Nature Reviews Physics

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Hares and hounds390
Peer review in a changing world389
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise376
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets331
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model324
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources261
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits246
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics245
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes236
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials230
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas227
Mechanobiology across timescales220
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging213
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage210
Science in the age of large language models200
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics196
Navigating an incomplete network using a map174
Physicists and the first computing revolution169
Tree of light165
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology159
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting158
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team158
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics158
Diffusion metamaterials152
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials152
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation152
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle143
Did you check for ravens?141
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin138
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible135
From swarms to films129
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics124
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution120
50 years of quantum spin liquids120
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials119
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication115
Precise pulse characterization using SHG-FROG111
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour110
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread108
25 years of small-world network theory106
Quantum sensing for particle physics105
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials101
More and different at the interface100
JWST sees little red dots97
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes97
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them96
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration95
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence95
Patently funny and possibly useful93
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids89
Meeting report: all-female speaker line-up in condensed matter89
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers88
15 years of topological insulators84
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics84
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics82
New approaches to dark matter detection80
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development79
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing77
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences76
Physical limits in electromagnetism76
The physics of fizz75
Calling all early-career physicists73
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations73
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter71
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems67
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications65
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter64
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases63
Artificial dynamical effects in quantum field theory62
Algae patterns59
Point defects in metal halide perovskites59
Topological phonons in graphene52
Data sharing varies across physics49
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex48
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments47
W boson mass is worth the wait47
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions46
Physics in Latin America46
Collective motion strategies of sheep45
Current numbers of qubits and their uses44
Benchmarking quantum computers42
Progress in quantum teleportation41
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging38
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice38
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir37
70 years of CERN37
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry37
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing35
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy34
Scientists need a break too34
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging33
The Stern–Gerlach experiment at 10032
A century of Compton scattering32
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay31
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena30
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets29
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy29
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars29
How technology made condensed matter physics boring29
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences29
Physics words with surprising origins29
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron29
An AI pipeline to investigate the binding properties of poorly annotated molecules28
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton28
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity28
Topological thermal transport28
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate28
Nobel 1985: the quantum Hall effect27
Nobel 2005: coherence and precision spectroscopy26
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems25
Fire ant rafts25
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science25
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how25
Spinning a strong yarn25
Five books that put physics in context24
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background24
A meeting point for art and science24
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics24
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences23
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization23
Orbital angular momentum lasers23
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence22
Go to talks by women22
Spin-torque driven skyrmion resonance21
Fluctuating into a biofilm21
Drop friction21
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond21
Pushing big science frontiers in China21
Fifty years of ‘More is different’20
