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Most cited papers in Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

What are the most cited papers in Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena?

The most cited paper in Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena is "First‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters" (David N. Spergel, Licia Verde, Hiranya V. Peiris et al., 2003), with 11,089 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "Planck 2015 results" (10,771).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,403 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 First‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters David N. Spergel, Licia Verde, Hiranya V. Peiris et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access 19 Aug 2003 11,089
2 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
3 Planck 2015 results Peter A. R. Ade et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access261 authors 20 Jun 2016 10,771
4 Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC S. Chatrchyan et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,891 authors 17 Aug 2012 10,126
5 A Universal Density Profile from Hierarchical Clustering Julio F. Navarro, Carlos S. Frenk, Simon D. M. White · The Astrophysical Journal Open access Dec 1997 9,998
6 SEVEN-YEARWILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE(WMAP) OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION Eiichiro Komatsu et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access 11 Jan 2011 8,892
7 The cosmological constant problem Steven Weinberg · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 1989 7,442
8 Review of Particle Physics Masaharu Tanabashi et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access232 authors 17 Aug 2018 7,268
9 CP Conservation in the Presence of Pseudoparticles R. D. Peccei, Helen R. Quinn · Physical Review Letters 20 Jun 1977 7,150
10 Three‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Implications for Cosmology David N. Spergel et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access 31 May 2007 6,681
11 The hierarchy problem and new dimensions at a millimeter Nima Arkani–Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, Gia Dvali · Physics Letters B Open access Jun 1998 6,617
12 Planck 2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters Peter A. R. Ade et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access264 authors 25 Feb 2014 6,598
13 Review of Particle Physics Particle Data Group et al. · Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics Open access239 authors Aug 2022 6,346
14 Review of Particle Physics J. Beringer et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access195 authors 20 Jul 2012 6,020
15 Planck 2015 results Ade, PAR et al. · ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) Open access261 authors Oct 2016 5,452
16 The cosmological constant and dark energy P. J. E. Peebles, Bharat Ratra · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 22 Apr 2003 5,320
17 A New Light Boson? Steven Weinberg · Physical Review Letters 23 Jan 1978 5,239
18 Review of Particle Physics C. Amsler et al. · Physics Letters B Open access173 authors 5 Aug 2008 5,093
19 Cosmology for Grand Unified Theories with Radiatively Induced Symmetry Breaking Andreas Albrecht, Paul Joseph Steinhardt · Physical Review Letters 26 Apr 1982 5,056
20 Particle dark matter: evidence, candidates and constraints Gianfranco Bertone, Dan Hooper, Joseph I. Silk · Physics Reports Open access 9 Nov 2004 5,054
21 Problem of Strong P and T Invariance in the Presence of Instantons Frank A. Wilczek · Physical Review Letters 30 Jan 1978 4,791
22 Cosmological consequences of a rolling homogeneous scalar field Bharat Ratra, P. J. E. Peebles · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 15 Jun 1988 4,366
23 Supersymmetry, supergravity and particle physics Hans Peter Nilles · Physics Reports Aug 1984 4,215
24 Supersymmetric dark matter Gerard Jungman, Marc Kamionkowski, K. Griest · Physics Reports Open access Mar 1996 4,186
25 THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE ON THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE MISSION W. B. Atwood et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access240 authors 8 May 2009 4,175
26 Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP Max Tegmark et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 5 May 2004 4,037
27 On the Absorption of X‐Rays in the Interstellar Medium J. Wilms, A. Allen, R. McCray · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 Oct 2000 4,027
28 Barygenesis without grand unification M. Fukugita, T. Yanagida · Physics Letters B Jun 1986 3,935
29 The search for supersymmetry: Probing physics beyond the standard model Howard E. Haber · Physics Reports 1985 3,856
30 Cosmological Imprint of an Energy Component with General Equation of State Robert R. Caldwell, R. Dave, Paul Joseph Steinhardt · Physical Review Letters Open access 23 Feb 1998 3,740
31 REVIEW OF PARTICLE PHYSICS Particle Data Group Keith A. Olive et al. · BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) Open access210 authors 2014 3,662
32 Cosmological parameters from CMB and other data: A Monte Carlo approach Antony Lewis, Sarah Bridle · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 25 Nov 2002 3,543
33 Review of Particle Physics Sergio Navas et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access244 authors Aug 2024 3,524
34 Cosmic separation of phases Edward H. Witten · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 15 Jul 1984 3,513
35 Cosmology of the invisible axion John P. Preskill, Mark B. Wise, Frank A. Wilczek · Physics Letters B 1983 3,401
36 Constraints imposed by CP conservation in the presence of pseudoparticles R.D. Peccei, Helen R. Quinn · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 15 Sep 1977 3,214
37 Unified approach to the classical statistical analysis of small signals G. J. Feldman, Robert D. Cousins · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access Apr 1998 3,164
38 A cosmological bound on the invisible axion L. F. Abbott, P. Sikivie · Physics Letters B 1983 3,097
39 Presentation of search results: the CL s technique Alexander Lincoln Read · Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics Open access 27 Sep 2002 3,038
40 The not-so-harmless axion Michael Dine, Willy Fischler · Physics Letters B 1983 3,001
41 End to the Cosmic-Ray Spectrum? Kenneth I. Greisen · Physical Review Letters 25 Apr 1966 2,994
42 A simple solution to the strong CP problem with a harmless axion Michael Dine, Willy Fischler, Mark Srednicki · Physics Letters B Aug 1981 2,855
43 FeynRules 2.0 — A complete toolbox for tree-level phenomenology Adam Alloul, Neil D. Christensen, Celine Catherine Degrande et al. · Computer Physics Communications Open access 4 May 2014 2,794
44 Populating a cluster of galaxies - I. Results at \fontshape{it}{z}=0 Volker Springel, Simon D. M. White, Giuseppe Tormen et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access Dec 2001 2,740
45 Quintessence, Cosmic Coincidence, and the Cosmological Constant I.S. Zlatev, Li-Min Wang, Paul Joseph Steinhardt · Physical Review Letters Open access Feb 1999 2,718
46 Weak-Interaction Singlet and Strong CP Invariance Jihn E. Kim · Physical Review Letters 9 Jul 1979 2,716
47 Theory and phenomenology of two-Higgs-doublet models G.C. Branco, P. M. Ferreira, L. Lavoura et al. · Physics Reports Open access 5 Mar 2012 2,706
48 Cosmology and the fate of dilatation symmetry CHRISTOF WETTERICH · Nuclear Physics B Open access Jun 1988 2,704
49 Nine-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Cosmological Parameter Results Wright, E. L. · NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Open access 2016 2,645
50 Can confinement ensure natural CP invariance of strong interactions? Mikhail A Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, V.I. Zakharov · Nuclear Physics B Apr 1980 2,461

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