R. Tao

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

R. Tao is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Tao has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 31 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in R. Tao's work include Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids (45 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (20 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (19 papers). R. Tao is often cited by papers focused on Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids (45 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (20 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (19 papers). R. Tao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. R. Tao's co-authors include Jiyuan Sun, X. Xu, Hong Tang, Xiao Tang, D. J. Thouless, Tianjie Chen, R. N. Zitter, K. David Huang, Yiming Rong and Yong-Shi Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

R. Tao

113 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Three-dimensional structure of induced electrorheological solid

1991 425 citations R. Tao, Jiyuan Sun Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Tao United States	29	1.3k	927	608	538	452	121	3.0k
J.D.N. Cheeke Canada	21	112 0.1×	948 1.0×	459 0.8×	110 0.2×	445 1.0×	101	1.8k
P. Atten France	33	321 0.2×	806 0.9×	82 0.1×	71 0.1×	1.0k 2.2×	132	3.5k
Brian Culshaw United Kingdom	40	775 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	1.6k 2.6×	26 0.0×	280 0.6×	366	6.1k
A. Otto Germany	26	287 0.2×	2.1k 2.2×	1.3k 2.1×	63 0.1×	631 1.4×	110	4.2k
Miroslav Grmela Canada	34	184 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	441 0.7×	215 0.4×	1.4k 3.1×	189	4.9k
Sujata Tarafdar India	25	151 0.1×	430 0.5×	106 0.2×	322 0.6×	389 0.9×	125	2.1k
Shihao Tang China	17	92 0.1×	526 0.6×	192 0.3×	140 0.3×	279 0.6×	35	1.3k
R.F. Wolffenbuttel Netherlands	34	146 0.1×	1.7k 1.8×	1.2k 2.0×	34 0.1×	522 1.2×	297	4.1k
Rong Lin China	28	382 0.3×	504 0.5×	854 1.4×	210 0.4×	549 1.2×	137	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Tao

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Tao, R., et al.. (2018). Magnetorheology for Reduction of Blood Viscosity, Turbulence, and Atherosclerosis. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Erdeng, Qing Zhao, Yao Xiao, Lijun Cai, & R. Tao. (2018). Electric field suppressed turbulence and reduced viscosity of asphaltene base crude oil sample. Fuel. 220. 358–362. 25 indexed citations

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Tao, R., et al.. (2017). Suppressing Turbulence and Reducing Blood Viscosity to Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 3 indexed citations

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Tao, R. & G. Q. Gu. (2015). Suppressing turbulence and enhancing liquid suspension flow in pipelines with electrorheology. Physical Review E. 91(1). 12304–12304. 17 indexed citations

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Tao, R. & K. David Huang. (2011). Reducing blood viscosity with magnetic fields. Physical Review E. 84(1). 11905–11905. 71 indexed citations

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Tao, R., K. David Huang, Hong Tang, & Daniel Bell. (2009). Electrorheology Leads to Efficient Combustion. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Tao, R., et al.. (2005). The Interactions Between Two Rotating Dipoles Inside Electrorheological Fluids. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Tao, R., et al.. (2002). Electric-field induced low temperature superconducting granular balls. Physica C Superconductivity. 377(3). 357–361. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiannong, R. Tao, & Pengfei He. (2001). Imaging analysis by means of fractional fourier transform. Journal of Shanghai University (English Edition). 5(4). 292–294. 2 indexed citations

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Tao, R.. (2000). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Electro-Rheological Fluids and Magneto-Rheological Suspensions, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 19-23, 1999. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Tao, R., et al.. (1999). Formation of High Temperature Superconducting Balls. Physical Review Letters. 83(26). 5575–5578. 30 indexed citations

12.

Sun, Jiyuan & R. Tao. (1996). Effective Viscosity of an Electrorheological Fluid. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 7(5). 555–559. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Tianjie, R. N. Zitter, R. Tao, W. R. Hunter, & J. C. Rife. (1995). Optical constants of lithium triborate crystals in the 55–71 eV region. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 52(19). 13703–13706. 3 indexed citations

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Tao, R. & G. D. Roy. (1994). Electrorheological fluids : mechanisms, properties, technology, and applications. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 36 indexed citations

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Tao, R.. (1992). Electrorheological fluids : mechanisms, properties, structure, technology, and applications : proceedings of the international conference, 15-16 October 1991, Carbondale, illinois, USA. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lin & R. Tao. (1992). Phase transition of quantum Ising spin models on g-letter generalized Thue-Morse aperiodic chains. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 25(9). 2483–2488. 7 indexed citations

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Novotny, M. A., R. Tao, & D. P. Landau. (1990). Relaxation in DLA with surface tension. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 23(14). 3271–3278. 6 indexed citations

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Tao, R., et al.. (1986). Ground-state energy of charged quantum fluids in two dimensions. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 34(10). 7123–7128. 22 indexed citations

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Tao, R.. (1986). Theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 19(2). 173–180. 1 indexed citations

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Tao, R.. (1984). Comment on Laughlin's wavefunction for the quantised Hall effect. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 17(2). L53–L58. 11 indexed citations

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