Leon M. Lederman
Impact in
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 10%
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Nuclear physics research studies
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Education top 2%
- Innovative Teaching Methods
Papers in
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- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 71
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 15
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 7
- Nuclear physics research studies 6
- Neutrino Physics Research 4
- Education 27
- Science Education and Pedagogy 22
- Innovative Teaching Methods 5
- Co-authors
- Richard L. Garwin (9 shared papers)J. K. Yoh (27 shared papers)Taiji Yamanouchi (26 shared papers)Bruce C. Brown (21 shared papers)D. C. Hom (20 shared papers)W. R. Innes (16 shared papers)C. N. Brown (17 shared papers)Henry David Snyder (18 shared papers)
- Journals
- Physical Review Letters (51 papers)Physics Today (15 papers)Physics Letters B (13 papers)Science (10 papers)Scientific American (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSwitzerlandUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Leon M. Lederman
187 papers receiving 6.1k citations
Leon M. Lederman's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 80
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4.4k
- Education 225
- Mechanics of Materials 100
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 117
- History and Philosophy of Science 25
Countries citing papers authored by Leon M. Lederman
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Fields of papers citing papers by Leon M. Lederman
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Observation of a Dimuon Resonance at 9.5 GeV in 400-GeV Proton-Nucleus Collisions Hit paper breakdown → | 1977 | 676 |
| 2 | Observations of the Failure of Conservation of Parity and Charge Conjugation in Meson Decays: the Magnetic Moment of the Free Muon Hit paper breakdown → | 1957 | 512 |
| 3 | 1962 | 341 | |
| 4 | 1977 | 231 | |
| 5 | 1991 | 187 | |
| 6 | 1973 | 180 | |
| 7 | 1970 | 160 | |
| 8 | 2001 | 147 | |
| 9 | 1981 | 136 | |
| 10 | 1978 | 131 | |
| 11 | 1952 | 93 | |
| 12 | 1978 | 92 | |
| 13 | 1980 | 87 | |
| 14 | 1976 | 83 | |
| 15 | 1979 | 82 | |
| 16 | 1963 | 78 | |
| 17 | 1980 | 77 | |
| 18 | 1956 | 74 | |
| 19 | 1978 | 74 | |
| 20 | 1976 | 70 |
About Leon M. Lederman
Leon M. Lederman is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Education, Information Systems and Management, Mechanics of Materials and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 209 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (71 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (22 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (15 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (7 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (6 papers), Research, Science, and Academia (5 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (5 papers) and Neutrino Physics Research (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (4.4k citations), Education (225 citations), Mechanics of Materials (100 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (117 citations) and History and Philosophy of Science (25 citations). Leon M. Lederman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Richard L. Garwin, J. K. Yoh, Taiji Yamanouchi, Bruce C. Brown, D. C. Hom, W. R. Innes, C. N. Brown, Henry David Snyder, Ray A. Burnstein and S. W. Herb. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Today, Physics Letters B, Science and Scientific American.
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