Box 1. Some of the highest-ranked physicists, by h-index
From the following article:
Index aims for fair ranking of scientists
Philip Ball
Nature 436, 900(18 August 2005)
doi:10.1038/436900a
110 Ed Witten (pictured) Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. Devised M theory.
94 Marvin Cohen University of California, Berkeley. Condensed-matter theorist.
91 Philip Anderson Princeton University. Condensed-matter theorist, won Nobel prize in 1977.
86 Manuel Cardona Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. Works on superconductors.
79 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ESPCI, Paris. Condensed-matter theorist, won Nobel prize in 1991.
68 Frank Wilczek Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Won Nobel prize in 2004 for work on the strong force.
66 David Gross Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara. Won 2004 Nobel prize with Wilczek.
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