Physics Today

Papers
(The TQCC of Physics Today is 1. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Elementary, my dear physicists!50
Commentary: Thinking of moving from academia into industry? Here are some things to consider43
Commentary: A physicist’s perspective on COVID-1939
Understanding the Mayans on their own terms31
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience23
A clash of cosmologists21
Eugene Newman Parker20
Climate change is redefining Arctic wildfires18
Engineering better science education18
John Edward Harries17
The standard model for beginners17
Frequency-dependent squeezing makes LIGO even more sensitive16
Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities16
Consulting can be stimulating and lucrative for physicists15
Physics and poetry revisited15
New books & media14
Addressing the quantum measurement problem13
Sustainable fabrication of organic electronics13
Branched flow11
Malaysian physics and the maker ethos11
Record-setting cosmic neutrino breaks in a new telescope11
Why insects orbit light at night11
3-2-1 Contact: Scientists at the writers’ table10
More on William Fowler10
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change10
Embracing imperfection for quantum technologies10
How stars shape galaxies10
Condensed-matter titan9
Nanoprinting low-temperature glass8
Sand and mucus: A toolbox for animal survival8
New books & media8
Commentary: Teaching quantum concepts8
Kyozi Kawasaki8
Thoroughly modern Millie8
New books & media7
Quantifying and mimicking life7
Faculty interviews—traps and tips6
Q&A: Marty Baylor enhances students’ skills and their sense of belonging as physicists6
State anti-DEI laws sow uncertainty in public colleges and universities6
Physics and poetry revisited6
The roles of research and “fit” in tenure6
Lawrence Livermore achieves a burning plasma in the lab6
Reconsidering tenure6
Twisted liquid crystal6
Water’s hydrogen bonds are seen like never before5
FYI science policy briefs5
Comments on “Careers by the numbers”5
Atmospheric rivers bring anomalously high temperatures5
What makes a big cat roar?5
Europe’s particle-physics community weighs its next collider5
NASA urged to boost R&D at expense of near-term missions5
Idaho project tests the limits of DOE aid to advanced reactors5
Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond5
Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond4
To rule the waves4
Fermilab goes deep to silence noisy radiation affecting qubits4
The roar of a rocket4
A meticulous thermodynamic recipe for cooking eggs4
Lessons from 35 years in industry4
When your academic ladder is longer4
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation4
The universe at your fingertips4
A right-handed molecule is coaxed to behave like a left-handed one4
Q&A: Engineer Stewart Isaacs seeks equitable climate change solutions4
The road from academia to entrepreneurship4
Solar energy considerations4
How a mineral that’s always wet gets wetter4
The two cultures, revisited4
Gravitational patterns reveal a tumultuous lunar past4
Arthur Compton and the mysteries of light4
Our quantum world4
FYI science policy briefs4
Heliocentrism before Copernicus4
A wandering vortex3
Why did the Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor close?3
More machine than human?3
Multidimensional measurements3
A new route to synthetic diamond3
FYI science policy briefs3
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation3
Metamaterial device makes 16 polarization measurements at once3
Blu-ray microscope with blood-cell lens3
More on the quantum measurement problem3
Translating scientific papers for the public3
Laudable lectures3
Up-conversion nanoparticles measure medium-sized forces in hard-to-reach places3
Physics … is for girls?3
Judith Lynn Pipher3
Perforating gold can make it stronger3
A seismometer maps Mars’s anatomy3
Supporting emerging astronomers across Africa3
Roman Jackiw and the chiral anomaly3
How a cloud of insects is (and isn’t) like a magnet3
The promises and perils of a mid-career pivot3
Steven Weinberg2
CO2 pipelines: A way forward?2
Q&A: Hyejin Youn applies statistical physics to human behavior2
Japan accelerator pursues nanobeams to boost luminosity2
Longitudinal study tracks why undergrads stick with or leave physics2
Climate modeling innovators are honored with half the physics Nobel2
The first 30 years of computer simulation2
Code changes could drastically reduce bitcoin’s enormous electricity requirements2
Pre-satellite weather balloons2
Water makes its mark on GPS signals2
A. V. Hill: The man behind the initials2
Thomas Ferbel2
Light-driven spin chemistry for quantum information science2
Observing interstellar molecular hydrogen2
When unmixable metals mix2
The behavior of thin curved sheets is ironed out2
Climate change drives extinction—and always has2
Putting microLED technology on display2
Fanning flames2
Hubble has more time2
Geologic evidence that volcanic lightning promotes life on Earth2
Arecibo STEM educational center to open soon2
A sprinkling of scientists prioritizes behaviors to counter climate change2
A synthesis of physical connectedness2
Time-reversed laser absorbs nearly all light2
More on the quantum measurement problem2
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors2
Yamilée Toussaint sparks girls’ interest in STEM through dance2
Precision measurements bring the search for new physics to the table2
