2026 Gang Tian: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	70	275	233	12	12	215	20628

Gang Tian publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gang Tian sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 537+

This scientist: 215 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Gang Tian D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gang Tian sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mathematics in China Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Mathematics in China Leader Award
2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Gang Tian is affiliated with Peking University in China and conducts research primarily in the field of Mathematics. Their work spans various subfields, focusing notably on Geometry and Topology, Applied Mathematics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, as well as Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's research addresses complex topics including Geometry and complex manifolds, Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows, Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory, Advanced Differential Geometry Research, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Advanced Algebra and Geometry, and Soil and Unsaturated Flow.

Among recent publications, Gang Tian has contributed to work such as "Effect of high-elasticity anti-rutting additive on viscoelastic behavior of asphalt binder and its modification mechanism" (2023), published in Case Studies in Construction Materials. Another publication includes "On the existence of conic Kähler-Einstein metrics" (2020) in Advances in Mathematics. Coauthorship appears frequently in collaborative works, connecting with researchers such as Xiaohua Zhu, Qian Zhai, Alfrendo Satyanaga, Guangbo Xu, and Wangjian Jian.

Frequent publication venues for Gang Tian include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Peking Mathematical Journal
Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal)
Results in Engineering
BMC Nursing

Highlighted recent papers from peers in related fields to Gang Tian's areas of interest include:

The Uniform Version of Yau-Tian-Donaldson Conjecture for Singular Fano Varieties (2021), published in Peking Mathematical Journal
On the Yau-Tian-Donaldson Conjecture for Singular Fano Varieties (2020), published in Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
Basis divisors and balanced metrics (2021), published in Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal)

Gang Tian's scholarly contributions are complemented by their collaborations with several frequent coauthors, among them are:

Xiaohua Zhu
Qian Zhai
Alfrendo Satyanaga
Guangbo Xu
Wangjian Jian

Recognition of Gang Tian's scientific career includes fellowship awards such as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded in 2004 and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation received in 1991.

Best Publications

Kähler-Einstein metrics with positive scalar curvature

Gang Tian

1401
Citations
A mathematical theory of quantum cohomology

Yongbin Ruan;Gang Tian

938
Citations
On Calabi's conjecture for complex surfaces with positive first Chern class.

Gang Tian

818
Citations
On a set of polarized Kähler metrics on algebraic manifolds

Gang Tian

807
Citations
Virtual moduli cycles and Gromov-Witten invariants of algebraic varieties

Jun Li;Gang Tian

662
Citations
On Kähler-Einstein metrics on certain Kähler manifolds withC1 (M)>0

Unknown

595
Citations
K‐Stability and Kähler‐Einstein Metrics

Gang Tian;Gang Tian

536
Citations
Smoothness of the Universal Deformation Space of Compact Calabi-Yau Manifolds and Its Peterson-Weil Metric

Gang Tian

531
Citations
Virtual moduli cycles and Gromov-Witten invariants of general symplectic manifolds

Jun Li;Gang Tian

524
Citations
Ricci Flow and the Poincare Conjecture

John W. Morgan;Gang Tian

510
Citations
Gauge theory and calibrated geometry, I

Gang Tian

453
Citations
Complete Kähler manifolds with zero Ricci curvature. I

Gang Tian;Shing Tung Yau

446
Citations
Kahler-einstein Metrics on Complex Surfaces With C(1) > 0

Gang Tian;Shing Tung Yau

437
Citations
Floer homology and Arnold conjecture

Gang Liu;Gang Tian

392
Citations
Geometry of Kähler metrics and foliations by holomorphic discs

X. X. Chen;G. Tian;G. Tian

349
Citations
Energy identity for a class of approximate harmonic maps from surfaces

Weiyue Ding;Gang Tian

314
Citations
Canonical Metrics in Kahler Geometry

Gang Tian

309
Citations
Canonical measures and Kähler-Ricci flow

Jian Song;Gang Tian

304
Citations
On the singularities of spaces with bounded Ricci curvature

J. Cheeger;T.H. Colding;G. Tian

302
Citations
Kähler-Einstein metrics and the generalized Futaki invariant

Weiyue Ding;Gang Tian

289
Citations
K-stability and K"ahler-Einstein metrics

Gang Tian

173
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiuxiong Chen Stony Brook University

Yongbin Ruan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Fabrizio Catanese University of Bayreuth

Jeff Cheeger Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

John W. Morgan Stony Brook University

Shing-Tung Yau Tsinghua University

Tristan Rivière ETH Zurich

YanYan Li Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Terence Tao University of California, Los Angeles

Tobias H. Colding MIT

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