| Exact equation for the loop average in multicolor QCD YM Makeenko, AA Migdal Physics Letters B 88 (1-2), 135-137, 1979 | 549 | 1979 |
| Matrix model calculations beyond the spherical limit J Ambjørn, L Chekhov, CF Kristjansen, Y Makeenko Nuclear Physics B 404 (1-2), 127-172, 1993 | 338 | 1993 |
| Quantum chromodynamics as dynamics of loops YM Makeenko, AA Migdal Nuclear Physics B 188 (2), 269-316, 1981 | 325 | 1981 |
| Multiloop correlators for two-dimensional quantum gravity J Ambjørn, J Jurkiewicz, YM Makeenko Physics Letters B 251 (4), 517-524, 1990 | 312 | 1990 |
| Lattice gauge fields and discrete noncommutative Yang-Mills theory J Ambjørn, YM Makeenko, J Nishimura, RJ Szabo Journal of High Energy Physics 2000 (05), 023, 2000 | 236 | 2000 |
| Finite N matrix models of noncommutative gauge theory J Ambjørn, YM Makeenko, J Nishimura, RJ Szabo Journal of High Energy Physics 1999 (11), 029, 1999 | 225 | 1999 |
| Nonperturbative dynamics of noncommutative gauge theory J Ambjørn, YM Makeenko, J Nishimura, RJ Szabo Physics Letters B 480 (3-4), 399-408, 2000 | 162 | 2000 |
| Methods of contemporary gauge theory Y Makeenko Cambridge University Press, 2002 | 151 | 2002 |
| Properties of loop equations for the Hermitian matrix model and for two-dimensional quantum gravity J Ambjørn, YM Makeenko Modern Physics Letters A 5 (22), 1753-1763, 1990 | 145 | 1990 |
| On conformal operators in quantum chromodynamics YM Makeenko Gosudarstvennyj Komitet po Ispol'zovaniyu Atomnoj Ehnergii SSSR, 1980 | 139 | 1980 |
| Continuum versus discrete Virasoro in one-matrix models Y Makeenko, A Marshakov, A Mironov, A Morozov Nuclear Physics B 356 (3), 574-628, 1991 | 116 | 1991 |
| Matrix model calculations beyond the spherical limit J Ambjorn, L Chekhov, CF Kristjansen, Y Makeenko Nuclear Physics B 449 (3), 681-681, 1995 | 86 | 1995 |
| Light-cone Wilson loops and the string/gauge correspondence Y Makeenko Journal of High Energy Physics 2003 (01), 007, 2003 | 85 | 2003 |
| Phase diagram of mixed lattice gauge theory from the viewpoint of large N YM Makeenko, MI Polikarpov Nuclear Physics B 205 (3), 386-400, 1982 | 80 | 1982 |
| Higher genus correlators from the hermitian one-matrix model J Ambjørn, L Chekhov, Y Makeenko Physics Letters B 282 (3-4), 341-348, 1992 | 77 | 1992 |
| Towards a non-perturbative formulation of IIB superstrings by matrix models A Fayyazuddin, Y Makeenko, P Olesen, DJ Smith, K Zarembo Nuclear Physics B 499 (1-2), 159-182, 1997 | 67 | 1997 |
| Properties of hermitian matrix models in an external field Y Makeenko, GW Semenoff Modern Physics Letters A 6 (37), 3455-3466, 1991 | 64 | 1991 |
| Properties of D-branes in matrix model of IIB superstring I Chepelev, Y Makeenko, K Zarembo Physics Letters B 400 (1-2), 43-51, 1997 | 60 | 1997 |
| More about one-loop effective action of open superstring in AdS5× S5 C Kristjansen, Y Makeenko Journal of High Energy Physics 2012 (9), 1-25, 2012 | 59 | 2012 |
| Higher genus correlators for the complex matrix model J Ambjørn, CF Kristjansen, YM Makeenko Modern Physics Letters A 7 (34), 3187-3202, 1992 | 59 | 1992 |
