Table 3.

Ranking of top 10 authors, co-cited authors, and co-cited references in the field of Tai Chi research from 1980 to 2020.

Rank	Author	Counts	Co-Cited Author	Counts	Co-Cited Reference	Counts
1	Wayne PM	32	Li FZ	351	Li FZ, 2012, NEW ENGL J MED, V366, P511	65
2	Liye Zou	17	Lan C	333	Wayne PM, 2014, J AM GERIATR SOC, V62, P25	47
3	Lidian Chen	16	Wang CC	308	Wang CC, 2004, ARCH INTERN MED, V164, P493	39
4	Li FZ	15	Wolf SI	308	Wang CC, 2010, BMC COMPLEM ALTERN M, V10	36
5	Jing Tao	14	Wayne PM	243	Wang F, 2014, INT J BEHAV MED, V21, P605	35
6	Taylor-piliae Re	13	Wu G	176	Yeh GY, 2011, ARCH INTERN MED, V171, P750	35
7	William W N Tsang	13	Yeh GY	167	Wang CC, 2009, ARTHRIT RHEUM-ARTHR, V61, P1545	31
8	Guohua Zheng	12 *	Li JX	164	Li FZ, 2005, J GERONTOL A-BIOL, V60, P187	31
9	Yeh GY	12 *	Taylor-piliae Re	149	Wang CC, 2010, NEW ENGL J MED, V363, P743	30
10	SI Wolf	12 *	Lee MS	147	Hong YL, 2000, BRIT J SPORT MED, V34, P29	29 **
11	Lan C	12 *			Taylor-Piliae RE, 2014, ARCH PHYS MED REHAB, V95, P816	29 **

* indicates a tie for 8th place, ** indicates a tie for 10th place.