R. B. Laughlin

18.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
96 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

R. B. Laughlin is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. B. Laughlin has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 50 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. B. Laughlin's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (46 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (36 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (18 papers). R. B. Laughlin is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (46 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (36 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (18 papers). R. B. Laughlin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Switzerland. R. B. Laughlin's co-authors include V. Kalmeyer, David Pines, Chetan Nayak, Dirk K. Morr, Sudip Chakravarty, J. D. Joannopoulos, C. B. Hanna, Alexander L. Fetter, Zheguang Zou and D. J. Chadi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

R. B. Laughlin

96 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Anomalous Quantum Hall Effect: An Incompressible Quantum ... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1983 1981 1987 2001 1988 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Anomalous Quantum Hall Effect: An Incompressible Quantum Fluid with Fractionally Charged Excitations
    1983 3.9k citations R. B. Laughlin Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Quantized Hall conductivity in two dimensions
    1981 1.6k citations R. B. Laughlin Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  3. Equivalence of the resonating-valence-bond and fractional quantum Hall states
    1987 875 citations V. Kalmeyer, R. B. Laughlin Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Hidden order in the cuprates
    2001 875 citations R. B. Laughlin et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  5. The Relationship Between High-Temperature Superconductivity and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
    1988 429 citations R. B. Laughlin profile →
  6. Superconducting Ground State of Noninteracting Particles Obeying Fractional Statistics
    1988 416 citations R. B. Laughlin Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Random-phase approximation in the fractional-statistics gas
    1989 302 citations Alexander L. Fetter, C. B. Hanna et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  8. Quantized motion of three two-dimensional electrons in a strong magnetic field
    1983 286 citations R. B. Laughlin Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. B. Laughlin United States 36 9.6k 6.3k 1.9k 1.6k 1.3k 96 12.6k
B. I. Halperin United States 34 7.6k 0.8× 6.1k 1.0× 4.1k 2.2× 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 50 12.9k
Vinay Ambegaokar United States 39 7.2k 0.7× 6.4k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 1.7k 1.3× 94 11.0k
Daniel C. Mattis United States 37 7.4k 0.8× 6.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 802 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 188 11.3k
Sudip Chakravarty United States 47 8.9k 0.9× 7.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 651 0.4× 2.6k 2.0× 163 13.4k
G. Blatter Switzerland 46 6.6k 0.7× 9.4k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 3.0k 2.3× 230 12.9k
B. L. Altshuler United States 51 9.6k 1.0× 4.0k 0.6× 3.0k 1.6× 2.0k 1.2× 717 0.5× 198 11.7k
S. Schmitt‐Rink United States 55 10.6k 1.1× 5.5k 0.9× 2.5k 1.3× 3.8k 2.3× 2.4k 1.9× 118 14.7k
Werner Krauth France 41 5.2k 0.5× 7.5k 1.2× 2.3k 1.2× 445 0.3× 2.7k 2.0× 94 10.9k
G. Grinstein United States 46 5.4k 0.6× 5.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 427 0.3× 989 0.8× 109 9.9k
Gerd Schön Germany 58 12.6k 1.3× 5.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 3.6k 2.2× 1.1k 0.8× 253 14.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. B. Laughlin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laughlin, R. B.. (2014). Fermi-Liquid Computation of the Phase Diagram of High-TcCuprate Superconductors with an Orbital Antiferromagnetic Pseudogap. Physical Review Letters. 112(1). 17004–17004. 25 indexed citations
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Laughlin, R. B.. (2014). Physics, Emergence, and the Connectome. Neuron. 83(6). 1253–1255. 5 indexed citations
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Laughlin, R. B.. (2014). A Perspective: Robert B Laughlin. Physical Biology. 11(5). 53003–53003. 2 indexed citations
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Laughlin, R. B.. (2013). Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4 indexed citations
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Bernevig, B. Andrei, Domenico Giuliano, & R. B. Laughlin. (2006). Berneviget al.Reply:. Physical Review Letters. 96(5). 2 indexed citations
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Chong, Y. D. & R. B. Laughlin. (2003). Metallic nature of the four-dimensional quantum hall edge. Annals of Physics. 308(1). 237–243. 5 indexed citations
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Kong, Jing, Erhan Yenilmez, Thomas W. Tombler, et al.. (2001). Quantum Interference and Ballistic Transmission in Nanotube Electron Waveguides. Physical Review Letters. 87(10). 106801–106801. 353 indexed citations
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Bernevig, B. Andrei, Domenico Giuliano, & R. B. Laughlin. (2001). Spinon-Holon Attraction in the Supersymmetrict−JModel with1/r2Interaction. Physical Review Letters. 87(17). 177206–177206. 13 indexed citations
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Vacca, Gian Paolo, et al.. (1999). Differential light scattering: Probing the sonoluminescence collapse. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(6). R6303–R6306. 6 indexed citations
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Beasley, M. R., D. Lew, & R. B. Laughlin. (1994). Time-reversal symmetry breaking in superconductors: A proposed experimental test. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 49(17). 12330–12332. 14 indexed citations
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Laughlin, R. B., et al.. (1994). Spin susceptibility and gap structure of the fractional-statistics gas. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 50(10). 7107–7123. 6 indexed citations
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Laughlin, R. B.. (1992). Anomolous quantum Hall effect: an incompressible quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations. 141–144. 3 indexed citations
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Fetter, Alexander L., C. B. Hanna, & R. B. Laughlin. (1991). ANYONS AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATION. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 5(16n17). 2751–2790. 12 indexed citations
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Libby, Stephen B., Zheguang Zou, & R. B. Laughlin. (1991). Non-abelian monopoles in the three-dimensional chiral spin liquid. Nuclear Physics B. 348(3). 693–713. 15 indexed citations
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Hanna, C. B., R. B. Laughlin, & Alexander L. Fetter. (1989). Quantum mechanics of the fractional-statistics gas: Hartree-Fock approximation. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 40(13). 8745–8758. 88 indexed citations
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Kalmeyer, V. & R. B. Laughlin. (1989). Theory of the spin liquid state of the Heisenberg antiferromagnet. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 39(16). 11879–11899. 151 indexed citations
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Laughlin, R. B.. (1988). Superconducting Ground State of Noninteracting Particles Obeying Fractional Statistics. Physical Review Letters. 60(25). 2677–2680. 416 indexed citations breakdown →
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Laughlin, R. B.. (1981). Quantized Hall conductivity in two dimensions. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 23(10). 5632–5633. 1586 indexed citations breakdown →
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Laughlin, R. B., J. D. Joannopoulos, & D. J. Chadi. (1980). Theory of the electronic structure of the Si-SiO2interface. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 21(12). 5733–5744. 95 indexed citations
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Laughlin, R. B. & John D. Joannopoulos. (1978). Theory of surface phonons in amorphous silica. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 17(12). 4922–4930. 19 indexed citations

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