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D-Index
47
Citations
10054
World Ranking
1257
National Ranking
563

Zhenghan Wang publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhenghan Wang sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 144 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Zhenghan Wang D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society For contributions to quantum computing and topological quantum field theory.

Overview

Zhenghan Wang is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

Their main fields of study comprise:

  • Computer Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

Within these fields, Zhenghan Wang has contributed to various subfields, notably:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Geometry and Topology
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

Their primary research topics include:

  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum many-body systems
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata

Zhenghan Wang has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • From Three Dimensional Manifolds to Modular Tensor Categories, 2022, Communications in Mathematical Physics
  • A Scene Classification Model Based on Global-Local Features and Attention in Lie Group Space, 2024, Remote Sensing
  • Reconstruction of Modular Data from SL₂(ℤ) Representations, 2023, Communications in Mathematical Physics
  • On topology of the moduli space of gapped Hamiltonians for topological phases, 2023, Journal of Mathematical Physics
  • Representations of Motion Groups of Links via Dimension Reduction of TQFTs, 2021, Communications in Mathematical Physics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • David Aasen
  • Matthew B. Hastings
  • Chengjun Xu
  • Jingqian Shu
  • Yang Qiu

Zhenghan Wang often publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Communications in Mathematical Physics
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • 2021 CIE International Conference on Radar (Radar)
  • Contemporary Mathematics - American Mathematical Society

In 2019, Zhenghan Wang was recognized as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society for contributions to quantum computing and topological quantum field theory.

Best Publications

  • Topological Quantum Computation

    Michael H. Freedman;Alexei Kitaev;Alexei Kitaev;Michael J. Larsen;Zhenghan Wang

  • A Modular Functor Which is Universal for Quantum Computation

    Michael H. Freedman;Michael Larsen;Zhenghan Wang

  • Identifying Topological Order by Entanglement Entropy

    Hong-Chen Jiang;Zhenghan Wang;Leon Balents

  • Symmetry Fractionalization, Defects, and Gauging of Topological Phases

    Maissam Barkeshli;Parsa Bonderson;Meng Cheng;Zhenghan Wang;Zhenghan Wang

  • Interacting anyons in topological quantum liquids: The golden chain

    Adrian Feiguin;Simon Trebst;Andreas W W Ludwig;Matthias Troyer

  • On Classification of Modular Tensor Categories

    Eric Rowell;Richard Stong;Zhenghan Wang

  • (3+1)-TQFTs and Topological Insulators

    Kevin Walker;Zhenghan Wang

  • Mobius energy of knots and unknots

    Michael H. Freedman;Zheng-Xu He;Zhenghan Wang

  • Simulation of Topological Field Theories¶by Quantum Computers

    Michael H. Freedman;Alexei Kitaev;Zhenghan Wang

  • A class of P,T-invariant topological phases of interacting electrons

    Michael Freedman;Chetan Nayak;Chetan Nayak;Kirill Shtengel;Kevin Walker

  • The Two-Eigenvalue Problem and Density¶of Jones Representation of Braid Groups

    Michael H. Freedman;Michael J. Larsen;Zhenghan Wang

  • Universal quantum computation with metaplectic anyons

    Shawn X. Cui;Zhenghan Wang

  • A Short Introduction to Fibonacci Anyon Models

    Simon Trebst;Matthias Troyer;Zhenghan Wang;Andreas W. W. Ludwig

  • Hamiltonian models for topological phases of matter in three spatial dimensions

    Dominic J. Williamson;Zhenghan Wang;Zhenghan Wang

  • Symmetry, Defects, and Gauging of Topological Phases

    Maissam Barkeshli;Parsa Bonderson;Meng Cheng;Zhenghan Wang

  • Fermionic modular categories and the 16-fold way

    Paul Bruillard;César Galindo;Tobias Hagge;Siu Hung Ng

  • Universal quantum computation with weakly integral anyons

    Shawn X. Cui;Seung-Moon Hong;Zhenghan Wang

  • Rank-finiteness for modular categories

    Paul Bruillard;Paul Bruillard;Siu-Hung Ng;Eric C. Rowell;Zhenghan Wang

  • On invariants of modular categories beyond modular data

    Parsa Bonderson;Colleen Delaney;César Galindo;Eric C. Rowell

  • Classification of Super-Modular Categories by Rank

    Paul Bruillard;César Galindo;Siu-Hung Ng;Julia Yael Plavnik

  • Collective states of interacting anyons, edge states, and the nucleation of topological liquids.

    Charlotte Gils;Eddy Ardonne;Simon Trebst;Andreas W. W. Ludwig

  • Extraspecial 2-groups and images of braid group representations

    Jennifer M. Franko;Eric C. Rowell;Zhenghan Wang

  • On Classification of Modular Categories by Rank

    Paul Bruillard;Siu-Hung Ng;Eric C. Rowell;Zhenghan Wang

  • Symmetry, Defects, and Gauging of Topological Phases

    Parsa Bonderson;Maissam Barkeshli;Meng Cheng;Zhenghan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Freedman
Michael H. Freedman University of California, Santa Barbara
Chetan Nayak
Chetan Nayak Microsoft (United States)
Matthias Troyer
Matthias Troyer Microsoft (United States)
Andreas W. W. Ludwig
Andreas W. W. Ludwig University of California, Santa Barbara
Shou-Cheng Zhang
Shou-Cheng Zhang Stanford University
David A. Huse
David A. Huse Princeton University
Xiao-Liang Qi
Xiao-Liang Qi Stanford University
Leon Balents
Leon Balents Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences

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