems

    Xie Chen;Zheng-Cheng Gu;Xiao-Gang Wen;Xiao-Gang Wen

  • THEORY OF THE EDGE STATES IN FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL EFFECTS

    Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Chiral Luttinger liquid and the edge excitations in the fractional quantum Hall states.

    X. G. Wen

  • Topological Orders and Edge Excitations in FQH States

    Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Colloquium : Zoo of quantum-topological phases of matter

    Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Spin-bag mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity.

    J. R. Schrieffer;X.-G. Wen;S.-C. Zhang

  • Dynamic spin fluctuations and the bag mechanism of high-T c superconductivity

    J. R. Schrieffer;X. G. Wen;S. C. Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Zee
A. Zee University of California, Santa Barbara
Frank Verstraete
Frank Verstraete Ghent University
Edward Witten
Edward Witten Institute for Advanced Study
Joel E. Moore
Joel E. Moore Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Naoto Nagaosa
Naoto Nagaosa University of Tokyo
Shou-Cheng Zhang
Shou-Cheng Zhang Stanford University
Michael Levin
Michael Levin Tufts University

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