D. Olive

11.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
102 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

D. Olive is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Olive has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 43 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 29 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in D. Olive's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (41 papers), Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (29 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (24 papers). D. Olive is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (41 papers), Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (29 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (24 papers). D. Olive collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. D. Olive's co-authors include Peter Goddard, Adrian Kent, J. Scherk, Edward Witten, Claus Montonen, F. Gliozzi, John Polkinghorne, Neil Turok, P.V. Landshoff and J. Nuyts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physics Today and Physics Reports.

In The Last Decade

D. Olive

102 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Analytic S-Matrix 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 1977 1986 1978 1977 200 400 600
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 Analytic S-Matrix
    1967 672 citations R. J. Eden, P.V. Landshoff et al. American Journal of Physics profile →
  2. Supersymmetry, supergravity theories and the dual spinor model
    1977 658 citations J. Scherk, D. Olive et al. Nuclear Physics B profile →
  3. Unitary representations of the Virasoro and super-Virasoro algebras
    1986 574 citations Peter Goddard, Adrian Kent et al. Communications in Mathematical Physics profile →
  4. Supersymmetry algebras that include topological charges
    1978 563 citations D. Olive et al. Physics Letters B profile →
  5. Magnetic monopoles as gauge particles?
    1977 513 citations D. Olive et al. Physics Letters B profile →
  6. Virasoro algebras and coset space models
    1985 487 citations Adrian Kent, D. Olive et al. Physics Letters B profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Olive United Kingdom 38 5.1k 2.9k 2.2k 1.3k 1.1k 102 7.3k
L. D. Faddeev Russia 30 2.5k 0.5× 3.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 753 0.6× 1.9k 1.7× 69 6.4k
J. Wess Germany 32 8.1k 1.6× 3.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 2.5k 1.9× 1.3k 1.2× 86 9.6k
C. Frønsdal United States 34 3.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 133 5.6k
E.S. Fradkin Russia 45 7.5k 1.5× 3.9k 1.3× 882 0.4× 4.4k 3.3× 1.4k 1.2× 144 8.9k
A. A. Belavin Russia 25 4.4k 0.9× 2.9k 1.0× 3.0k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 112 7.6k
Jean-Bernard Zuber France 32 2.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 490 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 80 5.4k
Daniel Friedan United States 28 5.8k 1.1× 3.2k 1.1× 2.9k 1.3× 2.0k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 40 7.7k
Lyudvig Dmitrievich Faddeev Russia 20 1.8k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 491 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 54 4.2k
Warren Siegel United States 45 7.9k 1.6× 3.6k 1.2× 852 0.4× 3.4k 2.5× 680 0.6× 151 8.5k
I. A. Batalin Russia 21 3.3k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 983 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 566 0.5× 96 4.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fring, Andreas, et al.. (1994). Vertex operators and soliton time delays in affine Toda field theory. Nuclear Physics B. 430(3). 597–614. 15 indexed citations
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Olive, D., Neil Turok, & Jonathan Underwood. (1993). Solitons and the energy-momentum tensor for affine Toda theory. Nuclear Physics B. 401(3). 663–697. 51 indexed citations
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Olive, D., Neil Turok, & Jonathan Underwood. (1993). Affine Toda solitons and vertex operators. Nuclear Physics B. 409(3). 509–546. 42 indexed citations
4.
Olive, D., et al.. (1993). Topological solitons in Ar affine Toda theory. Physics Letters B. 298(1-2). 95–102. 12 indexed citations
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Olive, D.. (1989). Introduction to string theory: its structure and its uses. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 329(1605). 319–328. 5 indexed citations
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Goddard, Peter, Werner Nahm, D. Olive, H. Ruegg, & A. Schwimmer. (1987). Fermions and octonions. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 112(3). 385–408. 29 indexed citations
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Gomes, J. F., et al.. (1987). Conformal subalgebras and symmetric spaces. Nuclear Physics B. 285. 327–339. 23 indexed citations
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Olive, D.. (1987). Algebras, Lattices and Strings 1986. Physica Scripta. T15. 19–25. 1 indexed citations
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Goddard, Peter, Adrian Kent, & D. Olive. (1986). Unitary representations of the Virasoro and super-Virasoro algebras. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 103(1). 105–119. 574 indexed citations breakdown →
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Olive, D. & Neil Turok. (1983). Algebraic structure of Toda systems. Nuclear Physics B. 220(4). 491–507. 64 indexed citations
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Olive, D.. (1981). MAGNETIC MONOPOLES AND ELECTROMAGNETIC DUALITY CONJECTURES. 5 indexed citations
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Goddard, Peter, J. Nuyts, & D. Olive. (1977). Gauge theories and magnetic charge. Nuclear Physics B. 125(1). 1–28. 424 indexed citations
13.
Brink, Lars, D. Olive, C. Rebbi, & J. Scherk. (1973). The missing gauge conditions for the dual fermion emission vertex and their consequences. Physics Letters B. 45(4). 379–383. 51 indexed citations
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Olive, D. & J. Scherk. (1973). No-ghost theorem for the Pomeron sector of the dual model. Physics Letters B. 44(3). 296–300. 23 indexed citations
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Brink, Lars & D. Olive. (1973). Recalculation of the unitary single planar dual loop in the critical dimension of space time. Nuclear Physics B. 58(1). 237–253. 48 indexed citations
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Eden, R. J., et al.. (1967). The Analytic S-Matrix. American Journal of Physics. 35(11). 1101–1102. 672 indexed citations breakdown →
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Landshoff, P.V., D. Olive, & John Polkinghorne. (1966). The Icecream-Cone Singularity in S-Matrix Theory. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 7(9). 1600–1606. 14 indexed citations
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Landshoff, P.V. & D. Olive. (1966). Extraction of Singularities from the S Matrix. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 7(8). 1464–1477. 25 indexed citations
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Olive, D.. (1965). Unitarity and the Evaluation of Discontinuities. — III. Il Nuovo Cimento. 37(4). 1422–1445. 29 indexed citations
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Olive, D.. (1963). On the analytic continuation of the scattering amplitude through a three-particle gut. Il Nuovo Cimento. 28(6). 1318–1336. 11 indexed citations

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