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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
John Edward Harries62
Malaysian physics and the maker ethos44
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience26
Commentary: Thinking of moving from academia into industry? Here are some things to consider25
Climate change is redefining Arctic wildfires23
Physics and poetry revisited23
Engineering better science education22
Eugene Newman Parker21
New books & media20
Major climate change indicators broke records in 202419
Record-setting cosmic neutrino breaks in a new telescope19
The standard model for beginners19
A clash of cosmologists19
Understanding the Mayans on their own terms18
Sustainable fabrication of organic electronics15
How stars shape galaxies15
More on William Fowler14
Consulting can be stimulating and lucrative for physicists13
Addressing the quantum measurement problem12
Why insects orbit light at night12
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change11
Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities11
Embracing imperfection for quantum technologies10
State anti-DEI laws sow uncertainty in public colleges and universities10
Thoroughly modern Millie9
New books & media9
Physics and poetry revisited9
Faculty interviews—traps and tips9
Quantifying and mimicking life9
Sand and mucus: A toolbox for animal survival9
Arthur Compton and the mysteries of light9
The roles of research and “fit” in tenure8
Atmospheric rivers bring anomalously high temperatures8
Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond8
Reconsidering tenure8
Comments on “Careers by the numbers”8
Twisted liquid crystal7
What makes a big cat roar?7
Water’s hydrogen bonds are seen like never before7
Nanoprinting low-temperature glass7
NASA urged to boost R&D at expense of near-term missions6
FYI science policy briefs6
Physics … is for girls?6
New books & media6
Heliocentrism before Copernicus6
Europe’s particle-physics community weighs its next collider6
The universe at your fingertips6
Fermilab goes deep to silence noisy radiation affecting qubits5
More machine than human?4
A new route to synthetic diamond4
A right-handed molecule is coaxed to behave like a left-handed one4
A meticulous thermodynamic recipe for cooking eggs4
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation4
FYI science policy briefs4
Thermodynamics of the climate system4
Matter–antimatter asymmetry is observed in baryon decay4
Translating scientific papers for the public4
Metamaterial device makes 16 polarization measurements at once4
Q&A: Engineer Stewart Isaacs seeks equitable climate change solutions4
Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond4
To rule the waves4
The ingredients for an unbeatable squash shot4
Roman Jackiw and the chiral anomaly4
Perforating gold can make it stronger4
Multidimensional measurements4
The promises and perils of a mid-career pivot4
Gravitational patterns reveal a tumultuous lunar past4
When your academic ladder is longer4
How a mineral that’s always wet gets wetter4
The roar of a rocket4
FYI science policy briefs4
X-ray imaging shows how a 17th-century painting lost its color3
The behavior of thin curved sheets is ironed out3
Longitudinal study tracks why undergrads stick with or leave physics3
Judith Lynn Pipher3
Superdeterministic loophole3
Why did the Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor close?3
Observing interstellar molecular hydrogen3
Pre-satellite weather balloons3
Blu-ray microscope with blood-cell lens3
When unmixable metals mix3
With no end in sight for the war in Ukraine, CERN ceases cooperation with Russia3
A. V. Hill: The man behind the initials3
Putting microLED technology on display3
How a cloud of insects is (and isn’t) like a magnet3
Hubble has more time3
Searching for religion in the laboratory3
New books & media3
Up-conversion nanoparticles measure medium-sized forces in hard-to-reach places3
The early universe in a quantum gas3
Groundwater flows deep under Antarctic ice3
More on the quantum measurement problem3
A synthesis of physical connectedness3
Laudable lectures3
Precision measurements bring the search for new physics to the table3
More on the quantum measurement problem3
Supporting emerging astronomers across Africa3
Light-driven spin chemistry for quantum information science3
Another Fowler2
Yamilée Toussaint sparks girls’ interest in STEM through dance2
Thomas Ferbel2
Fast-drying cracks2
The perfect strike in tenpin bowling2
More on nuclear treaties2
Helping physics departments thrive2
Quantum materials out of equilibrium2
Commentary: Researching around Europe: A personal reflection2
Code changes could drastically reduce bitcoin’s enormous electricity requirements2
Comments on early space controversies2
Japan accelerator pursues nanobeams to boost luminosity2
Fanning flames2
The successes and challenges of US–Soviet scientific communication2
Arecibo STEM educational center to open soon2
ITER’s net loss2
Butterfly effects2
The death of expertise has been exaggerated2
Making an educational splash2
Panel recommends road map for US particle physics2
Research space increases at US universities2
CO2 pipelines: A way forward?2
Geologic evidence that volcanic lightning promotes life on Earth2
Nuclear surveillance from space2
Synthetic dimensions2
Where physics students find community2
Battling Decoherence: The Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer2
Nonlinear optical computing doesn’t need nonlinear optics2
Climate change drives extinction—and always has2
