David Böhm

41.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
107 papers, 22.4k citations indexed

About

David Böhm is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Böhm has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 22.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 27 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 19 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in David Böhm's work include Quantum Mechanics and Applications (54 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (17 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (16 papers). David Böhm is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Applications (54 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (17 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (16 papers). David Böhm collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. David Böhm's co-authors include Yakir Aharonov, Thomas Kühn, David Pines, B. J. Hiley, Martin Curd, J. P. Vigier, Henry P. Stapp, Jeffrey Bub, Leo Narodny and P. N. Kaloyerou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

David Böhm

103 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

1964 4.5k citations David Böhm, Thomas Kühn The Philosophical Quarterly profile →
Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory

1959 4.4k citations Yakir Aharonov, David Böhm Physical Review profile →
A Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of "Hidden" Variables. I

1952 3.0k citations David Böhm Physical Review profile →
A Collective Description of Electron Interactions: III. Coulomb Interactions in a Degenerate Electron Gas

1953 1.3k citations David Böhm, David Pines Physical Review profile →
A Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of "Hidden" Variables. II

1952 1.2k citations David Böhm Physical Review profile →
Wholeness and the Implicate Order

1981 1.0k citations David Böhm et al. Physics Today profile →
A Collective Description of Electron Interactions: II. CollectivevsIndividual Particle Aspects of the Interactions

1952 1.0k citations David Pines, David Böhm Physical Review profile →
A Collective Description of Electron Interactions. I. Magnetic Interactions

1951 509 citations David Böhm, David Pines Physical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Böhm United Kingdom	39	13.3k	3.9k	3.4k	1.9k	1.9k	107	22.4k
Richard P. Feynman United States	55	16.9k 1.3×	5.5k 1.4×	7.3k 2.1×	448 0.2×	407 0.2×	164	32.8k
Ilya Prigogine Belgium	47	3.4k 0.3×	6.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.3×	473 0.2×	573 0.3×	297	23.3k
Roger Penrose United Kingdom	69	6.0k 0.5×	6.9k 1.8×	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	583 0.3×	212	28.7k
N. David Mermin United States	49	15.0k 1.1×	2.7k 0.7×	6.0k 1.8×	734 0.4×	951 0.5×	224	23.5k
John Wheeler United Kingdom	59	5.4k 0.4×	4.8k 1.2×	2.7k 0.8×	311 0.2×	268 0.1×	286	34.1k
George H. Weiss United States	77	5.1k 0.4×	5.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	231 0.1×	261 0.1×	763	37.0k
E. T. Jaynes United States	28	6.7k 0.5×	6.4k 1.6×	6.8k 2.0×	178 0.1×	571 0.3×	53	22.8k
E. P. Wigner United States	40	8.1k 0.6×	4.0k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	306 0.2×	509 0.3×	134	14.0k
Steven Weinberg United States	104	10.1k 0.8×	7.6k 2.0×	1.5k 0.4×	388 0.2×	582 0.3×	307	63.8k
Murray Gell‐Mann United States	56	5.8k 0.4×	3.0k 0.8×	973 0.3×	153 0.1×	250 0.1×	138	22.2k

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Böhm, David. (2013). On Dialogue. 14 indexed citations

Böhm, David. (1998). On Dialogue. Thinking The Journal of Philosophy for Children. 14(1). 2–7. 2 indexed citations

Böhm, David & Henry P. Stapp. (1994). The Undivided Universe: An ontological interpretation of Quantum Theory. American Journal of Physics. 62(10). 958–960. 343 indexed citations

Böhm, David & B. J. Hiley. (1993). The Undivided Universe: An Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Theory. Synthese. 107(1). 378 indexed citations

Böhm, David, B. J. Hiley, & Peter Holland. (1993). Book-Review - the Undivided Universe - an Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Theory. 366. 420.

Böhm, David. (1988). Non-locality in the stochastic interpretation of the quantum theory. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 49(3). 287–296. 1 indexed citations

Böhm, David & B. J. Hiley. (1985). Active interpretation of the Lorentz ‘‘boosts’’ as a physical explanation of different time rates. American Journal of Physics. 53(8). 720–723. 2 indexed citations

Böhm, David, et al.. (1985). A quantum potential approach to the Wheeler delayed-choice experiment. Nature. 315(6017). 294–297. 22 indexed citations

Böhm, David. (1985). FRAGMENTATION AND WHOLENESS IN RELIGION AND IN SCIENCE. Zygon®. 20(2). 5 indexed citations

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Careri, G. & David Böhm. (1982). Wholeness and the Implicate Order. Leonardo. 15(2). 158–158. 17 indexed citations

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Böhm, David & B. J. Hiley. (1981). Nonlocality in quantum theory understood in terms of Einstein's nonlinear field approach. Foundations of Physics. 11(7-8). 529–546. 19 indexed citations

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Böhm, David & B. J. Hiley. (1981). On a quantum algebraic approach to a generalized phase space. Foundations of Physics. 11(3-4). 179–203. 38 indexed citations

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Böhm, David, et al.. (1964). Separation of Motions of Many-Body Systems into Dynamically Independent Parts by Projection onto Equilibrium Varieties in Phase Space. I. Physical Review. 133(2A). A319–A331. 9 indexed citations

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Böhm, David & Thomas Kühn. (1964). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 14(57). 377–377. 4480 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aharonov, Yakir & David Böhm. (1957). On the measurement of velocity of relativistic particles. Il Nuovo Cimento. 5(S3). 429–439. 3 indexed citations

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Böhm, David & R. Bruce Lindsay. (1957). Causality and Chance in Modern Physics. Physics Today. 10(11). 30–32. 14 indexed citations

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Böhm, David. (1953). Comments on an Article of Takabayasi conserning the Formulation of Quantum Mechanics with Classical Pictures. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 9(3). 273–287. 5 indexed citations

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Böhm, David, et al.. (1953). A Method for Increasing the Electrical Resistivity of Insulators Under Ionizing Radiation. Journal of Applied Physics. 24(4). 497–498. 15 indexed citations

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Böhm, David. (1952). Reply to a Criticism of a Causal Re-Interpretation of the Quantum Theory. Physical Review. 87(2). 389–390. 16 indexed citations

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Böhm, David & David Pines. (1951). A Collective Description of Electron Interactions. I. Magnetic Interactions. Physical Review. 82(5). 625–634. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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