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The most cited paper in physics (and/or chemistry) is, last I heard, by Walter Kohn. In fact, if I recall correctly he wrote the top two: Hohenberg & Kohn and K
by hugh3 15y ago
The most cited paper in physics (and/or chemistry) is, last I heard, by Walter Kohn. In fact, if I recall correctly he wrote the top two: Hohenberg & Kohn and Kohn & Sham.
I hear that one of his favourite observations, though, is that you're not really famous until they stop citing you. I mean, who cites Newton?
- Dabacon 15y agoThose are the most cited from the Physical Review journals: http://bit.ly/jMN0SP http://bit.ly/jMN0SP Interesting because they have such high citation counts in part because they hit a nice spot relevant to both physics and chemistry.
- hugh3 15y agoYeah, the top four are the four key papers of Density Functional Theory. After that it gets a little more diverse. I've met a couple of the people on that list. One of 'em is a nice guy. Another is a complete jerk. And that's all I'll say in my state of only partial anonymity.