Nature Physics

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Physics 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Stronger pairs with resonant excitation594
Publisher Correction: Observation of Josephson harmonics in tunnel junctions298
Efficient learning of many-body systems289
Search for rule-breaking electrons279
A tiny escape266
Even more exotic265
Enhancing the efficiency of light-induced phase transitions through transient local distortions237
How not to build a star227
In iodine we thrust196
Comic-ally chaotic colleagues193
Biased teaching evaluations193
A picture of a swinging atom183
How Iranian students can master integration into German academia179
Efficient optimization of deep neural quantum states177
A general theory of quantum codes connecting quantum computation, complexity and physics166
Publisher Correction: High-fidelity three-qubit iToffoli gate for fixed-frequency superconducting qubits159
Student interactions with generative AI158
Observing the effect of nuclear motion on attosecond charge migration156
Spinning into new regimes153
Large curvature near a small gap151
Quasiparticles, flat bands and the melting of hydrodynamic matter151
Addendum: Test of lepton universality in beauty-quark decays148
Metrology for a sustainable future145
Learning quantum Hamiltonians from high-temperature Gibbs states and real-time evolutions143
Evidence of non-collinear spin texture in magnetic moiré superlattices136
Efficient implementation of arbitrary two-qubit gates using unified control134
Demonstration of momentum cooling to enhance the potential of cancer treatment with proton therapy133
Moiré nematic phase in twisted double bilayer graphene130
Quantum critical behaviour in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene129
Biofilms as self-shaping growing nematics129
Observation of Joule–Thomson photon-gas expansion129
Quantum-enhanced sensing by echoing spin-nematic squeezing in atomic Bose–Einstein condensate128
The optimal strategy balancing risk and speed predicts DNA damage checkpoint override times128
Two-dimensional long-range uniaxial order in three-dimensional active fluids127
Superconducting stripes induced by ferromagnetic proximity in an oxide heterostructure123
Super- and subradiant dynamics of quantum emitters mediated by atomic matter waves123
Boundary modes of a charge density wave state in a topological material123
Realization of a multi-turn energy recovery accelerator122
Controlling two-photon emission from superluminal and accelerating index perturbations121
From actin to action120
Twin experiments reveal twin electron dynamics119
Evidence of topological boundary modes with topological nodal-point superconductivity114
Experimental quantum computational chemistry with optimized unitary coupled cluster ansatz113
Stable singular fractional skyrmion spin texture from the quantum Kelvin–Helmholtz instability110
Fast universal control of an oscillator with weak dispersive coupling to a qubit110
Critical fermions are universal embezzlers110
Discrete nonlinear topological photonics108
Phase transition in magic with random quantum circuits106
Low-temperature Leidenfrost-like jumping of sessile droplets on microstructured surfaces105
Quantum disordered ground state in the triangular-lattice magnet NaRuO2104
Purification-based quantum error mitigation of pair-correlated electron simulations104
Ion and electron acoustic bursts during anti-parallel magnetic reconnection driven by lasers103
Pairing with strings attached102
One spin at a time102
A local probe for many-body physics101
Show instruments some love101
Fat chance of escaping obesogens100
Qubits measured in a different light99
Flavour-selective localization in interacting lattice fermions98
Observation of electroweak production of two jets and a Z-boson pair98
Powers of hydrogen98
Tunable quantum simulation of spin models with a two-dimensional ion crystal97
The air temperature conundrum96
Enzymes as viscoelastic catalytic machines95
Quantum spherical codes95
Quantum critical metals and loss of quasiparticles94
Coherent control of chaotic optical microcavity with reflectionless scattering modes93
Search for axion-like dark matter with spin-based amplifiers93
Dynamic phase transition in 1T-TaS2 via a thermal quench93
Programmable Heisenberg interactions between Floquet qubits92
Author Correction: Measurement of the generalized spin polarizabilities of the neutron in the low-Q2 region92
Probabilistic error cancellation with sparse Pauli–Lindblad models on noisy quantum processors92
Universal dynamics exposed by interaction quenches92
Observation of topological action potentials in engineered tissues92
A wing explained91
A controlled cascade interference91
Glassy net of nanomagnets91
Sheep lead the way90
Climate record gets hot update90
Mechanical waves help zebrafish regrow their tails90
Biological and soft matter matter89
A multilayer superconductor acts as an interdependent network87
