Nature Physics

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Physics is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Biased teaching evaluations324
A tiny escape306
Search for rule-breaking electrons295
Stronger pairs with resonant excitation261
Publisher Correction: Observation of Josephson harmonics in tunnel junctions226
Efficient learning of many-body systems216
Comic-ally chaotic colleagues207
Observing the effect of nuclear motion on attosecond charge migration200
How Iranian students can master integration into German academia198
A picture of a swinging atom194
Efficient optimization of deep neural quantum states193
A general theory of quantum codes connecting quantum computation, complexity and physics191
Publisher Correction: High-fidelity three-qubit iToffoli gate for fixed-frequency superconducting qubits184
Spinning into new regimes174
Metrology for a sustainable future172
Large curvature near a small gap166
Efficient implementation of arbitrary two-qubit gates using unified control164
Quasiparticles, flat bands and the melting of hydrodynamic matter152
Simple cell motility on adhesive gradients152
From actin to action150
Super- and subradiant dynamics of quantum emitters mediated by atomic matter waves144
Student interactions with generative AI144
Critical fermions are universal embezzlers143
Twin experiments reveal twin electron dynamics141
Two-dimensional long-range uniaxial order in three-dimensional active fluids138
The optimal strategy balancing risk and speed predicts DNA damage checkpoint override times137
Observation of Joule–Thomson photon-gas expansion137
Realization of a multi-turn energy recovery accelerator136
Demonstration of momentum cooling to enhance the potential of cancer treatment with proton therapy130
Addendum: Test of lepton universality in beauty-quark decays130
Evidence of non-collinear spin texture in magnetic moiré superlattices129
Learning quantum Hamiltonians from high-temperature Gibbs states and real-time evolutions128
Superconducting stripes induced by ferromagnetic proximity in an oxide heterostructure127
Stable singular fractional skyrmion spin texture from the quantum Kelvin–Helmholtz instability123
Quantum-enhanced sensing by echoing spin-nematic squeezing in atomic Bose–Einstein condensate121
Biofilms as self-shaping growing nematics121
Ion and electron acoustic bursts during anti-parallel magnetic reconnection driven by lasers117
Entanglement theory with limited computational resources116
Fast universal control of an oscillator with weak dispersive coupling to a qubit113
Quantum critical behaviour in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene113
Low-temperature Leidenfrost-like jumping of sessile droplets on microstructured surfaces110
Experimental quantum computational chemistry with optimized unitary coupled cluster ansatz110
Quantum disordered ground state in the triangular-lattice magnet NaRuO2108
Purification-based quantum error mitigation of pair-correlated electron simulations108
Discrete nonlinear topological photonics107
Phase transition in magic with random quantum circuits107
Enhancing the efficiency of light-induced phase transitions through transient local distortions107
Boundary modes of a charge density wave state in a topological material107
A local probe for many-body physics106
Show instruments some love105
Fat chance of escaping obesogens104
One spin at a time103
Pairing with strings attached103
Electronic melt101
Qubits measured in a different light101
Clarification of braiding statistics in Fabry–Perot interferometry100
Universal dynamics exposed by interaction quenches99
Author Correction: Measurement of the generalized spin polarizabilities of the neutron in the low-Q2 region98
Biological and soft matter matter97
A wing explained97
Climate record gets hot update96
Dynamic phase transition in 1T-TaS2 via a thermal quench95
Storage-ring laser spectroscopy of accelerator-produced hydrogen-like 208Bi82+94
Programmable Heisenberg interactions between Floquet qubits91
Measurement-induced quantum phases realized in a trapped-ion quantum computer90
Flavour-selective localization in interacting lattice fermions89
Parity measurement in the strong dispersive regime of circuit quantum acoustodynamics87
Realization of the Haldane Chern insulator in a moiré lattice87
Anyonic interference and braiding phase in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer87
Probabilistic error cancellation with sparse Pauli–Lindblad models on noisy quantum processors86
Room-temperature flexible manipulation of the quantum-metric structure in a topological chiral antiferromagnet86
Error correction of a logical grid state qubit by dissipative pumping84
Glassy net of nanomagnets83
The air temperature conundrum83
A controlled cascade interference81
Sheep lead the way80
Mechanical waves help zebrafish regrow their tails79
Quantum critical metals and loss of quasiparticles78
Observation of electroweak production of two jets and a Z-boson pair78
Supersolid-like sound modes in a driven quantum gas77
