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Researcher · Harvard University Press · United States

Horng‐Tzer Yau

Horng‐Tzer Yau publishes mostly in Mathematical Physics, Statistics and Probability and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Random Matrices and Applications, Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics.

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World rank
#11,243
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,875
of 1,627,098
Works
200
Citations
10k
Citations per work
51.5
h-index
58
i10-index 105Top 0.2% in Mathematical Physics
Horng‐Tzer Yau

What does Horng‐Tzer Yau research?

Horng‐Tzer Yau's work is mostly in Mathematics (60%), Physics and Astronomy (19%).

Physical Sciences: 157 works · 78.7% of their workMathematics: 120 works · 60.1% of their workMathematical Physics: 58 works · 28.8% of their workStatistics and Probability: 38 works · 19.1% of their workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 15 works · 7.5% of their workGeometry and Topology: 9 works · 4.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 works · 18.6% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 21 works · 10.6% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 16 works · 8.0% of their workEverything else: 43 works · 21.3% of their workTHEIR WORKHorng‐Tzer Yau200works
Physical Sciences79%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Mathematics12060.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3718.6%
  2. Everything else4321.3%
  1. 1Mathematical Physics29% of their works
  2. 2Statistics and Probability19% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics11% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics8% of their works
  5. 5Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics8% of their works
  6. 6Geometry and Topology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Horng‐Tzer Yau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Eigenvalues, Random Matrix Theory, Differential Operators, Spectral Theory, Interacting Particle Systems, Scaling Limits, Automorphic Forms and Langlands Conjectures.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Eigenvalues931 topic
  2. Random Matrix Theory931 topic
  3. Differential Operators511 topic
  4. Spectral Theory511 topic
  5. Interacting Particle Systems431 topic
  6. Scaling Limits431 topic
  7. Automorphic Forms391 topic
  8. Langlands Conjectures391 topic
  9. Combinatorics361 topic
  10. Permutations361 topic
  11. Quantum Simulation261 topic
  12. Ultracold Gases261 topic
  13. Critical Phenomena201 topic
  14. Phase Transitions201 topic
  15. Lagrangian Coherent Structures181 topic
  16. Quantum Chaos181 topic

Where does Horng‐Tzer Yau work?

Horng‐Tzer Yau's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard University Press, United States.

How many publications and citations does Horng‐Tzer Yau have?

OpenAlex counts 200 works and 10,309 citations for Horng‐Tzer Yau, an h-index of 58, ranking #11,243 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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