Top Cited Articles during 1986

Top Cited Articles during 1986

The 50 most highly cited papers during 1986

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 20-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. 354
    Vacuum Configurations for Superstrings
    By P. Candelas (Texas U. & Santa Barbara, KITP), Gary T. Horowitz (UC, Santa Barbara), Andrew Strominger (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B258:46-74,1985
    [1926 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 348
    Heterotic String Theory. 1. The Free Heterotic String
    By David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B256:253,1985
    [1406 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 310
    The Heterotic String
    By David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.54:502-505,1985
    [1271 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 273
    Superstring Theory
    By John H. Schwarz (Caltech).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.89:223-322,1982
    [1002 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 243
    Anomaly Cancellation in Supersymmetric D=10 Gauge Theory and Superstring Theory
    By Michael B. Green (Queen Mary, U. of London & Caltech), John H. Schwarz (Caltech).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B149:117-122,1984
    [1827 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 225
    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
    [673 Total citations in HEP]
    [27778 Total Citations to all copies of RPP in HEP]
  7. 202
    Quantum Geometry of Bosonic Strings
    By Alexander M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B103:207-210,1981
    [1916 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 187
    Super Collider Physics
    By E. Eichten (Fermilab), I. Hinchliffe (LBL, Berkeley), Kenneth D. Lane (Ohio State U.), C. Quigg (Fermilab).
    Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.56:579-707,1984, Addendum-ibid.58:1065-1073,1986
    [1779 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 170
    A Model of Leptons
    By Steven Weinberg (MIT, LNS).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.19:1264-1266,1967
    [6220 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 165
    Symmetry Breaking Patterns in Superstring Models
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B258:75,1985
    [817 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 161
    Heterotic String Theory. 2. The Interacting Heterotic String
    By David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B267:75,1986
    [838 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 139
    Covariant Quantization of String Based on BRS Invariance
    By Mitsuhiro Kato, Kaku Ogawa (Kyoto U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B212:443,1983
    [529 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 134
    SUPERSTRING MODEL BUILDING
    By Michael Dine (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), V. Kaplunovsky, Michelangelo L. Mangano, C. Nappi (Princeton U.), N. Seiberg (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B259:549-571,1985
    [442 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 132
    SUPERSYMMETRICAL DUAL STRING THEORIES AND THEIR FIELD THEORY LIMITS: A REVIEW
    By Michael B. Green (Queen Mary, U. of London).
    Published in:Surveys High Energ.Phys.3:127-160,1984
    [344 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 132
    CP Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction
    By Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa (Kyoto U.).
    Published in:Prog.Theor.Phys.49:652-657,1973
    [4988 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 130
    Partial Symmetries of Weak Interactions
    By S.L. Glashow (Copenhagen U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.22:579-588,1961
    [3297 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 124
    COVARIANTLY SECOND QUANTIZED STRING. 2.
    By W. Siegel (UC, Berkeley).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B149:157,1984, Phys.Lett.B151:391,1985
    [469 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 124
    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
    [1144 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 120
    Consequences of anomalous Ward identities
    By J. Wess (CERN & Karlsruhe U.), B. Zumino (CERN).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B37:95,1971
    [1712 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 119
    Global Aspects of Current Algebra
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B223:422-432,1983
    [1651 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 119
    Parton Fragmentation and String Dynamics
    By Bo Andersson, G. Gustafson, G. Ingelman, T. Sjostrand (Lund U., Dept. Theor. Phys.).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.97:31,1983
    [1720 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 118
    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
    [2262 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 114
    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
    [1228 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 110
    Confinement of Quarks
    By Kenneth G. Wilson (Cornell U., LNS).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D10:2445-2459,1974
    [2930 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 107
    QCD and Resonance Physics. Sum Rules
    By Mikhail A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, Valentin I. Zakharov (Moscow, ITEP).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B147:385-447,1979
    [3185 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 106
    INFINITY CANCELLATIONS IN SO(32) SUPERSTRING THEORY
