| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Handbook of Mathematical Functions | American Journal of Physics | 1966 | 9,825 |
| 2 | Life at low Reynolds number | American Journal of Physics | 1977 | 3,525 |
| 3 | Introduction to Solid State Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1957 | 3,442 |
| 4 | Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses | American Journal of Physics | 1998 | 3,400 |
| 5 | The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism | American Journal of Physics | 1961 | 3,144 |
| 6 | Methods of Theoretical Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1954 | 2,916 |
| 7 | Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices | American Journal of Physics | 1955 | 2,036 |
| 8 | Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity | American Journal of Physics | 1988 | 2,034 |
| 9 | Efficiency of a Carnot engine at maximum power output | American Journal of Physics | 1975 | 1,973 |
| 10 | Bell’s theorem without inequalities | American Journal of Physics | 1990 | 1,971 |
| 11 | Peer Instruction: Ten years of experience and results | American Journal of Physics | 2001 | 1,666 |
| 12 | The Structure of Science | American Journal of Physics | 1961 | 1,591 |
| 13 | Determination of Molecular Structure from Microwave Spectroscopic Data | American Journal of Physics | 1953 | 1,522 |
| 14 | Magnetism in One-Dimensional Systems—The Heisenberg Model for Infinite Spin | American Journal of Physics | 1964 | 1,480 |
| 15 | Nonspreading wave packets | American Journal of Physics | 1979 | 1,361 |
| 16 | The Friction and Lubrication of Solids | American Journal of Physics | 1951 | 1,311 |
| 17 | Principles of Plasma Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1973 | 1,290 |
| 18 | Solitary wave solutions of nonlinear wave equations | American Journal of Physics | 1992 | 1,214 |
| 19 | Probability, Frequency and Reasonable Expectation | American Journal of Physics | 1946 | 1,008 |
| 20 | An introduction to Pound–Drever–Hall laser frequency stabilization | American Journal of Physics | 2001 | 1,003 |
| 21 | Students’ preconceptions in introductory mechanics | American Journal of Physics | 1982 | 906 |
| 22 | Lectures in Theoretical Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1962 | 902 |
| 23 | The Theory of Quantum Liquids | American Journal of Physics | 1968 | 888 |
| 24 | Group Theory and its Applications to Physical Problems | American Journal of Physics | 1962 | 868 |
| 25 | Fundamentals of Acoustics | American Journal of Physics | 1951 | 826 |
| 26 | Unified equations for the slope, intercept, and standard errors of the best straight line | American Journal of Physics | 2004 | 819 |
| 27 | Physics of Fully Ionized Gases | American Journal of Physics | 1963 | 792 |
| 28 | Mathematical Methods for Physicists | American Journal of Physics | 1972 | 750 |
| 29 | The Problem of Measurement | American Journal of Physics | 1963 | 738 |
| 30 | Optical Properties of Solids | American Journal of Physics | 1973 | 726 |
| 31 | The initial knowledge state of college physics students | American Journal of Physics | 1985 | 726 |
| 32 | Local‐field effects and effective‐medium theory: A microscopic perspective | American Journal of Physics | 1982 | 643 |
| 33 | Einstein coefficients, cross sections, f values, dipole moments, and all that | American Journal of Physics | 1982 | 636 |
| 34 | Thermodynamic Theory of Structure, Stability and Fluctuations | American Journal of Physics | 1973 | 604 |
| 35 | Thermodynamics of Crystals | American Journal of Physics | 1972 | 569 |
| 36 | Dislocations and Plastic Flow in Crystals | American Journal of Physics | 1954 | 558 |
| 37 | Common sense concepts about motion | American Journal of Physics | 1985 | 547 |
| 38 | Classical analog of electromagnetically induced transparency | American Journal of Physics | 2002 | 547 |
| 39 | Diffusion Kinetics for Atoms in Crystals | American Journal of Physics | 1968 | 535 |
| 40 | One-Dimensional Hydrogen Atom | American Journal of Physics | 1959 | 529 |
| 41 | Analysis of standing vertical jumps using a force platform | American Journal of Physics | 2001 | 505 |
| 42 | Student expectations in introductory physics | American Journal of Physics | 1998 | 499 |
| 43 | Assessing student learning of Newton’s laws: The Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation and the Evaluation of Active Learning Laboratory and Lecture Curricula | American Journal of Physics | 1998 | 497 |
| 44 | Mathematical Methods for Physicists | American Journal of Physics | 1967 | 495 |
| 45 | Demonstration of single‐electron buildup of an interference pattern | American Journal of Physics | 1989 | 495 |
| 46 | Introduction to Solid State Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1967 | 482 |
| 47 | Relativistic Quantum Fields | American Journal of Physics | 1966 | 478 |
| 48 | American Institute of Physics Handbook | American Journal of Physics | 1964 | 449 |
| 49 | The electromagnetic radiation from a finite antenna | American Journal of Physics | 1975 | 447 |
| 50 | Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. I. Spectra of Diatomic Molecules | American Journal of Physics | 1951 | 435 |