Seismic data provide a deep dive into groundwater health2
New books & media2
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors2
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and photonics2
Q&A: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe reflects on her tenure as DOE Office of Science director2
World-leading rare isotope facility is on line in Michigan2
Early debates in space science2
Commentary: The benefits of being a maverick2
New books & media2
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience2
Time-reversed laser absorbs nearly all light2
Q&A: Hyejin Youn applies statistical physics to human behavior2
James Burkett Hartle2
The subtle math of a heartbeat gone wrong1
A proposed solution to arbitrary evaluations1
Scientific progress and preservation clash in demolition of Curie building1
Listening to the seafloor with optical fibers1
The clean-energy challenge redux1
Physics, AI, and the future of discovery1
Hidden fluid dynamics of dry salt lakes1
A timely retrospective1
Q&A: Tareq Abu Hamed champions environmental cooperation in the Middle East1
A radio telescope array takes shape with private funds1
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment1
Engineering better science education1
Structures like Möbius strips1
Germany’s green transition regains momentum1
France’s Oppenheimer1
Giant telescopes take small but significant steps toward realization1
Frank Kameny the astronomer1
A journey to touch the Sun1
The tsunami triggered by the Chicxulub impact1
Squaring the quantum computing circle1
FYI science policy briefs1
Uranus’s hidden polar cyclone, revealed1
No uncertain terms1
Nanophotonics for a sustainable future1
Solving quantum chemistry problems on quantum computers1
The complexities of the human placenta1
Einstein would be doubly amazed1
Artificial hands make lifelike movements1
Q&A: Xiaoxing Xi on the wrongful arrest that upended his research and his life1
Wu, Shaknov, and the EPR dilemma1
Spacetime, essentially1
Cosmic tau neutrinos uncovered1
Portraits of dismissed scientists personalize US government cuts to science1
Stories from the early days of quantum mechanics1
Building a ship in a bottle for neutrino science1
FYI science policy briefs1
Sea changes for scientific ocean drilling1
UK coalition gears up to demonstrate commercial viability of fusion energy1
Commentary: How to talk about climate change with politicians1
Michael Ellis Fisher1
FYI science policy briefs1
From cracks to atoms and back again1
US research enterprise seeks to retain leadership while upping security1
Physics Nobel honors foundational quantum entanglement experiments1
A menagerie of Martian auroras1
FYI policy briefs1
The no-cloning theorem1
Celebrating Emmy Noether1
Robert Floyd Curl Jr1
US ocean sciences decadal report calls for regaining leadership1
Building on Mars with human blood and urine1
Astronomy data in the classroom1
The weak mixing angle1
Stepping into NSF1
Deep convection drives oceanic overturning1
Five decades of missing matter1
Revisiting science and colonialism1
Mauna Loa awakens1
Correction1
Living chiral crystals1
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation1
The Hund-metal path to strong electronic correlations1
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, spectroscopy, and spectrometry1
Contributions to computed tomography1
Young physicists excited to network through the International Association of Physics Students1
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment1
What’s old is new in DOE’s choice of fusion hopefuls1
Jamming connects granulation and flow1
Commentary: Breaking the spell of scientific isolation in the developing world1
Putting holes in a sail to reach the stars1
Q&A: Frank Close probes quarks and popularizes science1
Focusing with a spiral lens1
Firearms forensics is becoming more quantitative1
Elusive helium stars identified in archival data1
Comparing clocks by using pulses of light1
A series of paradigm shifts1
Iron-based superconductors: Teenage, complex, challenging1
Nanoscale 3D printing1
“My Favorite Things,” physics edition1
UNESCO details the STEM gender gap and efforts to close it1
More on being a physicist in industry1
Seeing the softer side of nanoparticles1
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, spectroscopy, and spectrometry1
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and photonics1
The clean-energy challenge1
A climatologist’s introduction to data analysis tools1
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation1
Correction1
Gauge invariance applies to statistical mechanics too1
The black powder behind battery power1
When tenure fails1
Role-playing the life of a scientist1
Teaching physics with phones: A game changer?1
Constructing DNA, once again1
Correction1
Building with liquid blocks1
An introductory astronomy textbook for majors1
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors1
Paul Langevin, U-boats, and ultrasonics1
Measurements of sea-level rise from melting ice get even more accurate1
Quantum states can be scrambled extremely quickly1
Illuminating atmospheric aerosols1
Keeping accurate time while on the ocean1
A star’s demise is connected to a neutrino outburst1
Scientists drill for oldest ice to reveal secrets about Earth’s climate1
Mavericks who failed1
Frictional flow patterns1
When learning physics mirrors doing physics1
Disillusionment with climate models1
Attosecond pioneers win physics Nobel1
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