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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Hares and hounds	390
Peer review in a changing world	389
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise	376
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets	331
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	324
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources	261
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	246
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	245
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	236
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials	230
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	227
Mechanobiology across timescales	220
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	213
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	210
Science in the age of large language models	200
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics	196
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	174
Physicists and the first computing revolution	169
Tree of light	165
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	159
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	158
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting	158
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	158
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	152
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	152

Diffusion metamaterials	152
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	143
Did you check for ravens?	141
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin	138
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	135
From swarms to films	129
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	124
50 years of quantum spin liquids	120
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution	120
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	119
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication	115
Precise pulse characterization using SHG-FROG	111
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour	110
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	108
25 years of small-world network theory	106
Quantum sensing for particle physics	105
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	101
More and different at the interface	100
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	97
JWST sees little red dots	97
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	96
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence	95
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	95
Patently funny and possibly useful	93
Meeting report: all-female speaker line-up in condensed matter	89
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	89
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	88
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	84
15 years of topological insulators	84
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics	82
New approaches to dark matter detection	80
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	79
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	77
Physical limits in electromagnetism	76
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences	76
The physics of fizz	75
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	73
Calling all early-career physicists	73
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	71
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems	67
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	65