Lee Smolin
Impact in
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 0.02%
- Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.1%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Papers in
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- Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories 96
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 13
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- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 93
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory 13
- Co-authors
- Carlo Rovelli (12 shared papers)João Magueijo (8 shared papers)Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (6 shared papers)Ted Jacobson (3 shared papers)Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman (6 shared papers)Abhay Ashtekar (5 shared papers)Laurent Freidel (5 shared papers)Fotini Markopoulou (8 shared papers)
- Journals
- Nuclear Physics B (16 papers)Classical and Quantum Gravity (13 papers)Physical review. D (9 papers)Physical Review Letters (6 papers)Physics Today (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- CanadaUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Lee Smolin
165 papers receiving 8.1k citations
Lee Smolin's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 126
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 6.8k
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6.5k
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 5.8k
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1.9k
- Mathematical Physics 440
Countries citing papers authored by Lee Smolin
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Fields of papers citing papers by Lee Smolin
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Lee Smolin, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 173 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorentz Invariance with an Invariant Energy Scale Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 814 |
| 2 | Discreteness of area and volume in quantum gravity Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 781 |
| 3 | Loop space representation of quantum general relativity Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 511 |
| 4 | Generalized Lorentz invariance with an invariant energy scale Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 480 |
| 5 | 2004 | 408 | |
| 6 | 1995 | 335 | |
| 7 | 1988 | 284 | |
| 8 | 2011 | 250 | |
| 9 | 1992 | 232 | |
| 10 | Three Roads to Quantum Gravity | 2001 | 219 |
| 11 | 1979 | 197 | |
| 12 | 1988 | 187 | |
| 13 | 1995 | 146 | |
| 14 | 2005 | 143 | |
| 15 | 2004 | 140 | |
| 16 | 1994 | 134 | |
| 17 | 1988 | 129 | |
| 18 | 1992 | 121 | |
| 19 | 1989 | 117 | |
| 20 | 2009 | 111 |
About Lee Smolin
Lee Smolin is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physiology, having authored 173 papers that have together received 8.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (96 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (93 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (90 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (37 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (13 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (13 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (11 papers) and Biofield Effects and Biophysics (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (6.8k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (6.5k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.8k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.9k citations) and Mathematical Physics (440 citations). Lee Smolin has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Carlo Rovelli, João Magueijo, Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, Ted Jacobson, Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman, Abhay Ashtekar, Laurent Freidel, Fotini Markopoulou, Marina Cortês and Artem Starodubtsev. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Physics B, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Physical review. D, Physical Review Letters and Physics Today.
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