Top Cited Articles of All Time (2009 edition)
Top Cited Articles of All Time (2009 edition)
The 50 most highly cited papers of All Time (2009 edition)
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- 35739
Review of Particle Physics
By Particle Data Group
Citations are counted for all versions of the RPP, most recent version is:
Published in:Phys.Lett.B667:1,2008
[2374 Total citations in HEP]
[36001 Total Citations to all copies of RPP in HEP]
- 7082
A Model of Leptons
By Steven Weinberg (MIT, LNS).
Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.19:1264-1266,1967
[7087 Total citations in HEP]
- 6435
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)
[6662 Total citations in HEP]
- 5924
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
[5950 Total citations in HEP]
- 5580
First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Determination of cosmological parameters
By WMAP Collaboration
Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:175-194,2003
(arXiv:astro-ph/0302209)
[5652 Total citations in HEP]
- 4737
Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 high redshift supernovae
By Supernova Cosmology Project
Published in:Astrophys.J.517:565-586,1999
(arXiv:astro-ph/9812133)
[4816 Total citations in HEP]
- 4600
Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant
By Supernova Search Team
Published in:Astron.J.116:1009-1038,1998
(arXiv:astro-ph/9805201)
[4678 Total citations in HEP]
- 4502
Maps of dust IR emission for use in estimation of reddening and CMBR foregrounds
By David J. Schlegel (Durham U.), Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Marc Davis (UC, Berkeley).
Published in:Astrophys.J.500:525,1998
(arXiv:astro-ph/9710327)
[4604 Total citations in HEP]
- 4416
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)
[4471 Total citations in HEP]
- 4357
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)
[4437 Total citations in HEP]
- 3948
Weak Interactions with Lepton-Hadron Symmetry
By S.L. Glashow, J. Iliopoulos, L. Maiani (Harvard U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.D2:1285-1292,1970
[3953 Total citations in HEP]
- 3940
Asymptotic Freedom in Parton Language
By Guido Altarelli (Ecole Normale Superieure), G. Parisi (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette).
Published in:Nucl.Phys.B126:298,1977
[3961 Total citations in HEP]
- 3900
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)
[3938 Total citations in HEP]
- 3896
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) three year results: implications for cosmology
By WMAP Collaboration
Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.170:377,2007
(arXiv:astro-ph/0603449)
[3993 Total citations in HEP]
- 3892
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)
[3929 Total citations in HEP]
- 3868
Partial Symmetries of Weak Interactions
By S.L. Glashow (Copenhagen U.).
Published in:Nucl.Phys.22:579-588,1961
[3872 Total citations in HEP]
- 3852
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)
[3919 Total citations in HEP]
- 3598
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
[3625 Total citations in HEP]
- 3545
Supersymmetry, Supergravity and Particle Physics
By Hans Peter Nilles (Geneva U. & CERN).
Published in:Phys.Rept.110:1-162,1984
[3562 Total citations in HEP]
- 3486
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
[3522 Total citations in HEP]
- 3472
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
[3515 Total citations in HEP]
- 3440
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.117:75-263,1985
[3453 Total citations in HEP]
- 3318
Evidence for oscillation of atmospheric neutrinos
By Super-Kamiokande Collaboration
Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.81:1562-1567,1998
(arXiv:hep-ex/9807003)
[3324 Total citations in HEP]
- 3194
Dynamical Model of Elementary Particles Based on an Analogy with Superconductivity. 1.
By Yoichiro Nambu, G. Jona-Lasinio (Chicago U., EFI).
Published in:Phys.Rev.122:345-358,1961
[3205 Total citations in HEP]
- 3193
Unity of All Elementary Particle Forces
By H. Georgi, S.L. Glashow (Harvard U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.32:438-441,1974
[3201 Total citations in HEP]
- 3189
Confinement of Quarks
By Kenneth G. Wilson (Cornell U., LNS).
Published in:Phys.Rev.D10:2445-2459,1974
[3193 Total citations in HEP]
- 3173
Unitary Symmetry and Leptonic Decays
By Nicola Cabibbo (CERN).
Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.10:531-533,1963
[3187 Total citations in HEP]
- 3171
Neutrino Oscillations in Matter
By L. Wolfenstein (Carnegie Mellon U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.D17:2369-2374,1978
[3180 Total citations in HEP]
- 2988
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, Erratum-ibid.D11:703-703,1975
[3002 Total citations in HEP]
- 2948
A Planar Diagram Theory for Strong Interactions
By Gerard 't Hooft (CERN).
