Frank Wilczek

71.0k total citations · 50 hit papers
378 papers, 47.1k citations indexed

About

Frank Wilczek is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Wilczek has authored 378 papers receiving a total of 47.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 129 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 93 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Frank Wilczek's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (119 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (83 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (80 papers). Frank Wilczek is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (119 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (83 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (80 papers). Frank Wilczek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and China. Frank Wilczek's co-authors include David J. Gross, A. Zee, Alfred D. Shapere, Krishna Rajagopal, A. Zee, John Preskill, Mark Alford, Mark B. Wise, Maulik Parikh and Finn Larsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frank Wilczek

361 papers receiving 45.5k citations

Hit Papers

Problem of StrongPandTInvariance in the Presence of Insta... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1978 1973 1983 2000 1984 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Wilczek United States 100 28.5k 19.4k 15.0k 8.2k 6.4k 378 47.1k
R. Jackiw United States 77 21.7k 0.8× 10.9k 0.6× 10.9k 0.7× 3.4k 0.4× 10.5k 1.7× 256 31.3k
Steven Weinberg United States 104 51.5k 1.8× 10.1k 0.5× 25.1k 1.7× 1.8k 0.2× 7.6k 1.2× 307 63.8k
David J. Gross United States 80 20.9k 0.7× 4.1k 0.2× 7.3k 0.5× 2.6k 0.3× 6.4k 1.0× 319 30.9k
Julian Schwinger United States 61 10.5k 0.4× 11.2k 0.6× 4.5k 0.3× 1.5k 0.2× 4.3k 0.7× 167 20.9k
John Cardy United States 67 6.4k 0.2× 11.5k 0.6× 3.1k 0.2× 10.0k 1.2× 6.1k 1.0× 181 20.9k
Subir Sachdev United States 91 4.7k 0.2× 22.1k 1.1× 2.7k 0.2× 22.5k 2.7× 4.0k 0.6× 444 35.9k
Gerard ’t Hooft Netherlands 45 22.9k 0.8× 4.5k 0.2× 8.7k 0.6× 2.3k 0.3× 5.4k 0.9× 163 26.9k
Walter Greiner Germany 90 29.7k 1.0× 18.7k 1.0× 4.6k 0.3× 1.9k 0.2× 3.2k 0.5× 1.2k 42.1k
Kenneth G. Wilson United States 44 8.6k 0.3× 8.0k 0.4× 1.6k 0.1× 8.5k 1.0× 3.6k 0.6× 92 22.3k
Ian Affleck Canada 74 4.2k 0.1× 15.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.1× 15.3k 1.9× 1.8k 0.3× 249 23.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Wilczek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Wilczek

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Wilczek

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Wilczek. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Wilczek 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 Frank Wilczek. Frank Wilczek 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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Wilczek, Frank, et al.. (2025). Probing quantum structure in gravitational radiation. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 34(16). 1 indexed citations
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Wilczek, Frank, et al.. (2025). Testing the coherent-state description of radiation fields. Physical review. A. 111(3). 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Cheng, Yu-Ao Chen, Xiaopeng Shao, et al.. (2025). Active Optical Intensity Interferometry. Physical Review Letters. 134(18). 180201–180201. 2 indexed citations
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Wilczek, Frank, et al.. (2023). Emergent axion response in multilayered metamaterials. Physical review. B.. 108(11). 19 indexed citations
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Parikh, Maulik, Frank Wilczek, & George Zahariade. (2021). Signatures of the quantization of gravity at gravitational wave detectors. Physical review. D. 104(4). 58 indexed citations
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Liu, Luchuan, Cheng Wu, Jordan Cotler, et al.. (2021). Improved Spatial Resolution Achieved by Chromatic Intensity Interferometry. Physical Review Letters. 127(10). 103601–103601. 6 indexed citations
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Visinelli, Luca, Sebastian Baum, Javier Redondo, Katherine Freese, & Frank Wilczek. (2017). Dilute and dense axion stars. Physics Letters B. 777. 64–72. 121 indexed citations
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Krauss, Lawrence M. & Frank Wilczek. (2014). Using cosmology to establish the quantization of gravity. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 89(4). 48 indexed citations
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Carr, B. J., B. J. Carr, B. J. Carr, et al.. (2007). Universe or Multiverse?. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 78 indexed citations
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Wilczek, Frank. (2006). THE ORIGIN OF MASS. Modern Physics Letters A. 21(9). 701–712. 12 indexed citations
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Wilczek, Frank. (2004). Analysis and Synthesis IV: Limits and Supplements. Physics Today. 57(1). 10–11.
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Wilczek, Frank. (2002). Setting standards. Nature. 415(6869). 265–265. 2 indexed citations
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Wilczek, Frank. (1996). Asymptotic Freedom. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Wilczek, Frank. (1990). Fractional Statistics and Anyon Superconductivity. 685 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baum, Eric B. & Frank Wilczek. (1987). Supervised Learning of Probability Distributions by Neural Networks. Neural Information Processing Systems. 52–61. 99 indexed citations
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MacKenzie, R., Frank Wilczek, & A. Zee. (1984). Possible Form of Vacuum Deformation by Heavy Particles. Physical Review Letters. 53(23). 2203–2206. 79 indexed citations
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Preskill, John, Mark B. Wise, & Frank Wilczek. (1983). Cosmology of the invisible axion. Physics Letters B. 120(1-3). 127–132. 2151 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilczek, Frank. (1982). Axions and Family Symmetry Breaking. Physical Review Letters. 49(21). 1549–1552. 326 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilczek, Frank. (1979). Unification of Fundamental Forces. Presented at. 437. 2 indexed citations
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Wilczek, Frank, et al.. (1979). SU(3) Predictions for Charmed-Meson Decays. Physical Review Letters. 43(12). 816–817. 43 indexed citations

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