Professor Tan Zhizhong of School of Science of Nantong University, was awarded the “China 2020 Top Cited Paper Award” by the Institute of Physics of Britain (IOP) recently for his paper in the title of Two-Point Resistance of a Non-Regular Cylindrical Network with a Zero Resistor Axis and Two Arbitrary Boundaries published in the journal Communications in Theoretical Physics (2017:67:280). It was the second time that Pro. Tan was awarded in this regard by IOP after 2018 when he won “China Top Cited Paper Author Award” for his other two papers.

Based on his RT-I Theory, Prof. Tan made first research in his paper on a non-regular cylindrical network with a zero-resistor axis, and obtained a general resistance formula of a non-regular cylindrical network, establishing a new theoretical foundation for the relevant scientific researches. The award has fully demonstrated the international advanced level of the RT Theory in resistance network proposed by Professor Tan.