Mass difference measurements help to determine the neutrino mass85
Electronic melt84
Supersolid-like sound modes in a driven quantum gas84
Storage-ring laser spectroscopy of accelerator-produced hydrogen-like 208Bi82+83
The formation of a nuclear-spin dark state in silicon82
Clarification of braiding statistics in Fabry–Perot interferometry80
Enhanced generation of magnonic frequency combs80
From atomically resolved imaging to generative and causal models80
Nonlocal nonlinear phononics79
Flexoelectricity-driven toroidal polar topology in liquid-matter helielectrics79
Parity measurement in the strong dispersive regime of circuit quantum acoustodynamics78
Decoherence and revival in attosecond charge migration driven by non-adiabatic dynamics77
Realization of the Haldane Chern insulator in a moiré lattice77
Quantized topological pumping in Floquet synthetic dimensions with a driven dissipative photonic molecule75
Error correction of a logical grid state qubit by dissipative pumping75
Anyonic interference and braiding phase in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer74
Dissipative time crystal in a strongly interacting Rydberg gas73
Room-temperature flexible manipulation of the quantum-metric structure in a topological chiral antiferromagnet73
Measurement-induced quantum phases realized in a trapped-ion quantum computer72
The duality of a multitude72
Geometric description of clustering in directed networks72
Controlling interactions between high-frequency phonons and single quantum systems using phononic crystals71
Harmony beyond differences71
Islands identified71
In the multiverse of ideas71
Time for a decision70
Spins strain to see the light69
A route to greener Big Science69
Polar rain68
Always relevant68
A recipe for speed68
Slightly out of tune68
Collective motion of electrons captured at the atomic scale68
Gap-opening time periodic perturbations66
Anions get cold65
Mechanical asymmetry in nucleocytoplasmic protein transport65
Complete quantum toolbox for an acoustic resonator65
Synthetic cells on the move64
Frontogenesis at Jovian high latitudes64
Travel through the shock64
Holographic dynamics simulations with a trapped-ion quantum computer63
Forbidden by symmetry63
Time interfaces for broadband coherent wave manipulation63
It takes more than forceful leaders63
Ultrafast room-temperature valley manipulation in silicon and diamond63
Continuous recoil-driven lasing and cavity frequency pinning with laser-cooled atoms61
Electrons with Planckian scattering obey standard orbital motion in a magnetic field61
Born effective charges and vibrational spectra in superconducting and bad conducting metals61
Bias in physics peer recognition does not explain gaps in perceived peer recognition61
Optical coherent manipulation of alkaline-earth circular Rydberg states61
Unidirectional coherent quasiparticles in the high-temperature rotational symmetry broken phase of AV3Sb5 kagome superconductors61
Discrete degeneracies distinguished by the anomalous Hall effect in a metallic kagome ice compound60
Collisionally stable gas of bosonic dipolar ground-state molecules60
Ultrasensitive single-ion electrometry in a magnetic field gradient60
Bloch oscillations of coherently driven dissipative solitons in a synthetic dimension59
Real-time microscopy of the relaxation of a glass59
Braiding reflectionless states in non-Hermitian magnonics59
An ocean of code59
High-efficiency optical training of itinerant two-dimensional magnets59
Ultracold quantum technologies58
Long-lived Bell states in an array of optical clock qubits58
Double charge wave58
Programmable simulations of molecules and materials with reconfigurable quantum processors58
Evidence of dual Shapiro steps in a Josephson junction array57
Strained crystalline nanomechanical resonators with quality factors above 10 billion57
Towards meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion in physics learning environments56
Sequence-specific interactions determine viscoelasticity and ageing dynamics of protein condensates56
Diffusive topological transport in spatiotemporal thermal lattices56
Crossed Luttinger liquid hidden in a quasi-two-dimensional material55
Tunable interplay between light and heavy electrons in twisted trilayer graphene55
Liquid drop crystals55
A metallic room-temperature d-wave altermagnet55
A difference of consequence54
Keep the spins spinning54
A faithful but bleak portrayal54
The bit juggler54
Excitons dance as light conducts54
DART hits the bullseye54
No need to decide53
Field guides53
How to restore trust in science through education53
News on the neutron structure53
Qubits inside junctions get joined up53
Squeeze it tight52
Inspired by disorder52
The way the bubbles ride52
Optimal simulation of quantum dynamics51
Emergence of fluctuating hydrodynamics in chaotic quantum systems51
The past and present of frozen bubbles51
Protecting expressive circuits with a quantum error detection code51
