Tao Li

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
246 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Tao Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tao Li has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 100 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 80 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tao Li's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (70 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (48 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (47 papers). Tao Li is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (70 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (48 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (47 papers). Tao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Tao Li's co-authors include Shining Zhu, Shuming Wang, Din Ping Tsai, Pin Chieh Wu, Vin‐Cent Su, Ji Chen, Chieh-Hsiung Kuan, Yi-Chieh Lai, Chen Chen and Hsin Yu Kuo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Tao Li

228 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

A broadband achromatic metalens in the visible

2018 1.4k citations Shuming Wang, Mu Ku Chen et al. profile →
Broadband achromatic optical metasurface devices

2017 854 citations Shuming Wang, Jia‐Wern Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →
Achromatic metalens array for full-colour light-field imaging

2019 534 citations Shuming Wang, Mu Ku Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tao Li China	46	4.8k	3.5k	2.9k	2.4k	2.3k	246	8.7k
Wei Hu China	48	4.8k 1.0×	4.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	897 0.4×	3.0k 1.3×	416	8.7k
Xiangping Li China	47	3.7k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	259	8.0k
Zhaowei Liu United States	50	6.4k 1.3×	4.4k 1.2×	6.5k 2.3×	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	191	11.7k
Yongmin Liu United States	57	7.0k 1.5×	5.0k 1.4×	5.5k 1.9×	2.9k 1.2×	3.5k 1.5×	237	12.8k
Chih‐Ming Wang Taiwan	29	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	172	5.7k
Xudong Chen Singapore	48	2.7k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	3.8k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	3.7k 1.6×	362	12.1k
Guy A. E. Vandenbosch Belgium	52	2.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	4.7k 1.6×	6.7k 2.7×	6.9k 3.0×	699	11.5k
A. Q. Liu Singapore	54	3.4k 0.7×	5.4k 1.5×	4.8k 1.7×	2.1k 0.9×	7.1k 3.1×	523	14.1k
Douglas H. Werner United States	64	7.1k 1.5×	3.0k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	10.6k 4.3×	7.1k 3.1×	723	16.2k
Xiaocong Yuan China	54	4.6k 1.0×	9.9k 2.8×	8.1k 2.8×	1.1k 0.4×	4.4k 1.9×	545	14.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Tao Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tao Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tao Li

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Chen, et al.. (2025). Tunable Vector Polarization Transformation Enabled by Meta‐Cavity. Laser & Photonics Review. 19(18). 2 indexed citations

Shen, Lujun, et al.. (2025). Analyzing performance fluctuations in flat lenses due to feature structure distortion using a differential profile parsing method. Optics Express. 33(4). 8862–8862.

Song, Wange, Zhiyuan Lin, Shengjie Wu, et al.. (2025). Artificial gauge fields in photonics. Nature Reviews Physics. 7(11). 606–620.

Ji, Jitao, Zhizhang Wang, Jiacheng Sun, et al.. (2025). Dynamic holographic display with addressable on-chip metasurface network based on lithium niobate photonics. Light Science & Applications. 14(1). 332–332.

Song, Wange, Jiacheng Sun, Oubo You, et al.. (2025). Shortcuts to adiabatic non-Abelian braiding on silicon photonic chips. Science Advances. 11(7). eadt7224–eadt7224. 7 indexed citations

Lan, Xiaolong, et al.. (2024). A fast dual-module hybrid high-dimensional feature selection algorithm. Information Sciences. 681. 121185–121185. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Xuanyu, Zhiyuan Lin, Wange Song, et al.. (2024). Perfect Excitation of Topological States by Supersymmetric Waveguides. Physical Review Letters. 132(1). 16601–16601. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Ji, Yin Wang, Zhongyi Yuan, et al.. (2024). Tbps wide-field parallel optical wireless communications based on a metasurface beam splitter. Nature Communications. 15(1). 20 indexed citations

Li, Tao, et al.. (2024). Formation and propagation characteristics of pseudo-wavefronts of optical polarization states signal inside OPGW under lightning strikes. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2741(1). 12001–12001.

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Li, Tao, et al.. (2024). Characteristics Analysis of a Novel Permanent Magnet Assisted 12/8 Segmental Rotor Type Switched Reluctance Motor. 762–767.

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Ji, Jitao, Zhizhang Wang, Chen Chen, et al.. (2023). Metasurface-Enabled On-Chip Manipulation of Higher-Order Poincaré Sphere Beams. Nano Letters. 23(7). 2750–2757. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen, Xingjian Xiao, Xin Ye, et al.. (2023). Neural network assisted high-spatial-resolution polarimetry with non-interleaved chiral metasurfaces. Light Science & Applications. 12(1). 288–288. 48 indexed citations

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Li, Tao, et al.. (2023). Digital twin for intelligent tunnel construction. Automation in Construction. 158. 105210–105210. 55 indexed citations

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Wu, Shengjie, Wange Song, Zhiyuan Lin, et al.. (2023). Broadband Asymmetric Light Transport in Compact Lithium Niobate Waveguides. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(8). 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Shanshan, Xingjian Xiao, Xin Ye, et al.. (2023). Deep learning enhanced achromatic imaging with a singlet flat lens. Optics Express. 31(21). 33873–33873. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Lin, Robert J. Wagner, Siyuan Liu, et al.. (2022). Locomotion of an untethered, worm-inspired soft robot driven by a shape-memory alloy skeleton. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 12392–12392. 43 indexed citations

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Chen, Ji, et al.. (2022). Metamaterials: From fundamental physics to intelligent design. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 5–29. 64 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen, Wange Song, Jia‐Wern Chen, et al.. (2019). Spectral tomographic imaging with aplanatic metalens. Light Science & Applications. 8(1). 99–99. 139 indexed citations

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Jiang, Weifeng, et al.. (2019). Ultrabroadband and fabrication-tolerant mode (de)multiplexer using subwavelength structure. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 36(11). 3125–3125. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Tao, et al.. (2018). Optical focusing based on the planar metasurface reflector with application to trapping cold molecules. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 35(12). 3049–3049. 8 indexed citations

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