Published in:Nucl.Phys.B72:461,1974
[2963 Total citations in HEP]
- 2924
Computation of the Quantum Effects Due to a Four-Dimensional Pseudoparticle
By Gerard 't Hooft (Harvard U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.D14:3432-3450,1976, Erratum-ibid.D18:2199,1978
[2932 Total citations in HEP]
- 2897
New dimensions at a millimeter to a Fermi and superstrings at a TeV
By Ignatios Antoniadis (Ecole Polytechnique), Nima Arkani-Hamed (SLAC), Savas Dimopoulos (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.), G.R. Dvali (ICTP, Trieste).
Published in:Phys.Lett.B436:257-263,1998
(arXiv:hep-ph/9804398)
[2925 Total citations in HEP]
- 2769
On gauge invariance and vacuum polarization
By Julian S. Schwinger (Harvard U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.82:664-679,1951
[2791 Total citations in HEP]
- 2768
High-energy physics event generation with PYTHIA 5.7 and JETSET 7.4
By Torbjorn Sjostrand (CERN).
Published in:Comput.Phys.Commun.82:74-90,1994
[2774 Total citations in HEP]
- 2696
Radiative Corrections as the Origin of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
By Sidney R. Coleman, Erick J. Weinberg (Harvard U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.D7:1888-1910,1973
[2713 Total citations in HEP]
- 2676
First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Preliminary maps and basic results
By WMAP Collaboration
Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:1,2003
(arXiv:astro-ph/0302207)
[2704 Total citations in HEP]
- 2597
String theory and noncommutative geometry
By Nathan Seiberg, Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
Published in:JHEP 9909:032,1999
(arXiv:hep-th/9908142)
[2621 Total citations in HEP]
- 2591
Regularization and Renormalization of Gauge Fields
By Gerard 't Hooft, M.J.G. Veltman (Utrecht U.).
Published in:Nucl.Phys.B44:189-213,1972
[2596 Total citations in HEP]
- 2584
Reliable Perturbative Results for Strong Interactions?
By H.David Politzer (Harvard U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.30:1346-1349,1973
[2591 Total citations in HEP]
- 2571
Ultraviolet Behavior of Nonabelian Gauge Theories
By D.J. Gross, Frank Wilczek (Princeton U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.30:1343-1346,1973
[2577 Total citations in HEP]
- 2551
Chiral Perturbation Theory to One Loop
By J. Gasser (Bern U.), H. Leutwyler (CERN).
Published in:Annals Phys.158:142,1984
[2576 Total citations in HEP]
- 2539
Chiral Perturbation Theory: Expansions in the Mass of the Strange Quark
By J. Gasser (Bern U.), H. Leutwyler (CERN).
Published in:Nucl.Phys.B250:465,1985
[2552 Total citations in HEP]
- 2515
Symmetry Breaking Through Bell-Jackiw Anomalies
By Gerard 't Hooft (Harvard U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.37:8-11,1976
[2523 Total citations in HEP]
- 2505
Axial vector vertex in spinor electrodynamics
By Stephen L. Adler (Princeton U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.177:2426-2438,1969
[2512 Total citations in HEP]
- 2470
A Universal density profile from hierarchical clustering
By Julio F. Navarro (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.), Carlos S. Frenk (Durham U.), Simon D.M. White (Garching, Max Planck Inst.).
Published in:Astrophys.J.490:493-508,1997
(arXiv:astro-ph/9611107)
[2539 Total citations in HEP]
- 2433
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
[2439 Total citations in HEP]
- 2372
Neutrino Mass and Spontaneous Parity Violation
By Rabindra N. Mohapatra (City Coll., N.Y.), Goran Senjanovic (Maryland U.).
Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.44:912,1980
[2387 Total citations in HEP]
- 2361
Resonance Amplification of Oscillations in Matter and Spectroscopy of Solar Neutrinos
By S.P. Mikheev, A.Yu. Smirnov (Moscow, INR).
Published in:Sov.J.Nucl.Phys.42:913-917,1985, Yad.Fiz.42:1441-1448,1985
[2375 Total citations in HEP]
- 2355
Exclusive Processes in Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics
By G.Peter Lepage (Cornell U., LNS), Stanley J. Brodsky (SLAC).
Published in:Phys.Rev.D22:2157,1980
[2371 Total citations in HEP]
- 2273
The relationship between infrared, optical, and ultraviolet extinction
By Jason A. Cardelli, Geoffrey C. Clayton, John S. Mathis (Washburn Observ.).
Published in:Astrophys.J.345:245-256,1989
[2327 Total citations in HEP]