| Background independent quantum gravity: a status report A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski Classical and Quantum Gravity 21 (15), R53, 2004 | 1955 | 2004 |
| New Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity A Ashtekar Physical Review D 36 (6), 1587, 1987 | 1555 | 1987 |
| Quantum geometry and black hole entropy A Ashtekar, J Baez, A Corichi, K Krasnov Physical Review Letters 80 (5), 904, 1998 | 1217 | 1998 |
| Lectures on non-perturbative canonical gravity A Ashtekar, Notes prepared in collaboration with Ranjeet S. Tate | 1198 | 1991 |
| Quantum nature of the big bang: improved dynamics A Ashtekar, T Pawlowski, P Singh Physical Review D 74 (8), 084003, 2006 | 1153 | 2006 |
| Loop quantum cosmology: a status report A Ashtekar, P Singh Classical and Quantum Gravity 28 (21), 213001, 2011 | 1143 | 2011 |
| Quantum theory of geometry: I. Area operators A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski Classical and Quantum Gravity 14 (1A), A55, 1997 | 937 | 1997 |
| Quantum nature of the big bang A Ashtekar, T Pawlowski, P Singh Physical review letters 96 (14), 141301, 2006 | 820 | 2006 |
| Mathematical structure of loop quantum cosmology A Ashtekar, M Bojowald, J Lewandowski | 819 | 2003 |
| Isolated and dynamical horizons and their applications A Ashtekar, B Krishnan Living Reviews in Relativity 7 (1), 10, 2004 | 810 | 2004 |
| Quantization of diffeomorphism invariant theories of connections with local degrees of freedom A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski, D Marolf, J Mourao, T Thiemann Journal of Mathematical Physics 36 (11), 6456-6493, 1995 | 737 | 1995 |
| Quantum nature of the big bang: an analytical and numerical investigation A Ashtekar, T Pawlowski, P Singh Physical Review D 73 (12), 124038, 2006 | 666 | 2006 |
| Quantum geometry of isolated horizons and black hole entropy A Ashtekar, J Baez, K Krasnov arXiv preprint gr-qc/0005126, 2000 | 641 | 2000 |
| Quantum theory of geometry II: Volume operators A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski arXiv preprint gr-qc/9711031, 1997 | 575 | 1997 |
| A unified treatment of null and spatial infinity in general relativity. I. Universal structure, asymptotic symmetries, and conserved quantities at spatial infinity A Ashtekar, RO Hansen Journal of Mathematical Physics 19 (7), 1542-1566, 1978 | 502 | 1978 |
| Weaving a classical metric with quantum threads A Ashtekar, C Rovelli, L Smolin Physical Review Letters 69 (2), 237, 1992 | 500 | 1992 |
| Projective techniques and functional integration for gauge theories A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski Journal of Mathematical Physics 36 (5), 2170-2191, 1995 | 460 | 1995 |
| Robustness of key features of loop quantum cosmology A Ashtekar, A Corichi, P Singh Physical Review D 77 (2), 024046, 2008 | 450 | 2008 |
| Dynamical horizons and their properties A Ashtekar, B Krishnan Physical Review D 68 (10), 104030, 2003 | 441 | 2003 |
| Asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes: conserved quantities A Ashtekar, S Das Classical and Quantum Gravity 17 (2), L17, 2000 | 419 | 2000 |