50 years of spin glass theory20
Noncommuting conserved charges in quantum thermodynamics and beyond20
Connecting physicists across Africa and the world19
The AI revolution is always just out of reach19
Using Bayesian parameter estimation to learn more from data without black boxes19
Symmetry emerging from the algorithmic nature of evolution19
Publisher Correction: Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials17
Scientific biographies for the beach17
Monte Carlo methods for impurity physics in ultracold Bose quantum gases17
Author Correction: Topological phenomena at defects in acoustic, photonic and solid-state lattices16
Machine learning in the search for new fundamental physics16
Janus-like magnetic particles for spin-controlled biological research16
Introducing the Nature Reviews Physics Advisory Board16
Microwave impedance microscopy and its application to quantum materials16
Collapsing bubbles with broken symmetry16
Olfactory cues and memories in animal navigation16
The precision measurement of the W boson mass and its impact on physics15
Author Correction: Optical superoscillation technologies beyond the diffraction limit15
Radiacoustic imaging15
Solving Feynman’s sprinkler puzzle15
Morpho-Enhanced Polarization Microscopy14
Forty years of stochastic resonance14
Multiscale modelling of twisted bilayers of 2D materials14
Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization13
The many facets of impact13
The physics of cats13
Tips for writing opinion articles12
A 10 kg mechanical oscillator close to its motional ground state12
Publisher Correction: Resonant anomalous X-ray reflectivity for revealing ion distributions near electrodes12
Too much efficiency leads to delays12
Shapes of ice and rock12
How the Cold War changed quantum education12
A brief history of nonlinear excitations12
30 years of orbital angular momentum of light11
How to set up your first machine learning project in astronomy11
Nature Reviews Physics turns five11
Precise measurement of neutron lifetime11
Graph neural networks at the Large Hadron Collider10
Nobel 1965: to infinity and beyond10
Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments10
Structure and flow of low-dimensional water10
Yielding and plasticity in amorphous solids9
Anomalies in particle physics and their implications for physics beyond the standard model9
Forty years of the Ellis–Baldwin test9
Making clean electrical contacts on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides9
Controlling water waves with artificial structures9
On scientific understanding with artificial intelligence8
Time irreversibility in active matter, from micro to macro8
Limitations and possibilities of topological photonics8
Review of performance metrics of spin qubits in gated semiconducting nanostructures8
Rigor with machine learning from field theory to the Poincaré conjecture7
Should artificial intelligence be interpretable to humans?7
The hidden sustainability cost of the reproducibility crisis7
The mechanics of emus’ unusual gait7
A milestone in fusion research is reached7
A festival of cosmic fireworks7
How multiscale curvature couples forces to cellular functions6
The physics of optical computing6
Thouless pumping and topology6
Physics of exotic nuclei6
The physics of 3D printing with light6
Farewells and hellos at Nature Reviews Physics5
The Higgs announcement as open science5
No sign of sterile neutrinos but anomalies remain5
Ten books for ten years of Higgs5
Elongated cells in 3D clusters are more motile5
Delivering fusion energy needs bold decisions and sustained commitment5
Nanoscale laser writing of 3D ferroelectric domains in lithium niobate5
Publisher Correction: Polariton condensates for classical and quantum computing4
The importance of documenting failure4
Ultrafast carrier dynamics of magnetic topological insulators4
Defining physicists’ relationship with AI4
Non-Hermitian topology and exceptional-point geometries4
How to optimize high-order harmonic generation in gases4
Fractionalized electrons in moiré materials4
Physics should acknowledge its environmental impact and act on it4
Quantum computing for finance4
Pervasive machine learning in physics4
Preserving orbital angular momentum in scattering media4
Platforms for the realization and characterization of Tomonaga–Luttinger liquids4
Photophysical properties of materials for high-speed photodetection4
Packing finite numbers of spheres efficiently4
A method for generating constrained surrogate power laws4
How to pitch a Review idea3
70 years of Turing patterns3
Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate3
Walkable cities3
AI-driven research in pure mathematics and theoretical physics3
Balancing innovation and safety in FLASH radiotherapy3
Physics of the cryosphere3
A tiny titanium:sapphire laser on a chip3
On the brink of a new era in nuclear fusion R&D3
Research needs both academia and industry3
Author Correction: Advances in artificial spin ice3
The surprising history of abstracts3
Nobel 1945: the exclusion principle3
Determining intrinsic sensitivity and the role of multiple scattering in speckle metrology3
Reviving a failed network through a single node3
Author Correction: Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics3
Network renormalization3
Physics and the empirical gap of trustworthy AI3
High-precision lattice QCD calculations of the muon anomalous magnetic moment3
The humanities can help make physics greener3
A brief history of the ‘physicist’2
The superfluid-to-Mott insulator transition and the birth of experimental quantum simulation2
The difficult but necessary role of political engagement for scientists2
50 years of Penrose tilings2
Protocols and tools to enable reproducibility in 2D materials research2
First-principles calculations for Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction2
Quantum states and intertwining phases in kagome materials2
Assessing the skills gap for the UK’s quantum missions2
Tensor networks for quantum computing2
Science should inspire, but visions need nuance2
Quantum Zeno effect at 452
Ab initio methods for superconductivity2
Artificial gauge fields in photonics2
90 years of the Wigner crystal2
Why is the nuclear–AI analogy so popular?2
Engagement opportunities on the continuum between science and policy2
Dequantizing algorithms to understand quantum advantage in machine learning2
Neutrinos from explosive transients at the dawn of multi-messenger astronomy2
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