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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 Fri 9-Jan-2009. 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. 531

   The Large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity

   By Juan Martin 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)

   [5815 Total citations in HEP]

2. 359

   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)

   [3902 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)

   [3435 Total citations in HEP]

4. 190

   Gauge symmetry and supersymmetry of multiple M2-branes

   By Jonathan Bagger (Johns Hopkins U.), Neil Lambert (King's Coll. London, Dept. Math).

   Published in:Phys.Rev.D77:065008,2008 (arXiv:0711.0955 [hep-th])

   [196 Total citations in HEP]

5. 175

   Algebraic structures on parallel M2-branes

   By Andreas Gustavsson (Goteborg, ITP).

   HEP Record (arXiv:0709.1260 [hep-th])

   [180 Total citations in HEP]

6. 172

   N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons-matter theories, M2-branes and their gravity duals

   By Ofer Aharony (Weizmann Inst.), Oren Bergman (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & Technion), Daniel Louis Jafferis (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Juan Maldacena (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

   Published in:JHEP 0810:091,2008 (arXiv:0806.1218 [hep-th])

   [178 Total citations in HEP]

7. 168

   Modeling Multiple M2's

   By Jonathan Bagger (Johns Hopkins U.), Neil Lambert (King's Coll. London, Dept. Math).

   Published in:Phys.Rev.D75:045020,2007 (arXiv: hep-th/0611108)

   [183 Total citations in HEP]

8. 165

   Comments on multiple M2-branes

   By Jonathan Bagger (Johns Hopkins U.), Neil Lambert (King's Coll. London, Dept. Math).

   Published in:JHEP 0802:105,2008 (arXiv:0712.3738 [hep-th])

   [168 Total citations in HEP]

9. 165

   Large N field theories, string theory and gravity

   By Ofer Aharony (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Steven S. Gubser (Harvard U.), Juan Martin Maldacena (Harvard U. & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Hirosi Ooguri (UC, Berkeley & LBL, Berkeley), Yaron Oz (CERN).

   Published in:Phys.Rept.323:183-386,2000 (arXiv: hep-th/9905111)

   [2012 Total citations in HEP]

10. 136

    De Sitter vacua in string theory

    By Shamit Kachru (Stanford U., Phys. Dept. & SLAC), Renata Kallosh, Andrei Linde (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.), Sandip P. Trivedi (Tata Inst.).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.D68:046005,2003 (arXiv: hep-th/0301240)

    [1169 Total citations in HEP]

11. 135

    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)

    [1207 Total citations in HEP]

12. 130

    An Alternative to compactification

    By Lisa Randall (Princeton U. & MIT, LNS), Raman Sundrum (Boston U.).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.83:4690-4693,1999 (arXiv: hep-th/9906064)

    [3607 Total citations in HEP]

13. 128

    A Large mass hierarchy from a small extra dimension

    By Lisa Randall (Princeton U. & MIT, LNS), Raman Sundrum (Boston U.).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.83:3370-3373,1999 (arXiv: hep-ph/9905221)

    [4031 Total citations in HEP]

14. 109

    The Bethe ansatz for N=4 superYang-Mills

    By J.A. Minahan, K. Zarembo (Uppsala U., Inst. Theor. Phys.).

    Published in:JHEP 0303:013,2003 (arXiv: hep-th/0212208)

    [573 Total citations in HEP]

15. 105

    String theory and noncommutative geometry

    By Nathan Seiberg, Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:JHEP 9909:032,1999 (arXiv: hep-th/9908142)

    [2452 Total citations in HEP]

16. 105

    Superconformal Chern-Simons Theories and AdS(4)/CFT(3) Correspondence

    By Marcus Benna (Princeton U.), Igor Klebanov, Thomas Klose (Princeton U. & Princeton U., CTP), Mikael Smedback (Princeton U. & Uppsala U., Inst. Theor. Phys.).

    Published in:JHEP 0809:072,2008 (arXiv:0806.1519 [hep-th])

    [109 Total citations in HEP]

17. 105

    Transcendentality and Crossing

    By Niklas Beisert (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.), Burkhard Eden (Utrecht U.), Matthias Staudacher (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.).

    Published in:J.Stat.Mech.0701:P021,2007 (arXiv: hep-th/0610251)

    [212 Total citations in HEP]

18. 104

    Hierarchies from fluxes in string compactifications

    By Steven B. Giddings (Santa Barbara, KITP & UC, Santa Barbara), Shamit Kachru (Santa Barbara, KITP & Stanford U., Phys. Dept. & SLAC), Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.D66:106006,2002 (arXiv: hep-th/0105097)

    [913 Total citations in HEP]

19. 102

    M2-branes on M-folds

    By Jacques Distler (Texas U.), Sunil Mukhi, Constantinos Papageorgakis (Tata Inst.), Mark Van Raamsdonk (British Columbia U.).

