George Ellis

32.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
316 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

George Ellis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, George Ellis has authored 316 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 234 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 119 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 36 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in George Ellis's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (198 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (110 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (83 papers). George Ellis is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (198 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (110 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (83 papers). George Ellis collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. George Ellis's co-authors include S. W. Hawking, K. S. Virbhadra, M. A. H. MacCallum, Roy Maartens, Marco Bruni, Peter K. S. Dunsby, W. R. Stoeger, A. R. King, Jean–Philippe Uzan and Reza Tavakol and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

George Ellis

301 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time 1969 2026 1988 2007 1973 2000 1969 1997 2002 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Ellis South Africa 57 15.7k 12.4k 3.6k 1.6k 1.1k 316 17.9k
John D. Barrow United Kingdom 72 16.6k 1.1× 13.1k 1.1× 2.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 196 0.2× 362 18.7k
S. Chandrasekhar United States 52 12.7k 0.8× 5.8k 0.5× 2.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 247 25.3k
Robert M. Wald United States 63 20.4k 1.3× 17.7k 1.4× 8.2k 2.3× 5.1k 3.2× 800 0.8× 176 23.5k
Bryce S. DeWitt United States 32 7.2k 0.5× 6.9k 0.6× 4.2k 1.2× 3.8k 2.4× 278 0.3× 81 10.9k
Gerard ’t Hooft Netherlands 45 8.7k 0.6× 22.9k 1.9× 5.4k 1.5× 4.5k 2.9× 354 0.3× 163 26.9k
James B. Hartle United States 45 7.7k 0.5× 5.7k 0.5× 3.5k 1.0× 2.8k 1.8× 134 0.1× 140 9.6k
Paul J. Steinhardt United States 80 26.3k 1.7× 21.2k 1.7× 3.5k 1.0× 3.1k 2.0× 102 0.1× 307 37.8k
Andrei Linde United States 88 33.2k 2.1× 30.1k 2.4× 4.2k 1.2× 2.1k 1.4× 171 0.2× 251 36.2k
Frank Wilczek United States 100 15.0k 1.0× 28.5k 2.3× 6.4k 1.8× 19.4k 12.4× 272 0.3× 378 47.1k
Leonard Susskind United States 59 8.8k 0.6× 14.5k 1.2× 5.7k 1.6× 5.2k 3.3× 155 0.1× 151 18.5k

Countries citing papers authored by George Ellis

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Ellis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Ellis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Ellis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Ellis 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 George Ellis. George Ellis 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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Zwitter, Andrej, et al.. (2025). Human flourishing: An integrated systems approach to development post 2030. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 23. 100236–100236. 1 indexed citations
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Ellis, George & David Garfinkle. (2024). The Synge G-Method: cosmology, wormholes, firewalls, geometry. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 41(7). 77002–77002. 6 indexed citations
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Coley, A. A. & George Ellis. (2019). Theoretical cosmology. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 37(1). 13001–13001. 30 indexed citations
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Ellis, George, et al.. (2003). Defining Multiverses. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Ellis, George & Roy Maartens. (2002). Eternal inflation without quantum gravity. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Ellis, George & Roy Maartens. (2002). The Emergent Universe: inflationary cosmology with no singularity and no quantum gravity era. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Ellis, George, et al.. (1999). Using the Dilaton Potential to Obtain String Cosmology Solutions. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Wainwright, J., G. F. R. Ellis, George Ellis, et al.. (1997). Dynamical Systems in Cosmology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maartens, Roy, George Ellis, & W. R. Stoeger. (1995). Anisotropy and inhomogeneity of the universe from $\Delta T/T$. arXiv (Cornell University). 309(1). 12 indexed citations
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Rothman, Tony & George Ellis. (1993). Smolin's Natural Selection Hypothesis. Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 34(2). 201–212. 5 indexed citations
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Ellis, George. (1993). The physics and geometry of the Universe: changing viewpoints. Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 34(3). 315–330. 7 indexed citations
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Ellis, George. (1991). Major themes in the relation between philosophy and cosmology. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 62. 553. 4 indexed citations
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Ellis, George. (1990). The evolution of inhomogeneities in expanding Newtonian cosmologies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 243(3). 509–516. 9 indexed citations
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Rothman, Tony & George Ellis. (1987). Has cosmology become metaphysical. 15(2). 6–21. 3 indexed citations
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Ellis, George. (1986). Existence (or avoidance) and nature of the classical singularity. 26. 319–336. 1 indexed citations
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Ellis, George, et al.. (1985). Observational relationships in inflationary universes and other cosmologies. Observatory. 105. 189. 8 indexed citations
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Ellis, George & G. B. Brundrit. (1979). Life in the Infinite Universe. 20. 37. 16 indexed citations
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Ellis, George. (1977). The Squatter problem in the Western Cape : some causes and remedies. 7 indexed citations
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Ellis, George. (1977). Singularities in spatially homogeneous cosmologies. 367. 1 indexed citations
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Hawking, S. W. & George Ellis. (1977). The large scale structure of space-time. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations

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