S. Mandelstam

12.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
94 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

S. Mandelstam is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Mandelstam has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 27 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in S. Mandelstam's work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (27 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (19 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (18 papers). S. Mandelstam is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (27 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (19 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (18 papers). S. Mandelstam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. S. Mandelstam's co-authors include Geoffrey F. Chew, James Lepowsky, I. M. Singer, Wolfgang Yourgrau, K. Bardakçi, I. P. Tindo, Wallace Arthur, Steven C. Frautschi, V. D. Ivanov and H. Pierre Noyes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

S. Mandelstam

92 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

II. Vortices and quark confinement in non-Abelian gauge t... 1958 2026 1980 2003 1976 1960 1983 1975 1958 200 400 600
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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. II. Vortices and quark confinement in non-Abelian gauge theories
    1976 662 citations S. Mandelstam Physics Reports profile →
  2. Theory of the Low-Energy Pion-Pion Interaction
    1960 645 citations Geoffrey F. Chew, S. Mandelstam Physical Review profile →
  3. Light-cone superspace and the ultraviolet finiteness of the N=4 model
    1983 592 citations S. Mandelstam Nuclear Physics B profile →
  4. Soliton operators for the quantized sine-Gordon equation
    1975 580 citations S. Mandelstam profile →
  5. Determination of the Pion-Nucleon Scattering Amplitude from Dispersion Relations and Unitarity. General Theory
    1958 508 citations S. Mandelstam Physical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Mandelstam United States 43 6.1k 2.3k 1.6k 1.3k 964 94 8.7k
Y. Nambu United States 35 10.0k 1.6× 3.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 1.6k 1.7× 117 13.1k
Roger Dashen United States 47 7.0k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 118 9.6k
S. Fubini Italy 37 4.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 876 0.7× 465 0.5× 105 6.0k
T. H. R. Skyrme Canada 20 3.8k 0.6× 2.5k 1.1× 917 0.6× 668 0.5× 979 1.0× 34 6.0k
Sidney D. Drell United States 44 8.1k 1.3× 3.5k 1.5× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 815 0.8× 153 11.6k
Abdus Salam United Kingdom 48 11.2k 1.8× 2.1k 0.9× 2.8k 1.7× 4.6k 3.5× 553 0.6× 242 13.6k
F. E. Low United States 36 6.8k 1.1× 3.8k 1.7× 922 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 920 1.0× 77 11.0k
A. Zee United States 56 7.8k 1.3× 3.1k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 2.5k 1.9× 1.8k 1.8× 208 11.5k
Geoffrey F. Chew United States 45 6.3k 1.0× 2.6k 1.2× 834 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 612 0.6× 168 9.2k
Stephen L. Adler United States 48 8.6k 1.4× 3.8k 1.7× 1.6k 1.0× 2.6k 1.9× 807 0.8× 203 12.6k

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mandelstam, S.. (1992). The n-loop string amplitude. Explicit formulas, finiteness and absence of ambiguities. Physics Letters B. 277(1-2). 82–88. 29 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1987). Then-Loop String Amplitude. Physica Scripta. T15. 109–113. 1 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1985). THE INTERACTING STRING PICTURE AND FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION. 46–102. 29 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1976). II. Vortices and quark confinement in non-Abelian gauge theories. Physics Reports. 23(3). 245–249. 662 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mandelstam, S., И. Л. Бейгман, & I. P. Tindo. (1975). Solar flare X-ray polarisation. Nature. 254(5499). 462–462. 4 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1974). Interacting-string picture of the Neveu-Schwarz-Ramond model. Nuclear Physics B. 69(1). 77–106. 169 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1974). Dual-resonance models. Physics Reports. 13(6). 259–353. 205 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1971). A Discussion on solar studies with special reference to space observations - New results of x-ray flare studies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 270(1202). 135–142. 1 indexed citations
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Bardakçi, K. & S. Mandelstam. (1969). Analytic Solution of the Linear-Trajectory Bootstrap. Physical Review. 184(5). 1640–1644. 144 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1968). Feynman Rules for the Gravitational Field from the Coordinate-Independent Field-Theoretic Formalism. Physical Review. 175(5). 1604–1623. 92 indexed citations
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Yourgrau, Wolfgang & S. Mandelstam. (1968). Variational Principles in Dynamics and Quantum Theory [by] Wolfgang Yourgrau [and] Stanley Mandelstam. 1 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1967). Studies of Shortwave Solar Radiation in the USSR. Applied Optics. 6(11). 1834–1834. 1 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1965). Three-BodyNDEquations. I. Integral Angular Momenta. Physical Review. 140(2B). B375–B396. 21 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1965). X-ray emission of the Sun. Space Science Reviews. 4(5-6). 587–665. 34 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1962). Quantization of the gravitational field. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 270(1342). 346–353. 4 indexed citations
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Chew, Geoffrey F. & S. Mandelstam. (1961). Theory of the low-energy pion-pion interaction — II. Il Nuovo Cimento. 19(4). 752–776. 104 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1960). Unitarity Condition Below Physical Thresholds in the Normal and Anomalous Cases. Physical Review Letters. 4(2). 84–87. 135 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1958). A resonance model for pion production in nucleon-nucleon collisions at fairly low energies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 244(1239). 491–523. 92 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1956). Uniqueness of solutions of the Bethe─Salpeter equation for scattering. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 237(1211). 496–512. 8 indexed citations
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Mandelstam, S.. (1955). Dynamical variables in the Bethe-Salpeter formalism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 233(1193). 248–266. 205 indexed citations

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