Top Cited Articles during 1991 by hep-th

Top Cited Articles during 1991 by hep-th

The 50 most highly cited papers during 1991 cited by papers in the hep-th archive

Keep in mind that citation counts can never be exact, there is something like a 5% error in most of these numbers. Please do not fret about number 32 versus 33, as this is often not a statistically significant difference. Remember the detailed warning about the accuracy of these counts.

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  1. 54
    EXACTLY SOLVABLE FIELD THEORIES OF CLOSED STRINGS
    By E. Brezin, V.A. Kazakov (Ecole Normale Superieure).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B236:144-150,1990
    [889 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 49
    Strings in Less Than One-Dimension
    By Michael R. Douglas, Stephen H. Shenker (Rutgers U., Piscataway).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B335:635,1990
    [805 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 47
    Nonperturbative Two-Dimensional Quantum Gravity
    By David J. Gross, Alexander A. Migdal (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.64:127,1990
    [768 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 45
    Infinite Conformal Symmetry in Two-Dimensional Quantum Field Theory
    By A.A. Belavin, Alexander M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.), A.B. Zamolodchikov (CERN & Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B241:333-380,1984
    [2262 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 42
    Conformal Field Theory and 2D Quantum Gravity Or Who's Afraid of Joseph Liouville?
    By Jacques Distler, Hikaru Kawai (Cornell U., LNS).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B321:509,1989
    [929 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 36
    Conformal Field Theories Coupled to 2D Gravity in the Conformal Gauge
    By F. David (Saclay, SPhT).
    Published in:Mod.Phys.Lett.A3:1651,1988
    [874 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 33
    Fractal Structure of 2D Quantum Gravity
    By V.G. Knizhnik, Alexander M. Polyakov, A.B. Zamolodchikov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Mod.Phys.Lett.A3:819,1988
    [989 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 33
    On string theory and black holes
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D44:314-324,1991
    [834 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 28
    Quantum Field Theory and the Jones Polynomial
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.121:351,1989
    [1419 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 27
    ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE TOPOLOGICAL PHASE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B340:281-332,1990
    [555 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 25
    Quantum Gravity in Two-Dimensions
    By Alexander M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Mod.Phys.Lett.A2:893,1987
    [582 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 24
    Infinite Additional Symmetries in Two-Dimensional Conformal Quantum Field Theory
    By A.B. Zamolodchikov (Moscow, ITEP).
    Published in:Theor.Math.Phys.65:1205-1213,1985, Teor.Mat.Fiz.65:347-359,1985
    [555 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 23
    Topological Quantum Field Theory
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.117:353,1988
    [951 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 23
    The Models of Two-Dimensional Conformal Quantum Field Theory with Z(n) Symmetry
    By V.A. Fateev (ICTP, Trieste), Sergei L. Lukyanov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.A3:507,1988
    [540 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 23
    Conformal Algebra and Multipoint Correlation Functions in Two-Dimensional Statistical Models
    By V.S. Dotsenko (Nordita), V.A. Fateev (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B240:312,1984
    [796 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 22
    Quantum Geometry of Bosonic Strings
    By Alexander M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B103:207-210,1981
    [1916 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 21
    Chiral Rings in N=2 Superconformal Theories
    By Wolfgang Lerche (Caltech), Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.), Nicholas P. Warner (MIT).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B324:427,1989
    [548 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 21
    Planar Diagrams
    By E. Brezin, C. Itzykson, G. Parisi, J.B. Zuber (Saclay).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.59:35,1978
    [814 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 19
    Conformal Invariance, Supersymmetry and String Theory
    By Daniel Friedan, Emil J. Martinec, Stephen H. Shenker (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U. & Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B271:93,1986
    [1326 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 18
    Four Point Correlation Functions and the Operator Algebra in the Two-Dimensional Conformal Invariant Theories with the Central Charge c < 1
    By V.S. Dotsenko (Nordita), V.A. Fateev (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B251:691,1985
    [509 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 18
    Factorized s Matrices in Two-Dimensions as the Exact Solutions of Certain Relativistic Quantum Field Models
    By Alexander B. Zamolodchikov (Moscow, ITEP), Alexei B. Zamolodchikov (Dubna, JINR).
    Published in:Annals Phys.120:253-291,1979
    [832 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 17
    A q difference analog of U(g) and the Yang-Baxter equation
    By Michio Jimbo (Kyoto U., RIMS).
    Published in:Lett.Math.Phys.10:63-69,1985
    [907 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 17
    Nonabelian Bosonization in Two-Dimensions
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.92:455-472,1984
    [1504 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 16
    (2+1)-Dimensional Gravity as an Exactly Soluble System
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B311:46,1988
    [999 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 16
    Topological Sigma Models
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.118:411,1988
    [503 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 16
    Strings in Background Fields
    By Curtis G. Callan, Jr., E.J. Martinec, M.J. Perry (Princeton U.), D. Friedan (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B262:593,1985
    [1228 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 13
    A Planar Diagram Theory for Strong Interactions
    By Gerard 't Hooft (CERN).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B72:461,1974
