Top Cited Articles during 1998 by gr-qc

Top Cited Articles during 1998 by gr-qc

The 50 most highly cited papers during 1998 cited by papers in the gr-qc 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. 57
    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]
  2. 42
    Wave Function of the Universe
    By J.B. Hartle (Chicago U., EFI & Santa Barbara, KITP), S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U. & Santa Barbara, KITP).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D28:2960-2975,1983
    [1238 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 34
    Mach's principle and a relativistic theory of gravitation
    By C. Brans, R.H. Dicke (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.124:925-935,1961
    [963 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 33
    LIGO: The Laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory
    By Alex Abramovici, William E. Althouse, Ronald W.P. Drever, Yekta Gursel, Seiji Kawamura, Frederick J. Raab, David Shoemaker, Lisa Sievers, Robert E. Spero, Kip S. Thorne, Rochus E. Vogt, Rainer Weiss, Stanley E. Whitcomb, Michael E. Zucker (Caltech & Caltech, JPL & MIT, LNS).
    Published in:Science 256:325-333,1992
    [563 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 32
    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]
  6. 31
    The Black hole in three-dimensional space-time
    By Maximo Banados (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago), Claudio Teitelboim (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Jorge Zanelli (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.69:1849-1851,1992 [arXiv: hep-th/9204099]
    [904 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 31
    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]
  8. 31
    Quantum Theory of Gravity. 1. The Canonical Theory
    By Bryce S. DeWitt (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & North Carolina U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.160:1113-1148,1967
    [1086 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 29
    Action Integrals and Partition Functions in Quantum Gravity
    By G.W. Gibbons, S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D15:2752-2756,1977
    [1014 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 27
    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]
  11. 26
    Theory of cosmological perturbations. Part 1. Classical perturbations. Part 2. Quantum theory of perturbations. Part 3. Extensions
    By Viatcheslav F. Mukhanov (Brown U. & Moscow, INR), H.A. Feldman (Canadian Inst. Theor. Astrophys.), Robert H. Brandenberger (Brown U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.215:203-333,1992
    [1011 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 26
    Geometry of the (2+1) black hole
    By Maximo Banados (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago & CECS, Valdivia & Brussels U. & CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago), Marc Henneaux (CECS, Valdivia & Brussels U.), Claudio Teitelboim (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Jorge Zanelli (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D48:1506-1525,1993 [arXiv: gr-qc/9302012]
    [616 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 26
    The Inflationary Universe: A Possible Solution to the Horizon and Flatness Problems
    By Alan H. Guth (SLAC).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D23:347-356,1981
    [2822 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 25
    Singular hypersurfaces and thin shells in general relativity
    By W. Israel (Alberta U.).
    Published in:Nuovo Cim.B44S10:1,1966, Erratum-ibid.B48:463,1967, Nuovo Cim.B44:1,1966
    [709 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 23
    Cosmological Event Horizons, Thermodynamics, and Particle Creation
    By G.W. Gibbons, S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D15:2738-2751,1977
    [831 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 21
    The Cosmological Constant Problem
    By Steven Weinberg (Texas U.).
    Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.61:1-23,1989
    [1236 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 21
    New Variables for Classical and Quantum Gravity
    By A. Ashtekar (Syracuse U. & UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.57:2244-2247,1986
    [621 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 20
    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
    [696 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 19
    Gauge Invariant Cosmological Perturbations
    By James M. Bardeen (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D22:1882-1905,1980
    [877 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 19
    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]
  21. 18
    General Relativity with Spin and Torsion: Foundations and Prospects
    By F.W. Hehl, P. Von Der Heyde, G.D. Kerlick (Cologne U.), J.M. Nester (Maryland U.).
    Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.48:393-416,1976
    [564 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 18
    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]
  23. 17
    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]
  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
    Black hole explosions
    By S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Nature 248:30-31,1974
    [921 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 15
    Extended Inflationary Cosmology
    By Daile La, Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.62:376,1989, Erratum-ibid.62:1066,1989
    [543 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 15
    A New Type of Isotropic Cosmological Models Without Singularity
    By Alexei A. Starobinsky (Cambridge U. & Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B91:99-102,1980
    [677 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 14
    On the Quantum Structure of a Black Hole
    By Gerard 't Hooft (Utrecht U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B256:727,1985
    [506 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 14
    Notes on black hole evaporation
    By W.G. Unruh (McMaster U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D14:870,1976
    [913 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 14
    Chaotic Inflation
    By Andrei D. Linde (Lebedev Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B129:177-181,1983
    [1005 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 11
    Three-Dimensional Einstein Gravity: Dynamics of Flat Space
    By S. Deser (Brandeis U.), R. Jackiw (MIT, LNS), Gerard 't Hooft (Utrecht U.).
