Donald Witt

2.0k total citations
45 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Donald Witt is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald Witt has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 23 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 16 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Donald Witt's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (24 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (21 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (15 papers). Donald Witt is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (24 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (21 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (15 papers). Donald Witt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Donald Witt's co-authors include Kristin Schleich, John L. Friedman, Gregory J. Galloway, Eric Woolgar, Robert G. Greenler, Dale R. Snider, R. S. Sorbello, Sumati Surya, Cristian Stelea and Jeff F. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Donald Witt

41 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald Witt Canada 16 841 805 398 278 153 45 1.3k
P. Mitra India 18 1.1k 1.3× 833 1.0× 716 1.8× 328 1.2× 126 0.8× 76 1.5k
Hiroshi Ohki Japan 25 2.0k 2.3× 313 0.4× 104 0.3× 80 0.3× 142 0.9× 119 2.4k
Yukinori Yasui Japan 24 754 0.9× 596 0.7× 389 1.0× 170 0.6× 52 0.3× 69 1.2k
Evgeny Sorkin Israel 15 460 0.5× 452 0.6× 104 0.3× 85 0.3× 28 0.2× 23 890
A. M. Polyakov Russia 7 234 0.3× 57 0.1× 163 0.4× 310 1.1× 58 0.4× 22 725
Juan L. Mañes Spain 17 297 0.4× 108 0.1× 136 0.3× 754 2.7× 101 0.7× 41 1.3k
Robert J. Low United Kingdom 14 89 0.1× 123 0.2× 62 0.2× 107 0.4× 68 0.4× 50 573
Haruki Watanabe Japan 26 264 0.3× 114 0.1× 350 0.9× 2.2k 7.8× 73 0.5× 77 2.7k
D. Foerster France 14 249 0.3× 42 0.1× 84 0.2× 273 1.0× 67 0.4× 38 738
R. G. Nazmitdinov Russia 19 462 0.5× 44 0.1× 391 1.0× 914 3.3× 199 1.3× 131 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Donald Witt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald Witt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Witt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donald Witt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donald Witt 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 Donald Witt. Donald Witt 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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Ghosh, Soumya, et al.. (2025). Milliwatt-level UV generation using sidewall poled lithium niobate. 15–15. 2 indexed citations
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Awan, Kashif M., Mustafa Hammood, Matthew Mitchell, et al.. (2025). GHz-rate optical phase shift in light-matter interaction-engineered, silicon-ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8902–8902.
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Witt, Donald, Matthew Mitchell, Łukasz Dusanowski, et al.. (2024). Fiber-coupled quantum dot single-photon source via photonic wire bonding. 69–69. 1 indexed citations
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Witt, Donald, et al.. (2024). Thermal Shock Resistant Optical Packaging of Thin Film Lithium Niobate Devices for Cryogenic Operation. JTh2A.115–JTh2A.115. 1 indexed citations
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Witt, Donald, Matthew Mitchell, Łukasz Dusanowski, et al.. (2023). Plug‐and‐Play Fiber‐Coupled Quantum Dot Single‐Photon Source via Photonic Wire Bonding. Advanced Quantum Technologies. 7(1). 5 indexed citations
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Hill, Lesley A., David T. Neilson, Donald Witt, et al.. (2022). Post-fabrication trimming of high Q/V silicon photonic slot-bridge nanobeam cavities. 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Matthew, et al.. (2021). Photonic Wire Bonding for Silicon Photonics III-V Laser Integration. 1–2. 6 indexed citations
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Galloway, Gregory J., Kristin Schleich, & Donald Witt. (2012). Nonexistence of Marginally Trapped Surfaces and Geons in 2 + 1 Gravity. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 310(2). 285–298. 1 indexed citations
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Witt, Donald. (2011). Solitons, Instantons, and Twistors. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 28(8). 89001–89001. 38 indexed citations
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Stelea, Cristian, Kristin Schleich, & Donald Witt. (2011). Charged Kaluza-Klein double-black holes in five dimensions. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 83(8). 12 indexed citations
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Stelea, Cristian, Kristin Schleich, & Donald Witt. (2010). Charged Kaluza-Klein multi-black holes in five dimensions. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Schleich, Kristin, et al.. (2009). Observer-dependent horizon temperatures: a coordinate-free formulation of Hawking radiation as tunneling. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 26(6). 65010–65010. 15 indexed citations
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Surya, Sumati, Kristin Schleich, & Donald Witt. (2001). Phase Transitions for Flat Anti–de Sitter Black Holes. Physical Review Letters. 86(23). 5231–5234. 77 indexed citations
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Galloway, Gregory J., Kristin Schleich, Donald Witt, & Eric Woolgar. (1999). Topological censorship and higher genus black holes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 60(10). 111 indexed citations
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Witt, Donald, et al.. (1993). Inflationary initial data for generic spatial topology. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 48(6). 2516–2528. 15 indexed citations
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Witt, Donald, et al.. (1992). Space Transportation Main Engine - Background and evolution. Space Programs and Technologies Conference. 1 indexed citations
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Hartle, James B. & Donald Witt. (1988). Gravitationalθstates and the wave function of the universe. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 37(10). 2833–2837. 10 indexed citations
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Horowitz, Gary T. & Donald Witt. (1987). Toward a string field theory independent of spacetime topology. Physics Letters B. 199(2). 176–182. 1 indexed citations
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Friedman, John L. & Donald Witt. (1986). Homotopy is not isotopy for homeomorphisms of 3-manifolds. Topology. 25(1). 35–44. 20 indexed citations
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Friedman, John L. & Donald Witt. (1983). Internal symmetry groups of quantum geons. Physics Letters B. 120(4-6). 324–328. 14 indexed citations

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