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Modern Physics Letters A Template

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Modern Physics Letters A is a peer-reviewed journal published by World Scientific, covering Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

PublisherWorld Scientific
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (World Scientific)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
1. Smith, A., Jones, B. & Lee, C. A representative article title. Modern Physics Letters A 12, 45–58 (2023).

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Publishes research inBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
ISSN0217-7323
Citation impact (2-yr)1.39
h-index126
i10-index3,491
Total citations145,848
Top institutions publishing hereInstitute of Theoretical Physics
Journal websitewww.worldscientific.com
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Papers published in Modern Physics Letters A per year

265
2014
298
2015
299
2016
275
2017
266
2018
425
2019
359
2020
296
2021
269
2022
188
2023
253
2024
321
2025

Citation impact of Modern Physics Letters A by publication year

3.1K
2014
3K
2015
2.6K
2016
2.9K
2017
2.9K
2018
4.1K
2019
2.7K
2020
2K
2021
1.6K
2022
684
2023
621
2024
396
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Modern Physics Letters A

FRACTAL STRUCTURE OF 2d—QUANTUM GRAVITY

V.G. Knizhnik, A. M. Polyakov, A. B. Zamolodchikov · 1 Jul 1988

We resolve renormalization problems, indicated in Ref. 1 and find explicit formulae for the spectrum of anomalous dimensions in 2d—quantum gravity. Comparison with combinatorial approximation of random surfaces and its numerical analyses shows complete agreement with all known facts.

1,395 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
CONFORMAL FIELD THEORIES COUPLED TO 2-D GRAVITY IN THE CONFORMAL GAUGE

François David · 1 Dec 1988

The coupling of conformal field theories to 2-d gravity may be studied in the conformal gauge. As an application, the results of Knizhnik, Polyakov and Zamolodchikov for the scaling dimensions of conformal fields are derived in a simple way. Their conjecture for the susceptibility exponent γ of strings is proven and extended to arbitrary genus…

1,154 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
NEW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STRING THEORIES

Jin Dai, Robert G. Leigh, Joseph Polchinski · 20 Oct 1989

We consider the R→0 limit of toroidal compactification in various string theories. This leads to new connections between seemingly different string theories: IIA and IIB, open and closed, oriented and unoriented. We also find two new extended objects which can couple consistently to strings: the Dirichlet-brane and the orientifold plane.

1,001 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
DIRAC-BORN-INFELD ACTION FROM DIRICHLET σ-MODEL

Robert G. Leigh · 30 Dec 1989

In a recent paper we discussed, among other things, the effect of duality transformations on the open bosonic string theory. Namely, we conjectured that a macroscopic object, the D-brane, effectively interacts with closed and open string modes in the low energy limit. This conjecture was supported by a string scattering amplitude calculation. In this letter…

QUANTUM GRAVITY IN TWO DIMENSIONS

A. M. Polyakov · 1 Nov 1987

Two dimensional induced quantum gravity is analyzed. By the use of light-cone gauge we derive a gravitational analogue of the Wess-Zumino action and discover its amazing connection with SL (2, ℝ) current algebra. The latter permits us to find differential equations for the correlation functions.

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