Top Cited Articles during 1998 by hep-th

Top Cited Articles during 1998 by hep-th

The 50 most highly cited papers during 1998 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 Mon 5-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. 468
    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]
    [4512 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 362
    Anti-de Sitter space and holography
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:253-291,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9802150]
    [3056 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 330
    Gauge theory correlators from noncritical string theory
    By S.S. Gubser, Igor R. Klebanov, Alexander M. Polyakov (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B428:105-114,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9802109]
    [2694 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 227
    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]
  5. 159
    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]
    [1839 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 157
    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]
  7. 157
    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]
  8. 140
    Tasi lectures on D-branes
    By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9611050]
    [948 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 137
    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]
  10. 136
    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]
  11. 123
    Anti-de Sitter space, thermal phase transition, and confinement in gauge theories
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:505-532,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9803131]
    [880 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 118
    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. 106
    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]
    [1091 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 102
    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]
  15. 99
    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]
  16. 96
    Wilson loops in large N field theories
    By Juan M. Maldacena (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.80:4859-4862,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9803002]
    [513 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 94
    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]
  18. 84
    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]
    [968 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 79
    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]
  20. 77
    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]
  21. 76
    A Planar Diagram Theory for Strong Interactions
    By Gerard 't Hooft (CERN).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B72:461,1974
    [2509 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 73
    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]
  23. 66
    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]
  24. 65
    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]
  25. 64
    Noncommutative geometry and matrix theory: Compactification on tori
    By Alain Connes (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette), Michael R. Douglas (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette & Rutgers U., Piscataway), Albert S. Schwarz (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette & Rutgers U., Piscataway & UC, Davis).
    Published in:JHEP 9802:003,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9711162]
    [1133 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 61
    The World as a hologram
    By Leonard Susskind (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).
    Published in:J.Math.Phys.36:6377-6396,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9409089]
    [870 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 59
    Supergravity Theory in Eleven-Dimensions
    By E. Cremmer, B. Julia, Joel Scherk (Ecole Normale Superieure).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B76:409-412,1978
    [975 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 59
    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]
  29. 57
    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]
  30. 56
    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]
  31. 56
    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]
  32. 52
    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]
  33. 52
    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]
  34. 50
    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]
  35. 49
    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]
  36. 47
    D-branes and the noncommutative torus
    By Michael R. Douglas (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette & Rutgers U., Piscataway), Christopher M. Hull (Queen Mary, U. of London & Ecole Normale Superieure).
    Published in:JHEP 9802:008,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9711165]
    [632 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 42
    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]
  38. 42
    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]
  39. 42
    (2+1)-Dimensional Gravity as an Exactly Soluble System
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B311:46,1988
    [998 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 42
    Topology of the Gauge Condition and New Confinement Phases in Nonabelian Gauge Theories
    By Gerard 't Hooft (Caltech).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B190:455,1981
    [1005 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 41
    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]
  42. 41
    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]
  43. 40
    Magnetic Monopoles as Gauge Particles?
    By C. Montonen, David I. Olive (CERN).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B72:117,1977
    [566 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 39
    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]
  45. 39
    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
    [2595 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 39
    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]
  47. 39
    Nonabelian Bosonization in Two-Dimensions
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.92:455-472,1984
    [1503 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 38
    Dimensional reduction in quantum gravity
    By Gerard 't Hooft (Utrecht U.).
    HEP Record [arXiv: gr-qc/9310026]
    [668 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 36
    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]
  50. 34
    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]