2026 Isao Tanihata: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	74	3437	3266	64	64	546	25528

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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

2870
Citations
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

1184
Citations
Measurements of interaction cross sections and radii of He isotopes

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

1065
Citations
Neutron halo nuclei

Isao Tanihata

901
Citations
Nuclear size and related topics

A. Ozawa;T. Suzuki;I. Tanihata

663
Citations
Production of Pions and Light Fragments at Large Angles in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions

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

617
Citations
New magic number, N = 16, near the neutron drip line

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

611
Citations
The RIKEN radioactive beam facility

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

602
Citations
Recent experimental progress in nuclear halo structure studies

Isao Tanihata;Isao Tanihata;Herve Savajols;Rituparna Kanungo

596
Citations
Revelation of thick neutron skins in nuclei

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

590
Citations
Projectile Fragmentation of the Extremely Neutron-Rich Nucleus ^ Li at o.79 GeV/nucleon

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

471
Citations
Coulomb dissociation of a halo nucleus 11Be at 72A MeV

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

448
Citations
Electromagnetic dissociation and soft giant dipole resonance of the neutron-dripline nucleus 11Li

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

398
Citations
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

385
Citations
Neutron halo in 11Be studied via reaction cross sections

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

360
Citations
Nuclear structure studies from reaction induced by radioactive nuclear beams

Isao Tanihata

334
Citations
Neutron skin of Na isotopes studied via their interaction cross sections.

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

324
Citations
One-Neutron Removal Measurement Reveals O-24 as a New Doubly Magic Nucleus

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

292
Citations
Delay-line PPAC for high-energy light ions

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

278
Citations
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

264
Citations