S. Deser

35.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
310 papers, 23.5k citations indexed

About

S. Deser is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Deser has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 23.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 215 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 211 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 112 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in S. Deser's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (190 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (182 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (86 papers). S. Deser is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (190 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (182 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (86 papers). S. Deser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. S. Deser's co-authors include R. Jackiw, S. Templeton, David G. Boulware, R. Arnowitt, Charles W. Misner, Bruno Zumino, Andrew Waldron, Bayram Tekin, L. F. Abbott and P. van Nieuwenhuizen and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

S. Deser

298 papers receiving 22.6k citations

Hit Papers

Topologically massive gauge theories 1970 2026 1988 2007 1982 1982 2008 1985 1972 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Deser United States 68 19.8k 17.0k 9.9k 3.8k 912 310 23.5k
Andrew Strominger United States 75 20.3k 1.0× 16.5k 1.0× 9.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.6× 1000 1.1× 198 21.9k
Juan Maldacena United States 63 30.1k 1.5× 22.9k 1.3× 13.1k 1.3× 4.5k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 115 33.5k
S. Ferrara Switzerland 70 19.9k 1.0× 12.1k 0.7× 7.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.3× 1.0k 1.1× 405 21.2k
R. Jackiw United States 77 21.7k 1.1× 10.9k 0.6× 10.5k 1.1× 10.9k 2.9× 2.0k 2.1× 256 31.3k
Gerard ’t Hooft Netherlands 45 22.9k 1.2× 8.7k 0.5× 5.4k 0.5× 4.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 163 26.9k
Sidney Coleman United States 44 14.5k 0.7× 7.7k 0.5× 4.1k 0.4× 4.2k 1.1× 550 0.6× 82 18.3k
Gary T. Horowitz United States 57 14.2k 0.7× 12.5k 0.7× 5.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 601 0.7× 164 15.3k
Joseph Polchinski United States 63 17.1k 0.9× 11.8k 0.7× 6.4k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 857 0.9× 130 19.0k
G. Veneziano Switzerland 64 13.9k 0.7× 6.8k 0.4× 3.7k 0.4× 2.2k 0.6× 424 0.5× 242 16.3k
A.A. Tseytlin United Kingdom 75 17.3k 0.9× 10.8k 0.6× 6.9k 0.7× 920 0.2× 723 0.8× 298 18.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Deser

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Deser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Deser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Deser 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 S. Deser. S. Deser 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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Deser, S. & K.S. Stelle. (2019). Field redefinition's help in constructing non-abelian gauge theories. Physics Letters B. 798. 135007–135007. 2 indexed citations
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Deser, S. & Yi Pang. (2019). Are all identically conserved geometric tensors metric variations of actions? A status report. Physics Letters B. 790. 533–536. 3 indexed citations
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Deser, S.. (2017). All higher curvature gravities can be bootstrapped from their linearizations. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Deser, S., et al.. (2012). Conformal versus coordinate invariance: Schouten gravity. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Arnowitt, R., S. Deser, & Charles W. Misner. (2008). Republication of: The dynamics of general relativity. General Relativity and Gravitation. 40(9). 1997–2027. 1117 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deser, S., R. Jackiw, & Shi Pi. (2005). Cotton blend gravity pp waves. Acta Physica Polonica B. 36(1). 27–34. 9 indexed citations
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Deser, S. & Andrew Waldron. (2004). Conformal invariance of partially massless higher spins. Physics Letters B. 603(1-2). 30–34. 52 indexed citations
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Deser, S., et al.. (1998). Equivalence of Hawking and Unruh Temperatures Through Flat Space Embeddings. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations
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Deser, S. & R. Jackiw. (1992). Time Travel. arXiv (Cornell University). 15 indexed citations
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Schwinger, Julian, et al.. (1989). Themes in contemporary physics II : essays in honour of Julian Schwinger's 70th birthday. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Damour, Thibault & S. Deser. (1987). 'Geometry' of Spin 3 Gauge Theories. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 47(3). 277–307. 39 indexed citations
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Aragone, C. & S. Deser. (1980). Hamiltonian form for massless higher-spin fermions. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 21(2). 352–357. 13 indexed citations
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Deser, S.. (1979). On the consistency of spin-couplings 3/2. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 12(5). L97–L98. 1 indexed citations
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Deser, S., et al.. (1975). Scale dependence and the renormalization problem of quantum gravity. Physics Letters B. 58(3). 355–356. 15 indexed citations
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Deser, S.. (1972). The limit of massive electrodynamics. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 16(1). 79–85. 4 indexed citations
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Grisaru, M.T., Hugh Pendleton, & S. Deser. (1970). Lectures on Elementary Particles and Quantum Field Theory. MIT Press eBooks. 577 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chrétien, M., S. Deser, & Jack Goldstein. (1969). Astrophysics and general relativity. 45 indexed citations
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Deser, S.. (1967). COVARIANT DECOMPOSITION OF SYMMETRIC TENSORS AND THE GRAVITATIONAL CAUCHY PROBLEM.. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 7(2). 149–188. 16 indexed citations
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Deser, S. & F. A. E. Pirani. (1965). Critique of a new theory of gravitation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 288(1412). 133–145. 7 indexed citations
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Arnowitt, R., S. Deser, & Charles W. Misner. (1960). Canonical Variables for General Relativity. Physical Review. 117(6). 1595–1602. 378 indexed citations

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