Joseph Polchinski

33.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
130 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

Joseph Polchinski is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Polchinski has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 61 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 33 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Joseph Polchinski's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (104 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (60 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (42 papers). Joseph Polchinski is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (104 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (60 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (42 papers). Joseph Polchinski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and China. Joseph Polchinski's co-authors include Matthew J. Strassler, Brian Greene, David R. Morrison, Steven B. Giddings, Shamit Kachru, Raphael Bousso, Gary T. Horowitz, Andrew Strominger, Vladimir Rosenhaus and Radu Roiban and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Polchinski

129 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

Dirichlet Branes and Ramond-Ramond Charges 1984 2026 1998 2012 1995 1998 2002 1998 1984 400 800 1.2k

Peers

Joseph Polchinski
Comparison fields: 5 of 95
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17.1k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 11.8k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 6.4k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2.1k
  • Geometry and Topology 1.4k
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Countries citing papers authored by Joseph Polchinski

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Polchinski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Polchinski

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph Polchinski. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph Polchinski 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 Joseph Polchinski. Joseph Polchinski 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 141
2
Simple and BPS Wilson Loops
1
3 115
4 23
5
The Cosmological Constant and the String Landscape
11
6 30
7 291
8 21
9
Hard Scattering and Gauge/String Duality breakdown →
496
10
Quantization of four-form fluxes and dynamical neutralization of the cosmological constant breakdown →
698
11 137
12
Superstring theory and beyond
201
13
An introduction to the bosonic string
191
14
String Theory breakdown →
571
15
Recent directions in particle theory : from superstrings and black holes to the standard model : proceedings of the 1992 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics, Boulder, Colorado, 1-26 June 1992
8
16 52
17 81
18 119
19 58
20 254

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