OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Physics is 19. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Peer review in a changing world	3442
The long and winding road	1696
Hares and hounds	398
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	317
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise	286
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets	276
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	246
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	215
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	215
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics	204
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	188
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources	183
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	183
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	182
Experimental signatures of the chiral anomaly in Dirac–Weyl semimetals	171
Science in the age of large language models	170
Tree of light	166
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	165
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	163
Physicists and the first computing revolution	163
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	162
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting	158
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	156
Diffusion metamaterials	153
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	143

Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	143
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	142
Did you check for ravens?	129
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution	125
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour	124
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	119
Nanoscale magnetic field imaging for 2D materials	116
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	112
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	108
Visualizing big science projects	107
50 years of quantum spin liquids	103
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	103
From swarms to films	102
Learning the flow	100
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin	97
25 years of small-world network theory	96
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	96
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication	95
100 years of ferroelectricity	94
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	93
Quantum sensing for particle physics	93
More and different at the interface	90
JWST sees little red dots	88
Indian space science missions	86
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	85
New approaches to dark matter detection	82
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	82
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	82
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	81
Removing detector distortions with machine learning	80
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	80
15 years of topological insulators	80
Prospects for quantum enhancement with diabatic quantum annealing	77
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	77
Physical limits in electromagnetism	75
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	72
Algae patterns	71
Physics-informed machine learning	71
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics	71
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences	70
The physics of fizz	69
An AI-toolkit to develop and share research into new materials	67
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems	66
Artificial dynamical effects in quantum field theory	63
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases	62
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	62
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of brain anatomy and in vivo histology	61
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter	60
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	55
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	55

Collective motion strategies of sheep	53
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments	52
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex	49
Topological phonons in graphene	48
W boson mass is worth the wait	47
A new generation	47
Physics in Latin America	47
Data sharing varies across physics	47
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions	44
Benchmarking quantum computers	43
Current numbers of qubits and their uses	43
Progress in quantum teleportation	38
A century of Compton scattering	38
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice	37
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir	36
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry	35
Weaving smooth 3D shapes with curved ribbons	35
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging	34
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	34
70 years of CERN	34
The Stern–Gerlach experiment at 100	33
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay	33
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	32
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena	31
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	30
Physics words with surprising origins	29
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets	29
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton	28
Discovery of the odderon	28
How technology made condensed matter physics boring	28
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences	26
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron	26
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars	26
Author Correction: Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures	25
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity	25
Probing surface motion above ambient temperature with helium spin-echo spectroscopy	25
An AI pipeline to investigate the binding properties of poorly annotated molecules	25
How to assess the carbon footprint of a large-scale physics project	24
Topological thermal transport	24
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems	24
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how	23
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	22
Five books that put physics in context	22
Fire ant rafts	22
Spinning a strong yarn	22
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond	21
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics	21
A meeting point for art and science	21
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence	20
A fresh understanding of the Mpemba effect	20
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background	20
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences	19
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization	19
Orbital angular momentum lasers	19
Fluctuating into a biofilm	19