A multilayer superconductor acts as an interdependent network77
Quantized topological pumping in Floquet synthetic dimensions with a driven dissipative photonic molecule77
Mass difference measurements help to determine the neutrino mass77
The formation of a nuclear-spin dark state in silicon77
Enhanced generation of magnonic frequency combs76
Tunable quantum simulation of spin models with a two-dimensional ion crystal75
Decoherence and revival in attosecond charge migration driven by non-adiabatic dynamics75
Quantum spherical codes75
Nonlocal nonlinear phononics74
Geometric description of clustering in directed networks74
Terahertz excitation of collective dynamics of polar skyrmions over a broad temperature range73
Observation of topological action potentials in engineered tissues72
From atomically resolved imaging to generative and causal models72
Coherent control of chaotic optical microcavity with reflectionless scattering modes72
Flexoelectricity-driven toroidal polar topology in liquid-matter helielectrics72
Dissipative time crystal in a strongly interacting Rydberg gas72
Islands identified71
Enzymes as viscoelastic catalytic machines71
Harmony beyond differences70
In the multiverse of ideas70
Ultrasensitive single-ion electrometry in a magnetic field gradient69
Tunable interplay between light and heavy electrons in twisted trilayer graphene69
High-efficiency optical training of itinerant two-dimensional magnets69
Slightly out of tune68
Always relevant68
Bias in physics peer recognition does not explain gaps in perceived peer recognition68
A route to greener Big Science68
Mechanical asymmetry in nucleocytoplasmic protein transport67
Travel through the shock67
Time interfaces for broadband coherent wave manipulation67
Anions get cold66
Frontogenesis at Jovian high latitudes65
Complete quantum toolbox for an acoustic resonator65
It takes more than forceful leaders64
Still going strong63
Forbidden by symmetry63
Optical coherent manipulation of alkaline-earth circular Rydberg states63
The prize at the end of the quantum tunnel62
Inadequacy of the Casimir force for explaining a strong attractive force in a micrometre-sized narrow-gap re-entrant cavity62
Isospin magnetic texture and intervalley exchange interaction in rhombohedral tetralayer graphene62
Imaging isospin order in rhombohedral graphene reveals anisotropy in correlated states62
Collective motion of electrons captured at the atomic scale61
Ultrafast room-temperature valley manipulation in silicon and diamond61
A recipe for speed61
Gap-opening time periodic perturbations61
Polar rain61
Long-lived Bell states in an array of optical clock qubits60
Real-time microscopy of the relaxation of a glass60
Discrete degeneracies distinguished by the anomalous Hall effect in a metallic kagome ice compound60
Braiding reflectionless states in non-Hermitian magnonics60
An ocean of code59
Unidirectional coherent quasiparticles in the high-temperature rotational symmetry broken phase of AV3Sb5 kagome superconductors59
Programmable simulations of molecules and materials with reconfigurable quantum processors59
Holographic dynamics simulations with a trapped-ion quantum computer58
Evidence of dual Shapiro steps in a Josephson junction array58
Towards meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion in physics learning environments58
Controlling interactions between high-frequency phonons and single quantum systems using phononic crystals58
Electrons with Planckian scattering obey standard orbital motion in a magnetic field58
Synthetic cells on the move58
Strained crystalline nanomechanical resonators with quality factors above 10 billion57
Crossed Luttinger liquid hidden in a quasi-two-dimensional material56
Diffusive topological transport in spatiotemporal thermal lattices56
Born effective charges and vibrational spectra in superconducting and bad conducting metals55
Pressure induced superconductivity in hybrid Ruddlesden‒Popper La5Ni3O11 single crystals55
Continuous recoil-driven lasing and cavity frequency pinning with laser-cooled atoms54
A metallic room-temperature d-wave altermagnet54
Liquid drop crystals53
Bloch oscillations of coherently driven dissipative solitons in a synthetic dimension53
DART hits the bullseye53
Collisionally stable gas of bosonic dipolar ground-state molecules53
Sequence-specific interactions determine viscoelasticity and ageing dynamics of protein condensates53
The way the bubbles ride52
Field guides52
Qubits inside junctions get joined up52
A faithful but bleak portrayal51
Publisher Correction: Selective and collective actuation in active solids51
The past and present of frozen bubbles51
Trapped magnetic flux in superconducting hydrides50
The bit juggler50
A difference of consequence50
Collective migration reveals mechanical flexibility of malaria parasites50
Adaptation in doubt50
Squeeze it tight50
Excitons dance as light conducts50
Inspired by disorder49
Observation of antiferromagnetic order in a quasicrystal49
How to restore trust in science through education49
Optimal simulation of quantum dynamics49