    By Michael B. Green, John H. Schwarz (Caltech).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B151:21-25,1985
    [450 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 102
    COVARIANTLY SECOND QUANTIZED STRING. 3.
    By W. Siegel (UC, Berkeley).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B149:162,1984, Phys.Lett.151B:396,1985
    [415 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 100
    A Nonlinear field theory
    By T.H.R. Skyrme (Harwell, AERE).
    Published in:Proc.Roy.Soc.Lond.A260:127-138,1961
    [1303 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 100
    Unification of Yang-Mills Theory and Supergravity in Ten-Dimensions
    By G.F. Chapline (LLNL, Livermore), N.S. Manton (Santa Barbara, KITP).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B120:105-109,1983
    [525 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 100
    Dimensional Reduction of Superstring Models
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B155:151,1985
    [679 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 100
    Supersymmetry, Supergravity Theories and the Dual Spinor Model
    By F. Gliozzi, Joel Scherk (Ecole Normale Superieure), David I. Olive (CERN & Bohr Inst.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B122:253-290,1977
    [816 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 100
    Noncommutative Geometry and String Field Theory
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B268:253,1986
    [1199 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 99
    Quantum Geometry of Fermionic Strings
    By Alexander M. Polyakov (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B103:211-213,1981
    [728 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 99
    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
    [2830 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 97
    Static Properties of Nucleons in the Skyrme Model
    By Gregory S. Adkins (Princeton U.), Chiara R. Nappi (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B228:552,1983
    [1242 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 96
    Dual Theory for Free Fermions
    By Pierre Ramond (Fermilab).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D3:2415-2418,1971
    [719 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 95
    E(6) SYMMETRY BREAKING IN THE SUPERSTRING THEORY
    By J.D. Breit, Burt A. Ovrut, Gino C. Segre (Pennsylvania U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B158:33,1985
    [341 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 94
    Supersymmetry, Supergravity and Particle Physics
    By Hans Peter Nilles (Geneva U. & CERN).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.110:1,1984
    [3088 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 92
    Gravitational Anomalies
    By Luis Alvarez-Gaume (Harvard U.), Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B234:269,1984
    [960 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 91
    Nonabelian Bosonization in Two-Dimensions
    By Edward Witten (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.92:455-472,1984
    [1504 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 90
    GAUGE STRING FIELDS
    By Warren Siegel, Barton Zwiebach (UC, Berkeley).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B263:105,1986
    [277 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 88
    The Search for Supersymmetry: Probing Physics Beyond the Standard Model
    By Howard E. Haber (UC, Santa Cruz & SLAC), Gordon L. Kane (Michigan U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.117:75,1985
    [3023 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 87
    Factorizable dual model of pions
    By A. Neveu, J.H. Schwarz (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B31:86-112,1971
    [698 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 87
    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
    [1707 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 83
    THEORY OF STRINGS WITH BOUNDARIES: FLUCTUATIONS, TOPOLOGY, AND QUANTUM GEOMETRY
    By Orlando Alvarez (Cornell U., LNS).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B216:125,1983
    [475 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 83
    Weak Interactions with Lepton-Hadron Symmetry
    By S.L. Glashow, J. Iliopoulos, L. Maiani (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D2:1285-1292,1970
    [3525 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 83
    An Introduction to the Theory of Dual Models and Strings
    By Joel Scherk (New York U.).
    Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.47:123-164,1975
    [536 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 81
    TEN-DIMENSIONAL MAXWELL-EINSTEIN SUPERGRAVITY, ITS CURRENTS, AND THE ISSUE OF ITS AUXILIARY FIELDS
    By E. Bergshoeff (Leiden U.), M. de Roo (Groningen U.), B. de Wit, P. van Nieuwenhuizen (NIKHEF, Amsterdam).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B195:97-136,1982
    [440 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 81
    Conformal Invariance, Unitarity and Two-Dimensional Critical Exponents
    By Daniel Friedan, Zong-an Qiu, Stephen H. Shenker (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.52:1575-1578,1984
    [707 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 80
    Problem of Strong p and t Invariance in the Presence of Instantons
    By Frank Wilczek (Columbia U. & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.40:279-282,1978
    [1247 Total citations in HEP]
  51. 80
    A New Light Boson?
    By Steven Weinberg (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.40:223-226,1978
    [1310 Total citations in HEP]