Leon M. Lederman

9.2k citations

209 papers · 6.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 38

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
History and Philosophy of Science top 1%

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 156
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 124
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 59
- Nuclear physics research studies 19
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 18
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 15
- Neutrino Physics Research 9
Education 34
- Science Education and Pedagogy 27

Co-authors: Richard L. Garwin (9 shared papers)J. K. Yoh (27 shared papers)Taiji Yamanouchi (26 shared papers)Bruce C. Brown (21 shared papers)D. C. Hom (20 shared papers)W. R. Innes (16 shared papers)C. N. Brown (17 shared papers)Henry David Snyder (18 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review Letters (51 papers)Physics Today (15 papers)Physics Letters B (13 papers)Science (10 papers)Scientific American (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Switzerland United Kingdom

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Leon M. Lederman

187 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Leon M. Lederman's Hit Papers

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Observation of a Dimuon Resonance at 9.5 GeV in 400-GeV Proton-Nucleus Collisions 1977 · 676 citations

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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.

1977 Physical Review Letters

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1	Observation of a Dimuon Resonance at 9.5 GeV in 400-GeV Proton-Nucleus Collisions Physical Review Letters ·S. W. Herb, D. C. Hom, Leon M. Lederman, Johannes C Sens, Henry David Snyder, J. K. Yoh, J. A. Appel, Bruce C. Brown Hit paper breakdown →	1977	676
2	Observations of the Failure of Conservation of Parity and Charge Conjugation in Meson Decays: the Magnetic Moment of the Free Muon Physical Review ·Richard L. Garwin, Leon M. Lederman, Marcel Weinrich	1957	512
3	Observation of High-Energy Neutrino Reactions and the Existence of Two Kinds of Neutrinos Physical Review Letters ·G. Danby, J.-M. Gaillard, Konstantin Goulianos, Leon M. Lederman, Niyati Mistry, Melvin Schwartz, J. Steinberger	1962	341
4	Observation of Structure in the ϒ Region Physical Review Letters ·W. R. Innes, J. A. Appel, Bruce C. Brown, C. N. Brown, K. Ueno, Taiji Yamanouchi, S. W. Herb, D. C. Hom	1977	231
5	Dimuon production in proton-copper collisions at s=38.8 GeV Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·G. Moreno, C. N. Brown, W. E. Cooper, David A. Finley, Yee Bob Hsiung, A. Jonckheere, H. Jöstlein, Daniel M. Kaplan	1991	187
6	Observation of πo mesons with large transverse momentum in high-energy proton-proton collisions Physics Letters B ·F. W. Busser, L. Camilleri, L. Di Lella, Gary E. Gladding, Alfredo Placci, B. G. Pope, Andrew M. Smith II, J. K. Yoh	1973	180
7	Observation of Massive Muon Pairs in Hadron Collisions Physical Review Letters ·J. H. Christenson, Leon M. Lederman, P. Limon, B. G. Pope, E. Zavattini +1 other	1970	160
8	Using wireless keypads in lecture classes The Physics Teacher ·Ray A. Burnstein, Leon M. Lederman	2001	147
9	Measurement of the continuum of dimuons produced in high-energy proton-nucleus collisions Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·A. S. Ito, R. J. Fisk, H. Jöstlein, Daniel M. Kaplan, S. W. Herb, D. C. Hom, Leon M. Lederman, Henry David Snyder	1981	136
10	Study of the High-Mass Dimuon Continuum in 400-GeV Proton-Nucleus Collisions Physical Review Letters ·Daniel M. Kaplan, R. J. Fisk, A. S. Ito, H. Jöstlein, J. A. Appel, Bruce C. Brown, C. N. Brown, W. R. Innes	1978	131
11	Scattering and Absorption of Pi-Mesons in Carbon Physical Review ·H. Byfield, Leon M. Lederman +1 other	1952	93
12	Study of Scaling in Hadronic Production of Dimuons Physical Review Letters ·J. K. Yoh, S. W. Herb, D. C. Hom, Leon M. Lederman, Johannes C Sens, Henry David Snyder, K. Ueno, Bruce C. Brown	1978	92
13	Observation of the ϒ′′′ at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring Physical Review Letters ·Giulia Giannini, J. Lee-Franzini, Robert D. Schamberger, M. Sivertz, Linda J. Spencer, P. M. Tuts, Terence Böhringer, Flavio Costantini	1980	87
14	Production of ψ(3100) and ψ′(3700) in p -Be Collisions at 400 GeV Physical Review Letters ·Henry David Snyder, D. C. Hom, Leon M. Lederman, H. P. Paar, J. M. Weiss, J. K. Yoh, J. A. Appel, Bruce C. Brown	1976	83
15	Evidence for the ϒ′′ and a Search for New Narrow Resonances Physical Review Letters ·K. Ueno, Bruce C. Brown, C. N. Brown, W. R. Innes, R. Kephart, Taiji Yamanouchi, S. W. Herb, D. C. Hom	1979	82
16	The Physics of Muons and Muon Neutrinos Annual Review of Nuclear Science ·Gerald Feinberg, Leon M. Lederman	1963	78
17	Observation of ϒ , ϒ′ , and ϒ′′ at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring Physical Review Letters ·Terence Böhringer, Flavio Costantini, John Dobbins, P. Franzini, S. W. Herb, Daniel M. Kaplan, Leon M. Lederman, G. S. Mageras	1980	77
18	Observation of Long-Lived Neutral V Particles Physical Review ·K. Lande, E. T. Booth, J. Impeduglia, Leon M. Lederman, W. Chinowsky	1956	74
19	A measurement of inclusive π0 production at large pT from p-p collisions at the CERN ISR Physics Letters B ·A.L.S. Angelis, B. J. Blumenfeld, L. Camilleri, Thomas J. Chapin, Rodney L. Cool, Carlo Papa, L. Di Lella, Z. Dimčovski	1978	74
20	Production of High-Mass Muon Pairs in Proton-Nucleus Collisions at 400 GeV Physical Review Letters ·D. C. Hom, Leon M. Lederman, H. P. Paar, Henry David Snyder, J. M. Weiss, J. K. Yoh, J. A. Appel, Bruce C. Brown	1976	70

About Leon M. Lederman

Leon M. Lederman is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Education, Information Systems and Management, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 209 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (124 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (59 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (27 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (19 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (18 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (15 papers), Research, Science, and Academia (12 papers) and Neutrino Physics Research (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (5.6k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (119 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (286 citations), Mechanics of Materials (198 citations) and Education (300 citations). Leon M. Lederman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Richard L. Garwin, J. K. Yoh, Taiji Yamanouchi, Bruce C. Brown, D. C. Hom, W. R. Innes, C. N. Brown, Henry David Snyder, Ray A. Burnstein and S. W. Herb. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Today, Physics Letters B, Science and Scientific American.

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