Measurement of the Higgs boson width and evidence of its off-shell contributions to ZZ production48
Cavity-mediated long-range interactions in levitated optomechanics48
Thermopower probes of emergent local moments in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene48
Citation inequity and gendered citation practices in contemporary physics48
Distinct elastic properties and their origins in glasses and gels48
Anomalous enhancement of the Nernst effect at the crossover between a Fermi liquid and a strange metal48
Fish shoals resemble a stochastic excitable system driven by environmental perturbations48
Observation of Josephson harmonics in tunnel junctions47
Emergence of fluctuating hydrodynamics in chaotic quantum systems47
Violation of Bell inequality by photon scattering on a two-level emitter46
Valley-polarized excitonic Mott insulator in WS2/WSe2 moiré superlattice46
Protecting expressive circuits with a quantum error detection code46
A dual-species Rydberg array46
The hidden hierarchical nature of soft particulate gels46
Dipolar spin wave packet transport in a van der Waals antiferromagnet46
Observation of a hidden charge density wave liquid45
On the wings of a butterfly45
Unconventional superconducting quantum criticality in monolayer WTe245
Cyclic jetting enables microbubble-mediated drug delivery45
Active solids sync up44
Identifying the quantum fingerprint of plasmon polaritons44
The heat of the moment44
Interacting magnetic hedgehogs44
Anomalous quantization without an edge44
The power of parasite collectives43
Author Correction: Tunable quantum simulation of spin models with a two-dimensional ion crystal43
Realization of a continuous time crystal in a photonic metamaterial43
A kagome antiferromagnet reaches its quantum plateau43
Publisher Correction: Observation of triple J/ψ meson production in proton-proton collisions43
Waves break the symmetry43
Publisher Correction: Non-specific adhesive forces between filaments and membraneless organelles43
Optical energy on demand43
Life through the fluid dynamics lens43
Tap the potential of PhD students43
The expanding role of National Metrology Institutes in the quantum era43
Thermal superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor42
Metremania42
Josephson–Coulomb drag effect between graphene and a LaAlO3/SrTiO3 superconductor42
Topological edge and corner states in bismuth fractal nanostructures42
Atom-trap trace analysis of 41Ca/Ca down to the 10–17 level42
Broadband squeezed microwaves and amplification with a Josephson travelling-wave parametric amplifier42
Non-specific adhesive forces between filaments and membraneless organelles42
The amorphous materials behind biophysics42
Attosecond circular-dichroism chronoscopy of electron vortices41
Author Correction: Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO241
Gravity is attractive41
Mist and replication41
Quantum statistics in the minimal Bell scenario41
Vibrational responses of polar skyrmions40
Spectral evidence for Dirac spinons in a kagome lattice antiferromagnet40
Observation of a reduced-turbulence regime with boron powder injection in a stellarator40
Nonlinear nanomechanical resonators approaching the quantum ground state40
Optogenetic generation of leader cells reveals a force–velocity relation for collective cell migration40
Observation of spin polarons in a frustrated moiré Hubbard system40
Bending rigidity, sound propagation and ripples in flat graphene40
Nonclassical near-field dynamics of surface plasmons40
Disruption prediction with artificial intelligence techniques in tokamak plasmas40
Topology shapes dynamics of higher-order networks40
Demonstration of dynamic surface codes40
Quantifying the role of antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the superconductivity of the doped Hubbard model40
Self-regulation of phenotypic noise synchronizes emergent organization and active transport in confluent microbial environments40
A thermodynamic explanation of the Invar effect40
Piezomagnetic switching of the anomalous Hall effect in an antiferromagnet at room temperature40
Mathematical discovery in the age of artificial intelligence39
Return of the bats39
Supervise the algorithms39
Shaping the propagation of light in complex media39
Charges tied with magnetic strings38
Non-Abelian chiral dynamics in a lattice under synthetic SU(2) gauge fields38
No science without shadow38
Optical trapping and tailoring of exciton-polariton condensates into macroscopic complexes38
Defects show self-constraint in active nematics38
The devil is in the defects38
Lorentz invariance beyond the Planck scale38
A metallic road to localization38
Understanding the formation of gas bubbles at liquid–liquid interfaces38
Nanoscale spin waves get excited37
Down the RABBIT hole37
Few-electron correlations after ultrafast photoemission from nanometric needle tips37
No σ on σ37
Thermopower reveals localized electrons37
Undetectable electrons in solids with two pairs of sublattices37
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