A.‐P. Tsai

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
257 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

A.‐P. Tsai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A.‐P. Tsai has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 242 papers in Materials Chemistry, 109 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 56 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in A.‐P. Tsai's work include Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (199 papers), Mineralogy and Gemology Studies (109 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (77 papers). A.‐P. Tsai is often cited by papers focused on Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (199 papers), Mineralogy and Gemology Studies (109 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (77 papers). A.‐P. Tsai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and United States. A.‐P. Tsai's co-authors include Akihisa Inoue, Tsuyoshi Masumoto, T. Masumoto, Eiji Abe, Alok Singh, J. Q. Guo, Katsumasa Ohtera, Hiroyuki Takakura, T. Sato and Satoshi Kameoka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

A.‐P. Tsai

254 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Stable Quasicrystal in Al-Cu-Fe System 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Stable Quasicrystal in Al-Cu-Fe System
    1987 661 citations A.‐P. Tsai, Akihisa Inoue et al. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A.‐P. Tsai Japan 47 7.4k 2.8k 2.4k 636 585 257 8.4k
Kenji Hiraga Japan 43 4.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 554 0.2× 1.3k 2.0× 712 1.2× 208 6.8k
Uwe Köster Germany 33 3.2k 0.4× 3.0k 1.1× 356 0.1× 264 0.4× 531 0.9× 161 4.6k
M. Audier France 39 4.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 107 0.2× 598 1.0× 169 5.0k
Tsuyoshi Masumoto Japan 57 10.1k 1.4× 12.6k 4.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.2k 1.9× 1.1k 1.9× 415 16.0k
K. H. Kuo China 33 3.7k 0.5× 993 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 167 0.3× 576 1.0× 198 4.1k
M. Feuerbacher Germany 32 2.7k 0.4× 2.5k 0.9× 495 0.2× 88 0.1× 1.4k 2.3× 175 4.4k
A.R. Yavari France 42 4.1k 0.6× 5.7k 2.1× 142 0.1× 215 0.3× 333 0.6× 226 6.9k
Uichiro Mizutani Japan 46 4.7k 0.6× 3.3k 1.2× 298 0.1× 118 0.2× 416 0.7× 395 8.7k
J. O. Ström‐Olsen Canada 40 5.3k 0.7× 2.9k 1.1× 108 0.0× 672 1.1× 247 0.4× 198 8.0k
H. W. Sheng United States 44 7.5k 1.0× 7.5k 2.7× 125 0.1× 272 0.4× 1.2k 2.1× 106 10.8k

Countries citing papers authored by A.‐P. Tsai

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Fields of papers citing papers by A.‐P. Tsai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A.‐P. Tsai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Sea‐Fue, et al.. (2020). Characterization of new catalysts prepared by in-situ activation of Ce50Ni50-xAux intermetallic compounds for CO oxidation. Intermetallics. 120. 106748–106748. 3 indexed citations
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Leu, Ming-Sheng, et al.. (2019). Thermal spray coating of Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystals: Dynamic observations and surface properties. Materialia. 8. 100432–100432. 12 indexed citations
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Lin, Tzu‐Ying, et al.. (2019). In-Situ observation of local atomic structure of Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystal formation. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1245–1245. 17 indexed citations
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Kojima, Takayuki, Satoshi Kameoka, Shinpei Fujii, Shigenori Ueda, & A.‐P. Tsai. (2018). Catalysis-tunable Heusler alloys in selective hydrogenation of alkynes: A new potential for old materials. Science Advances. 4(10). eaat6063–eaat6063. 84 indexed citations
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Kojima, Takayuki, Satoshi Kameoka, & A.‐P. Tsai. (2017). Heusler Alloys: A Group of Novel Catalysts. ACS Omega. 2(1). 147–153. 39 indexed citations
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Kalashnyk, Nataliya, J. Ledieu, Émilie Gaudry, et al.. (2017). Building 2D quasicrystals from 5-fold symmetric corannulene molecules. Nano Research. 11(4). 2129–2138. 19 indexed citations
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Singh, Alok & A.‐P. Tsai. (2007). Interfaces of bismuth with Al–Cu–Fe icosahedral quasicrystal. Philosophical Magazine Letters. 87(2). 85–94. 6 indexed citations
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Francoual, Sonia, M. de Boissieu, R. Currat, et al.. (2007). Experimental study of the dynamics of Zn2Mg Laves phase. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 353(32-40). 3182–3187. 4 indexed citations
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Takakura, Hiroyuki, Akio Yamamoto, T. Sato, et al.. (2006). Ab initioreconstruction of p-type icosahedral Zn–Mg–Ho quasicrystal structures. The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics. 86(3-5). 621–627. 6 indexed citations
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Tsai, A.‐P.. (2004). A test of Hume-Rothery rules for stable quasicrystals. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 334-335. 317–322. 107 indexed citations
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Boissieu, M. de, Hiroyuki Takakura, Marc Blétry, & A.‐P. Tsai. (2002). Phasons fluctuations in icosahedral phases. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 58(s1). c17–c17. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Jia, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, A.‐P. Tsai, & S. Takeuchi. (2002). Single-crystal growth of the Al–Cu–Ru icosahedral quasicrystal from the ternary melt. Journal of Crystal Growth. 236(1-3). 477–481. 9 indexed citations
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Abe, Eiji & A.‐P. Tsai. (2002). Structure of a metastable Al3Ni decagonal quasicrystal: comparison with a highly perfect Al72Ni20Co8. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 342(1-2). 96–100. 15 indexed citations
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Hradil, K., F. Frey, M. de Boissieu, et al.. (2000). High resolution X-ray and neutron diffraction of super- and disorder in decagonal Al–Co–Ni. Materials Science and Engineering A. 294-296. 308–314. 3 indexed citations
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Shimoda, Masahiko, T. Sato, A.‐P. Tsai, & Jia Guo. (2000). Epitaxial crystalline film with psuedo-tenfold symmetry formed by Au-deposition on a decagonalAl72Ni12Co16quasicrystal. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 62(17). 11288–11291. 35 indexed citations
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Tsai, A.‐P., et al.. (1998). Ferromagnetic Glasses with Stable Supercooled Liquid in Gd-Al-(Cu,Ni,Co) Alloys. High Temperature Materials and Processes. 17(3). 203–207. 1 indexed citations
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Stadnik, Z. M., D. Purdie, M. G. Garnier, et al.. (1997). Electronic structure of quasicrystals studied by ultrahigh-energy-resolution photoemission spectroscopy. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 55(16). 10938–10951. 96 indexed citations
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Tsai, A.‐P., et al.. (1994). The observation of mechanical relaxation in a quasicrystalline Al75Cu15V10 alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 181-182. 781–784. 3 indexed citations
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Niikura, Akio, A.‐P. Tsai, A. Inoue, & T. Masumoto. (1993). Chemical structural relaxation-induced embrittlement in amorphous MgCuY alloys. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 159(3). 229–234. 26 indexed citations
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Tsai, A.‐P., Akihisa Inoue, Tsuyoshi Masumoto, & Noriyuki Kataoka. (1988). Al-Ge-Mn and Al-Cu-Ge-Mn Quasi-Crystals with Coercivity at Room Temperature. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 27(12A). L2252–L2252. 70 indexed citations

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