Brian Josephson(1940)
PhysicsBrian David Josephson is a British theoretical physicist and emeritus professor at the University of Cambridge. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever for his discovery of the Josephson effect, made in 1962 when he was a Ph.D. student at Cambridge.
United Kingdom
1
Major Awards
91
Publications
5,554
Citations
18
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i10-index
61
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
A Tribute to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis for their Experiments on Quantum Tunneling and Energy Level Quantization in a Superconducting Macroscopic Circuit, Nobel Prize for Physics in 2025
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism(2025)
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citations
#3
Using Twitter for the identification of COVID-19 vaccine-associated haematological adverse events
The Lancet Haematology(2021)
9
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksA Tribute to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis for their Experiments on Quantum Tunneling and Energy Level Quantization in a Superconducting Macroscopic Circuit, Nobel Prize for Physics in 2025
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism2025
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Using Twitter for the identification of COVID-19 vaccine-associated haematological adverse events
The Lancet Haematology2021
9citations
Open Access0citations
The Physics of Mind and Thought
Activitas Nervosa Superior2019
12citations
Open Access0citations
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On the Fundamentality of Meaning
arXiv: General Physics2018
0citations
Career History
Fellow
Trinity College
Cambridge, GB
Researcher
Cambridge University
Cambridge, GB
Education
University of Cambridge
M.A., Ph.D.
Physics
External Profiles
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of Cambridge
Trinity College
Cardiff High School
Doctoral Advisor
Brian Pippard
Career Timeline
Missouri University of Science and Technology?–present
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign?–present
Top Publications
The Physics of Mind and Thought
Activitas Nervosa Superior20193 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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