| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Handbook of Mathematical Functions | American Journal of Physics | 1966 | 9,835 |
| 2 | Life at low Reynolds number | American Journal of Physics | 1977 | 3,613 |
| 3 | Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses | American Journal of Physics | 1998 | 3,492 |
| 4 | Introduction to Solid State Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1957 | 3,442 |
| 5 | The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism | American Journal of Physics | 1961 | 3,432 |
| 6 | Methods of Theoretical Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1954 | 2,934 |
| 7 | Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity | American Journal of Physics | 1988 | 2,140 |
| 8 | Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices | American Journal of Physics | 1955 | 2,105 |
| 9 | Bell’s theorem without inequalities | American Journal of Physics | 1990 | 2,005 |
| 10 | Efficiency of a Carnot engine at maximum power output | American Journal of Physics | 1975 | 2,004 |
| 11 | Peer Instruction: Ten years of experience and results | American Journal of Physics | 2001 | 1,720 |
| 12 | The Structure of Science | American Journal of Physics | 1961 | 1,674 |
| 13 | Determination of Molecular Structure from Microwave Spectroscopic Data | American Journal of Physics | 1953 | 1,547 |
| 14 | Magnetism in One-Dimensional Systems—The Heisenberg Model for Infinite Spin | American Journal of Physics | 1964 | 1,487 |
| 15 | Nonspreading wave packets | American Journal of Physics | 1979 | 1,387 |
| 16 | The Friction and Lubrication of Solids | American Journal of Physics | 1951 | 1,320 |
| 17 | Principles of Plasma Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1973 | 1,317 |
| 18 | Solitary wave solutions of nonlinear wave equations | American Journal of Physics | 1992 | 1,232 |
| 19 | An introduction to Pound–Drever–Hall laser frequency stabilization | American Journal of Physics | 2001 | 1,048 |
| 20 | Probability, Frequency and Reasonable Expectation | American Journal of Physics | 1946 | 1,020 |
| 21 | Students’ preconceptions in introductory mechanics | American Journal of Physics | 1982 | 923 |
| 22 | Group Theory and its Applications to Physical Problems | American Journal of Physics | 1962 | 913 |
| 23 | Lectures in Theoretical Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1962 | 902 |
| 24 | The Theory of Quantum Liquids | American Journal of Physics | 1968 | 888 |
| 25 | Unified equations for the slope, intercept, and standard errors of the best straight line | American Journal of Physics | 2004 | 851 |
| 26 | Fundamentals of Acoustics | American Journal of Physics | 1951 | 827 |
| 27 | Physics of Fully Ionized Gases | American Journal of Physics | 1963 | 797 |
| 28 | Mathematical Methods for Physicists | American Journal of Physics | 1972 | 756 |
| 29 | The Problem of Measurement | American Journal of Physics | 1963 | 741 |
| 30 | The initial knowledge state of college physics students | American Journal of Physics | 1985 | 739 |
| 31 | Einstein coefficients, cross sections, f values, dipole moments, and all that | American Journal of Physics | 1982 | 664 |
| 32 | Local‐field effects and effective‐medium theory: A microscopic perspective | American Journal of Physics | 1982 | 653 |
| 33 | Thermodynamic Theory of Structure, Stability and Fluctuations | American Journal of Physics | 1973 | 608 |
| 34 | Thermodynamics of Crystals | American Journal of Physics | 1972 | 597 |
| 35 | Dislocations and Plastic Flow in Crystals | American Journal of Physics | 1954 | 567 |
| 36 | Common sense concepts about motion | American Journal of Physics | 1985 | 563 |
| 37 | Classical analog of electromagnetically induced transparency | American Journal of Physics | 2002 | 552 |
| 38 | Diffusion Kinetics for Atoms in Crystals | American Journal of Physics | 1968 | 547 |
| 39 | One-Dimensional Hydrogen Atom | American Journal of Physics | 1959 | 535 |
| 40 | Analysis of standing vertical jumps using a force platform | American Journal of Physics | 2001 | 531 |
| 41 | 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 | 518 |
| 42 | Student expectations in introductory physics | American Journal of Physics | 1998 | 508 |
| 43 | Demonstration of single‐electron buildup of an interference pattern | American Journal of Physics | 1989 | 503 |
| 44 | Mathematical Methods for Physicists | American Journal of Physics | 1967 | 495 |
| 45 | Introduction to Solid State Physics | American Journal of Physics | 1967 | 495 |
| 46 | Relativistic Quantum Fields | American Journal of Physics | 1966 | 479 |
| 47 | The electromagnetic radiation from a finite antenna | American Journal of Physics | 1975 | 456 |
| 48 | Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. I. Spectra of Diatomic Molecules | American Journal of Physics | 1951 | 450 |
| 49 | American Institute of Physics Handbook | American Journal of Physics | 1964 | 449 |
| 50 | Teaching problem solving through cooperative grouping. Part 2: Designing problems and structuring groups | American Journal of Physics | 1992 | 442 |
