Physics Today

Papers
(The H4-Index of Physics Today is 14. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Elementary, my dear physicists!50
Commentary: Thinking of moving from academia into industry? Here are some things to consider38
Commentary: A physicist’s perspective on COVID-1935
Understanding the Mayans on their own terms32
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience27
A clash of cosmologists23
Eugene Newman Parker20
Engineering better science education20
Climate change is redefining Arctic wildfires19
Acoustics of multiuse spaces17
The standard model for beginners17
John Edward Harries14
Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities14
Frequency-dependent squeezing makes LIGO even more sensitive14
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