| Quantum mechanics of one-and two-electron atoms HA Bethe, EE Salpeter Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 | 10660 | 2012 |
| Theoretical nuclear physics JM Blatt, VF Weisskopf Courier Corporation, 1991 | 7705* | 1991 |
| Zur theorie des durchgangs schneller korpuskularstrahlen durch materie H Bethe Annalen der Physik 397 (3), 325-400, 1930 | 6202 | 1930 |
| Zur theorie der metalle H Bethe Zeitschrift für Physik 71 (3), 205-226, 1931 | 4857 | 1931 |
| Theory of diffraction by small holes HA Bethe Physical review 66 (7-8), 163, 1944 | 3838 | 1944 |
| A relativistic equation for bound-state problems EE Salpeter, HA Bethe Physical Review 84 (6), 1232, 1951 | 3686 | 1951 |
| On the stopping of fast particles and on the creation of positive electrons H Bethe, W Heitler Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a …, 1934 | 2637 | 1934 |
| Berechnung der natürlichen linienbreite auf grund der diracschen lichttheorie V Weisskopf, EP Wigner Part I: Particles and Fields. Part II: Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, 30-49, 1997 | 2464 | 1997 |
| Statistical theory of superlattices HA Bethe Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A-Mathematical and …, 1935 | 1871 | 1935 |
| Termaufspaltung in kristallen H Bethe Annalen der Physik 395 (2), 133-208, 1929 | 1852 | 1929 |
| 130. The Origin of Chemical Elements RA Alpher, H Bethe, G Gamow A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900–1975, 864-865, 2013 | 1793* | 2013 |
| The origin of chemical elements RA Alpher, H Bethe, G Gamow Physical Review 73 (7), 803, 1948 | 1793 | 1948 |
| Supernova mechanisms HA Bethe Reviews of Modern Physics 62 (4), 801, 1990 | 1708 | 1990 |
| Energy production in stars HA Bethe Physical Review 55 (5), 434, 1939 | 1611 | 1939 |
| Moliere's theory of multiple scattering HA Bethe Physical review 89 (6), 1256, 1953 | 1607 | 1953 |
| The electromagnetic shift of energy levels HA Bethe Physical Review 72 (4), 339, 1947 | 1589 | 1947 |
| Nuclear physics B. Nuclear dynamics, theoretical HA Bethe Reviews of Modern Physics 9 (2), 69, 1937 | 1588 | 1937 |
| Nuclear physics A. Stationary states of nuclei HA Bethe, RF Bacher Reviews of Modern Physics 8 (2), 82, 1936 | 1458 | 1936 |
| Revival of a stalled supernova shock by neutrino heating HA Bethe, JR Wilson The Astrophysical Journal 295, 14-23, 1985 | 1379 | 1985 |
| Neutron star matter G Baym, HA Bethe, CJ Pethick Nuclear Physics A 175 (2), 225-271, 1971 | 1112 | 1971 |