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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Narrow specialization and other forms of sin43
Paul Josef Crutzen31
Viscoelastic fluids with no strings attached30
Squeezed hydrogen and helium don’t mix29
Artificial hands make lifelike movements24
Open access for reading or closed access for publishing?22
Squirting cucumber seeds go ballistic21
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, spectroscopy, and spectrometry20
Subtle historical connections between Magritte and Einstein16
Focus on photonics, spectroscopy, and spectrometry16
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment15
Dipolar supersolids: Solid and superfluid at the same time14
Elementary, my dear physicists!14
W-boson mass hints at physics beyond the standard model12
The weak mixing angle12
Living chiral crystals11
An introductory astronomy textbook for majors10
Quantum quibble9
Commentary: Thinking of moving from academia into industry? Here are some things to consider9
Some remarks about Rutherford9
Turbines and motors made of DNA9
If this, why not that?8
New books & media8
The death of expertise has been exaggerated8
When we could be diving for pearls8
DOE medical isotope campaign nears completion8
Germany’s green transition regains momentum7
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors7
How I learned to stop worrying and love metaphysics7
Contributions to computed tomography7
Commentary: Why we need everyone at the diversity table7
Chemistry Nobelists developed reactions that are “compatible with almost everything”7
Commentary: A physicist’s perspective on COVID-197
Where rivers jump7
Correction6
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience6
Engineering better science education6
Mauna Loa awakens6
Climate change is redefining Arctic wildfires6
A series of paradigm shifts6
A clash of cosmologists6
Neighboring stars shaped a planetary nebula5
Visualizing air disturbances5
Understanding the Mayans on their own terms5
Why insects orbit light at night5
Eugene Newman Parker5
Frank Kameny the astronomer4
Helping physics departments thrive4
Myriam Paula Sarachik4
Gauge invariance applies to statistical mechanics too4
The gradual, then sudden, demise of an East Antarctic ice shelf4
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment4
Rethinking the Nebra Sky Disk4
Pauli crystals make their experimental debut4
Physicists’ role in modern life: Reflections from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting4
Cosmic extremes of luminosity4
John Edward Harries4
TV inspires future scientists4
Making an educational splash3
Repulsive Casimir forces3
Where the atomic nuclei are: Maurice Sendak, physics illustrator3
New books & media3
How a fake Kepler portrait became iconic3
Mysterious Milky Way filaments3
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment3
Viewing the brain’s nanostructure3
Nuclear is carbon-neutral3
Cosmic tau neutrinos uncovered3
The insufficient word in Physics Today’s first issue3
Squaring the quantum computing circle3
A quintessential quantum simulator takes a 10 000-fold leap3
Acoustics of multiuse spaces3
The sinister side of weather data3
Masatoshi Koshiba3
Scientific progress and preservation clash in demolition of Curie building3
Astronomy data in the classroom3
Sustainable fabrication of organic electronics3
Keeping accurate time while on the ocean3
The standard model for beginners3
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation3
Correction3
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience3
Embracing imperfection for quantum technologies3
Tales in tech transfer3
Postdocs then and now3
A note on dielectrophoresis3
Embracing interactive teaching methods3
Antiquark asymmetry2
Replacing high-risk radioactive materials remains a challenge2
Branched flow2
Computed tomography turns 502
Benjamin Breneman Snavely2
More on William Fowler2
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change2
Five-molecule water clusters have liquid-like properties2
Addressing the quantum measurement problem2
A journey to touch the Sun2
They were astronomers2
More on nuclear treaties2
A family of two-dimensional conductors comes into bloom2
Mushy-layer convection2
Tidal power’s limits2
To turn tissue transparent, dye it yellow2
From cracks to atoms and back again2
Uranus’s hidden polar cyclone, revealed2
New books & media2
A computing hardware approach aspires to emulate the brain2
How does the wind generate waves?2
Green ammonia can be a clean energy source2
Helium prices surge to record levels as shortage continues2
Another look at the proton sea2
More on William Fowler2
Illuminating the darkest galaxies2
World-leading rare isotope facility is on line in Michigan2
Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities2
Photon science and quantum control2
Malaysian physics and the maker ethos2
Five decades of missing matter2
Self-removing salt crystals2
Designer proteins fit like a glove2
Frequency-dependent squeezing makes LIGO even more sensitive2
Russian strikes on Ukrainian nuclear plants stir talk but little action in Western nations2
Two-faced ions form a promising battery material2
Clarifications on the Chien-Shiung Wu feature2
Hackathons catch on for creativity, education, and networking2
