David B. Kaplan

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
109 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

David B. Kaplan is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Kaplan has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 32 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in David B. Kaplan's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (54 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (53 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (35 papers). David B. Kaplan is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (54 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (53 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (35 papers). David B. Kaplan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Taiwan. David B. Kaplan's co-authors include Andrew G. Cohen, Howard Georgi, Ann E. Nelson, Ann E. Nelson, Aneesh V. Manohar, Martin J. Savage, Mithat Ünsal, Savas Dimopoulos, Tom Banks and Michael J. Dugan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nuclear Physics B.

In The Last Decade

David B. Kaplan

104 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

Effective Field Theory, Black Holes, and the Cosmologica... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1999 1986 1984 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. Effective Field Theory, Black Holes, and the Cosmological Constant
    1999 956 citations David B. Kaplan et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Strange goings on in dense nucleonic matter
    1986 607 citations David B. Kaplan et al. profile →
  3. SU(2) × U(1) breaking by vacuum misalignment
    1984 574 citations David B. Kaplan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David B. Kaplan United States 49 8.8k 4.5k 1.2k 645 394 109 10.0k
G.G. Ross United Kingdom 53 10.5k 1.2× 3.7k 0.8× 475 0.4× 531 0.8× 185 0.5× 274 11.6k
Alfred S. Goldhaber United States 32 3.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.2× 1.6k 1.3× 615 1.0× 280 0.7× 104 4.6k
David Tong United Kingdom 34 3.7k 0.4× 2.6k 0.6× 912 0.8× 1.2k 1.8× 509 1.3× 90 4.8k
V. Barger United States 65 16.4k 1.9× 4.5k 1.0× 731 0.6× 419 0.6× 193 0.5× 565 17.2k
R. E. Marshak United States 31 3.2k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 871 0.7× 247 0.4× 87 0.2× 139 5.0k
I. N. Mishustin Russia 40 4.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 376 0.6× 216 0.5× 227 6.3k
Keith A. Olive United States 77 20.6k 2.3× 16.3k 3.6× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.6× 83 0.2× 439 23.7k
K. Langanke Germany 53 8.5k 1.0× 2.9k 0.6× 2.9k 2.4× 224 0.3× 255 0.6× 274 9.9k
Ulf-G. Meißner Germany 74 25.0k 2.8× 1.2k 0.3× 4.6k 3.8× 446 0.7× 748 1.9× 671 26.2k
H. Osborn United Kingdom 35 3.9k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.5k 2.4× 1.2k 3.1× 83 5.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kaplan, David B., et al.. (2025). Chiral edge states on spheres for lattice domain wall fermions. Physical review. D. 111(3).
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Kaplan, David B., et al.. (2024). Generalized Ginsparg-Wilson relations. Physical review. D. 109(1). 4 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B.. (2024). Chiral Gauge Theory at the Boundary between Topological Phases. Physical Review Letters. 132(14). 141603–141603. 8 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B. & Srimoyee Sen. (2020). Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in a Relativistic Field Theory. Physical Review Letters. 124(13). 131601–131601. 5 indexed citations
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Beane, Silas R., David B. Kaplan, Natalie Klco, & Martin J. Savage. (2019). Entanglement Suppression and Emergent Symmetries of Strong Interactions. Physical Review Letters. 122(10). 102001–102001. 94 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B. & Sichun Sun. (2011). Spacetime as a topological insulator. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Endres, Michael G., et al.. (2011). Noise, Sign Problems, and Statistics. Physical Review Letters. 107(20). 201601–201601. 37 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B. & Sichun Sun. (2011). New Field-Theoretic Method for the Virial Expansion. Physical Review Letters. 107(3). 30601–30601. 43 indexed citations
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André, Ingemar, Charlie E. M. Strauss, David B. Kaplan, Philip Bradley, & David Baker. (2008). Emergence of symmetry in homooligomeric biological assemblies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(42). 16148–16152. 144 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B. & Kathryn M. Zurek. (2006). Exotic Axion Cosmology in Theories with Phase Transitions below the QCD Scale. Physical Review Letters. 96(4). 41301–41301. 3 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B. & Sanjay Reddy. (2002). Charged and Superconducting Vortices in Dense Quark Matter. Physical Review Letters. 88(13). 132302–132302. 23 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B. & Sanjay Reddy. (2001). Novel phases and transitions in quark matter. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B. & Sanjay Reddy. (2001). Vortices and vortons in dense quark matter. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Shulman, Mark S., David B. Kaplan, & David L. Lee. (2000). An anteromedial internal jugular vein successfully cannulated using the assistance of ultrasonography. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 12(1). 83–86. 2 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B. & Mark B. Wise. (2000). Couplings of a Light Dilaton and Violations of the Equivalence Principle. 67 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B.. (1999). Effective field theory expansions for nonrelativistic scattering. Prepared for. 19–41. 1 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B., et al.. (1999). Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients with congenital renal vascular anomalies. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 30(3). 407–416. 67 indexed citations
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Marin, Michael L., Ross T. Lyon, Larry H. Hollier, & David B. Kaplan. (1999). Experience with endovascular grafts in the treatment of infrarenal aortic aneurysms associated with proximal aortic dissection. The American Journal of Surgery. 177(2). 102–106. 5 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B.. (1991). Flavor at ssc energies: A new mechanism for dynamically generated fermion masses. Nuclear Physics B. 365(2). 259–278. 389 indexed citations
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Kaplan, David B.. (1985). Opening the axion window. Nuclear Physics B. 260(1). 215–226. 212 indexed citations

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