J. Michael Kosterlitz(1943)
PhysicsJ. Michael Kosterlitz is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (2016) from United Kingdom. Their primary field is Physics. They were educated at Gonville and Caius College and Brasenose College. They have been affiliated with University of Birmingham.
United KingdomBrown University
1
Major Awards
88
Publications
19,063
Citations
31
h-index
46
i10-index
216.6
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#2
Topological defects and phase transitions
Topological Phase Transitions and New Developments(2017)
13
citations
#3
Kosterlitz–Thouless physics: a review of key issues
Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society(2016)
180
citations
#4
Early Work on Defect Driven Phase Transitions
International Journal of Modern Physics B(2013)
26
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksSuperfluidity in Thin Films of 4He
Journal of Low Temperature Physics2020
4citations
Topological defects and phase transitions
Topological Phase Transitions and New Developments2017
13citations
Kosterlitz–Thouless physics: a review of key issues
Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society2016
180citations
Early Work on Defect Driven Phase Transitions
International Journal of Modern Physics B2013
26citations
Open AccessCareer History
Researcher
Brown University
Providence, US
External Profiles
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Gonville and Caius College
Brasenose College
Robert Gordon's College
Doctoral Advisor
Career Timeline
University of Birmingham?–present
Brown University?–present
Top Publications
Global potential, topology, and pattern selection in a noisy stabilized Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences20208 citations
Topology, vorticity, and limit cycle in a stabilized Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences20226 citations
Phase transitions and dimensional cross-over in layered confined solids
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences20252 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
JB
John Bardeen
Japan Prize (1985)
JC
John Clarke
Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
MH
Michel H. Devoret
Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
JM
John M. Martinis
Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
GE
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
JJ
John J. Hopfield
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
FK
Ferenc Krausz
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
AL
Anne L'Huillier
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
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