    Published in:JHEP 0805:038,2008 (arXiv:0804.1256 [hep-th])

    [103 Total citations in HEP]

20. 99

    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

    [3225 Total citations in HEP]

21. 97

    Comments on the Bagger-Lambert theory and multiple M2-branes

    By Mark Van Raamsdonk (British Columbia U.).

    Published in:JHEP 0805:105,2008 (arXiv:0803.3803 [hep-th])

    [99 Total citations in HEP]

22. 97

    Membranes on an Orbifold

    By Neil Lambert (King's Coll. London, Dept. Math), David Tong (Cambridge U., DAMTP).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.101:041602,2008 (arXiv:0804.1114 [hep-th])

    [97 Total citations in HEP]

23. 96

    Selfdual strings and loop space Nahm equations

    By Andreas Gustavsson (Goteborg, ITP).

    Published in:JHEP 0804:083,2008 (arXiv:0802.3456 [hep-th])

    [96 Total citations in HEP]

24. 96

    Superconformal Chern-Simons theories

    By John H. Schwarz (Caltech).

    Published in:JHEP 0411:078,2004 (arXiv: hep-th/0411077)

    [116 Total citations in HEP]

25. 90

    M2 to D2 revisited

    By Pei-Ming Ho (Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U. & NCTS, Taipei), Yosuke Imamura, Yutaka Matsuo (Tokyo U.).

    Published in:JHEP 0807:003,2008 (arXiv:0805.1202 [hep-th])

    [92 Total citations in HEP]

26. 90

    Supergravity and a confining gauge theory: Duality cascades and chi SB resolution of naked singularities

    By Igor R. Klebanov (Princeton U.), Matthew J. Strassler (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:JHEP 0008:052,2000 (arXiv: hep-th/0007191)

    [836 Total citations in HEP]

27. 86

    The Hierarchy problem and new dimensions at a millimeter

    By Nima Arkani-Hamed (SLAC), Savas Dimopoulos (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.), G.R. Dvali (ICTP, Trieste).

    Published in:Phys.Lett.B429:263-272,1998 (arXiv: hep-ph/9803315)

    [3633 Total citations in HEP]

28. 85

    N = 8 Superconformal Chern-Simons Theories

    By Miguel A. Bandres, Arthur E. Lipstein, John H. Schwarz (Caltech).

    Published in:JHEP 0805:025,2008 (arXiv:0803.3242 [hep-th])

    [86 Total citations in HEP]

29. 84

    N=8 superconformal gauge theories and M2 branes

    By Sergio Benvenuti (Princeton U.), Diego Rodriguez-Gomez (Princeton U. & Queen Mary, U. of London), Erik Tonni (Pisa U. & INFN, Pisa), Herman Verlinde (Princeton U.).

    HEP Record (arXiv:0805.1087 [hep-th])

    [85 Total citations in HEP]

30. 84

    Bagger-Lambert Theory for General Lie Algebras

    By Jaume Gomis (Perimeter Inst. Theor. Phys.), Giuseppe Milanesi (Barcelona U., ECM & ICC, Barcelona U.), Jorge G. Russo (Barcelona U., ECM & ICC, Barcelona U. & ICREA, Barcelona).

    Published in:JHEP 0806:075,2008 (arXiv:0805.1012 [hep-th])

    [86 Total citations in HEP]

31. 84

    M2 to D2

    By Sunil Mukhi, Constantinos Papageorgakis (Tata Inst.).

    Published in:JHEP 0805:085,2008 (arXiv:0803.3218 [hep-th])

    [86 Total citations in HEP]

32. 82

    M2-branes, 3-Lie Algebras and Plucker relations

    By G. Papadopoulos (King's Coll. London, Dept. Math).

    Published in:JHEP 0805:054,2008 (arXiv:0804.2662 [hep-th])

    [83 Total citations in HEP]

33. 81

    Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) three year results: implications for cosmology

    By WMAP Collaboration (D.N. Spergel et al.).

    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.170:377,2007 (arXiv: astro-ph/0603449)

    [3249 Total citations in HEP]

34. 80

    Wilson loops in large N field theories

    By Juan Martin Maldacena (Harvard U.).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.80:4859-4862,1998 (arXiv: hep-th/9803002)

    [689 Total citations in HEP]

35. 78

    Strings in flat space and pp waves from N=4 superYang-Mills

    By David Eliecer Berenstein, Juan Martin Maldacena, Horatiu Stefan Nastase (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:JHEP 0204:013,2002 (arXiv: hep-th/0202021)

    [1106 Total citations in HEP]

36. 78

    Constraining Maximally Supersymmetric Membrane Actions

    By Jerome P. Gauntlett (Imperial Coll., London), Jan B. Gutowski (Cambridge U., DAMTP).

