OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Foundations of Physics is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Stable Facts, Relative Facts	30
How Quantum is Quantum Counterfactual Communication?	22
A Quintet of Quandaries: Five No-Go Theorems for Relational Quantum Mechanics	21
The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics in Special Relativity	21
A Brief Introduction to Observational Entropy	19
The View from a Wigner Bubble	19
Newtonian Fractional-Dimension Gravity and MOND	16
Relational Quantum Mechanics is About Facts, Not States: A Reply to Pienaar and Brukner	16
The Heisenberg Limit at Cosmological Scales	15
Laws of Nature as Constraints	15
Emergent Quantumness in Neural Networks	14
Electron Charge Density: A Clue from Quantum Chemistry for Quantum Foundations	14
Supermeasured: Violating Bell-Statistical Independence Without Violating Physical Statistical Independence	14
Quantum postulate vs. quantum nonlocality: on the role of the Planck constant in Bell’s argument	13
QBism and Relational Quantum Mechanics compared	12
A Conjecture on the Neutrality of Matter	12
The Bell Experiment and the Limitations of Actors	12
Fast Vacuum Fluctuations and the Emergence of Quantum Mechanics	12
Singularities, Black Holes, and Cosmic Censorship: A Tribute to Roger Penrose	11
Wormholes Within the Framework of $$f(R, T)=R+\alpha R^2+\lambda T$$ Gravity	11
No Purification Ontology, No Quantum Paradoxes	11
Completing the Quantum Formalism in a Contextually Objective Framework	10
Local Description of the Aharonov–Bohm Effect with a Quantum Electromagnetic Field	10
Energy Non-conservation in Quantum Mechanics	9
A Contextual Planck Parameter and the Classical Limit in Quantum Cosmology	9

Bell Non-locality and Kochen–Specker Contextuality: How are They Connected?	9
A Simple Quantum Model Linked to Decisions	9
Contextuality, Fine-Tuning and Teleological Explanation	9
The Bundle Theory Approach to Relational Quantum Mechanics	9
A Viable Varying Speed of Light Model in the RW Metric	8
A Note on Bell’s Theorem Logical Consistency	8
Quantum Polar Duality and the Symplectic Camel: A New Geometric Approach to Quantization	8
Proving the Lorentz Invariance of the Entropy and the Covariance of Thermodynamics	7
Entanglement Swapping and Action at a Distance	7
Exchange Forces in Particle Physics	7
Is Gravitational Entanglement Evidence for the Quantization of Spacetime?	7
Role of the Electromagnetic Vacuum in the Transition from Classical to Quantum Mechanics	7
Relational Analysis of the Frauchiger–Renner Paradox and Interaction-Free Detection of Records from the Past	7
Bohmian Trajectories as Borders of Regions of Constant Probability	7
Swampland Revisited	7
Gauge-Underdetermination and Shades of Locality in the Aharonov–Bohm Effect	7
von Neumann’s Theorem Revisited	7
Infrared Acceleration Radiation	7
Watching the Clocks: Interpreting the Page–Wootters Formalism and the Internal Quantum Reference Frame Programme	6
Quantum Solitodynamics: Non-linear Wave Mechanics and Pilot-Wave Theory	6
Traversable-Wormhole Physics in GBD Theory of Modified Gravity	6
Understanding the Frauchiger–Renner Argument	6
On the Foundation of Space and Time by Quantum-Events	6
Sometimes Size Does Not Matter	6
A Little Bit of Classical Magic to Achieve (Super-)Quantum Speedup	5
Panorama Behaviors of Holographic Dark Energy Models in Modified Gravity	5
A Time-Symmetric Soliton Dynamics à la de Broglie	5
Preparation in Bohmian Mechanics	5
The Fate of Tensor-Vector-Scalar Modified Gravity	5
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and Particle Trajectories	5
Follow the Math!: The Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics as the Mathematics of Set Partitions Linearized to (Hilbert) Vector Spaces	5
On the Reality of the Quantum State Once Again: A No-Go Theorem for $$\psi$$-Ontic Models	5
On the Quantum Mechanical Measurement Process	5
Becoming Large, Becoming Infinite: The Anatomy of Thermal Physics and Phase Transitions in Finite Systems	5
Beyond the Born Rule in Quantum Gravity	5
A Non-relativistic Approach to Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: The Case of the Harmonic Oscillator	5
Aspects of Superdeterminism Made Intuitive	5
Dark Matter Realism	5
