Most cited papers in Relativity and Gravitational Theory
What are the most cited papers in Relativity and Gravitational Theory?
The most cited paper in Relativity and Gravitational Theory is "A new type of isotropic cosmological models without singularity" (Alexei A. Starobinsky, 1980), with 7,827 citations. Next come "The cosmological constant problem" (7,442) and "DYNAMICS OF DARK ENERGY" (6,316).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 1,071 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A new type of isotropic cosmological models without singularity Alexei A. Starobinsky · Physics Letters B | Mar 1980 | 7,827 |
| 2 | The cosmological constant problem Steven Weinberg · Reviews of Modern Physics | 1989 | 7,442 |
| 3 | DYNAMICS OF DARK ENERGY Edmund J. Copeland, M. Sami, Shinji Tsujikawa · International Journal of Modern Physics D | Nov 2006 | 6,316 |
| 4 | The Classical Theory of Fields L.D. LANDAU, E.M. LIFSHITZ, William Rarita · Physics Today | May 1952 | 5,862 |
| 5 | Mach's Principle and a Relativistic Theory of Gravitation Carl H. Brans, R. H. Dicke · Physical Review | Nov 1961 | 5,679 |
| 6 | Modified gravity and cosmology Timothy Clifton, Pedro G. Ferreira, Antonio Padilla et al. · Physics Reports | 9 Jan 2012 | 4,260 |
| 7 | The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment Clifford M. Will · Living Reviews in Relativity | 11 Jun 2014 | 3,967 |
| 8 | f(R) Theories Antonio De Felice, Shinji Tsujikawa · Living Reviews in Relativity | 23 Jun 2010 | 3,920 |
| 9 | Theory of cosmological perturbations Viatcheslav Mukhanov · Physics Reports | Jun 1992 | 3,644 |
| 10 | Gravitational Field of a Spinning Mass as an Example of Algebraically Special Metrics R. P. Kerr · Physical Review Letters | Sep 1963 | 3,599 |
| 11 | "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics Hugh Everett · Reviews of Modern Physics | Jul 1957 | 3,426 |
| 12 | Quantum Theory of Gravity. I. The Canonical Theory Bryce Seligman DeWitt · Physical Review | 25 Aug 1967 | 3,416 |
| 13 | Phenomenological Lagrangians Steven Weinberg · Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | Apr 1979 | 3,370 |
| 14 | Extended Theories of Gravity Salvatore Capozziello, Mariafelicia De Laurentis · Physics Reports | 17 Sep 2011 | 3,364 |
| 15 | The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar · General Relativity and Gravitation | 1984 | 3,232 |
| 16 | Cosmological constant—the weight of the vacuum T Padmanabhan · Physics Reports | 19 May 2003 | 3,214 |
| 17 | Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity Steven Weinberg, Robert V. Wagoner · Physics Today | Jun 1973 | 3,141 |
| 18 | Speakable and Unspeakable in Quatum Mechanics J. S. Bell, N. David Mermin · Physics Today | Oct 1988 | 3,066 |
| 19 | Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity Michael S. Morris, Kip S. Thorne · American Journal of Physics | May 1988 | 2,969 |
| 20 | Gravitation and cosmology Sir Herman Bondi · Journal of the Franklin Institute | Feb 1974 | 2,821 |
| 21 | Stability of a Schwarzschild Singularity T. Regge, JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER · Physical Review | 15 Nov 1957 | 2,778 |
| 22 | General relativity with spin and torsion: Foundations and prospects Friedrich W. Hehl, Paul von der Heyde, G. David Kerlick et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | Jul 1976 | 2,761 |
| 23 | An Approach to Gravitational Radiation by a Method of Spin Coefficients Ezra Ted Newman, Roger Penrose · Journal of Mathematical Physics | May 1962 | 2,743 |
| 24 | Dynamics of phase transition in the new inflationary universe scenario and generation of perturbations Alexei A. Starobinsky · Physics Letters B | Nov 1982 | 2,687 |
| 25 | The Cosmological Constant Sean Michael Carroll · Living Reviews in Relativity | 7 Feb 2001 | 2,620 |
