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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Peer review in a changing world1915
Hares and hounds351
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model332
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets315
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise276
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits259
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas243
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics236
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources219
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging210
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics204
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage199
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes191
Science in the age of large language models189
Tree of light189
Navigating an incomplete network using a map185
Physicists and the first computing revolution185
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation181
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team181
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology166
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting156
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics152
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials141
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle139
Diffusion metamaterials139
Did you check for ravens?137
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics137
From swarms to films135
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin127
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible125
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication120
Visualizing big science projects118
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution117
50 years of quantum spin liquids116
25 years of small-world network theory112
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials110
100 years of ferroelectricity106
Nanoscale magnetic field imaging for 2D materials106
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread105
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour104
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials103
Quantum sensing for particle physics98
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes97
More and different at the interface96
JWST sees little red dots94
Indian space science missions93
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them89
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers88
New approaches to dark matter detection88
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration87
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence86
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids83
15 years of topological insulators82
Physical limits in electromagnetism82
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics80
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development80
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics77
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing77
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences76
The physics of fizz72
An AI-toolkit to develop and share research into new materials71
Algae patterns68
Artificial dynamical effects in quantum field theory66
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations66
Calling all early-career physicists66
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases64
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems61
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter59
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications58
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter57
Collective motion strategies of sheep56
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments55
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex53
Topological phonons in graphene51
W boson mass is worth the wait50
Data sharing varies across physics49
Physics in Latin America47
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions44
Benchmarking quantum computers43
Progress in quantum teleportation42
Current numbers of qubits and their uses41
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice41
A century of Compton scattering41
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir40
Weaving smooth 3D shapes with curved ribbons39
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry39
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging37
70 years of CERN36
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy36
The Stern–Gerlach experiment at 10035
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy34
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay33
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing33
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena32
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging31
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets30
Physics words with surprising origins29
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars28
Discovery of the odderon28
How technology made condensed matter physics boring28
Probing surface motion above ambient temperature with helium spin-echo spectroscopy27
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences27
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron27
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton26
An AI pipeline to investigate the binding properties of poorly annotated molecules26
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how26
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science25
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity25
Topological thermal transport24
Fire ant rafts24
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate24
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems24
Author Correction: Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures24
Spinning a strong yarn23
A meeting point for art and science22
Five books that put physics in context22
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics21
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences21
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background21
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond20
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence20
Orbital angular momentum lasers20
Drop friction19
Author Correction: Cycling Fermi arc electrons with Weyl orbits19
Pushing big science frontiers in China19
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization19
Fluctuating into a biofilm19
