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Researcher · University of California, Los Angeles · United States

Terence Tao

Terence Tao publishes mostly in Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, on topics such as Limits and Structures in Graph Theory, Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems and Analytic Number Theory Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-0140-7641 OpenAlex
World rank
#7,774
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,651
of 1,627,098
Works
1,028
Citations
78k
Citations per work
75.6
h-index
102
i10-index 417Top 0.1% in Mathematical Physics
Terence Tao

What does Terence Tao research?

Terence Tao's work is mostly in Mathematics (55%), Computer Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 630 works · 61.3% of their workMathematics: 570 works · 55.4% of their workMathematical Physics: 157 works · 15.3% of their workApplied Mathematics: 137 works · 13.3% of their workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 119 works · 11.6% of their workGeometry and Topology: 90 works · 8.8% of their workAlgebra and Number Theory: 66 works · 6.4% of their workComputer Science: 61 works · 5.9% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 61 works · 5.9% of their workEverything else: 398 works · 38.7% of their workTHEIR WORKTerence Tao1,028works
Physical Sciences61%

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. Mathematics57055.4%
    2. Computer Science615.9%
  2. Everything else39838.7%
  1. 1Mathematical Physics15% of their works
  2. 2Applied Mathematics13% of their works
  3. 3Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics12% of their works
  4. 4Geometry and Topology9% of their works
  5. 5Algebra and Number Theory6% of their works
  6. 6Computational Theory and Mathematics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Terence Tao's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Graph Limits, Szemerédi's Theorem, Random Matrix Theory, Global Well-Posedness, Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation, L-Functions, Primes and Calderón–Zygmund Theory.

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.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Graph Limits2041 topic
  2. Szemerédi's Theorem2041 topic
  3. Random Matrix Theory1962 topics
  4. Global Well-Posedness1531 topic
  5. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation1531 topic
  6. L-Functions1391 topic
  7. Primes1391 topic
  8. Calderón–Zygmund Theory1031 topic
  9. Fourier Multiplier Theorems1031 topic
  10. Frames831 topic
  11. Model Theory831 topic
  12. Topological Dynamics831 topic
  13. Wavelets831 topic
  14. Finite Groups611 topic
  15. Graphs611 topic
  16. Covariance Matrices571 topic
  17. Eigenvalues571 topic

Where does Terence Tao work?

Terence Tao's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Los Angeles, United States.

How many publications and citations does Terence Tao have?

OpenAlex counts 1,028 works and 77,729 citations for Terence Tao, an h-index of 102, ranking #7,774 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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