| 26 | An alternative to quintessence Alexander Yu. Kamenshchik, Ugo Moschella, Vincent Pasquier · Physics Letters B | Jul 2001 | 2,598 |
| 27 | Relativistic Quantum Fields James D. Bjorken, Sidney D. Drell, Peter B. Kahn · American Journal of Physics | Apr 1966 | 2,593 |
| 28 | Inward Bound—The Search for Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei John Kormendy, Douglas O. Richstone · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Sep 1995 | 2,567 |
| 29 | Gravitational Radiation and the Motion of Two Point Masses P. C. Peters · Physical Review | 23 Nov 1964 | 2,437 |
| 30 | X-Ray Properties of Black-Hole Binaries Ronald A. Remillard, Jeffrey E. McClintock · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | 18 Aug 2006 | 2,431 |
| 31 | Global Structure of the Kerr Family of Gravitational Fields Brandon Carter · Physical Review | 25 Oct 1968 | 2,329 |
| 32 | Republication of: The dynamics of general relativity R. Arnowitt, S. Deser, Charles W. Misner · General Relativity and Gravitation | 7 Aug 2008 | 2,312 |
| 33 | Is cosmic speed-up due to new gravitational physics? Sean Michael Carroll, Vikram Duvvuri, Mark Trodden et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields | 23 Aug 2004 | 2,299 |
| 34 | Modified gravity with negative and positive powers of curvature: Unification of inflation and cosmic acceleration Shin’ichi Nojiri, Sergei D. Odintsov · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields | 15 Dec 2003 | 2,198 |
| 35 | An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Field Theory Silvan S. Schweber, Herman Feshbach · American Journal of Physics | Aug 1962 | 2,121 |
| 36 | Quasi-Normal Modes of Stars and Black Holes Kostas D. Kokkotas, Bernd G. Schmidt · Living Reviews in Relativity | 16 Sep 1999 | 2,076 |
| 37 | A Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of "Hidden" Variables. II David Böhm · Physical Review | 15 Jan 1952 | 2,068 |
| 38 | Particle physics models of inflation and the cosmological density perturbation David H. Lyth, Antonio Riotto · Physics Reports | Jun 1999 | 1,891 |
| 39 | Cosmological Constant - the Weight of the Vacuum Τ. Padmanabhan | 23 Dec 2002 | 1,867 |
| 40 | GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object R. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters | Jun 2020 | 1,825 |
| 41 | Gauge Invariance and Mass. II Julian Schwinger · Physical Review | Dec 1962 | 1,819 |
| 42 | Quantum Theory of Gravity. II. The Manifestly Covariant Theory Bryce Seligman DeWitt · Physical Review | 25 Oct 1967 | 1,778 |
| 43 | Group Theory and its Applications to Physical Problems Morton Hamermesh, Albert A. Mullin · American Journal of Physics | Oct 1962 | 1,742 |
| 44 | Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity Sean Michael Carroll | 2003 | 1,702 |
| 45 | Cosmological Perturbation Theory Hideo Kodama, Misao Sasaki · Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement | 1984 | 1,697 |
| 46 | Lorentz Invariance and the Gravitational Field T. W. B. Kibble · Journal of Mathematical Physics | Mar 1961 | 1,681 |
| 47 | Chameleon cosmology Justin Khoury, Amanda Weltman · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields | 27 Feb 2004 | 1,649 |
| 48 | Nonspreading wave packets Marsha Berry, Nandor L. Balazs · American Journal of Physics | Mar 1979 | 1,597 |
| 49 | Black holes in general relativity Stephen William Hawking · Communications in Mathematical Physics | Jun 1972 | 1,583 |
| 50 | Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way’s Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits A. M. Ghez, S. Salim, N. N. Weinberg et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 26 Nov 2008 | 1,579 |
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