Nanophotonics for a sustainable future2
A tabletop waveguide delivers coherent x rays2
FYI policy briefs2
24 000 years of climate change, mapped2
Carbonate rocks may release more carbon dioxide as climate warms2
Physics and poetry revisited2
Visualizing acoustic levitation2
Mavericks who failed2
Panel recommends road map for US particle physics2
Correction2
Consulting can be stimulating and lucrative for physicists2
Even underwater, money talks2
Q&A: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe reflects on her tenure as DOE Office of Science director2
Correction2
Hidden fluid dynamics of dry salt lakes2
College instructors adapt their teaching to prevent cheating1
R&D on today’s coronavirus vaccines started in 20131
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience1
The many lives of an 11th-century astrolabe1
The structures of protoplanetary disks1
Plutonium pits and moral principles1
Old forests are irreplaceably cool1
New books & media1
Twisted bilayer graphene’s gallery of phases1
3-2-1 Contact: Scientists at the writers’ table1
Astronomy’s upper bounds1
From quantum cheating to quantum security1
The march of change1
A molecular road movie1
New books & media1
Why woodpeckers don’t get concussions1
The roles of research and “fit” in tenure1
Western Veil Nebula1
Disillusionment with climate models1
Arthur Compton and the mysteries of light1
A fulfilling career1
The mucociliary escalator1
New books & media1
Theory and experiment disagree on alpha particles1
New memory circuit can handle the heat1
FYI science policy briefs1
The demons haunting thermodynamics1
Photoemission of core-level electrons is caught in the act1
Scientists take steps in the lab toward climate sustainability1
Uncovering the molten mantle of Mars1
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors1
The black powder behind battery power1
Despite unknowns, NNSA plunges ahead on plutonium pits1
The future has arrived for securing confidential data1
The quest is on to remove petro- from petrochemicals1
The complexities of the human placenta1
Lawrence Livermore achieves a burning plasma in the lab1
Commentary: Elitism in physics: What happens when the profession’s cultural scaffolding comes down?1
The clean-energy challenge1
Subsurface imaging shows scale of the tragedy of Indigenous children1
New books & media1
Hydrogen as an aviation fuel1
Icebreakers and Arctic ice melt1
Biology unified by physics1
Q&A: Historian of science Jahnavi Phalkey starts a museum1
Unifying two fields1
Origins of the asteroid-impact hypothesis1
More on nuclear treaties1
Focus on software, instrumentation, and data acquisition1
Terraforming Mars1
Bats thrive in cluttered spaces1
An unexplained, long-period radio-transient discovery1
George William Crabtree1
Global movement to reform researcher assessment gains traction1
The cost of solar energy production has plunged, but it needs to fall further1
Reconsidering tenure1
Multistability and unpredictability1
Focusing with a spiral lens1
Nanoprinting low-temperature glass1
Retired? Become a sub1
What makes a big cat roar?1
Will AI’s growth create an explosion of energy consumption?1
The clean-energy challenge redux1
Cometary chemistry1
An unconventional superconductor isn’t so odd after all1
Another use for liquid metals1
NOAA to train thousands for jobs that will advance climate resilience1
Idaho project tests the limits of DOE aid to advanced reactors1
Asteroids in the inner solar system1
Electron microscopy for attosecond science1
Back to the Moon ... to stay?1
Sand and mucus: A toolbox for animal survival1
Antarctic ice shelves are prone to slush1
How to become a successful physicist1
Nine reactors beat ZEEP into service1
Focus on analytical equipment, spectroscopy, and spectrometry1
Condensed-matter titan1
Focus on test, measurement, and analytical equipment1
Physics and poetry revisited1
Join four African students for their MIT journeys1
The queen of dark matter1
More on the demons of thermodynamics1
Isamu Akasaki1
Magic moments with John Bell1
Atomic force microscopy gets a feel for electron spins1
Advanced conductors could double power flows on the grid1
James Jeans’s views on the nature of reality1
Ultimate turbulent thermal convection1
Ultralow-field MRI machine could cost less than a car1
Correction1
Ocean optics illuminates aquatic algae1
Mingling art and science opens minds1
An all-in-one device creates and characterizes high-pressure superconductors1
Beyond the cinematic feat: Consequences Oppenheimer ignored1
Expand STEM education for older adults1
Atmospheric rivers bring anomalously high temperatures1
Nature’s search for a quiet place1
NASA urged to boost R&D at expense of near-term missions1
Comparing clocks by using pulses of light1
Toshihide Maskawa1
Physics and poetry1
In Ukraine, science will need rebuilding postwar; in Russia, its isolation could endure1
Knowledge transmission in medieval Spain1
Seeing the softer side of nanoparticles1
Diamond’s sparkle is in more than gemstones1
Twisted liquid crystal1
Teaching physics with phones: A game changer?1
Lead-208 nuclei have thick skins1
Quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting quantum computers1
Macroscopic systems can be controllably entangled and limitlessly measured1
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