Paul Townsend
Impact in
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.01%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 0.01%
- Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
Papers in
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- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 218
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 59
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 34
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- Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories 118
- Nonlinear Waves and Solitons 22
- Co-authors
- Eric Bergshoeff (33 shared papers)P. van Nieuwenhuizen (20 shared papers)Germán Sierra (17 shared papers)Ana Achúcarro (3 shared papers)Paul Howe (14 shared papers)Murat Günaydin (9 shared papers)Olaf Hohm (14 shared papers)Ergin Sezgin (8 shared papers)
- Journals
- Physics Letters B (67 papers)Nuclear Physics B (34 papers)Journal of High Energy Physics (23 papers)Physical Review Letters (21 papers)Classical and Quantum Gravity (19 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesSpain
In The Last Decade
Paul Townsend
254 papers receiving 15.1k citations
Paul Townsend's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 91
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 14.5k
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8.5k
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 9.9k
- Geometry and Topology 1.4k
- Algebra and Number Theory 523
Countries citing papers authored by Paul Townsend
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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Townsend
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Paul Townsend, 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 259 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Chern-Simons action for three-dimensional anti-de Sitter supergravity theories Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 750 |
| 2 | Massive Gravity in Three Dimensions Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 569 |
| 3 | Supermembranes and eleven-dimensional supergravity Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 506 |
| 4 | 1984 | 409 | |
| 5 | 1999 | 272 | |
| 6 | 1997 | 271 | |
| 7 | 1988 | 268 | |
| 8 | 1981 | 268 | |
| 9 | 1984 | 257 | |
| 10 | 1985 | 246 | |
| 11 | 2009 | 245 | |
| 12 | 1996 | 245 | |
| 13 | 1983 | 216 | |
| 14 | 1978 | 209 | |
| 15 | 1984 | 205 | |
| 16 | 1983 | 196 | |
| 17 | 1999 | 191 | |
| 18 | 1995 | 190 | |
| 19 | 1993 | 186 | |
| 20 | 1977 | 183 |
About Paul Townsend
Paul Townsend is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Geometry and Topology, having authored 259 papers that have together received 15.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (218 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (120 papers), Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (118 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (59 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (34 papers), Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (22 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (19 papers) and Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (14.5k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (8.5k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (9.9k citations), Geometry and Topology (1.4k citations) and Algebra and Number Theory (523 citations). Paul Townsend has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Eric Bergshoeff, P. van Nieuwenhuizen, Germán Sierra, Ana Achúcarro, Paul Howe, Murat Günaydin, Olaf Hohm, Ergin Sezgin, G. W. Gibbons and Kostas Skenderis. Their work appears in journals such as Physics Letters B, Nuclear Physics B, Journal of High Energy Physics, Physical Review Letters and Classical and Quantum Gravity.
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