Gordon W. Semenoff

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Gordon W. Semenoff 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, Gordon W. Semenoff has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 22 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Gordon W. Semenoff's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (49 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (21 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (18 papers). Gordon W. Semenoff is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (49 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (21 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (18 papers). Gordon W. Semenoff collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Italy. Gordon W. Semenoff's co-authors include R. Kobes, Antti J. Niemi, Pasquale Sodano, Yong-Shi Wu, G. Grignani, Nathan Weiss, Konstantin Zarembo, Donovan Young, Wei Chen and Marta Orselli and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nuclear Physics B and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Gordon W. Semenoff

67 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Condensed-Matter Simulati... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 400 800 1.2k
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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. Condensed-Matter Simulation of a Three-Dimensional Anomaly
    1984 1.3k citations Gordon W. Semenoff Physical Review Letters profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gordon W. Semenoff Canada 24 1.8k 1.4k 950 675 611 69 3.2k
V. A. Miransky Canada 36 2.4k 1.4× 4.0k 2.9× 1.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.6× 314 0.5× 137 6.0k
É. V. Gorbar Ukraine 31 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 783 1.2× 221 0.4× 129 2.9k
Michael Stone United States 33 2.4k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 301 0.3× 249 0.4× 400 0.7× 83 3.6k
A. Karlhede Sweden 23 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 231 0.2× 625 0.9× 715 1.2× 70 3.1k
Grigory Tarnopolsky United States 20 875 0.5× 761 0.5× 606 0.6× 251 0.4× 347 0.6× 39 1.8k
C. Furtado Brazil 37 3.0k 1.7× 1.1k 0.8× 286 0.3× 639 0.9× 1.5k 2.5× 139 3.6k
B. Rosenstein Taiwan 28 1.3k 0.7× 756 0.5× 380 0.4× 168 0.2× 170 0.3× 158 2.6k
I. A. Shovkovy United States 38 2.6k 1.5× 3.1k 2.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.6k 2.4× 180 0.3× 132 5.3k
Zhao-Bin Su China 20 1.3k 0.7× 380 0.3× 237 0.2× 298 0.4× 306 0.5× 97 2.0k
V. P. Gusynin Ukraine 35 4.5k 2.5× 1.9k 1.4× 3.7k 3.9× 545 0.8× 405 0.7× 149 6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gordon W. Semenoff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Semenoff, Gordon W., et al.. (2024). Dilaton in a multicritical 3+epsilon-D parity violating field theory. Physics Letters B. 853. 138691–138691. 4 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W.. (2023). Quantum Field Theory.
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Semenoff, Gordon W., et al.. (2022). Soft scalars do not decouple. Physical review. D. 106(10). 2 indexed citations
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MacKenzie, R., et al.. (2022). Gravitational fields and quantum mechanics. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 31(14). 1 indexed citations
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Karczmarek, Joanna L. & Gordon W. Semenoff. (2016). Large Representation Recurrences in Large N Random Unitary Matrix Models. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Joshua L., et al.. (2011). Holographic fermionic fixed points in d=3. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2011(9). 15 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W. & Konstantin Zarembo. (2011). Holographic Schwinger Effect. Physical Review Letters. 107(17). 171601–171601. 59 indexed citations
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Song, Jun, Gordon W. Semenoff, & Fei Zhou. (2007). Uniaxial and Biaxial Spin Nematic Phases Induced by Quantum Fluctuations. Physical Review Letters. 98(16). 160408–160408. 58 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W. & Pasquale Sodano. (2006). Stretching the Electron as Far as it Will Go. 10. 157–190. 6 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W. & Donovan Young. (2005). WAVY WILSON LINE AND AdS/CFT. International Journal of Modern Physics A. 20(13). 2833–2846. 33 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W., et al.. (2005). Free energy and phase transition of the matrix model on a plane wave. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 71(6). 17 indexed citations
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Ambjørn, J., Yuri Makeenko, Gordon W. Semenoff, & Richard J. Szabo. (2003). String theory in electromagnetic fields. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2003(2). 26–26. 18 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W. & Konstantin Zarembo. (2002). Wilson loops in SYM theory: From weak to strong coupling. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 108. 106–112. 35 indexed citations
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Grignani, G., Marta Orselli, & Gordon W. Semenoff. (2001). The target space depenedence of the Hagedorn temperature. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2001(11). 58–58. 8 indexed citations
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Eliezer, David, et al.. (1993). THE SPECTRUM OF TOPOLOGICALLY MASSIVE QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Gordon W. Semenoff, & Yong-Shi Wu. (1992). Two-loop analysis of non-Abelian Chern-Simons theory. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 46(12). 5521–5539. 88 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W.. (1989). Semenoff replies. Physical Review Letters. 63(9). 1026–1026. 13 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W.. (1988). Index theorems and superconducting cosmic strings. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 37(10). 2838–2852. 17 indexed citations
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Niemi, Antti J. & Gordon W. Semenoff. (1986). An exact solution of the chiral schwinger model. Physics Letters B. 175(4). 439–444. 24 indexed citations
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Semenoff, Gordon W. & Nathan Weiss. (1985). Feynman rules for finite-temperature Green’s functions in an expanding universe. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 31(4). 689–698. 57 indexed citations

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