Relational Quantum Mechanics and the PBR Theorem: A Peaceful Coexistence	5
Generalized Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger Arguments from Quantum Logical Analysis	5
Perspectival Quantum Realism	5
Quantum Electrostatics, Gauss’s Law, and a Product Picture for Quantum Electrodynamics; or, the Temporal Gauge Revised	5
Anomalous Weak Values are Caused by Disturbance	5
Regularizing (Away) Vacuum Energy	5
Appearance of Thermal Time	4
On the Equivalence Between Rotation and Gravity: “Gravitational” and “Cosmological” Redshifts in the Laboratory	4
Dirac Theory in Hydrodynamic Form	4
Derivation from Bloch Equation to von Neumann Equation to Schrödinger–Pauli Equation	4
Ricci Flow Approach to the Cosmological Constant Problem	4
On Magnetic Forces and Work	4

In Praise of Clausius Entropy: Reassessing the Foundations of Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics	4
Tabletop Experiments for Quantum Gravity Are Also Tests of the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics	4
Classical Electromagnetic Interaction of a Charge with a Solenoid or Toroid	4
(Re)interpreting $$E=mc^2$$	4
Testing Spacetime Orientability	4
Space-Time in Quantum Theory	4
The Open Past in an Indeterministic Physics	4
Entanglement of Observables: Quantum Conditional Probability Approach	4
A Model of Spontaneous Collapse with Energy Conservation	4
Why Not a Sound Postulate?	4
de Broglie–Bohm Formulation of Dirac Fields	4
On the Status of Newtonian Gravitational Radiation	4
The First Droplet in a Cloud Chamber Track	3
Mathematical Formalism for Nonlocal Spontaneous Collapse in Quantum Field Theory	3
Contextuality and Dichotomizations of Random Variables	3
Quaternion Algebra on 4D Superfluid Quantum Space-Time. Dirac’s Ghost Fermion Fields.	3
Generalised Kochen–Specker Theorem in Three Dimensions	3
Limitations to Genuine Measurements in Ontological Models of Quantum Mechanics	3
Local Model of Entangled Photon Experiments Compatible with Quantum Predictions Based on the Reality of the Vacuum Fields	3
Three-Space from Quantum Mechanics	3
On the Representations of Bell’s Operators in Quantum Mechanics	3
Is the Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics ψ-Ontic or ψ-Epistemic?	3
Status of the Wave Function of Quantum Mechanics, or, What is Quantum Mechanics Trying to Tell Us?	3
When Greenberger, Horne and Zeilinger Meet Wigner’s Friend	3
Towards an Information Description of Space-Time	3
Edge Modes and Dressing Fields for the Newton–Cartan Quantum Hall Effect	3
Relativistic Bohmian Trajectories and Klein-Gordon Currents for Spin-0 Particles	3
Dark Energy Explained by a Bias in the Measurements	3
Securing the objectivity of relative facts in the quantum world	3
How Real are Quantum States in $$\psi$$-Ontic Models?	3
The Common Logic of Quantum Universe—Part II: The Case of Quantum Gravity	3
From EPR-Schrödinger Paradox to Nonlocality Based on Perfect Correlations	3
Reconsidering the Relation Between “Matter Wave Interference” and “Wave–Particle Duality”	3
What Ontology for Relational Quantum Mechanics?	3
What is It Like to be a Relativistic GRW Theory? Or: Quantum Mechanics and Relativity, Still in Conflict After All These Years	3
World-Line Path Integral for the Propagator Expressed as an Ordinary Integral: Concept and Applications	3
Reverse Physics: From Laws to Physical Assumptions	3
Bohmian Chaos in Multinodal Bound States	3
Bohmian Mechanics is Not Deterministic	3
The Point of Primitive Ontology	3
Spacetime Superoscillations and the Relativistic Quantum Potential	3
Anisotropic Teleparallel Cosmology via Thermodynamics	3
Derivation of Classical Mechanics in an Energetic Framework via Conservation and Relativity	3
Proposed Experiments to Clarify the Real Nature of the Quantum Waves	3
Non-Contextual and Local Hidden-Variable Model for the Peres–Mermin and Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger Systems	3
Contextual Unification of Classical and Quantum Physics	3
Rekindling of de Broglie–Bohm Pilot Wave Theory in the Late Twentieth Century: A Personal Account	3
Macroscopic Superposition States in Isolated Quantum Systems	3
There is No New Problem for Quantum Mechanics	3
Gravitational Quantum Dynamics: A Geometrical Perspective	3
Relational Event-Time in Quantum Mechanics	3
A Puzzle for the Field Ontologists	3