Something like SPIRES for condensed matter?

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The discussion centers around the need for a comprehensive database for condensed matter physics, similar to SPIRES for high energy physics. Users express difficulty in finding a centralized resource to track publications and citation impacts in condensed matter. While arXiv is frequently used for preprints, participants note that it lacks robust citation information, often requiring the use of citebase.org, which is acknowledged to be incomplete. There is a debate about the completeness of citebase.org, with questions raised regarding whether its disclaimer about incompleteness reflects a significant gap in coverage or if it includes most relevant publications. Participants suggest exploring additional resources like PROLA for further information.
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Something like "SPIRES" for condensed matter?

I'm trying to find (with no luck, obviously) some sort of database of people and papers in condensed matter physics, sort of like SPIRES is for the high energy community. Basically something where I can look up a professor and see a list of their publications and the impact of those papers by citation count.
 
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Condensed matter does not need a "spires"-like repository, because they tend to be the largest in wherever they go. So if you do look at the arxiv section of cond-mat, you can already see that anyone and everyone in condensed matter will upload their preprints/papers there.

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Also look in PROLA.
 


Ah, thank you everyone. Essentially I did have in mind something like citebase.org (thanks!)... but they admit that their service is quite incomplete. Also, I use arxiv frequently, but it seems that the only way to gather citation information from there is... well... to use citebase.org!

So I guess my next question: is their claim of incompleteness merely a disclaimer? Do they have "just about everything" or not even close?
 
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Yesterday, 9/5/2025, when I was surfing, I found an article The Schwarzschild solution contains three problems, which can be easily solved - Journal of King Saud University - Science ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION IN AN ARID ENVIRONMENT https://jksus.org/the-schwarzschild-solution-contains-three-problems-which-can-be-easily-solved/ that has the derivation of a line element as a corrected version of the Schwarzschild solution to Einstein’s field equation. This article's date received is 2022-11-15...

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