Positions are based on the number of citations in the SPIRES-HEP database [SLAC-SPIRES] between 1974 and 1996 (including both boundary years). Journal articles with more than 1000 citations are included. The situation may change with time. For your convenience, pointers to today's number of citations are also added.
See also the list of journal articles with the most citations in 1994 - 1996, a list of the most cited e-prints, and a review of the most-cited HEP articles 1994 - 1996.
1)
A MODEL OF LEPTONS
By S. Weinberg (MIT, LNS).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.19:1264-1266,1967
2)
WEAK INTERACTIONS WITH LEPTON - HADRON SYMMETRY
By S.L. Glashow, J. Iliopoulos, L. Maiani (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D2:1285-1292,1970
3)
CP VIOLATION IN THE RENORMALIZABLE THEORY OF WEAK INTERACTION
By M. Kobayashi, T. Maskawa (Kyoto U.).
Published in Prog.Theor.Phys.49:652-657,1973
4)
PARTIAL SYMMETRIES OF WEAK INTERACTIONS
By S.L. Glashow (Copenhagen U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.22:579-588,1961
5)
UNITY OF ALL ELEMENTARY PARTICLE FORCES
By H. Georgi, S.L. Glashow (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.32:438-441,1974
6)
CONFINEMENT OF QUARKS
By Kenneth G. Wilson (Cornell U., LNS).
Published in Phys.Rev.D10:2445-2459,1974
7)
ASYMPTOTIC FREEDOM IN PARTON LANGUAGE
By G. Altarelli (Ecole Normale Superieure), G. Parisi (IHES, Bures).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B126:298,1977
8)
REVIEW OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES
By Particle Data Group (L. Montanet
et al.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D50:1173-1823,1994
9)
LEPTON NUMBER AS THE FOURTH COLOR
By Jogesh C. Pati (Maryland U.), Abdus Salam (ICTP, Trieste & Imperial Coll.,
London).
Published in Phys.Rev.D10:275-289,1974
10)
QCD AND RESONANCE PHYSICS. SUM RULES
By M.A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, V.I. Zakharov (Moscow, ITEP).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B147:385,1979
11)
COMPUTATION OF THE QUANTUM EFFECTS DUE TO A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL
PSEUDOPARTICLE
By G. 't Hooft (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D14:3432,1976 (Erratum-ibid D18:2199,1978)
12)
INFINITE CONFORMAL SYMMETRY IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
By A.A. Belavin, A.M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.), A.B. Zamolodchikov (CERN &
Landau Inst.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B241:333-380,1984
13)
RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS AS THE ORIGIN OF SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
By S. Coleman, E. Weinberg (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D7:1888-1910,1973
14)
RELIABLE PERTURBATIVE RESULTS FOR STRONG INTERACTIONS?
By H.D. Politzer (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.30:1346-1349,1973
15)
DYNAMICAL MODEL OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES BASED ON AN ANALOGY WITH
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. I
By Y. Nambu, G. Jona-Lasinio (Chicago U., EFI).
Published in Phys.Rev.122:345-358,1961
16)
SYMMETRY BREAKING THROUGH BELL-JACKIW ANOMALIES
By G. 't Hooft (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.37:8-11,1976
17)
QUANTUM GEOMETRY OF BOSONIC STRINGS
By A.M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
Published in Phys.Lett.103B:207-210,1981
18)
SUPERSYMMETRY, SUPERGRAVITY AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
By H.P. Nilles (Geneva U. & CERN).
Published in Phys.Rept.110:1,1984
19)
ULTRAVIOLET BEHAVIOR OF NONABELIAN GAUGE THEORIES
By D.J. Gross, F. Wilczek (Princeton U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.30:1343-1346,1973
20)
VACUUM CONFIGURATIONS FOR SUPERSTRINGS
By P. Candelas (Texas U. & Santa Barbara, ITP), Gary T. Horowitz (UC, Santa
Barbara), Andrew Strominger (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Edward Witten
(Princeton U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B258:46-74,1985
21)
AXIAL VECTOR VERTEX IN SPINOR ELECTRODYNAMICS
By S.L. Adler (Princeton U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.177:2426-2438,1969
22)
SUPER COLLIDER PHYSICS
By E. Eichten (Fermilab), I. Hinchliffe (LBL, Berkeley), K. Lane (Ohio State
U.), C. Quigg (Fermilab).
Published in Rev.Mod.Phys.56:579-707,1984 (Addendum-ibid 58:1065-1073,1986)
23)
REVIEW OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES
By Particle Data Group (K. Hikasa
et al.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D45:S1,1992 (Erratum-ibid D46:5210,1992)
24)
REGULARIZATION AND RENORMALIZATION OF GAUGE FIELDS
By G. 't Hooft, M. Veltman (Utrecht U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B44:189-213,1972
25)
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
26)
THE SEARCH FOR SUPERSYMMETRY: PROBING PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL
By Howard E. Haber (UC, Santa Cruz & SLAC), G.L. Kane (Michigan U.).
Published in Phys.Rept.117:75,1985
27)
REVIEW OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES
By Particle Data Group (J.J. Hernandez
et al.).
Published in Phys.Lett.B239:1-515,1990 (Erratum-ibid B253:524-527,1991)
28)
PSEUDOPARTICLE SOLUTIONS OF THE YANG-MILLS EQUATIONS
By A.A Belavin, A.M. Polyakov, A.S. Shvarts, Yu.S. Tyupkin (Landau Inst.).
