David Bao

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

David Bao is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Applied Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Bao has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 5 papers in Applied Mathematics. Recurrent topics in David Bao's work include Advanced Differential Geometry Research (13 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (5 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (4 papers). David Bao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Differential Geometry Research (13 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (5 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (4 papers). David Bao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. David Bao's co-authors include Zhongmin Shen, Shiing-Shen Chern, Colleen Robles, Jerrold E. Marsden, V. P. Nair, Giles Auchmuty, Tudor S. Raţiu, Philip B. Yasskin, Brad Lackey and James Isenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications in Mathematical Physics, Annals of Physics and Annals of Mathematics.

In The Last Decade

David Bao

23 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Riemann-Finsler Geometry 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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. An Introduction to Riemann-Finsler Geometry
    2000 593 citations David Bao, Shiing-Shen Chern et al. Graduate texts in mathematics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Bao United States 11 1.1k 364 134 119 91 24 1.2k
Manuel Barros Spain 15 397 0.4× 584 1.6× 184 1.4× 446 3.7× 113 1.2× 57 862
Zhongmin Shen United States 29 3.4k 3.2× 1.1k 2.9× 166 1.2× 375 3.2× 59 0.6× 107 3.6k
Aurel Bejancu Kuwait 13 681 0.6× 927 2.5× 76 0.6× 721 6.1× 65 0.7× 55 1.2k
Demeter Krupka Czechia 14 297 0.3× 190 0.5× 254 1.9× 167 1.4× 134 1.5× 67 600
Ramón Vázquez‐Lorenzo Spain 15 408 0.4× 594 1.6× 34 0.3× 482 4.1× 70 0.8× 66 684
Pascual Lucas Spain 16 329 0.3× 486 1.3× 85 0.6× 356 3.0× 69 0.8× 53 633
Eduardo García‐Río Spain 20 929 0.9× 1.3k 3.5× 47 0.4× 1.0k 8.6× 120 1.3× 125 1.4k
T. J. Willmore United Kingdom 13 570 0.5× 855 2.3× 156 1.2× 744 6.3× 138 1.5× 17 1.3k
Akram Ali Saudi Arabia 20 632 0.6× 614 1.7× 38 0.3× 430 3.6× 217 2.4× 117 950
Katsuei Kenmotsu Japan 13 398 0.4× 880 2.4× 52 0.4× 723 6.1× 23 0.3× 34 989

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Bao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Bao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bao, David. (2023). Analysis of Aesthetic Features of Official Kilns in Song Dynasty. Journal of Education Humanities and Social Sciences. 15. 31–36. 1 indexed citations
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Bao, David. (2023). The Evolution, Characteristics, and Aesthetic Expression of Han Dynasty Sculptures: Exploring the Artistic Achievements of Ancient China. Advances in Education Humanities and Social Science Research. 6(1). 299–299.
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Bao, David. (2019). On two curvature-driven problems in Riemann–Finsler geometry. Advanced studies in pure mathematics. 19–71. 23 indexed citations
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Bao, David. (2004). Randers space forms. Periodica Mathematica Hungarica. 48(1-2). 3–15. 10 indexed citations
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Bao, David, Colleen Robles, & Zhongmin Shen. (2004). Zermelo navigation on Riemannian manifolds. Journal of Differential Geometry. 66(3). 235 indexed citations
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Bao, David, et al.. (2004). A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 57 indexed citations
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Bao, David & Colleen Robles. (2003). On Randers spaces of constant flag curvature. Reports on Mathematical Physics. 51(1). 9–42. 41 indexed citations
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Bao, David & Zhongmin Shen. (2002). Finsler Metrics of Constant Positive Curvature on the Lie Group S 3. Journal of the London Mathematical Society. 66(2). 453–467. 54 indexed citations
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Bao, David, Shiing-Shen Chern, & Zhongmin Shen. (2000). An Introduction to Riemann-Finsler Geometry. Graduate texts in mathematics. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bao, David & Tudor S. Raţiu. (1997). On a maximal torus in the volume-preserving diffeomorphism group of the finite cylinder. Differential Geometry and its Applications. 7(3). 193–210. 3 indexed citations
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Bao, David, et al.. (1996). Finsler Geometry. Contemporary mathematics - American Mathematical Society. 6 indexed citations
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Bao, David, Shiing-Shen Chern, & Zhongmin Shen. (1996). Finsler Geometry: Joint Summer Research Conference on Finsler Geometry, July 16-20, 1995, Seattle, Washington. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Auchmuty, Giles & David Bao. (1994). Harnack-Type Inequalities for Evolution Equations. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 122(1). 117–117. 3 indexed citations
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Auchmuty, Giles & David Bao. (1994). Harnack-type inequalities for evolution equations. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 122(1). 117–129. 11 indexed citations
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Bao, David & Zhongmin Shen. (1994). On the Volume of Unit Tangent Spheres in a Pinsler Manifold. Results in Mathematics. 26(1-2). 1–17. 20 indexed citations
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Bao, David, James Isenberg, & Philip B. Yasskin. (1985). The dynamics of the Einstein-Dirac system. I. A principal bundle formulation of the theory and its canonical analysis. Annals of Physics. 164(1). 103–171. 3 indexed citations
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Bao, David, et al.. (1985). The Hamiltonian structure of general relativistic perfect fluids. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 99(3). 319–345. 30 indexed citations
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Bao, David & V. P. Nair. (1985). A note on the covariant anomaly as an equivariant momentum mapping. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 101(3). 437–448. 16 indexed citations
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Bao, David. (1984). A sufficient condition for the linearization stability of N = 1 supergravity: A preliminary report. Annals of Physics. 158(1). 211–278. 5 indexed citations
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Isenberg, James, David Bao, & Philip B. Yasskin. (1982). IS SUPERGRAVITY WELL POSED. 1111–1120. 1 indexed citations

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