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Isao Tanihata

Isao Tanihata

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Physics

D-Index
74
Citations
25528
World Ranking
3437
National Ranking
64

Isao Tanihata publication distribution in Physics in 2026

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

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 546 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Isao Tanihata D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1993 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the fields of nuclear structure physics at the neutron drip line, radioactive nuclear beams, and heavyion reactions

Overview

Isao Tanihata is affiliated with Beihang University in China and is an active researcher in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work predominantly focuses on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, along with contributions to Aerospace Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The primary topics covered by Tanihata's research include:

  • Nuclear physics research studies
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Astronomical and nuclear sciences
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Tanihata has published extensively, with prominent papers including:

  • Swelling of Doubly Magic Ca48 Core in Ca Isotopes beyond N=28, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Proton Distribution Radii of O16-24: Signatures of New Shell Closures and Neutron Skin, 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • Relationship between environmental radiation and radioactivity and childhood thyroid cancer found in Fukushima health management survey, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Radioactive Beams for Image-Guided Particle Therapy: The BARB Experiment at GSI, 2021, Frontiers in Oncology
  • Isospin-dependence of the charge-changing cross-section shaped by the charged-particle evaporation process, 2023, Physics Letters B

The venues where Tanihata most frequently publishes their research include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physics Letters B
  • Physical Review. C
  • Science Bulletin

Collaborations have been established with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • B. Sun
  • A. Prochazka
  • S. Bagchi
  • C. Scheidenberger
  • Y. Tanaka

Isao Tanihata has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2016
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1993. Citation: For pioneering contributions to the fields of nuclear structure physics at the neutron drip line, radioactive nuclear beams, and heavy-ion reactions

Best Publications

  • Measurements of Interaction Cross-Sections and Nuclear Radii in the Light p Shell Region

    I. Tanihata;H. Hamagaki;O. Hashimoto;Y. Shida

  • Measurement of interaction cross sections using isotope beams of Be and B and isospin dependence of the nuclear radii

    I. Tanihata;T. Kobayashi;O. Yamakawa;S. Shimoura

  • Measurements of interaction cross sections and radii of He isotopes

    I. Tanihata;H. Hamagaki;O. Hashimoto;S. Nagamiya

  • Neutron halo nuclei

    Isao Tanihata

  • Nuclear size and related topics

    A. Ozawa;T. Suzuki;I. Tanihata

  • Production of Pions and Light Fragments at Large Angles in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions

    S. Nagamiya;M. C. Lemaire;E. Moeller;Stephen Schnetzer

  • New magic number, N = 16, near the neutron drip line

    A. Ozawa;T. Kobayashi;T. Suzuki;K. Yoshida

  • The RIKEN radioactive beam facility

    T. Kubo;M. Ishihara;N. Inabe;H. Kumagai

  • Recent experimental progress in nuclear halo structure studies

    Isao Tanihata;Isao Tanihata;Herve Savajols;Rituparna Kanungo

  • Revelation of thick neutron skins in nuclei

    I. Tanihata;D. Hirata;T. Kobayashi;S. Shimoura

  • Projectile Fragmentation of the Extremely Neutron-Rich Nucleus ^ Li at o.79 GeV/nucleon

    T. Kobayashi;O. Yamakawa;K. Omata;K. Sugimoto

  • Coulomb dissociation of a halo nucleus 11Be at 72A MeV

    T. Nakamura;S. Shimoura;T. Kobayashi;T. Teranishi

  • Electromagnetic dissociation and soft giant dipole resonance of the neutron-dripline nucleus 11Li

    T. Kobayashi;S. Shimoura;I. Tanihata;K. Katori

  • Measurements of interaction cross sections for light neutron-rich nuclei at relativistic energies and determination of effective matter radii

    A. Ozawa;O. Bochkarev;L. Chulkov;D. Cortina

  • Neutron halo in 11Be studied via reaction cross sections

    M. Fukuda;T. Ichihara;N. Inabe;T. Kubo

  • Nuclear structure studies from reaction induced by radioactive nuclear beams

    Isao Tanihata

  • Neutron skin of Na isotopes studied via their interaction cross sections.

    T. Suzuki;H. Geissel;O. Bochkarev;L. Chulkov

  • One-Neutron Removal Measurement Reveals O-24 as a New Doubly Magic Nucleus

    R. Kanungo;C. Nociforo;A. Prochazka;T. Aumann

  • Delay-line PPAC for high-energy light ions

    H. Kumagai;A. Ozawa;N. Fukuda;K. Sümmerer

  • New Nuclear Reaction Flow during r-Process Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae: Critical Role of Light, Neutron-rich Nuclei

    M. Terasawa;M. Terasawa;K. Sumiyoshi;T. Kajino;T. Kajino;G. J. Mathews

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Geissel
Hans Geissel University of Giessen
Hiroshi Toki
Hiroshi Toki Osaka University
Tsuyoshi Ohnishi
Tsuyoshi Ohnishi National Institute for Materials Science
T. J.M. Symons
T. J.M. Symons Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ryugo S. Hayano
Ryugo S. Hayano University of Tokyo
Takeo Kawabata
Takeo Kawabata Kyoto University
Herbert A. Simon
Herbert A. Simon Carnegie Mellon University

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