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Frank Wilczek

Frank Wilczek

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Physics

D-Index
129
Citations
100429
World Ranking
574
National Ranking
318

Frank Wilczek publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank Wilczek sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 537 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Frank Wilczek D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank Wilczek sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 129 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Lise Meitner Distinguished Lecture and Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Oskar Klein Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interactions
  • 2004 - Nobel Prize for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction
  • 2003 - Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society
  • 2003 - High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, European Physical Society
  • 2002 - Lorentz Medal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1986 - Sakurai Prize, American Physical Society For their analyses of nonabelian gauge theories at short distances, and the implications of these insights for the understanding of the strong interaction between quarks
  • 1982 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Frank Wilczek is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to physics, particularly within the domain of Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses various subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence, Condensed Matter Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The scientist's recent published papers cover a range of topics and venues:

  • Colloquium: Quantum and classical discrete time crystals, 2023, Reviews of Modern Physics
  • Quantum Overlapping Tomography, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Signatures of the quantization of gravity at gravitational wave detectors, 2021, Physical Review D
  • Moving mirror model for quasithermal radiation fields, 2020, Physical Review D
  • Searching for dark matter with plasma haloscopes, 2023, Physical Review D

Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Review A
  • Physical Review D
  • Physical Review B

Their frequent co-authors comprise:

  • Biao Wu
  • Jordan Cotler
  • Sid Morampudi
  • Yu-Ao Chen
  • Jian-Wei Pan

Frank Wilczek's research topics cover multiple areas within quantum and condensed matter physics, notably:

  • Quantum many-body systems
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Awards and recognitions highlight a long-standing career with honors such as:

  • Lise Meitner Distinguished Lecture and Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2015)
  • Oskar Klein Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2013)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2007)
  • Nobel Prize (2004) for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (2004), citing the discovery of asymptotic freedom in strong interactions
  • High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, European Physical Society (2003)
  • Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society (2003)
  • Lorentz Medal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2000)
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1990)
  • Sakurai Prize, American Physical Society (1986) for analyses of nonabelian gauge theories and implications for quark interactions
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (1982)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1976)

Best Publications

  • Ultraviolet Behavior of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

    David J. Gross;Frank Wilczek

  • Problem of Strong $P$ and $T$ Invariance in the Presence of Instantons

    Frank Wilczek

  • Cosmology of the invisible axion

    John Preskill;Mark B. Wise;Frank Wilczek

  • Asymptotically Free Gauge Theories. I

    David J. Gross;Frank Wilczek

  • Quantum Mechanics of Fractional-Spin Particles

    Frank Wilczek

  • Hawking Radiation As Tunneling

    Maulik K. Parikh;Maulik K. Parikh;Frank Wilczek

  • Appearance of Gauge Structure in Simple Dynamical Systems

    Frank Wilczek;A. Zee

  • Remarks on the chiral phase transition in chromodynamics

    Robert D. Pisarski;Frank Wilczek

  • Geometric and renormalized entropy in conformal field theory

    Christoph Holzhey;Finn Larsen;Frank Wilczek

  • Supersymmetry and the Scale of Unification

    S. Dimopoulos;S. Raby;Frank Wilczek

  • Geometric Phases In Physics

    F Wilczek;A Shapere

  • QCD at finite baryon density: nucleon droplets and color superconductivity

    Mark G. Alford;Krishna Rajagopal;Frank Wilczek

  • Color-flavor locking and chiral symmetry breaking in high density QCD

    Mark G. Alford;Krishna Rajagopal;Frank Wilczek

  • Fractional Statistics and the Quantum Hall Effect

    Daniel Arovas;J. R. Schrieffer;Frank Wilczek

  • Chiral spin states and superconductivity

    X. G. Wen;Frank Wilczek;A. Zee

  • Fractional statistics and anyon superconductivity

    Frank Wilczek;Daniel S. Rokhsar

  • Magnetic Flux, Angular Momentum, and Statistics

    Frank Wilczek

  • On geometric entropy

    Curtis Gove Callan;Frank Wilczek

  • Diquarks and exotic spectroscopy

    Robert L. Jaffe;Frank Wilczek

  • Linking Numbers, Spin, and Statistics of Solitons

    Frank Wilczek;A. Zee

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Zee
A. Zee University of California, Santa Barbara
Chetan Nayak
Chetan Nayak Microsoft (United States)
Michael S. Turner
Michael S. Turner University of Chicago
John Preskill
John Preskill California Institute of Technology
Jonathan L. Feng
Jonathan L. Feng University of California, Irvine
Savas Dimopoulos
Savas Dimopoulos Stanford University
David J. Gross
David J. Gross University of California, Santa Barbara
Katherine Freese
Katherine Freese The University of Texas at Austin
Eric V. Linder
Eric V. Linder Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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