D. Olive

12.8k citations

112 papers · 9.1k · 8 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Geometry and Topology top 0.1%
- Algebraic structures and combinatorial models

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 77
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 51
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 48
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 25
Geometry and Topology 26
- Algebraic structures and combinatorial models 26

Co-authors: Peter Goddard (19 shared papers)Adrian Kent (2 shared papers)Joël Scherk (8 shared papers)Edward H. Witten (1 shared paper)Claus Montonen (1 shared paper)Ferdinando Gliozzi (4 shared papers)John Charlton Polkinghorne (10 shared papers)Neil Turok (8 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Physics B (30 papers)Physics Letters B (17 papers)Communications in Mathematical Physics (7 papers)Physics Reports (2 papers)Lecture notes in mathematics (2 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Switzerland United States

In The Last Decade

D. Olive

111 papers receiving 8.7k citations

D. Olive's Hit Papers

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Unitary representations of the Virasoro and super-Virasoro algebras 1986 · 683 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1986 Communications in Mathematical Physics
1986 International Journal of Modern Physics A
1985 Physics Letters B
1978 Physics Letters B
1977 Physics Letters B
1977 Nuclear Physics B
1977 Nuclear Physics B
1967 American Journal of Physics

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1	Supersymmetry, supergravity theories and the dual spinor model Nuclear Physics B ·Ferdinando Gliozzi, Joël Scherk, D. Olive Hit paper breakdown →	1977	773
2	The Analytic S-Matrix American Journal of Physics ·Richard J. Eden, P.V. Landshoff, D. Olive, John Charlton Polkinghorne, P. Román Hit paper breakdown →	1967	729
3	KAC-MOODY AND VIRASORO ALGEBRAS IN RELATION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS International Journal of Modern Physics A ·Peter Goddard, D. Olive Hit paper breakdown →	1986	702
4	Supersymmetry algebras that include topological charges Physics Letters B ·Edward H. Witten, D. Olive Hit paper breakdown →	1978	689
5	Unitary representations of the Virasoro and super-Virasoro algebras Communications in Mathematical Physics ·Peter Goddard, Adrian Kent, D. Olive Hit paper breakdown →	1986	683
6	Magnetic monopoles as gauge particles? Physics Letters B ·Claus Montonen, D. Olive Hit paper breakdown →	1977	674
7	Virasoro algebras and coset space models Physics Letters B ·P. Goodard, Adrian Kent, D. Olive Hit paper breakdown →	1985	571
8	Gauge theories and magnetic charge Nuclear Physics B ·Peter Goddard, J. Nuyts, D. Olive Hit paper breakdown →	1977	546
9	Magnetic monopoles in gauge field theories Reports on Progress in Physics ·Peter Goddard, D. Olive	1978	400
10	A non-analytic S-matrix Nuclear Physics B ·Richard E. Cutkosky, P.V. Landshoff, D. Olive, John Charlton Polkinghorne	1969	177
11	The operator approach to dual multiparticle theory Physics Reports ·Victor A. Alessandrini, D. Amati, Michel Le Bellac, D. Olive	1971	135
12	Supergravity and the spinor dual model Physics Letters B ·Ferdinando Gliozzi, Joël Scherk, D. Olive	1976	133
13	Symmetric spaces, Sugawara's energy momentum tensor in two dimensions and free fermions Physics Letters B ·Peter Goddard, Werner Nahm, D. Olive	1985	131
14	Kac-Moody algebras, conformal symmetry and critical exponents Nuclear Physics B ·Peter Goddard, D. Olive	1985	123
15	Local conserved densities and zero-curvature conditions for Toda lattice field theories Nuclear Physics B ·D. Olive, Neil Turok	1985	120
16	Vertex operators for non-simply-laced algebras Communications in Mathematical Physics ·Peter Goddard, Werner Nahm, D. Olive, A. Schwimmer	1986	86
17	Exploration of S -Matrix Theory Physical Review ·D. Olive	1964	85
18	Fermion-meson vertices in dual theories Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields ·E. Corrigan, D. Olive	1972	84
19	The symmetries of Dynkin diagrams and the reduction of Toda field equations Nuclear Physics B ·D. Olive, Neil Turok	1983	83
20	Algebraic structure of Toda systems Nuclear Physics B ·D. Olive, Neil Turok	1983	67

About D. Olive

D. Olive is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mathematical Physics, having authored 112 papers that have together received 9.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (51 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (48 papers), Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (26 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (25 papers), Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (16 papers), Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics (13 papers), Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics (5 papers) and Advanced Topics in Algebra (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (6.5k citations), Geometry and Topology (2.4k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (1.1k citations), Algebra and Number Theory (254 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (884 citations). D. Olive has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. Frequent co-authors include Peter Goddard, Adrian Kent, Joël Scherk, Edward H. Witten, Claus Montonen, Ferdinando Gliozzi, John Charlton Polkinghorne, Neil Turok, P.V. Landshoff and J. Nuyts. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Physics B, Physics Letters B, Communications in Mathematical Physics, Physics Reports and Lecture notes in mathematics.

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