OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Physics is 22. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Hares and hounds	527
Peer review in a changing world	491
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	466
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials	375
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	345
Spontaneous vortex formation in rotating fluids	313
Let’s talk about limitations	288
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	274
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	270
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	240
Transitions of the Atlantic Ocean circulation	234
Do the benefits of fundamental physics research outweigh its wider societal costs?	232
Mechanobiology across timescales	207
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	207
Science in the age of large language models	203
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	199
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	193
Physicists and the first computing revolution	190
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	185
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	182
Diffusion metamaterials	169
Shorebird feeding reveals a new liquid transport mechanism	169
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	166
Learning density functionals with differentiable DFT	166
Black-hole thermodynamics	156

Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	154
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	147
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	142
Did you check for ravens?	139
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	137
From swarms to films	129
25 years of small-world network theory	127
50 years of quantum spin liquids	127
Precise pulse characterization using SHG-FROG	125
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	123
Ultrafast physics with structured light	120
US–China collaboration as a catalyst for the early development of quantum physics	116
Quantum sensing for particle physics	116
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	113
JWST sees little red dots	111
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	105
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	105
Patently funny and possibly useful	101
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	98
More and different at the interface	97
15 years of topological insulators	97
Meeting report: all-female speaker line-up in condensed matter	90
New approaches to dark matter detection	89
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	87
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence	85
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	80
Upconverting nanoparticles for biomedical applications	73
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	72
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	72
Physical limits in electromagnetism	68
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	68
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences	67
The physics of fizz	67
Calling all early-career physicists	64
Algae patterns	63
The Yang–Mills Millennium problem	62
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	60
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	59
Point defects in metal halide perovskites	59
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases	54
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter	54
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	54
Data sharing varies across physics	51
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex	50
W boson mass is worth the wait	49
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments	48
Physics in Latin America	48
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions	47
Collective motion strategies of sheep	47
Topological phonons in graphene	47

Current numbers of qubits and their uses	45
Progress in quantum teleportation	43
Benchmarking quantum computers	42
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice	42
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir	41
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging	41
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay	40
70 years of CERN	40
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing	38
Scientists need a break too	38
A century of Compton scattering	37
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	36
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry	36
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena	36
Physics words with surprising origins	35
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	35
How technology made condensed matter physics boring	35
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	35
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars	34
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets	34
Nobel 2005: coherence and precision spectroscopy	33
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how	33
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron	33
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton	32
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate	31
Cryogenic electron microscopy and tomography for beam-sensitive materials	31
Nobel 1985: the quantum Hall effect	31
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity	29
Topological thermal transport	29
Warm dense matter studies with X-ray free-electron lasers	28
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences	28
Fire ant rafts	27
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	27
Five books that put physics in context	27
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems	27
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics	26
Go to talks by women	25
Cooper pairs in a metallic state	24
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background	23
Size-controlled growth of anisotropic gold nanoparticles	23
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence	23
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization	23
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond	23
Physics and chemistry perspectives on three unsolved problems in glass science	22
A meeting point for art and science	22
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences	22