Philip W. Anderson

76.3k total citations · 28 hit papers
310 papers, 50.4k citations indexed

About

Philip W. Anderson is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip W. Anderson has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 50.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 114 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 51 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Philip W. Anderson's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (124 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (48 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (42 papers). Philip W. Anderson is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (124 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (48 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (42 papers). Philip W. Anderson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Türkiye. Philip W. Anderson's co-authors include S. F. Edwards, Elihu Abrahams, T. V. Ramakrishnan, Hiroshi Hasegawa, D. C. Licciardello, Zheguang Zou, B. I. Halperin, C. M. Varma, G. Baskaran and R. G. Palmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Philip W. Anderson

297 papers receiving 47.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philip W. Anderson United States 88 29.4k 24.9k 12.1k 9.3k 4.2k 310 50.4k
Bertrand I. Halperin United States 74 18.1k 0.6× 20.5k 0.8× 3.6k 0.3× 8.8k 1.0× 3.5k 0.8× 245 32.5k
D. J. Thouless United States 62 16.0k 0.5× 21.7k 0.9× 2.8k 0.2× 7.5k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 173 33.2k
Amnon Aharony Israel 70 15.5k 0.5× 7.7k 0.3× 4.5k 0.4× 6.9k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 409 26.9k
Michael E. Fisher United States 101 26.5k 0.9× 15.3k 0.6× 7.0k 0.6× 11.5k 1.2× 788 0.2× 404 42.7k
Kurt Binder Germany 112 26.3k 0.9× 13.1k 0.5× 4.2k 0.3× 30.3k 3.3× 2.1k 0.5× 959 56.3k
Daniel S. Fisher United States 75 14.7k 0.5× 11.8k 0.5× 2.4k 0.2× 4.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 170 24.8k
David Pines United States 77 9.6k 0.3× 12.4k 0.5× 4.8k 0.4× 2.5k 0.3× 1.9k 0.4× 297 24.6k
Antoine Georges France 73 16.9k 0.6× 10.4k 0.4× 9.7k 0.8× 5.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 273 25.4k
Ryogo Kubo Japan 45 5.4k 0.2× 13.7k 0.5× 3.0k 0.2× 6.2k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 164 26.9k
Scott Kirkpatrick United States 46 9.7k 0.3× 6.9k 0.3× 2.0k 0.2× 7.0k 0.8× 6.9k 1.6× 117 50.9k

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All Works

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Anderson, Philip W., et al.. (2014). Zwischen Inklusion und Exklusion - die Rolle der Sozialen Arbeit in Bildungsprozessen junger Flüchtlinge. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W.. (2012). Hidden Fermi Liquid: Self-Consistent Theory for the Normal State of High-Tc Superconductors. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 2 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W.. (2008). Who or what is RVB?. Physics Today. 61(4). 8–9. 5 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W.. (1997). Concepts in Solids. 34 indexed citations
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Finkelstein, Sydney, Philip W. Anderson, & James Brian Quinn. (1996). La gestión del intelecto profesional: sacar el máximo partido de los mejores. Harvard-Deusto business review. 4–17. 11 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W.. (1995). II. 思い出すこと : Scientific and Personal Reminiscences of Ryogo Kubo. 日本物理學會誌. 50(11). 896–898.
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Anderson, Philip W., et al.. (1994). Imprecise Excision of the Caenorhabditis elegans Transposon Tel Creates Functional 5′ Splice Sites. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(5). 3426–3433. 5 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W.. (1991). Pseudopotentials and the theory of high Tc superconductivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 334(1635). 473–479. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W. & Michael L. Tushman. (1986). Technological Discontinuities and Organizational Environments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 187 indexed citations
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Careri, G. & Philip W. Anderson. (1985). Order and Disorder in Matter. American Journal of Physics. 53(11). 1118–1119. 2 indexed citations
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Eide, David & Philip W. Anderson. (1985). Novel Insertion Mutation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 5(1). 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W., et al.. (1981). Definition and measurement of the electrical and thermal resistances. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 24(2). 1151–1154. 207 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W. & G. Yuval. (1971). Some numerical results on the Kondo problem and the inverse square one-dimensional Ising model. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 4(5). 607–620. 143 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W.. (1968). Method of Calculating Molecular Wave Functions and Binding Energies. Physical Review Letters. 20(9). 413–415. 10 indexed citations
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Anderson, Philip W., et al.. (1964). Hard Superconductivity: Theory of the Motion of Abrikosov Flux Lines. Reviews of Modern Physics. 36(1). 39–43. 1403 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anderson, Philip W.. (1963). Plasmons, Gauge Invariance, and Mass. Physical Review. 130(1). 439–442. 487 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anderson, Philip W.. (1962). Theory of Flux Creep in Hard Superconductors. Physical Review Letters. 9(7). 309–311. 1430 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morel, P. & Philip W. Anderson. (1962). Calculation of the Superconducting State Parameters with Retarded Electron-Phonon Interaction. Physical Review. 125(4). 1263–1271. 841 indexed citations breakdown →

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