Allen I. Janis

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Allen I. Janis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen I. Janis has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 8 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Allen I. Janis's work include Relativity and Gravitational Theory (16 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (13 papers) and Advanced Differential Geometry Research (7 papers). Allen I. Janis is often cited by papers focused on Relativity and Gravitational Theory (16 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (13 papers) and Advanced Differential Geometry Research (7 papers). Allen I. Janis collaborates with scholars based in United States. Allen I. Janis's co-authors include S. Chandrasekhar, Ezra T. Newman, Jeffrey Winicour, David Robinson, R. J. Torrence, John R. Porter, Nicholas Rescher, John Earman, Gerald J. Massey and Peter G. Bergmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Allen I. Janis

33 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes 1965 2026 1985 2005 1984 1965 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes
    1984 1.5k citations S. Chandrasekhar, Allen I. Janis Physics Today profile →
  2. Note on the Kerr Spinning-Particle Metric
    1965 544 citations Ezra T. Newman, Allen I. Janis Journal of Mathematical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Allen I. Janis United States 13 2.6k 2.0k 596 341 124 36 2.9k
R. P. Kerr New Zealand 14 2.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 508 0.9× 257 0.8× 161 1.3× 25 2.6k
Dieter R. Brill United States 28 2.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 785 1.3× 481 1.4× 252 2.0× 64 2.8k
Joshua N. Goldberg United States 18 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 540 0.9× 262 0.8× 156 1.3× 53 1.8k
W. B. Bonnor United Kingdom 33 3.1k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 625 1.0× 430 1.3× 171 1.4× 151 3.4k
Eduard Herlt Germany 9 2.9k 1.1× 2.4k 1.2× 781 1.3× 221 0.6× 297 2.4× 19 3.2k
William Kinnersley United States 13 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 613 1.0× 179 0.5× 112 0.9× 20 1.7k
C. Hoenselaers Germany 17 2.6k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 791 1.3× 195 0.6× 249 2.0× 64 3.0k
Paul von der Heyde Germany 12 2.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 774 1.3× 226 0.7× 105 0.8× 14 2.3k
G. David Kerlick United States 14 2.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 736 1.2× 229 0.7× 101 0.8× 28 2.3k
Patricio S. Letelier Brazil 27 2.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 689 1.2× 300 0.9× 51 0.4× 157 2.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Janis, Allen I.. (2016). The Road to Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's “The Foundations of General Relativity.”. American Journal of Physics. 84(5). 407–407.
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Earman, John, Allen I. Janis, Gerald J. Massey, & Nicholas Rescher. (1994). Philosophical Problems of the Internal and External Worlds: Essays on the Philosophy of Adolf Grunbaum. 31 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I. & John R. Porter. (1992). Recent advances in general relativity. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 25 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I.. (1992). The magnitude-redshift relation. The Astrophysical Journal. 385. 391–391. 1 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I.. (1986). Angular size in an expanding universe. American Journal of Physics. 54(11). 1008–1011. 1 indexed citations
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Chandrasekhar, S. & Allen I. Janis. (1984). The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes. Physics Today. 37(7). 71–72. 1507 indexed citations breakdown →
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Janis, Allen I., et al.. (1980). The rotating disk: Reply to Gr�n. Foundations of Physics. 10(5-6). 495–498. 1 indexed citations
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Grünbaum, Adolf & Allen I. Janis. (1978). Can the effect precede its cause in classical electrodynamics?. American Journal of Physics. 46(4). 337–341. 8 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I., et al.. (1977). Nondiverging algebraically special ?-spaces. General Relativity and Gravitation. 8(1). 29–43. 8 indexed citations
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Grünbaum, Adolf & Allen I. Janis. (1977). Is There Backward Causation in Classical Electrodynamics?. The Journal of Philosophy. 74(8). 475–482. 6 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I., et al.. (1977). The geometry of the rotating disk in the special theory of relativity. Synthese. 34(3). 281–299. 3 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I., et al.. (1976). Radiation in cosmological backgrounds. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 17(8). 1432–1438. 10 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I., et al.. (1976). Algebraically special ℋ-spaces. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 17(5). 660–664. 16 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I., et al.. (1976). Nonspreading solutions to a class of differential equations. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 17(8). 1429–1431. 6 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I.. (1973). Note on Motion in the Schwarzschild Field. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 8(8). 2360–2362. 13 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I., et al.. (1973). The characteristic development of trapped surfaces. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 14(6). 793–802. 11 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I.. (1970). Energy and Observables in Electromagnetic Theory. American Journal of Physics. 38(2). 202–206. 2 indexed citations
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Janis, Allen I., David Robinson, & Jeffrey Winicour. (1969). Comments on Einstein Scalar Solutions. Physical Review. 186(5). 1729–1731. 75 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1968). Tail of a Gravitational Wave. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 9(3). 484–496. 32 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Peter G. & Allen I. Janis. (1958). Subsidiary Conditions in Covariant Theories. Physical Review. 111(4). 1191–1200. 6 indexed citations

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