All Time Favorites for High Energy Physics Articles
1997/1998 Edition
Articles with most citations in SPIRES-HEP database
High-energy physics articles with the most citations in the SPIRES-HEP database
Positions are based on the number of citations in the SPIRES-HEP database [SLAC-SPIRES] between 1974 and 1997
(including both boundary years). Journal articles with more than 1,000 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 1997 and
a review of the most cited HEP articles in 1997.
In a category of its own:
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REVIEW OF PARTICLE PHYSICS.
By Particle Data Group (
R.M.Barnett, et al.).
Earlier editions were titled 'Review of Particle Properties.'
Published in Phys.Rev.D54:1-720,1996
- 1303 citations to this edition on December 31, 1997.
- 9693 citations to the twelve editions, 1974-1996, on December 31, 1997.
- (Number of citations to this edition today)
- (Number of citations to all editions
today)
Other most cited papers:
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A MODEL OF LEPTONS
By S. Weinberg (MIT, LNS).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.19:1264-1266,1967
- 4734 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 2787 citations on December 31, 1997.
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WEAK INTERACTIONS WITH LEPTON - HADRON SYMMETRY
By S.L. Glashow, J. Iliopoulos, L. Maiani (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D2:1285-1292,1970
- 2686 citations on December 31, 1997.
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PARTIAL SYMMETRIES OF WEAK INTERACTIONS
By S.L. Glashow (Copenhagen U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.22:579-588,1961
- 2347 citations on December 31, 1997.
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UNITY OF ALL ELEMENTARY PARTICLE FORCES
By H. Georgi, S.L. Glashow (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.32:438-441,1974
- 2191 citations on December 31, 1997.
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CONFINEMENT OF QUARKS
By Kenneth G. Wilson (Cornell U., LNS).
Published in Phys.Rev.D10:2445-2459,1974
- 2117 citations on December 31, 1997.
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ASYMPTOTIC FREEDOM IN PARTON LANGUAGE
By G. Altarelli (Ecole Normale Superieure), G. Parisi (IHES, Bures).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B126:298,1977
- 2098 citations on December 31, 1997.
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QCD AND RESONANCE PHYSICS. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
By M.A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, V.I. Zakharov (Moscow, ITEP).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B147:385,1979
- 1872 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1856 citations on December 31, 1997.
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COMPUTATION OF THE QUANTUM EFFECTS DUE TO A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL
PSEUDOPARTICLE
By G. 't Hooft (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D14:3432-3450,1976
- 1812 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1744 citations on December 31, 1997.
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RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS AS THE ORIGIN OF SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
By S. Coleman, E. Weinberg (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D7:1888-1910,1973
- 1714 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1697 citations on December 31, 1997.
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SUPERSYMMETRY, SUPERGRAVITY AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
By H.P. Nilles (Geneva U. & CERN).
Published in Phys.Rept.110:1,1984
- 1685 citations on December 31, 1997.
- (Number of citations today)
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RELIABLE PERTURBATIVE RESULTS FOR STRONG INTERACTIONS?
By H.D. Politzer (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.30:1346-1349,1973
- 1673 citations on December 31, 1997.
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ULTRAVIOLET BEHAVIOR OF NONABELIAN GAUGE THEORIES
By D.J. Gross, F. Wilczek (Princeton U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.30:1343-1346,1973
- 1664 citations on December 31, 1997.
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SYMMETRY BREAKING THROUGH BELL-JACKIW ANOMALIES
By G. 't Hooft (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.37:8-11,1976
- 1640 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1609 citations on December 31, 1997.
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AXIAL VECTOR VERTEX IN SPINOR ELECTRODYNAMICS
By S.L. Adler (Princeton U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.177:2426-2438,1969
- 1518 citations on December 31, 1997.
- (Number of citations today)
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QUANTUM GEOMETRY OF BOSONIC STRINGS
By A.M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
Published in Phys.Lett.103B:207-210,1981
- 1513 citations on December 31, 1997.
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REGULARIZATION AND RENORMALIZATION OF GAUGE FIELDS
By G. 't Hooft, M. Veltman (Utrecht U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B44:189-213,1972
- 1495 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1494 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1491 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1463 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1394 citations on December 31, 1997.
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QCD AND RESONANCE PHYSICS. APPLICATIONS
By M.A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, V.I. Zakharov (Moscow, ITEP).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B147:448,1979
- 1359 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1314 citations on December 31, 1997.
