Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Papers
(The TQCC of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is 2. 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
We cannot afford another lost year for food and climate action78
A modest briefing40
“He did not speak the ordinary language”: Memories of Oppie from a Manhattan Project physicist20
Introduction: Why some renewable technologies will perish in – and others survive – the “Valley of Death”18
An extended interview with Christopher Nolan, director of Oppenheimer17
As measles outbreaks grow, the economic cost of anti-vaccine misinformation could become clearer16
Interview with Susan Solomon: The healing of the ozone hole, and what else we can learn from atmospheric near-misses15
Final thoughts: The fragile connection of safety and science in the geological disposal of radioactive waste12
Constitutional mistakes of the past can tyrannize the present—But we can fix them11
Correction10
How we know Antarctica is rapidly losing more ice9
To reassure Taiwan and deter China, the United States should learn from history9
“Sustainable” biomass: A paper tiger when it comes to reducing carbon emissions8
The changing nuclear landscape in Europe8
Nuclear-free NYC: How New Yorkers are disarming the legacies of the Manhattan Project8
The impact of DOGE’s funding cuts on biomedical research, from the point of view of former NIH director Monica Bertagnolli8
Russian nuclear weapons, 20258
“Like writing the biography of a ghost”—Interview with Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First7
Interview with Sam West, founder of the Museum of Failure7
Michael Mann, on how the second US withdrawal from the Paris agreement may alter the world’s climate change landscape7
Nichols presents charges7
Cyberstorm on the horizon: David Sanger on what two recent breaches reveal about modern warfare6
Whence nuclear power in the 21st century?6
RFK Jr.’s presidential ambitions may have fallen short, but his anti-vax beliefs are winning in many statehouses6
Nuclear weapons sharing, 20235
Stopping the Clock on catastrophic AI risk5
United Kingdom nuclear weapons, 20245
The path to compulsory voting4
What the people want4
Regenerative agriculture sequesters carbon—But that’s not the only benefit and shouldn’t be the only goal4
North Korea: A renewed flash point or continuity of the status quo?4
Chinese nuclear weapons, 20254
Eighty years and 89 seconds: It’s time to fight against midnight4
Oppenheimer’s tragedy—and ours4
What happens when seeing is no longer believing?4
Oppenheimer Replies4
“Expertise is not only not valued by this administration, it’s inherently suspicious to them”—Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman3
How AI use in scholarly publishing threatens research integrity, lessens trust, and invites misinformation3
The hard problem3
AI misinformation detectors can’t save us from tyranny—at least not yet3
Peak water in an era of climate change3
Fiona Hill: What Putin (and Trump?) might do next, after Ukraine3
Preserving the nuclear test ban after Russia revoked its CTBT ratification3
Interview: Emerging military technology expert Paul Scharre on global power dynamics in the AI age3
“The world has already ended”: Britt Wray on living with the horror and trauma of climate crisis3
Introduction: Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals3
Glass and ceramic nuclear waste forms: The scientific battle3
Putin’s psychology and nuclear weapons: The fundamentalist mindset3
Interview: Lawrence Norden on US election security3
Introduction: (Almost) everything you wanted to know about tipping points, but were too afraid to ask3
Reasonable doubt? How The Free Press covers climate change2
Bulletin statement on the Energy Department’s Oppenheimer decision2
French nuclear weapons, 20232
Oppenheimer: The man behind the movie2
Microchips in humans: Consumer-friendly app, or new frontier in surveillance?2
Why a mind-set of stubborn optimism about the climate crisis is needed, now more than ever2
Interview with Sneha Revanur, “the Greta Thunberg of AI”2
North Korean nuclear weapons, 20242
Stolen billions from errant mouse clicks: Crypto requires new approaches to attack money-laundering2
Laying the groundwork for long-duration energy storage2
The war in Ukraine shows the game-changing effect of drones depends on the game2
Introduction: Can we grow and burn our way out of climate change?2
Will the Trump administration attempt to annex Greenland, Canada, or somewhere else? A prominent historian’s take2
Will Israel strike Iran’s nuclear facilities with US support?2
How to leverage positive tipping points for climate action2
Environmental impacts of underground nuclear weapons testing2
Good boy2
The final countdown to site selection for Canada’s nuclear waste geologic repository2
Nerds, ninjas, and neutrons: The story of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team2
We need to act now to ensure global food security, and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions2
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