Published in Phys.Lett.59B:85-87,1975
29)
HADRON MASSES IN A GAUGE THEORY
By A. De Rujula, Howard Georgi, S.L. Glashow (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D12:147-162,1975
30)
QCD AND RESONANCE PHYSICS. THE PI P A1 SYSTEM
By M.A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, V.I. Zakharov (Moscow, ITEP).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B147:448,1979
31)
HETEROTIC STRING THEORY. 1. THE FREE HETEROTIC STRING
By David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil Martinec, Ryan Rohm (Princeton
U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B256:253,1985
32)
A PLANAR DIAGRAM THEORY FOR STRONG INTERACTIONS
By G. 't Hooft (CERN).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B72:461,1974
33)
ON GAUGE INVARIANCE AND VACUUM POLARIZATION
By Julian Schwinger (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.82:664-679,1951
34)
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES IN UNIFIED GAUGE THEORIES
By G. 't Hooft (CERN).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B79:276-284,1974
35)
CONSEQUENCES OF ANOMALOUS WARD IDENTITIES
By J. Wess (CERN & Karlsruhe U.), B. Zumino (CERN).
Published in Phys.Lett.37B:95,1971
36)
SYMMETRY BEHAVIOR AT FINITE TEMPERATURE
By L. Dolan, R. Jackiw (MIT, LNS).
Published in Phys.Rev.D9:3320-3341,1974
37)
A NEW EXTENDED MODEL OF HADRONS
By A. Chodos, R.L. Jaffe, K. Johnson, C.B. Thorn, V.F. Weisskopf (MIT, LNS).
Published in Phys.Rev.D9:3471-3495,1974
38)
QUARK MASSES
By J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler (Bern U.).
Published in Phys.Rept.87:77-169,1982
39)
EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION OF A HEAVY PARTICLE J
By J.J. Aubert, U. Becker, P.J. Biggs, J. Burger, M. Chen, G. Everhart, P.
Goldhagen, J. Leong, T. McCorriston, T.G. Rhoades, M. Rohde, Samuel C.C.
Ting, Sau Lan Wu (MIT, LNS), Y.Y. Lee (Brookhaven).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.33:1404-1406,1974
40)
ANOMALY CANCELLATIONS IN SUPERSYMMETRIC D = 10 GAUGE THEORY REQUIRE SO(32)
By Michael B. Green (Queen Mary - Westfield Coll. & Cal Tech), John H.
Schwarz (Cal Tech).
Published in Phys.Lett.149B:117-122,1984
41)
HIERARCHY OF INTERACTIONS IN UNIFIED GAUGE THEORIES
By H. Georgi, H.R. Quinn, S. Weinberg (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.33:451-454,1974
42)
ASYMPTOTICALLY FREE GAUGE THEORIES. I
By D.J. Gross, F. Wilczek (Fermilab & Princeton U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D8:3633-3652,1973
43)
A PARAMETRIZATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF QUARK JETS
By R.D. Field, R.P. Feynman (Cal Tech).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B136:1,1978
44)
CP CONSERVATION IN THE PRESENCE OF INSTANTONS
By R.D. Peccei, Helen R. Quinn (Stanford U., ITP).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.38:1440-1443,1977
45)
A PCAC PUZZLE: PI0 --> GAMMA GAMMA IN THE SIGMA MODEL
By J.S. Bell, R. Jackiw (CERN).
Published in Nuovo Cim.A60:47-61,1969
46)
THE LUND MONTE CARLO FOR JET FRAGMENTATION AND E+ E- PHYSICS: JETSET
VERSION 6.3: AN UPDATE
By Torbjorn Sjostrand, Mats Bengtsson (Lund U.).
Published in Comput.Phys.Commun.43:367,1987
47)
DISCOVERY OF A NARROW RESONANCE IN E+ E- ANNIHILATION
By J.E. Augustin, A. Boyarski, Martin Breidenbach, F. Bulos, J.T. Dakin, G.J.
Feldman, G.E. Fischer, D. Fryberger, G. Hanson, B. Jean-Marie, Rudolf R.
Larsen, V. Luth, H.L. Lynch, D. Lyon, Charles C. Morehouse, J.M. Paterson,
Martin L. Perl, Burton Richter, Petros A. Rapidis, R. Schwitters, W.M.
Tanenbaum, F. Vannucci (SLAC), G.S. Abrams, D. Briggs, William Chinowsky,
C.E. Friedberg, G. Goldhaber, R.J. Hollebeek, J.A. Kadyk, B. Lulu, F. Pierre,
G. Trilling, J.S. Whitaker, J. Wiss, J.E. Zipse (LBL, Berkeley & UC,
Berkeley).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.33:1406-1408,1974
48)
THE HETEROTIC STRING
By David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil Martinec, Ryan Rohm (Princeton
U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.54:502-505,1985
49)
GLOBAL ASPECTS OF CURRENT ALGEBRA
By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B223:422,1983
50)
PARTON FRAGMENTATION AND STRING DYNAMICS
By B. Andersson, G. Gustafson, G. Ingelman, T. Sjostrand (Lund U.).
Published in Phys.Rept.97:31,1983
51)
NONABELIAN BOSONIZATION IN TWO-DIMENSIONS
By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
Published in Commun.Math.Phys.92:455-472,1984
52)
NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS IN MATTER
By L. Wolfenstein (Carnegie Mellon U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D17:2369,1978
53)
DYNAMICAL BREAKING OF SUPERSYMMETRY
By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B188:513,1981
54)
MASSES AND OTHER PARAMETERS OF THE LIGHT HADRONS
By T. DeGrand, R.L. Jaffe, K. Johnson, J. Kiskis (MIT, LNS).
Published in Phys.Rev.D12:2060,1975
