OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Physics is 65. 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.)

Article	Citations
Peer review in a changing world	368
Hares and hounds	351
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	340
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets	283
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	278
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	275
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics	229
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise	225
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources	214
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	210
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials	203
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	199
Science in the age of large language models	198
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	195
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	193
Tree of light	190
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	187
Physicists and the first computing revolution	185
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	163
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	155
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting	146
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	146
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	144
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	142
Diffusion metamaterials	140

Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	140
Did you check for ravens?	134
From swarms to films	133
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin	128
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	122
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication	121
Visualizing big science projects	120
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution	119
100 years of ferroelectricity	115
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	112
Nanoscale magnetic field imaging for 2D materials	110
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	109
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour	109
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	104
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	103
50 years of quantum spin liquids	102
Quantum sensing for particle physics	101
25 years of small-world network theory	100
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	98
More and different at the interface	97
JWST sees little red dots	93
Indian space science missions	92
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	91
New approaches to dark matter detection	89
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	87
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	86
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence	85
Physical limits in electromagnetism	83
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	83
15 years of topological insulators	83
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	79
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	78
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	75
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics	75
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences	73
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	71
An AI-toolkit to develop and share research into new materials	71
The physics of fizz	71
Artificial dynamical effects in quantum field theory	70
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases	67
Point defects in metal halide perovskites	65