    [2510 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 13
    Charged black holes in string theory
    By David Garfinkle, Gary T. Horowitz, Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D43:3140-3143,1991, Erratum-ibid.D45:3888,1992
    [538 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 13
    Conformal Invariance, Unitarity and Two-Dimensional Critical Exponents
    By Daniel Friedan, Zong-an Qiu, Stephen H. Shenker (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.52:1575-1578,1984
    [707 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 12
    Black strings and P-branes
    By Gary T. Horowitz, Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B360:197-209,1991
    [635 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 11
    Kac-Moody and Virasoro Algebras in Relation to Quantum Physics
    By Peter Goddard (Cambridge U.), David I. Olive (Imperial Coll., London).
    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.A1:303,1986
    [699 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 10
    Current Algebra and Wess-Zumino Model in Two-Dimensions
    By V.G. Knizhnik, A.B. Zamolodchikov (Moscow, ITEP).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B247:83-103,1984
    [1130 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 10
    Quantum Geometry of Fermionic Strings
    By Alexander M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B103:211-213,1981
    [728 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 10
    Parafermionic Currents in the Two-Dimensional Conformal Quantum Field Theory and Selfdual Critical Points in Z(n) Invariant Statistical Systems
    By V.A. Fateev, A.B. Zamolodchikov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Sov.Phys.JETP 62:215-225,1985, Zh.Eksp.Teor.Fiz.89:380-399,1985
    [513 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 10
    The Quantum Sine-Gordon Equation as the Massive Thirring Model
    By Sidney R. Coleman (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D11:2088,1975
    [1189 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 10
    Black Holes and Membranes in Higher Dimensional Theories with Dilaton Fields
    By G.W. Gibbons (Meudon Observ. & Ecole Normale Superieure), Kei-ichi Maeda (Meudon Observ. & Tokyo U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B298:741,1988
    [653 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 10
    Virasoro Algebras and Coset Space Models
    By P. Goddard, A. Kent (Cambridge U.), David I. Olive (Imperial Coll., London).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B152:88,1985
    [561 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 9
    String Theory on Group Manifolds
    By Doron Gepner, Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B278:493,1986
    [584 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 8
    Particle Creation by Black Holes
    By S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.43:199-220,1975, Erratum-ibid.46:206-206,1976
    [2610 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 8
    Supersymmetry Algebras That Include Topological Charges
    By Edward Witten (Harvard U.), David I. Olive (Imperial Coll., London).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B78:97,1978
    [610 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 8
    A q Analog of u (Gl (n+1)), Hecke Algebra and the Yang-Baxter Equation
    By Michio Jimbo (Kyoto U., RIMS).
    Published in:Lett.Math.Phys.11:247,1986
    [528 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 8
    One Loop Threshold Effects in String Unification
    By Vadim S. Kaplunovsky (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B307:145,1988, Erratum-ibid.B382:436,1992 [arXiv: hep-th/9205068]
    [503 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 8
    Anomaly Cancellation in Supersymmetric D=10 Gauge Theory and Superstring Theory
    By Michael B. Green (Queen Mary, U. of London & Caltech), John H. Schwarz (Caltech).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B149:117-122,1984
    [1825 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 7
    Why There Is Nothing Rather Than Something: A Theory of the Cosmological Constant
    By Sidney R. Coleman (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B310:643,1988
    [526 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 7
    Quantization of Lie Groups and Lie Algebras
    By L.D. Faddeev, N.Yu. Reshetikhin, L.A. Takhtajan (Steklov Math. Inst., St. Petersburg).
    Published in:Leningrad Math.J.1:193-225,1990, Alg.Anal.1:178-206,1989
    [671 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 7
    Unitary Representations of the Virasoro and Supervirasoro Algebras
    By P. Goddard, A. Kent (Cambridge U.), David I. Olive (Imperial Coll., London).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.103:105-119,1986
    [587 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 7
    Space-Time Supersymmetry in Compactified String Theory and Superconformal Models
    By Doron Gepner (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B296:757,1988
    [568 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 7
    Operator Content of Two-Dimensional Conformally Invariant Theories
    By John L. Cardy (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B270:186-204,1986
    [666 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 7
    New Hamiltonian Formulation of General Relativity
    By A. Ashtekar (Syracuse U. & UC, Santa Barbara & Munich, Max Planck Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D36:1587-1602,1987
    [699 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 7
    Irreversibility of the Flux of the Renormalization Group in a 2D Field Theory
    By A.B. Zamolodchikov (Moscow, ITEP).
    Published in:JETP Lett.43:730-732,1986, Pisma Zh.Eksp.Teor.Fiz.43:565-567,1986
    [693 Total citations in HEP]
  51. 7
    Vortex Line Models for Dual Strings
    By Holger Bech Nielsen, P. Olesen (Bohr Inst.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B61:45-61,1973
    [1558 Total citations in HEP]
  52. 7
    Fusion Rules and Modular Transformations in 2D Conformal Field Theory
    By Erik P. Verlinde (Utrecht U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B300:360,1988
    [574 Total citations in HEP]
  53. 7
    Soliton Operators for the Quantized Sine-Gordon Equation
    By S. Mandelstam (UC, Berkeley).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D11:3026,1975
    [723 Total citations in HEP]
  54. 7
    Moduli dependence of string loop corrections to gauge coupling constants
    By Lance J. Dixon (SLAC), Vadim Kaplunovsky (Texas U.), Jan Louis (SLAC).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B355:649-688,1991
    [509 Total citations in HEP]