Carlo Rovelli

24.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
248 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Carlo Rovelli is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlo Rovelli has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 136 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 127 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Carlo Rovelli's work include Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (153 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (135 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (105 papers). Carlo Rovelli is often cited by papers focused on Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (153 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (135 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (105 papers). Carlo Rovelli collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Carlo Rovelli's co-authors include Lee Smolin, Francesca Vidotto, Jonathan Engle, Roberto Pereira, Michael Reisenberger, Alejandro Pérez, Marios Christodoulou, Simone Speziale, Hal M. Haggard and Abhay Ashtekar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Carlo Rovelli

241 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum Gravity 1990 2026 2002 2014 2004 1995 1990 1996 2008 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carlo Rovelli France 53 8.9k 8.3k 6.8k 3.4k 620 248 11.8k
Lee Smolin Canada 39 6.1k 0.7× 6.0k 0.7× 5.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 185 0.3× 154 7.8k
Abhay Ashtekar United States 64 13.2k 1.5× 15.9k 1.9× 14.1k 2.1× 2.6k 0.7× 172 0.3× 196 17.9k
R. Jackiw United States 77 10.5k 1.2× 21.7k 2.6× 10.9k 1.6× 10.9k 3.2× 731 1.2× 256 31.3k
John H. Schwarz United States 59 5.5k 0.6× 13.3k 1.6× 6.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 293 0.5× 168 15.2k
George Ellis South Africa 57 3.6k 0.4× 12.4k 1.5× 15.7k 2.3× 1.6k 0.5× 184 0.3× 316 17.9k
Bryce S. DeWitt United States 32 4.2k 0.5× 6.9k 0.8× 7.2k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 285 0.5× 81 10.9k
Gerard ’t Hooft Netherlands 45 5.4k 0.6× 22.9k 2.8× 8.7k 1.3× 4.5k 1.3× 563 0.9× 163 26.9k
Sidney Coleman United States 44 4.1k 0.5× 14.5k 1.7× 7.7k 1.1× 4.2k 1.2× 353 0.6× 82 18.3k
Don N. Page Canada 46 4.0k 0.5× 8.6k 1.0× 8.9k 1.3× 3.6k 1.0× 648 1.0× 170 11.4k
S. W. Hawking United Kingdom 87 19.7k 2.2× 44.7k 5.4× 48.9k 7.2× 12.4k 3.6× 823 1.3× 228 56.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Carlo Rovelli

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlo Rovelli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlo Rovelli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carlo Rovelli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carlo Rovelli 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 Carlo Rovelli. Carlo Rovelli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gomes, Henrique & Carlo Rovelli. (2024). On the Analogies Between Gravitational and Electromagnetic Radiative Energy. arXiv (Cornell University). 2(1). 2 indexed citations
2.
Christodoulou, Marios, Alejandro Pérez, & Carlo Rovelli. (2024). Detecting Planck-Scale Dark Matter with Quantum Interference. Physical Review Letters. 133(11). 111001–111001. 3 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo & Michael C. Jackson. (2023). Quantum mechanics and Alexander Bogdanov's worldview: A conversation. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 40(2). 320–327. 2 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo. (2021). The numerous and profoundly distinct layers that make up the notion of time. PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh). 1 indexed citations
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Howl, Richard, et al.. (2020). Testing Quantum Gravity with a Single Quantum System. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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Biagio, Andrea Di, Pietro Donà, & Carlo Rovelli. (2020). Quantum information and the arrow of time. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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D’Ambrosio, Fabio & Carlo Rovelli. (2018). How information crosses Schwarzschild’s central singularity. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 35(21). 215010–215010. 21 indexed citations
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Calloni, E., S. Caprara, M. De Laurentis, et al.. (2016). The Archimedes project: a feasibility study forweighing the vacuum energy. arXiv (Cornell University). 187–187.
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Rovelli, Carlo. (2016). Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 64 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo. (2015). Seven brief lessons on physics. Dominican Scholar (Dominican University of California). 32 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo. (2013). Spin Foams. 3–3. 56 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo & Matteo Smerlak. (2010). Spinfaoms: summing = refining. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo & Matteo Smerlak. (2009). Anaximandre de Milet ou la naissance de la pensée scientifique. Dunod eBooks.
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Rovelli, Carlo. (2008). Unfinished revolution Introductive chapter of a book on Quantum Gravity, edited by Daniele Oriti, to appear with Cambridge University Press. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo. (2002). NOTES FOR A BRIEF HISTORY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY. ArXiv.org. 742–768. 1 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo. (2001). A note on the foundation of relativistic mechanics. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo. (1999). Time in Quantum Gravity. 874. 2 indexed citations
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Montesinos, Merced, Carlo Rovelli, & Thomas Thiemann. (1999). An SL(2,R) model of constrained systems with two hamiltonian constraints. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo. (1998). Strings, loops and others: a critical survey of the present approaches to quantum gravity. CERN Bulletin. 20 indexed citations
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Rovelli, Carlo. (1989). Loop representation in quantum gravity - The transform approach. 615–628. 1 indexed citations

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