Noncommuting conserved charges in quantum thermodynamics and beyond19
Fifty years of ‘More is different’18
Variational quantum algorithms18
Symmetry emerging from the algorithmic nature of evolution17
Janus-like magnetic particles for spin-controlled biological research17
Connecting physicists across Africa and the world17
Scientific biographies for the beach17
Publisher Correction: Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials17
Using Bayesian parameter estimation to learn more from data without black boxes17
Monte Carlo methods for impurity physics in ultracold Bose quantum gases17
The AI revolution is always just out of reach17
Machine learning in the search for new fundamental physics16
Olfactory cues and memories in animal navigation16
Microwave impedance microscopy and its application to quantum materials16
The precision measurement of the W boson mass and its impact on physics15
Author Correction: Optical superoscillation technologies beyond the diffraction limit15
Author Correction: Topological phenomena at defects in acoustic, photonic and solid-state lattices15
Introducing the Nature Reviews Physics Advisory Board14
Collapsing bubbles with broken symmetry14
The physics of cats13
The many facets of impact13
Solving Feynman’s sprinkler puzzle13
Forty years of stochastic resonance13
Shapes of ice and rock12
Multiscale modelling of twisted bilayers of 2D materials12
Too much efficiency leads to delays12
A 10 kg mechanical oscillator close to its motional ground state12
A brief history of nonlinear excitations12
Anomalies in particle physics and their implications for physics beyond the standard model12
Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization12
Forty years of the Ellis–Baldwin test11
Publisher Correction: Resonant anomalous X-ray reflectivity for revealing ion distributions near electrodes11
Yielding and plasticity in amorphous solids11
Why we ask for synopses11
How the Cold War changed quantum education11
Precise measurement of neutron lifetime11
Tips for writing opinion articles11
How to set up your first machine learning project in astronomy10
30 years of orbital angular momentum of light10
Review of performance metrics of spin qubits in gated semiconducting nanostructures10
Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments10
Controlling water waves with artificial structures10
Time irreversibility in active matter, from micro to macro9
On scientific understanding with artificial intelligence9
Nature Reviews Physics turns five9
Graph neural networks at the Large Hadron Collider9
Making clean electrical contacts on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides9
A festival of cosmic fireworks8
Big science in India8
Why review Reviews8
Should artificial intelligence be interpretable to humans?8
Rigor with machine learning from field theory to the Poincaré conjecture7
The hidden sustainability cost of the reproducibility crisis7
The spectrum of early career physics7
The physics of 3D printing with light7
The mechanics of emus’ unusual gait7
Thouless pumping and topology7
The physics of optical computing7
Ten books for ten years of Higgs7
How multiscale curvature couples forces to cellular functions7
Physics of exotic nuclei7
A milestone in fusion research is reached7
Elongated cells in 3D clusters are more motile7
Physics should acknowledge its environmental impact and act on it6
No sign of sterile neutrinos but anomalies remain6
Farewells and hellos at Nature Reviews Physics6
Nanoscale laser writing of 3D ferroelectric domains in lithium niobate6
How to optimize high-order harmonic generation in gases5
Non-Hermitian topology and exceptional-point geometries5
Delivering fusion energy needs bold decisions and sustained commitment5
Publisher Correction: Polariton condensates for classical and quantum computing5
Fractionalized electrons in moiré materials5
The Higgs announcement as open science5
The importance of documenting failure5
Quantum computing for finance4
Defining physicists’ relationship with AI4
Author Correction: Advances in artificial spin ice4
Pervasive machine learning in physics4
Packing finite numbers of spheres efficiently4
Ultrafast carrier dynamics of magnetic topological insulators4
The humanities can help make physics greener4
Photophysical properties of materials for high-speed photodetection4
A method for generating constrained surrogate power laws4
Research needs both academia and industry4
Walkable cities4
High-precision lattice QCD calculations of the muon anomalous magnetic moment3
Determining intrinsic sensitivity and the role of multiple scattering in speckle metrology3
How to pitch a Review idea3
Author Correction: Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics3
The origins of massive black holes3
70 years of Turing patterns3
Network renormalization3
AI-driven research in pure mathematics and theoretical physics3
Reviving a failed network through a single node3
Physics of the cryosphere3
On the brink of a new era in nuclear fusion R&D3
The surprising history of abstracts3
Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate3
Physics and the empirical gap of trustworthy AI3
A tiny titanium:sapphire laser on a chip3
Scientific machine learning benchmarks3
Petahertz electronics3
The superfluid-to-Mott insulator transition and the birth of experimental quantum simulation2
Quantum states and intertwining phases in kagome materials2
Applications of single photons in quantum metrology, biology and the foundations of quantum physics2
Assessing the skills gap for the UK’s quantum missions2
Probing charge density in materials with atomic resolution in real space2
50 years of Penrose tilings2
Dequantizing algorithms to understand quantum advantage in machine learning2
Art as a catalyst for promoting sustainable research2
Contagion dynamics on higher-order networks2
Bringing quantum physics to new generations2
Laser power stabilization via radiation pressure2
Engagement opportunities on the continuum between science and policy2
Science should inspire, but visions need nuance2
Ab initio methods for superconductivity2
First-principles calculations for Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction2
Replicability and the evolution of scientific norms2
Superconductivity in untwisted graphene2
A brief history of the ‘physicist’2
Neutrinos from explosive transients at the dawn of multi-messenger astronomy2
The difficult but necessary role of political engagement for scientists2
Quantum Zeno effect at 452
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