Ho‐kwang Mao

17.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
212 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Ho‐kwang Mao is a scholar working on Geophysics, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ho‐kwang Mao has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Geophysics, 99 papers in Materials Chemistry and 71 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ho‐kwang Mao's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (155 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (42 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (37 papers). Ho‐kwang Mao is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (155 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (42 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (37 papers). Ho‐kwang Mao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Ho‐kwang Mao's co-authors include Russell J. Hemley, Eugene Gregoryanz, Jinfu Shu, Alexander F. Goncharov, Maddury Somayazulu, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Yingwei Fei, Chang‐Sheng Zha, C. Sanloup and Kathleen J. Kingma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ho‐kwang Mao

210 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Origin of morphotropic phase boundaries in ferroelectrics

2008 774 citations Muhtar Ahart, Ho‐kwang Mao et al. Nature profile →
Ultrahigh-pressure transitions in solid hydrogen

1994 499 citations Ho‐kwang Mao, Russell J. Hemley profile →
Superhard Monoclinic Polymorph of Carbon

2009 497 citations Ho‐kwang Mao et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride

2004 475 citations Eugene Gregoryanz, C. Sanloup et al. profile →
Synthesis of Novel Transition Metal NitridesIrN2andOsN2

2006 470 citations Andrea F. Young, C. Sanloup et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ho‐kwang Mao United States	68	7.9k	7.5k	3.1k	2.6k	1.8k	212	14.1k
Mohamed Mézouar France	60	7.4k 0.9×	6.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	331	12.6k
Leonid Dubrovinsky Germany	66	9.3k 1.2×	9.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	4.0k 1.6×	2.4k 1.3×	599	17.9k
Michael Hanfland France	63	8.6k 1.1×	10.3k 1.4×	2.9k 0.9×	4.9k 1.9×	3.6k 1.9×	431	18.8k
Raymond Jeanloz United States	75	11.8k 1.5×	5.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	338	16.0k
Ho‐kwang Mao United States	70	10.9k 1.4×	10.4k 1.4×	3.1k 1.0×	5.0k 1.9×	4.0k 2.2×	294	21.1k
Vitali B. Prakapenka United States	71	12.8k 1.6×	9.1k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	4.2k 1.6×	2.7k 1.5×	528	21.2k
Renata M. Wentzcovitch United States	62	7.1k 0.9×	6.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	3.3k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	259	13.0k
Guoyin Shen United States	63	8.7k 1.1×	5.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.3×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	263	12.2k
Maddury Somayazulu United States	44	3.9k 0.5×	5.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	133	8.9k
Alexander F. Goncharov United States	58	6.1k 0.8×	5.7k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	268	12.0k

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Hong, Xinguo, M. Newville, Yang Ding, et al.. (2020). Origin of the isostructural electronic states of the topological insulator Bi2Te3. Physical review. B.. 102(13). 10 indexed citations

Hong, Xinguo, M. Newville, Yang Ding, et al.. (2020). Distinct intermediate states in the isostructural R−3m phase of the topological insulator Bi2Se3 at high pressure. Physical review. B.. 101(21). 9 indexed citations

Li, Renfeng, Luhong Wang, Liangliang Li, et al.. (2017). Local structure of liquid gallium under pressure. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5666–5666. 28 indexed citations

Struzhkin, Viktor V., Duck Young Kim, Elissaios Stavrou, et al.. (2016). Synthesis of sodium polyhydrides at high pressures. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12267–12267. 78 indexed citations

Baldini, Maria, P. Postorino, Lorenzo Malavasi, et al.. (2016). Pair distribution function analysis: The role of structural degrees of freedom in the high-pressure insulator to metal transition ofVO2. Physical review. B.. 93(24). 10 indexed citations

Kyono, Atsushi, Stephen A. Gramsch, T. Yamanaka, et al.. (2011). The influence of the Jahn–Teller effect at Fe2+ on the structure of chromite at high pressure. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 39(2). 131–141. 47 indexed citations

Hemley, Russell J. & Ho‐kwang Mao. (2010). In Situ Studies of Iron under Pressure: New Windows on the Earth's Core. International Geology Review. 43(1). 1–30. 42 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Xiao‐Jia Chen, Yanling Li, et al.. (2010). Structural transitions of solid germane under pressure. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 90(6). 66006–66006. 21 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Wei Yi, Liling Sun, et al.. (2009). Pressure-induced lattice collapse in the tetragonal phase of single-crystallineFe1.05Te. Physical Review B. 80(14). 24 indexed citations

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Lee, Sung Keun, Peter J. Eng, Ho‐kwang Mao, & Jinfu Shu. (2008). Probing and modeling of pressure-induced coordination transformation in borate glasses: Inelastic x-ray scattering study at high pressure. Physical Review B. 78(21). 36 indexed citations

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Young, Andrea F., C. Sanloup, Eugene Gregoryanz, et al.. (2006). Synthesis of Novel Transition Metal NitridesIrN2andOsN2. Physical Review Letters. 96(15). 155501–155501. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hemley, Russell J., Ho‐kwang Mao, & Viktor V. Struzhkin. (2005). Synchrotron radiation and high pressure: new light on materials under extreme conditions. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 12(2). 135–154. 45 indexed citations

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Merkel, Sébastien, Jinfu Shu, Philippe Gillet, Ho‐kwang Mao, & Russell J. Hemley. (2005). X‐ray diffraction study of the single‐crystal elastic moduli of ε‐Fe up to 30 GPa. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(B5). 31 indexed citations

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Mao, Wendy L., Ho‐kwang Mao, Chih‐shiue Yan, et al.. (2003). Generation of ultrahigh pressure using single-crystal chemical-vapor-deposition diamond anvils. Applied Physics Letters. 83(25). 5190–5192. 12 indexed citations

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Hirose, Kei, Yingwei Fei, Yanzhang Ma, & Ho‐kwang Mao. (1999). The fate of subducted basaltic crust in the Earth's lower mantle. Nature. 397(6714). 53–56. 377 indexed citations

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Conrad, P. G., Chang‐Sheng Zha, Ho‐kwang Mao, & Russell J. Hemley. (1999). The high-pressure, single-crystal elasticity of pyrope, grossular, and andradite. American Mineralogist. 84(3). 374–383. 81 indexed citations

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Mao, Ho‐kwang & Russell J. Hemley. (1998). New windows on the earth's deep interior. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry. 37(1). 1–32. 19 indexed citations

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Goncharov, Alexander F., Russell J. Hemley, Ho‐kwang Mao, & Jinfu Shu. (1998). New High-Pressure Excitations in Parahydrogen. Physical Review Letters. 80(1). 101–104. 66 indexed citations

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Goncharov, Alexander F., J. H. Eggert, I. I. Mazin, Russell J. Hemley, & Ho‐kwang Mao. (1996). Raman excitations and orientational ordering in deuterium at high pressure. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 54(22). R15590–R15593. 45 indexed citations

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Goncharov, Alexander F., I. I. Mazin, J. H. Eggert, Russell J. Hemley, & Ho‐kwang Mao. (1995). Invariant Points and Phase Transitions in Deuterium at Megabar Pressures. Physical Review Letters. 75(13). 2514–2517. 48 indexed citations

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