The Top Ten lists in Physics feature papers published during the last
two years (excluding review articles) that were most cited in current
journal articles indexed by
Thomson Scientific during
a recent two-month period. Papers are ranked according to the latest
bimonthly citation count. The articles below are accompanied by expert
discussion and analysis (including comments from the papers’
authors) written by one of four veteran scientist-journalists and
longtime ScienceWatch.com contributors.
March/April 2008
Standard Cosmological Model Survives New WMAP
Scrutiny
by Simon Mitton
The 2007 three-year report from the Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) mission, in addtion to being the
most-cited non-review paper published in 2007, is currently the
most-cited paper in physics, based on its September-October
2007 citation tally. WMAP audits the cosmic microwave
background in the universe, providing data that supports and
enhances the current standard model in cosmology.
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