Top Cited Articles during 1996 by hep-th

Top Cited Articles during 1996 by hep-th

The 50 most highly cited papers during 1996 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.

Also note that the counts shown, and used in the rankings, are the counts as of Wed 7-Mar-2007. Further, the counts shown by the ranking are only the cites satisfying the criteria for that list. Actual citation numbers in the database may change as corrections are made and papers are added, the links will take you to the updated numbers. The lists, however, will not update.

  1. 232
    String theory dynamics in various dimensions
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B443:85-126,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9503124]
    [1460 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 214
    Electric - magnetic duality, monopole condensation, and confinement in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
    By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B426:19-52,1994, Erratum-ibid.B430:485-486,1994 [arXiv: hep-th/9407087]
    [1840 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 211
    Dirichlet Branes and Ramond-Ramond charges
    By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.75:4724-4727,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9510017]
    [1549 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 175
    Unity of superstring dualities
    By C.M. Hull (Queen Mary, U. of London), P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B438:109-137,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9410167]
    [969 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 173
    Monopoles, duality and chiral symmetry breaking in N=2 supersymmetric QCD
    By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B431:484-550,1994 [arXiv: hep-th/9408099]
    [1337 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 149
    Evidence for F theory
    By Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B469:403-418,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9602022]
    [643 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 141
    Microscopic origin of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy
    By Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara), Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B379:99-104,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9601029]
    [1094 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 127
    Heterotic and type I string dynamics from eleven-dimensions
    By Petr Horava (Princeton U.), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B460:506-524,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9510209]
    [1614 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 113
    Bound states of strings and p-branes
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B460:335-350,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9510135]
    [969 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 112
    New Connections Between String Theories
    By Jin Dai, R.G. Leigh, Joseph Polchinski (Texas U.).
    Published in:Mod.Phys.Lett.A4:2073-2083,1989
    [604 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 88
    String solitons
    By M.J. Duff (Newton Inst. Math. Sci., Cambridge & Texas A-M), Ramzi R. Khuri (McGill U. & CERN), J.X. Lu (Texas A-M).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.259:213-326,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9412184]
    [535 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 79
    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
    [2260 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 66
    Dirac-Born-Infeld Action from Dirichlet Sigma Model
    By R.G. Leigh (Texas U.).
    Published in:Mod.Phys.Lett.A4:2767,1989
    [511 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 66
    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
    [2598 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 66
    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]
  16. 60
    Target space duality in string theory
    By Amit Giveon (Hebrew U.), Massimo Porrati (New York U.), Eliezer Rabinovici (Hebrew U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.244:77-202,1994 [arXiv: hep-th/9401139]
    [571 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 60
    Nonabelian Bosonization in Two-Dimensions
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.92:455-472,1984
    [1504 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 55
    On gauge invariance and vacuum polarization
    By Julian S. Schwinger (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.82:664-679,1951
    [2335 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 50
    Quantum Field Theory and the Jones Polynomial
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.121:351,1989
    [1417 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 50
    Electric - magnetic duality in supersymmetric nonAbelian gauge theories
    By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B435:129-146,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9411149]
    [673 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 49
    Magnetic Monopoles as Gauge Particles?
    By C. Montonen, David I. Olive (CERN).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B72:117,1977
    [566 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 49
    M theory as a matrix model: A Conjecture
    By Tom Banks (Rutgers U., Piscataway), W. Fischler (Texas U.), S.H. Shenker (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Leonard Susskind (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D55:5112-5128,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9610043]
    [1622 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 49
    Black holes and entropy
    By Jacob D. Bekenstein (Princeton U. & Texas U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D7:2333-2346,1973
    [1207 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 48
    Topologically Massive Gauge Theories
    By S. Deser (Brandeis U.), R. Jackiw, S. Templeton (MIT, LNS).
    Published in:Annals Phys.140:372-411,1982, Erratum-ibid.185:406,1988, Annals Phys.281:409-449,2000
    [1492 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 47
    Supermembranes and Eleven-Dimensional Supergravity
    By E. Bergshoeff, E. Sezgin (ICTP, Trieste), P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B189:75-78,1987
    [533 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 47
    Quantum Geometry of Bosonic Strings
    By Alexander M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B103:207-210,1981
    [1916 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 46
    The Renormalization group and the epsilon expansion
    By K.G. Wilson (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & Cornell U., LNS), John B. Kogut (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.12:75-200,1974
    [1594 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 44
    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]
  29. 44
    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]
  30. 44
    Evanescent black holes
    By Curtis G. Callan, Jr. (Princeton U.), Steven B. Giddings (UC, Santa Barbara), Jeffrey A. Harvey (Chicago U., EFI), Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D45:1005-1009,1992 [arXiv: hep-th/9111056]
    [718 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 43
    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
    [652 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 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]
  33. 41
    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
    [829 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 41
    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
    [1325 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 40
    Gravitational Anomalies
    By Luis Alvarez-Gaume (Harvard U.), Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B234:269,1984
    [958 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 39
    Eleven-dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary
    By Petr Horava (Princeton U.), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B475:94-114,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9603142]
    [1172 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 39
    Topological Quantum Field Theory
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.117:353,1988
    [950 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 39
    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
    [1227 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 38
    Stability of Classical Solutions
    By E.B. Bogomolny (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Sov.J.Nucl.Phys.24:449,1976, Yad.Fiz.24:861-870,1976
    [966 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 38
    Generalized second law of thermodynamics in black hole physics
    By Jacob D. Bekenstein (Texas U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D9:3292-3300,1974
    [604 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 37
    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]
  42. 37
    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
    [508 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 36
    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]
  44. 36
    Constraints on Supersymmetry Breaking
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B202:253,1982
    [1003 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 35
    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]
  46. 35
    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
    [1823 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 33
    Magnetic Monopoles in Unified Gauge Theories
    By Gerard 't Hooft (CERN).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B79:276-284,1974
    [1840 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 33
    A Planar Diagram Theory for Strong Interactions
    By Gerard 't Hooft (CERN).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B72:461,1974
    [2509 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 33
    Quantum Gravity in Two-Dimensions
    By Alexander M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Mod.Phys.Lett.A2:893,1987
    [582 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 33
    Renormalization and Effective Lagrangians
    By Joseph Polchinski (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B231:269-295,1984
    [612 Total citations in HEP]
  51. 33
    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]