J. B. Griffiths

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

J. B. Griffiths is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. B. Griffiths has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 62 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 18 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in J. B. Griffiths's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (66 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (52 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (30 papers). J. B. Griffiths is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (66 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (52 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (30 papers). J. B. Griffiths collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and Czechia. J. B. Griffiths's co-authors include Jiřı́ Podolský, Pavel Krtouš, Jiřı́ Bičák, Prem Singh, Peter Docherty, W. B. Bonnor, M. A. H. MacCallum, Rong-Gen Cai, A. Feinstein and N. O. Santos and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Communications in Mathematical Physics and Physics Letters A.

In The Last Decade

J. B. Griffiths

75 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity
    2009 506 citations J. B. Griffiths, Jiřı́ Podolský Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. B. Griffiths United Kingdom 18 1.4k 1.3k 349 107 74 82 1.5k
Aaron Held Germany 19 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 430 1.2× 88 0.8× 62 0.8× 44 1.4k
Akira Tomimatsu Japan 19 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 304 0.9× 168 1.6× 48 0.6× 66 1.4k
Tekin Dereli Türkiye 18 852 0.6× 790 0.6× 353 1.0× 108 1.0× 43 0.6× 120 1.1k
R. J. Torrence Canada 9 859 0.6× 725 0.6× 243 0.7× 130 1.2× 46 0.6× 38 1.0k
Robert Beig Austria 17 1.0k 0.7× 813 0.6× 274 0.8× 186 1.7× 81 1.1× 48 1.2k
Basilis C. Xanthopoulos Greece 17 841 0.6× 753 0.6× 301 0.9× 59 0.6× 50 0.7× 55 965
Hideki Ishihara Japan 21 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 327 0.9× 112 1.0× 43 0.6× 99 1.3k
José M. M. Senovilla Spain 21 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 430 1.2× 103 1.0× 47 0.6× 102 1.7k
P. D. D’Eath United Kingdom 19 908 0.6× 940 0.8× 496 1.4× 199 1.9× 45 0.6× 43 1.1k
T. Unti United States 12 972 0.7× 648 0.5× 287 0.8× 101 0.9× 36 0.5× 16 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. B. Griffiths

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Griffiths, J. B. & N. O. Santos. (2010). A rotating cylinder in an asymptotically locally anti-de Sitter background. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 27(12). 125004–125004. 2 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B. & Jiřı́ Podolský. (2010). The Linet-Tian solution with a positive cosmological constant in four and higher dimensions. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 81(6). 13 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B. & Jiřı́ Podolský. (2009). Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Griffiths, J. B., Pavel Krtouš, & Jiřı́ Podolský. (2006). Interpreting the C -metric. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 23(23). 6745–6766. 84 indexed citations
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Podolský, Jiřı́ & J. B. Griffiths. (2006). Accelerating Kerr–Newman black holes in (anti-)de Sitter space-time. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 73(4). 45 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B. & Jiřı́ Podolský. (2005). Global aspects of accelerating and rotating black hole spacetimes. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 23(2). 555–568. 19 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B.. (2002). A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 19(12). 3387–3388. 4 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B., et al.. (2001). Solving the Characteristic Initial-Value Problem for Colliding Plane Gravitational and Electromagnetic Waves. Physical Review Letters. 87(22). 221101–221101. 11 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B.. (2000). Exact solutions for impulsive gravitational waves. 2 indexed citations
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Podolský, Jiřı́ & J. B. Griffiths. (1999). Expanding impulsive gravitational waves. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 16(9). 2937–2946. 18 indexed citations
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Podolský, Jiřı́ & J. B. Griffiths. (1998). Boosted static multipole particles as sources of impulsive gravitational waves. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 58(12). 21 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B. & Jiřı́ Podolský. (1998). Interpreting a conformally flat pure radiation spacetime. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 15(12). 3863–3871. 5 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B., et al.. (1996). Perfect fluid space-times with a two-dimensional orthogonally transitive group of homothetic motions. General Relativity and Gravitation. 28(7). 805–832. 3 indexed citations
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Bičák, Jiřı́ & J. B. Griffiths. (1996). Gravitational Waves Propagating into Friedmann–Robertson–Walker Universes. Annals of Physics. 252(1). 180–210. 11 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B.. (1993). On the propagation of a gravitational wave in a stiff perfect fluid. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 10(5). 975–983. 10 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B., et al.. (1992). On colliding plane gravitational waves coupled with fluid motions. Unknow. 1 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B.. (1990). Colliding plane gravito-electromagnetic waves. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 29(2). 173–181.
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Singh, Prem & J. B. Griffiths. (1988). On neutrino fields in Einstein-Cartan theory. Physics Letters A. 132(2-3). 88–90.
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Griffiths, J. B.. (1975). Colliding gravitational and electromagnetic waves. Physics Letters A. 54(4). 269–270. 14 indexed citations
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Griffiths, J. B., et al.. (1971). Neutrino radiation fields in general relativity. Journal of physics. A, Proceedings of the Physical Society. General. 4(2). 306–308. 8 indexed citations

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