Brian Willett

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
8 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Brian Willett is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Willett has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 4 papers in Geometry and Topology and 2 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Brian Willett's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (7 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (4 papers) and Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (4 papers). Brian Willett is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (7 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (4 papers) and Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (4 papers). Brian Willett collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Brian Willett's co-authors include Nathan Seiberg, Davide Gaiotto, Anton Kapustin, Shlomo S. Razamat, Ofer Aharony, Abhijit Gadde, Joseph A. Minahan, Leonardo Rastelli, Tudor Dimofte and Yuji Tachikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of High Energy Physics and Physical review. D.

In The Last Decade

Brian Willett

8 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Generalized global symmetries 2013 2026 2017 2021 2015 2017 2013 250 500 750
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. Generalized global symmetries
    2015 927 citations Davide Gaiotto, Anton Kapustin et al. Journal of High Energy Physics profile →
  2. Localization techniques in quantum field theories
    2017 175 citations Vasily Pestun, Maxim Zabzine et al. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical profile →
  3. 3d dualities from 4d dualities
    2013 171 citations Ofer Aharony, Shlomo S. Razamat et al. Journal of High Energy 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
Brian Willett United States 8 1.1k 428 390 369 368 8 1.5k
Ho Tat Lam United States 16 805 0.7× 395 0.9× 558 1.4× 268 0.7× 367 1.0× 26 1.4k
Ying-Hsuan Lin United States 18 643 0.6× 277 0.6× 326 0.8× 193 0.5× 422 1.1× 30 1.0k
Clay Córdova United States 24 1.4k 1.2× 619 1.4× 469 1.2× 457 1.2× 666 1.8× 50 2.0k
Yu Nakayama Japan 23 1.5k 1.4× 552 1.3× 258 0.7× 872 2.4× 217 0.6× 113 1.8k
Po-Shen Hsin United States 16 566 0.5× 290 0.7× 430 1.1× 167 0.5× 325 0.9× 27 1.0k
Sheer El-Showk France 15 1.3k 1.1× 523 1.2× 267 0.7× 614 1.7× 218 0.6× 18 1.6k
Charlotte Kristjansen Denmark 23 1.9k 1.7× 659 1.5× 253 0.6× 602 1.6× 588 1.6× 64 2.2k
S. P. Sorella Brazil 27 2.4k 2.1× 564 1.3× 267 0.7× 282 0.8× 157 0.4× 156 2.6k
A. Lerda Italy 30 1.9k 1.7× 758 1.8× 305 0.8× 961 2.6× 431 1.2× 96 2.2k
Dimitra Karabali United States 23 1.7k 1.5× 731 1.7× 956 2.5× 387 1.0× 286 0.8× 56 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Willett

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Willett

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Brian Willett. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Brian Willett. The network helps show where Brian Willett may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Willett

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Willett. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Willett based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brian Willett. Brian Willett is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Razamat, Shlomo S. & Brian Willett. (2020). Star-shaped quiver theories with flux. Physical review. D. 101(6). 9 indexed citations
2.
Aharony, Ofer, Shlomo S. Razamat, Nathan Seiberg, & Brian Willett. (2017). The long flow to freedom. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2017(2). 24 indexed citations
3.
Pestun, Vasily, Maxim Zabzine, Francesco Benini, et al.. (2017). Localization techniques in quantum field theories. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 50(44). 440301–440301. 175 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Gaiotto, Davide, Anton Kapustin, Nathan Seiberg, & Brian Willett. (2015). Generalized global symmetries. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015(2). 927 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Gadde, Abhijit, Shlomo S. Razamat, & Brian Willett. (2015). “Lagrangian” for a Non-Lagrangian Field Theory withN=2Supersymmetry. Physical Review Letters. 115(17). 213–237. 44 indexed citations
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Razamat, Shlomo S. & Brian Willett. (2014). Down the rabbit hole with theories of class S $$ \mathcal{S} $$. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2014(10). 57 indexed citations
7.
Aharony, Ofer, Shlomo S. Razamat, Nathan Seiberg, & Brian Willett. (2013). 3d dualities from 4d dualities for orthogonal groups. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2013(8). 91 indexed citations
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Aharony, Ofer, Shlomo S. Razamat, Nathan Seiberg, & Brian Willett. (2013). 3d dualities from 4d dualities. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2013(7). 171 indexed citations breakdown →

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