Thermodynamics of the climate system2
Groundwater flows deep under Antarctic ice2
Krypton isotopes tell the early story of Earth’s life-giving elements2
Superdeterministic loophole2
New books & media2
New books & media2
New books & media2
ITER’s net loss2
Research space increases at US universities2
Igor Ekhiel’evich Dzyaloshinskii2
With no end in sight for the war in Ukraine, CERN ceases cooperation with Russia2
A stormy life in atmospheric science2
Another Fowler2
Searching for religion in the laboratory2
Battling Decoherence: The Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer2
James Burkett Hartle2
Seismic data provide a deep dive into groundwater health2
X-ray imaging shows how a 17th-century painting lost its color2
Synthetic dimensions2
The early universe in a quantum gas2
Uranus’s hidden polar cyclone, revealed1
A laser selectively kicks carbon out of a foil1
Giant telescopes take small but significant steps toward realization1
Teaching physics with phones: A game changer?1
France’s Oppenheimer1
Revisiting the electric potential1
The conundrums of atomic secrecy1
The rapid acidification of sea spray aerosols1
Comments on early space controversies1
Commentary: Breaking the spell of scientific isolation in the developing world1
Comments on early space controversies1
Elusive helium stars identified in archival data1
Demands on early-career faculty1
Modeling sound at Stonehenge1
An introductory astronomy textbook for majors1
The world is square1
Commentary: The benefits of being a maverick1
Physics Nobel honors foundational quantum entanglement experiments1
When learning physics mirrors doing physics1
Nuclear surveillance from space1
Young physicists excited to network through the International Association of Physics Students1
Five decades of missing matter1
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation1
Revisiting science and colonialism1
The death of expertise has been exaggerated1
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors1
Hybrid scientific conferences: An ongoing experiment1
More on nuclear treaties1
Supply-chain issues compound research slowdowns1
A small ancient galaxy started reionizing its surroundings early1
The power of fluctuation relations1
Making an educational splash1
New books & media1
New books & media1
Helping physics departments thrive1
When tenure fails1
FYI science policy briefs1
A windfall for US carbon capture and storage1
Wu, Shaknov, and the EPR dilemma1
Stories from the early days of quantum mechanics1
Slow solar wind traced to Sun’s active regions1
The weak mixing angle1
Black carbon frozen in ice1
Stepping into NSF1
Listening to the seafloor with optical fibers1
Quantum materials out of equilibrium1
The subtle math of a heartbeat gone wrong1
Particle physicist Carolina Deluca retools when she needs to1
Early debates in space science1
Deep learning opens up protein science’s next frontiers1
Celebrating Emmy Noether1
Butterfly effects1
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation1
Randomness unbound1
Iron-based superconductors: Teenage, complex, challenging1
Einstein statue unveiled in Havana1
No uncertain terms1
Lesson from a lost radioactive source1
Living chiral crystals1
Einstein would be doubly amazed1
Conference organizers, potential participants fault US policies for falling attendance1
Cosmic tau neutrinos uncovered1
More on being a physicist in industry1
The no-cloning theorem1
Q&A: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe reflects on her tenure as DOE Office of Science director1
Spacetime, essentially1
Manhattan Project astrophysics1
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and photonics1
Panel recommends road map for US particle physics1
Scientists drill for oldest ice to reveal secrets about Earth’s climate1
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors1
World-leading rare isotope facility is on line in Michigan1
The tsunami triggered by the Chicxulub impact1
NSF and postwar US science1
A radio telescope array takes shape with private funds1
New books & media1
Illuminating atmospheric aerosols1
W. Jason Morgan1
A journey to touch the Sun1
Building a ship in a bottle for neutrino science1
Io was always extremely volcanic, evidence indicates1
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience1
Stacked materials build up massive electrons1
A timely retrospective1
Nonlinear optical computing doesn’t need nonlinear optics1
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and photonics1
Where physics students find community1
US research enterprise seeks to retain leadership while upping security1
More on Arrhenius plots1
Commentary: Researching around Europe: A personal reflection1
Sea changes for scientific ocean drilling1
Fast-drying cracks1
Constructing DNA, once again1
Baseball rubbing mud does, in fact, make balls grippier1
Contributions to computed tomography1
UNESCO details the STEM gender gap and efforts to close it1
A complementary perspective on quantum history1
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment1
Jamming connects granulation and flow1
A geophysicist uses Swifties’ seismic activity for science outreach1
Keeping accurate time while on the ocean1
Another way to define physics1
Role-playing the life of a scientist1
A shocking beginning to star formation1
Mavericks who failed1
The clean-energy challenge redux1
Michael Ellis Fisher1
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