    Published in:Annals Phys.152:220,1984
    [588 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 11
    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]
  33. 11
    Structure in the COBE differential microwave radiometer first year maps
    By George F. Smoot, C.L. Bennett, A. Kogut, E.L. Wright, J. Aymon, N.W. Boggess, E.S. Cheng, G. De Amici, S. Gulkis, M.G. Hauser, G. Hinshaw, C. Lineweaver, K. Loewenstein, P.D. Jackson, M. Janssen, E. Kaita, T. Kelsall, P. Keegstra, P. Lubin, John C. Mather, S.S. Meyer, S.H. Moseley, T. Murdock, L. Rokke, R.F. Silverberg, L. Tenorio, R. Weiss, D.T. Wilkinson (LBL, Berkeley & UC, Berkeley, Space Sci. Dept. & UC, Berkeley, CfPA & NASA, Goddard & Universities Space Research Assoc. & UCLA & Caltech, JPL & Hughes STX, Greenbelt & UC, Santa Barbara & MIT, LNS & General Research, Danvers & Princeton U.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.396:L1-L5,1992
    [1288 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 11
    Gravitational Field of Vacuum Domain Walls and Strings
    By A. Vilenkin (Tufts U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D23:852-857,1981
    [537 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 11
    Gravitational Effects on and of Vacuum Decay
    By Sidney R. Coleman (SLAC), Frank De Luccia (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D21:3305,1980
    [536 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 10
    The Fate of the False Vacuum. 2. First Quantum Corrections
    By Curtis G. Callan, Jr. (Princeton U.), Sidney R. Coleman (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D16:1762-1768,1977
    [612 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 10
    Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe and its cosmological implications
    By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).
    Published in:Nature 391:51-54,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9712212]
    [781 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 10
    Cosmology for Grand Unified Theories with Radiatively Induced Symmetry Breaking
    By Andreas Albrecht, Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.48:1220-1223,1982
    [1556 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 9
    Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant
    By Supernova Search Team (Adam G. Riess et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.116:1009-1038,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9805201]
    [3063 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 9
    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. 9
    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]
  42. 9
    A New Inflationary Universe Scenario: A Possible Solution of the Horizon, Flatness, Homogeneity, Isotropy and Primordial Monopole Problems
    By Andrei D. Linde (Lebedev Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B108:389-393,1982
    [1632 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 9
    Review of Particle Physics
    By Particle Data Group (W.-M. Yao et al.).
    Citations are counted for all versions of the RPP, most recent version is:
    Published in:J.Phys.G33:1-1232,2006
    [621 Total citations in HEP]
    [27691 Total Citations to all copies of RPP in HEP]
  44. 8
    The Large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity
    By Juan M. Maldacena (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:231-252,1998, Int.J.Theor.Phys.38:1113-1133,1999 [arXiv: hep-th/9711200]
    [4513 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 8
    Dynamics of Phase Transition in the New Inflationary Universe Scenario and Generation of Perturbations
    By Alexei A. Starobinsky (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B117:175-178,1982
    [985 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 8
    Quantum Theory and Five-Dimensional Theory of Relativity. (In German and English)
    By O. Klein (Copenhagen U.).
    Published in:Z.Phys.37:895-906,1926, Surveys High Energ.Phys.5:241-244,1986
    [1123 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 8
    Brownian motion of a quantum oscillator
    By Julian S. Schwinger (Harvard U.).
    Published in:J.Math.Phys.2:407-432,1961
    [635 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 8
    Topology of Cosmic Domains and Strings
    By T.W.B. Kibble (Imperial Coll., London).
    Published in:J.Phys.A9:1387-1398,1976
    [1128 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 8
    Spontaneous Creation of Almost Scale - Free Density Perturbations in an Inflationary Universe
    By James M. Bardeen (Washington U., Seattle), Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania U.), Michael S. Turner (Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D28:679,1983
    [959 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 8
    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]
  51. 8
    Effective Field Theory from Quantized Strings
    By E.S. Fradkin, A.A. Tseytlin (Lebedev Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B158:316,1985
    [618 Total citations in HEP]
  52. 8
    The Development of Irregularities in a Single Bubble Inflationary Universe
    By S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B115:295,1982
    [883 Total citations in HEP]