Max Born

22.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Max Born is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Born has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 1 paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Max Born's work include Quantum Mechanics and Applications (3 papers), Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (1 paper) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (1 paper). Max Born is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Applications (3 papers), Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (1 paper) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (1 paper). Max Born collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Max Born's co-authors include Emil Wolf and Alfred Landé and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Die Naturwissenschaften and The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

In The Last Decade

Max Born

9 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Principles of Optics

1999 8.3k citations Max Born, Emil Wolf et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Max Born United Kingdom	6	3.9k	2.9k	2.6k	941	859	9	8.7k
H.G. Jerrard United Kingdom	26	2.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	985 0.4×	515 0.5×	708 0.8×	125	5.0k
A. A. Maradudin United States	50	5.1k 1.3×	2.4k 0.8×	3.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	3.0k 3.5×	260	10.6k
E. Wolf United States	52	8.5k 2.2×	2.4k 0.8×	4.9k 1.9×	516 0.5×	155 0.2×	168	11.7k
E. L. Hill United States	13	4.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	361 0.4×	816 0.9×	25	11.1k
Edward M. Purcell United States	31	3.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	3.3k 1.3×	740 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	73	15.0k
R. M. A. Azzam United States	30	2.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.1×	4.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.5×	1.6k 1.8×	275	9.1k
W.T. Welford United Kingdom	28	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	428 0.5×	448 0.5×	123	4.4k
O.S. Heavens United Kingdom	18	1.7k 0.4×	2.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	575 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	99	5.1k
M. Nieto‐Vesperinas Spain	47	5.2k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	4.7k 1.8×	1.9k 2.0×	412 0.5×	209	8.1k
H. Kogelnik United States	40	10.6k 2.7×	11.0k 3.8×	1.8k 0.7×	924 1.0×	528 0.6×	106	15.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Max Born

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Fields of papers citing papers by Max Born

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Born

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Max Born. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Max Born 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 Max Born. Max Born is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Born, Max, et al.. (1999). Principles of Optics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 986. 8343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Born, Max, et al.. (1968). Dualism in quantum theory. Physics Today. 21(8). 51–55. 3 indexed citations

3.

Born, Max. (1968). Physics in My Generation. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 42 indexed citations

4.

Landé, Alfred, et al.. (1968). Dialog on dualism. Physics Today. 21(8). 55–56. 2 indexed citations

5.

Born, Max. (1965). Optik. 36 indexed citations

6.

Born, Max. (1963). Betrachtungen zur Farbenlehre. Die Naturwissenschaften. 50(2). 29–39. 5 indexed citations

7.

Born, Max. (1960). Problems of Atomic Dynamics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 13 indexed citations

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Born, Max & Emil Wolf. (1959). Principles of Optics Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 273 indexed citations

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Born, Max. (1953). THE INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 4(14). 95–106. 13 indexed citations

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