Top 5 most cited Belle publications

1. Discovery of X(3872)
[ Physical Review Letters 91, 262001 (2003) (arXiv:hep-ex/0309032)]

2. Observation of CP violation in B decays
[ Physical Review Letters 87, 091802 (2001) (arXiv:hep-ex/0107061)]

3. Measurement of B → D^(*)τ⁻ν_τ
[ Physical Review D 92, 072014 (2015) (arXiv:1507.03233)]

4. Observation of Z(3900)⁺ charged state
[ Physical Review Letters 110, 252002 (2013) , Physical Review Letters 111, 019901 (2013) (erratum) (arXiv:1304.0121)]

5. Observation of Z(4430)⁺ charged state
[ Physical Review Letters 100, 142001 (2008) (arXiv:0708.1790)]

"The Physics of B Factories" Book
jointly compiled by Belle & BaBar
European Physical Journal C, 74:3026 ( arXiv:1406.6311 )
[ KEK Press Release ( English , Japanese ) ]

Physics achievements from the Belle experiment
Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys. (PTEP) 2012, 04D001 ( arXiv:1212.5342)

Integrated luminosity greater than 1000 fb^-1
[ KEK press release ( Japanese), interactions.org]

World Record Luminosity of 2.11 x 10³⁴ cm^-2 s^-1
achieved in June 2009 with crab cavities at KEKB
[ KEK press release ( Japanese), interactions.org, CERN Courier]

Belle results lead to Nobel Prize for
Kobayashi & Maskawa