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ON GAUGE INVARIANCE AND VACUUM POLARIZATION
By Julian Schwinger (Harvard U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.82:664-679,1951
- 1271 citations on December 31, 1997.
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A PLANAR DIAGRAM THEORY FOR STRONG INTERACTIONS
By G. 't Hooft (CERN).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B72:461,1974
- 1271 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1245 citations on December 31, 1997.
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MAGNETIC MONOPOLES IN UNIFIED GAUGE THEORIES
By G. 't Hooft (CERN).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B79:276-284,1974
- 1243 citations on December 31, 1997.
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SYMMETRY BEHAVIOR AT FINITE TEMPERATURE
By L. Dolan, R. Jackiw (MIT, LNS).
Published in Phys.Rev.D9:3320-3341,1974
- 1228 citations on December 31, 1997.
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CONSEQUENCES OF ANOMALOUS WARD IDENTITIES
By J. Wess (CERN & Karlsruhe U.), B. Zumino (CERN).
Published in Phys.Lett.37B:95,1971
- 1220 citations on December 31, 1997.
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QUARK MASSES
By J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler (Bern U.).
Published in Phys.Rept.87:77-169,1982
- 1207 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1196 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1195 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1159 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1159 citations on December 31, 1997.
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A PCAC PUZZLE: PI0 --> GAMMA GAMMA IN THE SIGMA MODEL
By J.S. Bell, R. Jackiw (CERN).
Published in Nuovo Cim.60A:47-61,1969
- 1157 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1147 citations on December 31, 1997.
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NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS IN MATTER
By L. Wolfenstein (Carnegie Mellon U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D17:2369,1978
- 1134 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1133 citations on December 31, 1997.
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NONABELIAN BOSONIZATION IN TWO-DIMENSIONS
By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
Published in Commun.Math.Phys.92:455-472,1984
- 1127 citations on December 31, 1997.
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ASYMPTOTICALLY FREE GAUGE THEORIES. I
By D.J. Gross, F. Wilczek (Fermilab & Princeton U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D8:3633-3652,1973
- 1125 citations on December 31, 1997.
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A PARAMETRIZATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF QUARK JETS
By R.D. Field, R.P. Feynman (Cal Tech).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B136:1,1978
- 1121 citations on December 31, 1997.
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PARTON FRAGMENTATION AND STRING DYNAMICS
By B. Andersson, G. Gustafson, G. Ingelman, T. Sjostrand (Lund U.).
Published in Phys.Rept.97:31,1983
- 1106 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1080 citations on December 31, 1997.
- (Number of citations today)
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GLOBAL ASPECTS OF CURRENT ALGEBRA
By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B223:422,1983
- 1078 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1075 citations on December 31, 1997.
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DYNAMICAL BREAKING OF SUPERSYMMETRY
By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B188:513,1981
- 1059 citations on December 31, 1997.
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PARTICLE CREATION BY BLACK HOLES
By S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
Published in Commun.Math.Phys.43:199-220,1975
- 1055 citations on December 31, 1997.
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THE RENORMALIZATION GROUP AND THE EPSILON EXPANSION
By K.G. Wilson (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & Cornell U., LNS), J. Kogut
(Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
Published in Phys.Rept.12:75-200,1974
- 1049 citations on December 31, 1997.
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VORTEX LINE MODELS FOR DUAL STRINGS
By H.B. Nielsen, P. Olesen (Bohr Inst.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B61:45-61,1973
- 1044 citations on December 31, 1997.
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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
- 1027 citations on December 31, 1997.
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SUPERGAUGE TRANSFORMATIONS IN FOUR-DIMENSIONS
By J. Wess (Karlsruhe U.), B. Zumino (CERN).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B70:39-50,1974
- 1013 citations on December 31, 1997.
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Q**2 DEPENDENT PARAMETRIZATIONS OF PARTON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
By D.W. Duke, J.F. Owens (Florida State U.).
Published in Phys.Rev.D30:49-54,1984
- 1006 citations on December 31, 1997.
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CONFORMAL INVARIANCE, SUPERSYMMETRY AND STRING THEORY
By Daniel Friedan, Emil Martinec, Stephen Shenker (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago
U. & Princeton U.).
Published in Nucl.Phys.B271:93,1986
- 1000 citations on December 31, 1997.
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1997/1998 Edition by
Louise Addis and
Michael Peskin
(with special thanks to Dave Kaplan who spotted an important omission)
Work performed at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)