Publisher Correction: Selective and collective actuation in active solids51
Developments in atomic control using ultracold magnetic lanthanides50
Violation of Bell inequality by photon scattering on a two-level emitter50
Fish shoals resemble a stochastic excitable system driven by environmental perturbations49
Distinct elastic properties and their origins in glasses and gels49
Dipolar spin wave packet transport in a van der Waals antiferromagnet49
Trapped magnetic flux in superconducting hydrides48
Adaptation in doubt48
Collective migration reveals mechanical flexibility of malaria parasites48
Unconventional superconducting quantum criticality in monolayer WTe247
Citation inequity and gendered citation practices in contemporary physics47
Enhancement of superexchange due to synergetic breathing and hopping in corner-sharing cuprates47
The hidden hierarchical nature of soft particulate gels47
A dual-species Rydberg array47
Thermopower probes of emergent local moments in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene46
Observation of antiferromagnetic order in a quasicrystal46
Anomalous enhancement of the Nernst effect at the crossover between a Fermi liquid and a strange metal46
Measurement of the Higgs boson width and evidence of its off-shell contributions to ZZ production46
Cavity-mediated long-range interactions in levitated optomechanics46
Observation of Josephson harmonics in tunnel junctions45
On the wings of a butterfly44
Cyclic jetting enables microbubble-mediated drug delivery44
Interacting magnetic hedgehogs44
Valley-polarized excitonic Mott insulator in WS2/WSe2 moiré superlattice44
Active solids sync up43
The heat of the moment43
The power of parasite collectives43
Anomalous quantization without an edge43
The expanding role of National Metrology Institutes in the quantum era43
Identifying the quantum fingerprint of plasmon polaritons43
Optical energy on demand42
An improved recipe for error detection42
Waves break the symmetry42
Young African universities take the lead42
Publisher Correction: Observation of triple J/ψ meson production in proton-proton collisions41
Author Correction: Tunable quantum simulation of spin models with a two-dimensional ion crystal41
Life through the fluid dynamics lens41
A kagome antiferromagnet reaches its quantum plateau40
Realization of a continuous time crystal in a photonic metamaterial40
Tap the potential of PhD students40
Publisher Correction: Non-specific adhesive forces between filaments and membraneless organelles40
Nonclassical near-field dynamics of surface plasmons39
Gravity is attractive39
Clonal dominance in excitable cell networks39
Quantum statistics in the minimal Bell scenario39
Piezomagnetic switching of the anomalous Hall effect in an antiferromagnet at room temperature39
Author Correction: Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO239
Crystals break up with a twist39
Thermal superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor39
Atom-trap trace analysis of 41Ca/Ca down to the 10–17 level39
Josephson–Coulomb drag effect between graphene and a LaAlO3/SrTiO3 superconductor38
Nonlinear nanomechanical resonators approaching the quantum ground state38
Broadband squeezed microwaves and amplification with a Josephson travelling-wave parametric amplifier38
Shaping the propagation of light in complex media38
Non-specific adhesive forces between filaments and membraneless organelles38
Attosecond circular-dichroism chronoscopy of electron vortices38
Mist and replication37
Topological edge and corner states in bismuth fractal nanostructures37
Observation of a reduced-turbulence regime with boron powder injection in a stellarator37
Topology shapes dynamics of higher-order networks37
The amorphous materials behind biophysics37
Metremania37
Bending rigidity, sound propagation and ripples in flat graphene36
No science without shadow36
Quantifying the role of antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the superconductivity of the doped Hubbard model36
Optogenetic generation of leader cells reveals a force–velocity relation for collective cell migration36
Spectral evidence for Dirac spinons in a kagome lattice antiferromagnet36
Observation of spin polarons in a frustrated moiré Hubbard system36
A thermodynamic explanation of the Invar effect36
Disruption prediction with artificial intelligence techniques in tokamak plasmas36
Self-regulation of phenotypic noise synchronizes emergent organization and active transport in confluent microbial environments36
Author Correction: Characterization of the shape-staggering effect in mercury nuclei35
Quantum underpinnings of an all-photonic switch35
Non-Abelian chiral dynamics in a lattice under synthetic SU(2) gauge fields35
Charges tied with magnetic strings35
Publisher Correction: Ciliary beating patterns map onto a low-dimensional behavioural space35
No σ on σ35
A layered unconventional superconductor35
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