John Cardy

31.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
181 papers, 20.9k citations indexed

About

John Cardy is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cardy has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 74 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 55 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in John Cardy's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (100 papers), Quantum many-body systems (48 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (43 papers). John Cardy is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (100 papers), Quantum many-body systems (48 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (43 papers). John Cardy collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. John Cardy's co-authors include Pasquale Calabrese, M. P. Nightingale, Henk W. J. Blöte, Erik Tonni, D. J. Thouless, Giuseppe Mussardo, Benjamin Doyon, R. Sugar, Benjamin P. Lee and D. C. Lewellen and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Cardy

180 papers receiving 20.4k citations

Hit Papers

Entanglement entropy and ... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2004 1986 1996 1986 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Entanglement entropy and quantum field theory
    2004 2.2k citations Pasquale Calabrese, John Cardy Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment profile →
  2. Operator content of two-dimensional conformally invariant theories
    1986 1.2k citations John Cardy Nuclear Physics B profile →
  3. Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics
    1996 1.2k citations John Cardy profile →
  4. Conformal invariance, the central charge, and universal finite-size amplitudes at criticality
    1986 1.1k citations John Cardy et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Entanglement entropy and conformal field theory
    2009 1.1k citations Pasquale Calabrese, John Cardy Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical profile →
  6. Time Dependence of Correlation Functions Following a Quantum Quench
    2006 740 citations Pasquale Calabrese, John Cardy Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Boundary conditions, fusion rules and the Verlinde formula
    1989 715 citations John Cardy Nuclear Physics B profile →
  8. Conformal invariance and surface critical behavior
    1984 614 citations John Cardy Nuclear Physics B profile →
  9. Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics
    1997 580 citations John Cardy et al. profile →
  10. Conformal invariance and universality in finite-size scaling
    1984 532 citations John Cardy Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General profile →
  11. Quantum quenches in extended systems
    2007 415 citations Pasquale Calabrese, John Cardy Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Cardy 11.5k 10.0k 6.4k 6.1k 3.1k 181 20.9k
Élliott H. Lieb 15.4k 1.3× 8.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.2× 4.9k 0.8× 538 0.2× 269 29.8k
C. Itzykson 3.9k 0.3× 2.6k 0.3× 6.2k 1.0× 3.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 99 12.0k
Frank Wilczek 19.4k 1.7× 8.2k 0.8× 28.5k 4.4× 6.4k 1.0× 15.0k 4.8× 378 47.1k
Jürg Fröhlich 3.9k 0.3× 3.3k 0.3× 3.0k 0.5× 3.3k 0.5× 846 0.3× 242 10.5k
Pasquale Calabrese 12.5k 1.1× 4.8k 0.5× 3.3k 0.5× 4.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 204 14.9k
Ian Affleck 15.0k 1.3× 15.3k 1.5× 4.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.3× 2.0k 0.6× 249 23.4k
Tai Tsun Wu 5.4k 0.5× 3.0k 0.3× 5.4k 0.8× 2.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 383 14.2k
E. Brézin 3.4k 0.3× 4.3k 0.4× 3.5k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 834 0.3× 125 9.6k
Subir Sachdev 22.1k 1.9× 22.5k 2.2× 4.7k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.9× 444 35.9k
R. Jackiw 10.9k 0.9× 3.4k 0.3× 21.7k 3.4× 10.5k 1.7× 10.9k 3.5× 256 31.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cardy, John. (2022). Areas of planar loops, coarsening and the T T ¯ deformation. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 55(26). 264004–264004.
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Cardy, John & Benjamin Doyon. (2022). T T ¯ $$ T\overline{T} $$ deformations and the width of fundamental particles. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (2022). $T \overline{T}$-deformed modular forms. 16(3). 435–457. 11 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (2019). $T\bar T$ deformation of correlation functions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 74 indexed citations
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Cardy, John & Christopher P. Herzog. (2014). Universal Thermal Corrections to Single Interval Entanglement Entropy for Two Dimensional Conformal Field Theories. Physical Review Letters. 112(17). 171603–171603. 44 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (2014). Thermalization and Revivals after a Quantum Quench in Conformal Field Theory. Physical Review Letters. 112(22). 220401–220401. 76 indexed citations
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Calabrese, Pasquale, John Cardy, & Erik Tonni. (2012). Entanglement Negativity in Quantum Field Theory. Physical Review Letters. 109(13). 130502–130502. 277 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (2011). Measuring Entanglement Using Quantum Quenches. Physical Review Letters. 106(15). 150404–150404. 70 indexed citations
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Calabrese, Pasquale & John Cardy. (2006). Time Dependence of Correlation Functions Following a Quantum Quench. Physical Review Letters. 96(13). 136801–136801. 740 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cardy, John, et al.. (2006). Holomorphic parafermions in the Potts model and stochastic Loewner evolution. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2006(12). P12001–P12001. 18 indexed citations
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England, Jeremy L. & John Cardy. (2005). Morphogen Gradient from a Noisy Source. Physical Review Letters. 94(7). 78101–78101. 34 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (2004). Calogero–Sutherland model and bulk-boundary correlations in conformal field theory. Physics Letters B. 582(1-2). 121–126. 23 indexed citations
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Cardy, John, et al.. (2002). Quantum and classical localization, the spin quantum Hall effect, and generalizations. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 65(21). 49 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (2001). Lectures on Conformal Invariance and Percolation. arXiv (Cornell University). 17 indexed citations
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Cardy, John, et al.. (1995). Oriented self-avoiding walks with orientation-dependent interactions. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 28(18). 5143–5163. 12 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (1990). Universal critical-point amplitudes in parallel-plate geometries. Physical Review Letters. 65(12). 1443–1445. 68 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (1988). Finite-size scaling. Elsevier eBooks. 206 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (1983). Critical exponents of directed self-avoiding walks. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 16(11). L355–L357. 41 indexed citations
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Cardy, John. (1982). Comment on "Dislocations and melting in two dimensions: The critical region". Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 26(11). 6311–6312. 17 indexed citations
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Cardy, John & Herbert W. Hamber. (1980). Variational calculations and the nature of the phase transition in Z(2) gauge theory. Nuclear Physics B. 170(1). 79–90. 21 indexed citations

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