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Alexander Vilenkin

Active 1978–2008

38
Papers
18,436
Citations
38
h-index
38
i10-index

Citations

Citations per year for Alexander Vilenkin1979: 1 citations1980: 5 citations1981: 3 citations1982: 13 citations1983: 12 citations1984: 28 citations1985: 30 citations1986: 12 citations1987: 26 citations1988: 24 citations1989: 25 citations1990: 34 citations1991: 19 citations1992: 33 citations1993: 11 citations1994: 31 citations1995: 29 citations1996: 15 citations1997: 19 citations1998: 16 citations1999: 25 citations2000: 33 citations2001: 25 citations2002: 27 citations2003: 33 citations2004: 29 citations2005: 36 citations2006: 22 citations2007: 38 citations2008: 18 citations2009: 40 citations2010: 37 citations2011: 30 citations2012: 22 citations2013: 18 citations2014: 41 citations2015: 24 citations2016: 33 citations2017: 21 citations2018: 27 citations2019: 23 citations2020: 28 citations2021: 35 citations2022: 23 citations2023: 34 citations2024: 50 citations2025: 22 citations2026: 1 citations

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 339 citing papers, 23.2% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 140 citing papers, 9.6% of this breakdownGermany: 84 citing papers, 5.8% of this breakdownFrance: 77 citing papers, 5.3% of this breakdownItaly: 74 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownSpain: 65 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownCanada: 60 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownRussia: 60 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownJapan: 55 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownChina: 54 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 42 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownNetherlands: 41 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdown
0%23.2%Other 25.2%

Institutions

Fields

  • Physics and Astronomy93.9%
  • Computer Science2.5%
  • Mathematics1.1%
  • Engineering0.6%
  • Other1.9%

Topics

  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories24.1%
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics13.2%
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena8.6%
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies5.4%
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena5.2%
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research5%
  • Other38.5%

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  1. Cosmic strings and domain walls

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physics Reports 1985 cited by 2,091

  2. Quintessential inflation

    Authors: P. J. E. Peebles, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1999 cited by 634

  3. Gravitational field of a global monopole

    Authors: Manuel Barriola, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical Review Letters 1989 cited by 986

  4. Gravitational wave bursts from cusps and kinks on cosmic strings

    Authors: Thibault Damour, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 2001 cited by 411

  5. Gravitational radiation from cosmic strings

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physics Letters B 1981 cited by 376

  6. Inflationary Spacetimes Are Incomplete in Past Directions

    Authors: Arvind Borde, Alan H. Guth, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical Review Letters 2003 cited by 584

  7. Birth of inflationary universes

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1983 cited by 1,003

  8. Creation of universes from nothing

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physics Letters B 1982 cited by 840

  9. Gravitational radiation from cosmic (super)strings: Bursts, stochastic background, and observational windows

    Authors: Thibault Damour, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology 2005 cited by 544

  10. Gravitational Wave Bursts from Cosmic Strings

    Authors: Thibault Damour, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical Review Letters 2000 cited by 441

  11. Gravitational field of vacuum domain walls

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physics Letters B 1983 cited by 405

  12. Approaches to quantum cosmology

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1994 cited by 236

  13. Gravitational radiation from cosmic strings

    Authors: Tanmay Vachaspati, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1985 cited by 590

  14. Quantum creation of universes

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1984 cited by 586

  15. Classical and quantum cosmology of the Starobinsky inflationary model

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1985 cited by 485

  16. Quantum cosmology and the initial state of the Universe

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1988 cited by 468

  17. Interpretation of the wave function of the Universe

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1989 cited by 216

  18. Gravitational effects upon cosmological phase transitions

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin, L. H. Ford - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1982 cited by 591

  19. Equilibrium parity-violating current in a magnetic field

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1980 cited by 546

  20. Cosmological Density Fluctuations Produced by Vacuum Strings

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical Review Letters 1981 cited by 520

  21. Boundary conditions in quantum cosmology

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1986 cited by 428

  22. Formation and evolution of cosmic strings

    Authors: T. Vachaspati, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1984 cited by 395

  23. Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays without Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cutoff

    Authors: V. Berezinsky, M. Kachelrieß, Alexander Vilenkin - Physical Review Letters 1997 cited by 378

  24. Cosmic strings

    Authors: Alexander Vilenkin - Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 1981 cited by 362