2026 Xiao-Gang Wen: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	112	1081	1020	572	531	398	62790

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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

5268
Citations
Quantum Field Theory of Many-body Systems: From the Origin of Sound to an Origin of Light and Electrons

Xiao-Gang Wen

2282
Citations
Detecting Topological Order in a Ground State Wave Function

Michael Levin;Xiao-Gang Wen

2260
Citations
String-net condensation: A physical mechanism for topological phases

Michael A. Levin;Xiao-Gang Wen

1563
Citations
Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems

Xiao-Gang Wen

1471
Citations
Chiral spin states and superconductivity

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

1408
Citations
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

1383
Citations
Topological Orders in Rigid States

X.G. Wen

1348
Citations
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

1200
Citations
Quantum orders and symmetric spin liquids

Xiao-Gang Wen

1135
Citations
Local unitary transformation, long-range quantum entanglement, wave function renormalization, and topological order

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

1122
Citations
High-Temperature Fractional Quantum Hall States

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

1101
Citations
Tensor-Entanglement-Filtering Renormalization Approach and Symmetry Protected Topological Order

Zheng-Cheng Gu;Xiao-Gang Wen

1065
Citations
Classification of gapped symmetric phases in one-dimensional spin systems

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

1052
Citations
THEORY OF THE EDGE STATES IN FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL EFFECTS

Xiao-Gang Wen

1036
Citations
Chiral Luttinger liquid and the edge excitations in the fractional quantum Hall states.

X. G. Wen

1003
Citations
Topological Orders and Edge Excitations in FQH States

Xiao-Gang Wen

997
Citations
Colloquium : Zoo of quantum-topological phases of matter

Xiao-Gang Wen

963
Citations
Spin-bag mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity.

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

828
Citations
Dynamic spin fluctuations and the bag mechanism of high-T c superconductivity

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

827
Citations