Alan P. Lightman

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alan P. Lightman is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan P. Lightman has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 4 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Alan P. Lightman's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (9 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (5 papers). Alan P. Lightman is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (9 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (5 papers). Alan P. Lightman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Australia. Alan P. Lightman's co-authors include Saul A. Teukolsky, S. L. Shapiro, Douglas M. Eardley, T. R. White, A. A. Zdziarski, Stuart L. Shapiro, Philip M. Sadler, Robert V. Wagoner, Clifford M. Will and Kip S. Thorne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alan P. Lightman

48 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects

1983 848 citations Saul A. Teukolsky, Alan P. Lightman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan P. Lightman United States	21	2.3k	918	379	351	164	53	2.8k
M. S. Roberts United States	28	4.4k 1.9×	1.7k 1.9×	425 1.1×	1.1k 3.0×	69 0.4×	126	5.6k
P. C. Peters United States	12	2.8k 1.2×	701 0.8×	184 0.5×	195 0.6×	126 0.8×	32	3.0k
F. J. Raab United States	18	1.5k 0.7×	582 0.6×	1.3k 3.4×	283 0.8×	235 1.4×	34	2.7k
Richard McCray United States	35	5.6k 2.4×	2.1k 2.3×	453 1.2×	320 0.9×	45 0.3×	152	6.3k
Derek Raine United Kingdom	19	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	450 1.2×	322 0.9×	349 2.1×	75	3.4k
K. Werner Germany	33	3.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	470 1.2×	392 1.1×	32 0.2×	399	4.7k
B. R. Dennis United States	46	7.4k 3.2×	803 0.9×	197 0.5×	445 1.3×	86 0.5×	232	8.1k
D. L. Kaplan United States	32	2.9k 1.3×	748 0.8×	133 0.4×	485 1.4×	18 0.1×	143	3.2k
David Layzer United States	21	565 0.2×	560 0.6×	747 2.0×	129 0.4×	135 0.8×	73	2.1k
Μ. H. Montgomery United States	26	3.6k 1.5×	264 0.3×	180 0.5×	186 0.5×	31 0.2×	109	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan P. Lightman

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Lightman, Alan P.. (2021). Przypadkowy Wszechświat: kryzys wiary w nauce. 9. 255–267.

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Kaiser, David & Alan P. Lightman. (2019). Quantum Legacies. 5 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P., William H. Press, Richard H. Price, & Saul A. Teukolsky. (2017). Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation. Princeton University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P., et al.. (2011). Bridging the Two Cultures; A Conversation between Rebecca Goldstein and Alan Lightman. World Literature Today.

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Lightman, Alan P.. (2007). Wheels of Fortune. 17(3). 28–33. 1 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P.. (2005). Moments of truth. The New Scientist. 36–41. 1 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P.. (2005). A sense of the mysterious : science and the human spirit. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 8 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P.. (2003). A sense of the mysterious. Daedalus. 132(4). 5–21. 4 indexed citations

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Morrison, Philip S., et al.. (1999). The Work of Charles and Ray Eames. Design Issues. 15(1). 75–75. 1 indexed citations

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Zdziarski, A. A., Alan P. Lightman, & A. Niedźwiecki. (1993). Acceleration efficiency in nonthermal sources and the soft gamma rays from NGC 4151 observed by OSSE and SIGMA. The Astrophysical Journal. 414. L93–L93. 24 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P. & Philip M. Sadler. (1993). Teacher predictions versus actual student gains. The Physics Teacher. 31(3). 162–167. 95 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P. & Owen Gingerich. (1992). When Do Anomalies Begin?. Science. 255(5045). 690–695. 53 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P., et al.. (1991). Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists. American Journal of Physics. 59(9). 861–861. 23 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P. & Philip M. Sadler. (1988). The Earth Is Round? Who Are You Kidding?.. Science and Children. 25(5). 24–26. 9 indexed citations

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White, T. R., et al.. (1988). Compton reflection of gamma rays by cold electrons. The Astrophysical Journal. 331. 939–939. 39 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P., A. A. Zdziarski, & M. J. Rees. (1987). Effects of electron-positron pair opacity for spherical accretion onto black holes. The Astrophysical Journal. 315. L113–L113. 12 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P.. (1983). Fundamental processes in pair plasma. AIP conference proceedings. 101. 359–367. 1 indexed citations

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Shapiro, Stuart L. & Alan P. Lightman. (1976). The distribution of stars around a massive black hole. Nature. 262(5571). 743–745. 27 indexed citations

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Lightman, Alan P. & Douglas M. Eardley. (1974). Black Holes in Binary Systems: Instability of Disk Accretion. The Astrophysical Journal. 187. L1–L1. 346 indexed citations

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Thorne, Kip S., et al.. (1973). Foundations for a Theory of Gravitation Theories. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 7(12). 3563–3578. 89 indexed citations

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