2026 Ian Affleck: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	92	2087	1983	44	43	362	39829

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39829

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Lars Onsager Prize, American Physical Society
2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important theoretical contributions to quantum magnetism and quantum impurities, and for the prediction of possible flux phases in the high temperature superconductors
1997 - CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Canadian Association of Physicists and Centre de Recherches Mathématiques
1991 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada
1991 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ian Affleck is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research predominantly focuses on areas within condensed matter physics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, nuclear and high energy physics, geometry and topology, as well as electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including physics of superconductivity and magnetism, advanced condensed matter physics, quantum many-body systems, quantum and electron transport phenomena, algebraic structures and combinatorial models, topological materials and phenomena, and black holes and theoretical physics.

Notable recent publications by Ian Affleck include:

Flag manifold sigma models, 2022, Physics Reports
Anyons in multichannel Kondo systems, 2020, Physical Review B
Phase Diagram of the Spin-½ Kitaev-Gamma Chain and Emergent SU(2) Symmetry, 2020, Physical Review Letters
Comprehensive study of the phase diagram of the spin-½ Kitaev-Heisenberg-Gamma chain, 2020, Physical Review Research
Classical spin order near the antiferromagnetic Kitaev point in the spin-½ Kitaev-Gamma chain, 2021, Physical Review B

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Alberto Nocera, Wang Yang, Chao Xu, and Kyle Wamer. These collaborations have contributed to studies published mainly in the following venues:

Physical Review B
arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review Research
Nuclear Physics B

Over the course of their career, Ian Affleck has been recognized with multiple honors, including the Lars Onsager Prize awarded by the American Physical Society in 2012 and fellowships from prestigious institutions. They have been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1991 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom since 2010. Other awards include the CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics from the Royal Society of Canada, and fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

Rigorous Results on Valence-Bond Ground States in Antiferromagnets

Ian Affleck;Tom Kennedy;Elliott H. Lieb;Hal Tasaki

2087
Citations
Valence Bond Ground States in Isotropic Quantum Antiferromagnets

Ian Affleck;Tom Kennedy;Elliott H. Lieb;Hal Tasaki

1932
Citations
Large- n limit of the Heisenberg-Hubbard model: Implications for high- T c superconductors

Ian Affleck;J. Brad Marston

1688
Citations
A NEW MECHANISM FOR BARYOGENESIS

Ian Affleck;Michael Dine

1594
Citations
Universal Term in the Free Energy at a Critical Point and the Conformal Anomaly

Ian Affleck

1518
Citations
Universal noninteger "ground-state degeneracy" in critical quantum systems.

Ian Affleck;Ian Affleck;Andreas W. W. Ludwig;Andreas W. W. Ludwig

1379
Citations
Dynamical supersymmetry breaking in supersymmetric QCD

Ian Affleck;Michael Dine;Nathan Seiberg

1009
Citations
Magnetization Plateaus in Spin Chains: “Haldane Gap” for Half-Integer Spins

Masaki Oshikawa;Masanori Yamanaka;Ian Affleck

878
Citations
Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking in Four-Dimensions and Its Phenomenological Implications

Ian Affleck;Michael Dine;Nathan Seiberg

878
Citations
Critical theory of quantum spin chains.

Ian Affleck;Frederick D. Haldane

719
Citations
Quantum Statistical Metastability

Ian Affleck

667
Citations
DIMERIZATION AND INCOMMENSURATE SPIRAL SPIN CORRELATIONS IN THE ZIGZAG SPIN CHAIN : ANALOGIES TO THE KONDO LATTICE

Steven R. White;Ian Affleck

652
Citations
Large- n limit of the Hubbard-Heisenberg model

J. Brad Marston;Ian Affleck

625
Citations
Quantum spin chains and the Haldane gap

Ian Affleck

555
Citations
Exact critical exponents for quantum spin chains, non-linear σ-models at θ= π and the quantum hall effect

Ian Affleck

497
Citations
Exact conformal-field-theory results on the multichannel Kondo effect: Single-fermion Green’s function, self-energy, and resistivity

Ian Affleck;Andreas W. W. Ludwig;Andreas W. W. Ludwig

477
Citations
Critical theory of overscreened Kondo fixed points

Ian Affleck;Andreas W.W. Ludwig

473
Citations
SU(2) gauge symmetry of the large-U limit of the Hubbard model

Ian Affleck;Z. Zou;T. Hsu;P. W. Anderson

424
Citations
Field-Induced Gap in S = 1/2 Antiferromagnetic Chains

Masaki Oshikawa;Ian Affleck

412
Citations
Susceptibility of the spin 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain.

Sebastian Eggert;Sebastian Eggert;Ian Affleck;Ian Affleck;Minoru Takahashi;Minoru Takahashi

388
Citations