The recent makeup of topcited Loop/Spinfoam research (window on current work)

[marcus]

To get a kind of snapshot of current Loop/Spinfoam research you can go to Spires and type this in the search box:
k spin,foam or (dk quantum gravity and dk loop space) and date > 2006

In case anyone is wondering, k or dk means keyword. dk uses the keyword set maintained by DESY librarians. You can replace dk by k if you want and it probably won't change the result.

Spires is here:
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/hep/
They give a pulldown menu of sort options. Choose sort by "Approximate citation count". You get a list of over 250 Loop/Spinfoam papers that appeared in the past 3 years (2007, 2008, 2009) and it helps have them listed by citation count so you get the most important or influential ones to appear first. I'd tend to pay special attention to the top 20 or so.

If you do that, type in the above and select that sorting, you get this:
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=k+spin%2Cfoam+or+%28dk+quantum+gravity+and+dk+loop+space%29+and+date+%3E+2006&FORMAT=WWW&SEQUENCE=citecount%28d%29

People are often asking about the makeup of current LQG research, "where does my favorite researcher or favorite notion fit in?", or "what is LQG?" If you have that kind of question this is a way of finding out. For any paper you can click on "abstract" and see a short summary, or "PDF" and get the whole article free download.

 

[AndyW]

Thank you for sharing this valuable resource! it is important to stay up-to-date on current research in our field, and Spires seems like a great tool for doing so. I appreciate the explanation of the search options and the suggestion to sort by citation count. This will definitely help me narrow down the most significant and influential papers in Loop/Spinfoam research. I will definitely be using this in my future research and recommend it to my colleagues as well.

 

[Entropia]

Thank you for sharing this valuable information about the current makeup of topcited Loop/Spinfoam research. The search method using Spires is a great way to get a snapshot of the current state of research in this field. It is interesting to see that there are over 250 papers published in the past three years alone, indicating a high level of activity and interest in this area.

Sorting the results by citation count is a useful way to identify the most influential and important papers in this field. It is also helpful to have the option to view the abstract or download the full article for further reading.

This information is particularly useful for those who are new to Loop/Spinfoam research or who are looking to explore different areas within this field. It provides a comprehensive overview and allows for a better understanding of the current trends and directions in research. Thank you for providing this resource, it will definitely be helpful for anyone looking to gain a better understanding of Loop/Spinfoam research.