| Background independent quantum gravity: a status report A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski Classical and Quantum Gravity 21 (15), R53, 2004 | 2108 | 2004 |
| New Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity A Ashtekar Physical Review D 36 (6), 1587, 1987 | 1596 | 1987 |
| Quantum geometry and black hole entropy A Ashtekar, J Baez, A Corichi, K Krasnov Physical Review Letters 80 (5), 904, 1998 | 1266 | 1998 |
| Loop quantum cosmology: a status report A Ashtekar, P Singh Classical and Quantum Gravity 28 (21), 213001, 2011 | 1242 | 2011 |
| Quantum nature of the big bang: Improved dynamics A Ashtekar, T Pawlowski, P Singh Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology 74 (8), 084003, 2006 | 1232 | 2006 |
| Lectures on non-perturbative canonical gravity A Ashtekar, Notes prepared in collaboration with Ranjeet S. Tate | 1220 | 1991 |
| Quantum theory of geometry: I. Area operators A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski Classical and Quantum Gravity 14 (1A), A55, 1997 | 964 | 1997 |
| Quantum nature of the big bang A Ashtekar, T Pawlowski, P Singh Physical review letters 96 (14), 141301, 2006 | 877 | 2006 |
| Mathematical structure of loop quantum cosmology A Ashtekar, M Bojowald, J Lewandowski | 853 | 2003 |
| Isolated and dynamical horizons and their applications A Ashtekar, B Krishnan Living Reviews in Relativity 7 (1), 10, 2004 | 836 | 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 | 758 | 1995 |
| Quantum nature of the big bang: an analytical and numerical investigation A Ashtekar, T Pawlowski, P Singh Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology 73 (12), 124038, 2006 | 689 | 2006 |
| Quantum geometry of isolated horizons and black hole entropy A Ashtekar, J Baez, K Krasnov arXiv preprint gr-qc/0005126, 2000 | 651 | 2000 |
| Quantum theory of geometry II: Volume operators A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski arXiv preprint gr-qc/9711031, 1997 | 587 | 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 | 537 | 1978 |
| Weaving a classical metric with quantum threads A Ashtekar, C Rovelli, L Smolin Physical Review Letters 69 (2), 237, 1992 | 514 | 1992 |
| Asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes: conserved quantities A Ashtekar, S Das Classical and Quantum Gravity 17 (2), L17, 2000 | 480 | 2000 |
| Robustness of key features of loop quantum cosmology A Ashtekar, A Corichi, P Singh Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology 77 (2), 024046, 2008 | 465 | 2008 |
| Projective techniques and functional integration for gauge theories A Ashtekar, J Lewandowski Journal of Mathematical Physics 36 (5), 2170-2191, 1995 | 465 | 1995 |
| Dynamical horizons and their properties A Ashtekar, B Krishnan Physical Review D 68 (10), 104030, 2003 | 461 | 2003 |