Jon Mathews

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
21 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Jon Mathews is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon Mathews has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Jon Mathews's work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (5 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (4 papers) and Nuclear physics research studies (4 papers). Jon Mathews is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (5 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (4 papers) and Nuclear physics research studies (4 papers). Jon Mathews collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Jon Mathews's co-authors include George B. Arfken, P. C. Peters, William C. Davidon, Jesse L. Greenstein, Robert P. Kraft, Maurice Jacob, Victor Gilinsky, B. B. Deo, Solomon G. Mikhlin and G. Brandenburg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Physics Today and Nuclear Physics B.

In The Last Decade

Jon Mathews

21 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Mathematical Methods for Physicists 1963 2026 1984 2005 1972 1963 1965 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Mathematical Methods for Physicists
    1972 2.9k citations George B. Arfken, Jon Mathews American Journal of Physics profile →
  2. Gravitational Radiation from Point Masses in a Keplerian Orbit
    1963 994 citations P. C. Peters, Jon Mathews Physical Review profile →
  3. Mathematical Methods of Physics
    1965 532 citations Jon Mathews, William C. Davidon et al. American Journal of Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jon Mathews United States 14 1.5k 1.4k 689 531 526 21 5.0k
Albert A. Mullin United States 18 1.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 1.4k 2.0× 607 1.1× 1.0k 2.0× 63 5.9k
K. G. Budden United Kingdom 22 2.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 587 0.9× 824 1.6× 533 1.0× 71 5.6k
George B. Arfken United States 12 616 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 487 0.7× 801 1.5× 768 1.5× 16 5.9k
Robert D. Richtmyer United States 13 707 0.5× 830 0.6× 1.7k 2.5× 608 1.1× 519 1.0× 28 7.8k
F. W. J. Olver United States 26 592 0.4× 1.8k 1.3× 559 0.8× 800 1.5× 1.3k 2.5× 85 7.4k
Raymond J. Seeger United States 20 511 0.3× 1.7k 1.2× 1.0k 1.5× 598 1.1× 840 1.6× 62 5.9k
H. Goldstein United States 10 1.2k 0.8× 2.9k 2.1× 757 1.1× 507 1.0× 2.4k 4.5× 38 8.3k
Manuel Rotenberg United States 17 638 0.4× 1.3k 1.0× 710 1.0× 250 0.5× 208 0.4× 44 3.4k
Henri Amar United States 22 656 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 258 0.4× 681 1.3× 450 0.9× 47 5.3k
Richard Courant United States 20 453 0.3× 605 0.4× 312 0.5× 545 1.0× 549 1.0× 44 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jon Mathews

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jon Mathews

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jon Mathews. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jon Mathews 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 Jon Mathews. Jon Mathews 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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Mathews, Jon, et al.. (1979). An introduction to Mathematical methods of physics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 7 indexed citations
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Brandenburg, G., R.K. Carnegie, R.J. Cashmore, et al.. (1976). Analysis of K−K+ and π−π+ final states in 13 GeV K−p interactions. Nuclear Physics B. 104(3). 413–434. 22 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon. (1976). Coordinate-free rotation formalism. American Journal of Physics. 44(12). 1210–1210. 12 indexed citations
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Arfken, George B. & Jon Mathews. (1972). Mathematical Methods for Physicists. American Journal of Physics. 40(4). 642–642. 2870 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mikhlin, Solomon G. & Jon Mathews. (1972). Mathematical Physics, An Advanced Course. American Journal of Physics. 40(1). 213–214. 8 indexed citations
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Morse, R., B.Y. Oh, W. D. Walker, et al.. (1971). Analysis of theN*(1500)andN*(1700)Baryon Resonances Produced via Diffraction Dissociation. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 4(1). 133–140. 3 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon, et al.. (1970). Mathematical methods of physics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 210 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon & B. B. Deo. (1966). Neutron Exchange in the Reactionp+p→d+π+. Physical Review. 143(4). 1340–1345. 13 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon, et al.. (1966). Mathematical Methods of Physics. Mathematics of Computation. 20(93). 189–189. 16 indexed citations
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Krzywoblocki, M. Z. v., et al.. (1965). Mathematical Methods of Physics.. American Mathematical Monthly. 72(10). 1155–1155. 5 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon, et al.. (1965). Mathematical Methods of Physics. American Journal of Physics. 33(3). 246–246. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mathews, Jon, et al.. (1965). Mathematical Methods of Physics. Physics Today. 18(3). 76–79. 66 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon. (1965). Leptonic Decay of theΩ. Physical Review. 137(2B). B444–B448. 37 indexed citations
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Peters, P. C. & Jon Mathews. (1963). Gravitational Radiation from Point Masses in a Keplerian Orbit. Physical Review. 131(1). 435–440. 994 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mathews, Jon, et al.. (1963). Some remarks about a second pomeranchuk trajectory. Physics Letters. 5(4). 286–288. 1 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon. (1962). Gravitational Multipole Radiation. Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 10(4). 768–780. 56 indexed citations
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Kraft, Robert P., Jon Mathews, & Jesse L. Greenstein. (1962). Binary Stars among Cataclysmic Variables. II. Nova WZ Sagittae: a Possible Radiator of Gravitational Waves.. The Astrophysical Journal. 136. 312–312. 73 indexed citations
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Gilinsky, Victor & Jon Mathews. (1960). Decay of Bound Muons. Physical Review. 120(4). 1450–1457. 16 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon. (1959). Application of Linear Network Analysis to Feynman Diagrams. Physical Review. 113(1). 381–381. 15 indexed citations
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Mathews, Jon. (1956). Compton Scattering and Bremsstrahlung of Spin-32Particles. Physical Review. 102(1). 270–274. 9 indexed citations

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