Positions are based on the number of citations in the HEP database [SLAC-SPIRES], between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 1998. The situation may change with time. For your convenience, pointers to the number of citations between January 1, 1998 and today are also added.
See also the 'All-Time Favorites' list, and a review of this years most cited HEP Papers by Michael Peskin, SLAC Theory Group.
In a category of its own:
B) REVIEW OF PARTICLE PHYSICS. PARTICLE DATA GROUP.
By C. Caso, G. Conforto, A. Gurtu, M. Aguilar-Benitez, C. Amsler, R.M.
Barnett, P.R. Burchat, C.D. Carone, O. Dahl, M. Doser, S. Eidelman, J.L.
Feng, M. Goodman, C. Grab, D.E. Groom, K. Hagiwara, K.G. Hayes, J.J.
Hernandez, K. Hikasa, K. Honscheid, F. James, M.L. Mangano, A.V. Manohar, K.
Monig, H. Murayama, K. Nakamura, K.A. Olive, A. Piepke, M. Roos, R.H.
Schindler, R.E. Shrock, M. Tanabashi, N.A. Tornqvist, T.G. Trippe, P. Vogel,
C.G. Wohl, R.L. Workman, B. Armstrong, J.L. Casas Serradilla, B.B. Filimonov,
P.S. Gee, S.B. Lugovsky, S. Mankov, F. Nicholson, K.S. Babu, D. Besson, O.
Biebel, R.N. Cahn, R.L. Crawford, R.H. Daltiz, T. Damour, K. Desler, R.J.
Donahue, D.A. Edwards, J. Erler, V.V. Ezhela, A. Fasso, W. Fetscher, D.
Froidevaux, T.K. Gaisser, L. Garren, S. Geer, H.J. Gerber, F.J. Gilman, H.E.
Haber, C. Hagmann, I. Hinchliffe, C.J. Hogan, G. Hohler, J.D. Jackson, K.F.
Johnson, D. Karlen, B. Kayser, K. Kleinknecht, I.G. Knowles, C. Kolda, P.
Kreitz, P. Langacker, R. Landua, L. Littenberg, D.M. Manley, J.March-Russell, T. Nakada,
H. Quinn, G. Raffelt, B. Renk, M.T. Ronan, L.J.
Rosenberg, M. Schmitt, D.N. Schramm, D. Scott, T. Sjostrand, G.F. Smoot, S.
Spanier, M. Srednicki, T. Stanev, M. Suzuki, N.P. Tkachenko, G. Valencia, K.
van Bibber, R. Voss, L. Wolfenstein, S. Youssef (CERN & LBL, Berkeley & Genoa
U. & INFN, Genoa & Urbino U. & INFN, Florence & Tata Inst. & Madrid, CIEMAT &
Zurich U. & Stanford U., Appl. Mech. Dept. & William-Mary Coll. &
Novosibirsk, IYF & UC, Berkeley, Astronomy Dept. & Argonne & Zurich, ETH &
KEK, Tsukuba & Hillsdale Coll. & Valencia U. & Tohoku U. & Ohio State U. &
UC, San Diego & Minnesota U. & Cal Tech, Kellogg Lab & Helsinki U. & SLAC &
SUNY, Stony Brook & Virginia Tech & Virginia Tech & Serpukhov, IFVE). 1998.
Published in Eur.Phys.J.C3:1-794,1998