Top Cited Articles during 1997 by hep-th

Top Cited Articles during 1997 by hep-th

The 50 most highly cited papers during 1997 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 Tue 6-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. 338
    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]
  2. 263
    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]
  3. 247
    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]
  4. 228
    Tasi lectures on D-branes
    By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9611050]
    [948 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 216
    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]
  6. 196
    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]
  7. 174
    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]
  8. 164
    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]
  9. 155
    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]
    [1093 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 127
    Type IIB superstrings, BPS monopoles, and three-dimensional gauge dynamics
    By Amihay Hanany, Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B492:152-190,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9611230]
    [559 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 123
    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]
  12. 111
    Solutions of four-dimensional field theories via M theory
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B500:3-42,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9703166]
    [513 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 108
    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]
    [1613 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 103
    New Connections Between String Theories
    By Jin Dai, R.G. Leigh, Joseph Polchinski (Texas U.).
    Published in:Mod.Phys.Lett.A4:2073-2083,1989
    [603 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 88
    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]
  16. 74
    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]
  17. 72
    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]
  18. 65
    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]
  19. 60
    D-branes, quivers, and ALE instantons
    By Michael R. Douglas (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Gregory W. Moore (Yale U.).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9603167]
    [703 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 58
    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]
  21. 58
    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]
  22. 57
    Supergravity Theory in Eleven-Dimensions
    By E. Cremmer, B. Julia, Joel Scherk (Ecole Normale Superieure).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B76:409-412,1978
    [977 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 54
    A Large N reduced model as superstring
    By N. Ishibashi, H. Kawai (KEK, Tsukuba), Y. Kitazawa (Tokyo Inst. Tech.), A. Tsuchiya (KEK, Tsukuba).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B498:467-491,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9612115]
    [517 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 51
    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. 51
    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]
  26. 50
    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]
  27. 50
    Magnetic Monopoles as Gauge Particles?
    By C. Montonen, David I. Olive (CERN).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B72:117,1977
    [566 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 47
    Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking in Supersymmetric QCD
    By Ian Affleck (Princeton U.), Michael Dine, Nathan Seiberg (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B241:493-534,1984
    [511 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 47
    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]
  30. 45
    Black strings and P-branes
    By Gary T. Horowitz, Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B360:197-209,1991
    [634 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 44
    Topological Quantum Field Theory
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.117:353,1988
    [950 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 43
    Constraints on Supersymmetry Breaking
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B202:253,1982
    [1003 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 41
    On gauge invariance and vacuum polarization
    By Julian S. Schwinger (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.82:664-679,1951
    [2333 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 40
    Scale factor duality for classical and quantum strings
    By G. Veneziano (CERN).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B265:287-294,1991
    [512 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 39
    Three-Dimensional Massive Gauge Theories
    By S. Deser (Brandeis U.), R. Jackiw, S. Templeton (MIT, LNS).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.48:975-978,1982
    [813 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 38
    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]
  37. 38
    Quantization of Gauge Theories with Linearly Dependent Generators
    By I.A. Batalin (Lebedev Inst.), G.A. Vilkovisky (Moscow, Standards Committee).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D28:2567-2582,1983, Erratum-ibid.D30:508,1984
    [721 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 38
    Phases of N=2 theories in two-dimensions
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B403:159-222,1993 [arXiv: hep-th/9301042]
    [552 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 38
    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]
  40. 36
    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]
  41. 36
    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
    [1592 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 36
    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]
  43. 36
    Computation of the Quantum Effects Due to a Four-Dimensional Pseudoparticle
    By Gerard 't Hooft (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D14:3432-3450,1976, Erratum-ibid.D18:2199,1978
    [2683 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 35
    Pre - big bang in string cosmology
    By M. Gasperini (Turin U. & INFN, Turin), G. Veneziano (CERN).
    Published in:Astropart.Phys.1:317-339,1993 [arXiv: hep-th/9211021]
    [524 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 35
    The SO(8) Supergravity
    By E. Cremmer, B. Julia (Ecole Normale Superieure).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B159:141,1979
    [920 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 34
    Strong coupling expansion of Calabi-Yau compactification
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B471:135-158,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9602070]
    [896 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 33
    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
    [1822 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 33
    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]
  49. 32
    Magnetic Monopoles in Unified Gauge Theories
    By Gerard 't Hooft (CERN).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B79:276-284,1974
    [1840 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 32
    Strings on Orbifolds. 2.
    By Lance J. Dixon, Jeffrey A. Harvey (Princeton U.), C. Vafa (Harvard U.), Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B274:285-314,1986
    [1151 Total citations in HEP]
  51. 32
    An Exact Classical Solution for the 't Hooft Monopole and the Julia-Zee Dyon
    By M.K. Prasad, Charles M. Sommerfield (Yale U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.35:760-762,1975
    [870 Total citations in HEP]
  52. 32
    Nonabelian Bosonization in Two-Dimensions
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.92:455-472,1984
    [1503 Total citations in HEP]