Terence Tao: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Terence Tao's h-index is 121 (401 i10-index, 109,197+ total citations across 685+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Terence Tao is affiliated with Professor of Mathematics, UCLA.
Terence Tao is a researcher affiliated with Professor of Mathematics, UCLA, specializing in Analysis, Combinatorics, Random Matrix Theory. Their work has been cited 109,197 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Terence Tao's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 685 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 121
- i10-Index
- 401
- Total Citations
- 109,197
- Citing Countries
- 41
As of July 2026.
Terence Tao has an h-index of 121 and 109,197 total citations across 685 publications, with research cited by institutions in 41 countries.
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Robust uncertainty principles: Exact signal reconstruction from highly incomplete frequency information
200620,874
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The researcher pioneered the application of linear programming to decoding and signal recovery, establishing foundational methods for reconstructing signals from incomplete or inaccurate measurements.
The researcher established robust uncertainty principles enabling exact signal reconstruction from highly incomplete frequency information, a foundational advance in compressed sensing.
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About Terence Tao's research
Terence Tao is a researcher in Analysis, Combinatorics and Random Matrix Theory at Professor of Mathematics, UCLA. Their work has been cited 109,197 times across 685 publications (h-index 121), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Robust uncertainty principles: Exact signal reconstruction from highly incomplete frequency information” (2006), has accumulated 20,874 citations. Other influential works include “Stable signal recovery from incomplete and inaccurate measurements” (2006) with 13,721 citations and “Decoding by linear programming” (2005) with 9,639 citations.
Citations of Terence Tao's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