    HEP Record (arXiv:0804.3078 [hep-th])

    [79 Total citations in HEP]

37. 77

    Flux compactification

    By Michael R. Douglas (Rutgers U., Piscataway & IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette), Shamit Kachru (Stanford U., Phys. Dept. & SLAC & Santa Barbara, KITP).

    Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.79:733-796,2007 (arXiv: hep-th/0610102)

    [218 Total citations in HEP]

38. 77

    Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Cosmological Interpretation

    By WMAP Collaboration (E. Komatsu et al.).

    HEP Record (arXiv:0803.0547 [astro-ph])

    [689 Total citations in HEP]

39. 76

    Towards inflation in string theory

    By Shamit Kachru (Stanford U., Phys. Dept. & SLAC), Renata Kallosh, Andrei Linde (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.), Juan Martin Maldacena (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Liam P. McAllister (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.), Sandip P. Trivedi (Tata Inst.).

    Published in:JCAP 0310:013,2003 (arXiv: hep-th/0308055)

    [536 Total citations in HEP]

40. 75

    Viscosity in strongly interacting quantum field theories from black hole physics

    By P. Kovtun, D.T. Son, A.O. Starinets (Washington U., Seattle).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.94:111601,2005 (arXiv: hep-th/0405231)

    [400 Total citations in HEP]

41. 75

    Long-range psu(2,2|4) Bethe Ansatze for gauge theory and strings

    By Niklas Beisert (Princeton U.), Matthias Staudacher (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B727:1-62,2005 (arXiv: hep-th/0504190)

    [228 Total citations in HEP]

42. 74

    The Shear viscosity of strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma

    By G. Policastro (New York U. & Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore), D.T. Son (Columbia U. & RIKEN BNL), A.O. Starinets (New York U.).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.87:081601,2001 (arXiv: hep-th/0104066)

    [370 Total citations in HEP]

43. 73

    Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 high redshift supernovae

    By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).

    Published in:Astrophys.J.517:565-586,1999 (arXiv: astro-ph/9812133)

    [4171 Total citations in HEP]

44. 72

    Low energy hadron physics in holographic QCD

    By Tadakatsu Sakai (Ibaraki U., Mito, Dept. Math. Sci.), Shigeki Sugimoto (Kyoto U., Yukawa Inst., Kyoto).

    Published in:Prog.Theor.Phys.113:843-882,2005 (arXiv: hep-th/0412141)

    [307 Total citations in HEP]

45. 72

    The Bethe ansatz for superconformal Chern-Simons

    By J.A. Minahan (Uppsala U.), K. Zarembo (Ecole Normale Superieure & Uppsala U.).

    Published in:JHEP 0809:040,2008 (arXiv:0806.3951 [hep-th])

    [74 Total citations in HEP]

46. 72

    Spin Chains in N=6 Superconformal Chern-Simons-Matter Theory

    By Davide Gaiotto (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Simone Giombi, Xi Yin (Harvard U., Phys. Dept.).

    HEP Record (arXiv:0806.4589 [hep-th])

    [74 Total citations in HEP]

47. 71

    Macroscopic strings as heavy quarks in large N gauge theory and anti-de Sitter supergravity

    By Soo-Jong Rey, Jung-Tay Yee (Seoul Natl. U.).

    Published in:Eur.Phys.J.C22:379-394,2001 (arXiv: hep-th/9803001)

    [609 Total citations in HEP]

48. 71

    Hidden symmetries of the AdS(5) x S**5 superstring

    By Iosif Bena (UCLA), Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP), Radu Roiban (UC, Santa Barbara).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.D69:046002,2004 (arXiv: hep-th/0305116)

    [353 Total citations in HEP]

49. 71

    The SU(2|2) dynamic S-matrix

    By Niklas Beisert (Princeton U.).

    Published in:Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.12:945,2008 (arXiv: hep-th/0511082)

    [190 Total citations in HEP]

50. 70

    Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory From Lorentzian Three-Algebras

    By Jaume Gomis (Perimeter Inst. Theor. Phys.), Diego Rodriguez-Gomez (Princeton U. & Queen Mary, U. of London), Mark Van Raamsdonk (British Columbia U.), Herman Verlinde (Princeton U.).

    Published in:JHEP 0808:094,2008 (arXiv:0806.0738 [hep-th])

    [71 Total citations in HEP]

51. 70

    Adding flavor to AdS / CFT

    By Andreas Karch, Emanuel Katz (Washington U., Seattle).

    Published in:JHEP 0206:043,2002 (arXiv: hep-th/0205236)

    [331 Total citations in HEP]

52. 70

    Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant

    By Supernova Search Team (Adam G. Riess et al.).

    Published in:Astron.J.116:1009-1038,1998 (arXiv: astro-ph/9805201)

    [3983 Total citations in HEP]