Tao Hu

18.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
143 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Tao Hu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tao Hu has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Epidemiology, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Tao Hu's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (14 papers), Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (13 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (13 papers). Tao Hu is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (14 papers), Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (13 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (13 papers). Tao Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Tao Hu's co-authors include Wanjie Tang, Jiuping Xu, Gang Wang, Sen Chen, Siqin Wang, Peixiao Wang, Xiao Huang, Zhenlong Li, Mengxi Zhang and Bing She and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tao Hu

132 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Prevalence and correlates of PTSD and depressive symptoms one month after the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in a sample of home-quarantined Chinese university students
    2020 596 citations Tao Hu et al. profile →
  2. Identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses
    2021 214 citations Yuhai Bi, Juan Li et al. profile →
  3. Human mobility data in the COVID-19 pandemic: characteristics, applications, and challenges
    2021 142 citations Tao Hu, Siqin Wang et al. International Journal of Digital Earth profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tao Hu China 29 803 419 398 298 298 143 3.2k
Jessica T. Davis United States 10 388 0.5× 532 1.3× 555 1.4× 528 1.8× 299 1.0× 19 3.4k
Karen Martin Australia 27 319 0.4× 290 0.7× 533 1.3× 374 1.3× 318 1.1× 116 3.0k
Peter Klimek Austria 23 294 0.4× 332 0.8× 272 0.7× 345 1.2× 61 0.2× 123 2.9k
Brennan Klein United States 12 234 0.3× 234 0.6× 289 0.7× 388 1.3× 359 1.2× 29 2.3k
Ben Edwards Australia 29 950 1.2× 899 2.1× 138 0.3× 173 0.6× 38 0.1× 152 3.3k
Helmut Küchenhoff Germany 42 230 0.3× 211 0.5× 151 0.4× 325 1.1× 59 0.2× 227 5.6k
Peter Congdon United Kingdom 31 438 0.5× 595 1.4× 69 0.2× 392 1.3× 344 1.2× 201 5.2k
Samuel V. Scarpino United States 26 361 0.4× 443 1.1× 855 2.1× 1.0k 3.4× 536 1.8× 67 4.8k
Xinyue Xiong China 8 287 0.4× 323 0.8× 503 1.3× 444 1.5× 291 1.0× 10 2.6k
Corrado Gioannini Italy 4 286 0.4× 338 0.8× 514 1.3× 503 1.7× 299 1.0× 4 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Tao Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tao Hu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tao Hu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tao Hu. The network helps show where Tao Hu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tao Hu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tao Hu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tao Hu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tao Hu. Tao Hu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hu, Tao, et al.. (2025). FAIR principles in workflows: A GIScience workflow management system for reproducible and replicable studies. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 138. 104477–104477. 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Tao, et al.. (2025). Ritual interaction in heritage tourism to cultural experience: an affective perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. 1–26.
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Zeng, Xin, et al.. (2023). Research on Fretting Fatigue of Tungsten Carbide Coating Based on Strain Energy Density Methods. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21–30. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Xiao, Siqin Wang, Di Yang, et al.. (2023). Crowdsourcing Geospatial Data for Earth and Human Observations: A Review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 20 indexed citations
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Xu, Yu, Xin Lin, Wei Sun, et al.. (2023). 1173P NRAS mutation as an independent prognostic factor for resectable Chinese acral melanoma. Annals of Oncology. 34. S697–S697.
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Zhang, Mengxi, Siqin Wang, Tao Hu, et al.. (2022). Human mobility and COVID-19 transmission: a systematic review and future directions. Annals of GIS. 28(4). 501–514. 47 indexed citations
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Wang, Siqin, Mengxi Zhang, Xiao Huang, et al.. (2022). Urban-regional disparities in mental health signals in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study via Twitter data and machine learning models. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 15(3). 663–682. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Siqin, Xiao Huang, Tao Hu, et al.. (2022). The times, they are a-changin’: tracking shifts in mental health signals from early phase to later phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. BMJ Global Health. 7(1). e007081–e007081. 14 indexed citations
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Hu, Tao, Siqin Wang, Bing She, et al.. (2021). Human mobility data in the COVID-19 pandemic: characteristics, applications, and challenges. International Journal of Digital Earth. 14(9). 1126–1147. 142 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Tao, Siqin Wang, Wei Luo, et al.. (2021). Revealing Public Opinion Towards COVID-19 Vaccines With Twitter Data in the United States: Spatiotemporal Perspective. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(9). e30854–e30854. 115 indexed citations
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Wang, Siqin, Yan Liu, & Tao Hu. (2020). Examining the Change of Human Mobility Adherent to Social Restriction Policies and Its Effect on COVID-19 Cases in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(21). 7930–7930. 51 indexed citations
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Li, Xue, Kejian Wu, Jianhua Dong, et al.. (2018). Mapping the epidemic changes and risks of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Shaanxi Province, China, 2005–2016. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 749–749. 39 indexed citations
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Li, Juan, Chuansong Quan, Changwen Ke, et al.. (2018). Continued reassortment of avian H6 influenza viruses from Southern China, 2014–2016. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 66(1). 592–598. 20 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xubing, et al.. (2017). Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 27(12). 1251–1262. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Faming, Xinyan Zhu, Wei Guo, et al.. (2016). Analyzing Urban Human Mobility Patterns through a Thematic Model at a Finer Scale. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 5(6). 78–78. 24 indexed citations
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Hu, Tao, Qingyun Du, Fu Ren, et al.. (2014). Spatial Analysis of the Home Addresses of Hospital Patients with Hepatitis B Infection or Hepatoma in Shenzhen, China from 2010 to 2012. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 11(3). 3143–3155. 9 indexed citations
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Ding, Chen, Tao Hu, Rui Shi, et al.. (2012). Clinical outcomes of Prestige LP cervical disc replacement: a prospective, controlled, single site trail with 24-month follow-up. Zhonghua guke zazhi. 32(1). 32–38. 4 indexed citations

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