M. Jacob

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

M. Jacob is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Jacob has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in M. Jacob's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (51 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (41 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (30 papers). M. Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (51 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (41 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (30 papers). M. Jacob collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. M. Jacob's co-authors include G. C. Wick, S. M. Berman, R. Slansky, Tai Tsun Wu, J. Trân Thanh Vân, P. Giacomelli, James S. Ball, R.R. Horgan, P.V. Landshoff and C. Itzykson and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Reports and Nuclear Physics B.

In The Last Decade

M. Jacob

83 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

On the general theory of collisions for particles with spin 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 500 1000 1.5k
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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. On the general theory of collisions for particles with spin
    1959 1.7k citations M. Jacob et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Jacob Switzerland 23 2.7k 679 299 226 207 84 3.4k
Loyal Durand United States 33 2.7k 1.0× 707 1.0× 203 0.7× 138 0.6× 232 1.1× 148 3.4k
R. E. Cutkosky United States 27 2.3k 0.9× 747 1.1× 214 0.7× 203 0.9× 381 1.8× 83 3.1k
Haim Harari Israel 30 3.1k 1.1× 430 0.6× 203 0.7× 149 0.7× 229 1.1× 77 3.6k
A. Pais United States 33 3.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 249 0.8× 181 0.8× 348 1.7× 108 4.1k
C. Lovelace United Kingdom 18 1.6k 0.6× 801 1.2× 260 0.9× 146 0.6× 217 1.0× 28 2.2k
James S. Ball United States 28 2.2k 0.8× 535 0.8× 186 0.6× 194 0.9× 138 0.7× 97 2.7k
P. Söding Germany 22 2.9k 1.1× 428 0.6× 188 0.6× 119 0.5× 103 0.5× 52 3.3k
Angela Barbaro-Galtieri United States 20 2.8k 1.0× 482 0.7× 218 0.7× 98 0.4× 107 0.5× 36 3.2k
Charles B. Chiu United States 28 1.5k 0.6× 731 1.1× 163 0.5× 213 0.9× 379 1.8× 123 2.4k
A. Martin Switzerland 33 2.7k 1.0× 1.2k 1.8× 190 0.6× 263 1.2× 488 2.4× 174 4.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Jacob

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Jacob

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. Jacob. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. Jacob 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 M. Jacob. M. Jacob 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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Jacob, M., et al.. (1994). Chiral quark model, Regge behaviour and finite energy sum rules. Physics Letters B. 321(1-2). 125–128. 2 indexed citations
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Jacob, M.. (1992). Léon Van Hove. Nuclear Physics A. 544(1-2). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Jacob, M.. (1991). Hadronic physics with electrons beyond 10 GeV. Nuclear Physics A. 532(1-2). 45–62. 3 indexed citations
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Jacob, M.. (1989). RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION COLLISIONS - IN SEARCH OF THE QUARK-GLUON PLASMA. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 50(C1). C1–505. 2 indexed citations
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Jacob, M.. (1988). Λ $$\bar \Lambda$$ longitudinal polarization: A signature for the formation of a quark-gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions. The European Physical Journal C. 38(1-2). 273–276. 5 indexed citations
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Jacob, M. & Johann Rafelski. (1987). Longitudinal polarization, abundance and quark-gluon plasma formation. Physics Letters B. 190(1-2). 173–176. 17 indexed citations
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Gervais, J.-L. & M. Jacob. (1983). Non-linear and Collective Phenomena in Quantum Physics. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Hove, Leo Van & M. Jacob. (1980). Highlights of 25 years of physics at CERN. Physics Reports. 62(1). 1–86. 8 indexed citations
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Jacob, M.. (1977). Large transverse momentum phenomena. 197–206. 2 indexed citations
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Jacob, M. & P.V. Landshoff. (1976). Trigger bias in large pT reactions. Nuclear Physics B. 113(3). 395–412. 22 indexed citations
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Amaldi, U., M. Jacob, & G. Matthiae. (1976). Diffraction of Hadronic Waves. Annual Review of Nuclear Science. 26(1). 385–456. 58 indexed citations
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Jacob, M. & S. Nussinov. (1973). Pion production in high-energy proton-antiproton annihilation. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 14(2). 335–342. 4 indexed citations
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Jacob, M., et al.. (1969). Energy poles from infinite daughter series. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 63(1). 279–284. 5 indexed citations
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Baacke, J., M. Jacob, & Stefan Pokorski. (1969). The X0 width. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 62(1). 332–340. 9 indexed citations
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Finkelstein, J. & M. Jacob. (1968). Absorptive corrections and Regge singularities. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 56(3). 681–693. 46 indexed citations
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Ball, James S., William R. Frazer, & M. Jacob. (1968). Regge-Pole Model for Photoproduction of Pions andKMesons. Physical Review Letters. 20(10). 518–522. 97 indexed citations
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Ball, James S. & M. Jacob. (1968). Photoproduction and regge behaviour. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 54(3). 620–638. 28 indexed citations
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Froissart, M. & M. Jacob. (1964). Sur l'observabilité de l'éventuel baryon Ω—. Journal de physique. 25(3). 317–318. 1 indexed citations
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Bessis, D., C. Itzykson, & M. Jacob. (1963). One-particle exchange in antiproton collisions in flight. Il Nuovo Cimento. 27(2). 376–383. 15 indexed citations
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Jacob, M., et al.. (1962). ππ Interaction in final state processes. Il Nuovo Cimento. 23(5). 838–847. 37 indexed citations

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