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Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Physics is 23. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Hares and hounds	561
Peer review in a changing world	511
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	482
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials	404
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	361
Spontaneous vortex formation in rotating fluids	328
Let’s talk about limitations	295
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	279
Transitions of the Atlantic Ocean circulation	253
Do the benefits of fundamental physics research outweigh its wider societal costs?	248
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	240
Mechanobiology across timescales	216
The physics of GaN-based light-emitting diodes	216
Science in the age of large language models	215
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	211
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	209
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	205
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	196
Physicists and the first computing revolution	188
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	180
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	178
Shorebird feeding reveals a new liquid transport mechanism	176
Learning density functionals with differentiable DFT	171
Black-hole thermodynamics	167
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	163

Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	152
Exploring decolonizing the curriculum using Six Thinking Hats	148
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	146
Diffusion metamaterials	144
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	137
Did you check for ravens?	135
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	133
50 years of quantum spin liquids	131
25 years of small-world network theory	129
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	125
Precise pulse characterization using SHG-FROG	125
US–China collaboration as a catalyst for the early development of quantum physics	122
Forty years of atomic force microscopy	118
Quantum sensing for particle physics	117
From swarms to films	107
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	106
Ultrafast physics with structured light	106
JWST sees little red dots	103
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	103
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	102
Patently funny and possibly useful	99
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	91
15 years of topological insulators	88
More and different at the interface	82
Meeting report: all-female speaker line-up in condensed matter	79
Physical limits in electromagnetism	74
How to probe lattice dynamics using tandem Fabry–Pérot Brillouin spectroscopy	73
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	72
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	71
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence	70
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	69
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	68
Upconverting nanoparticles for biomedical applications	68
New approaches to dark matter detection	67
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	67
The physics of fizz	63
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases	62
Calling all early-career physicists	60
The Yang–Mills Millennium problem	59
Algae patterns	59
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter	57
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	54
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	54
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	50
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex	50
Point defects in metal halide perovskites	50
Data sharing varies across physics	50
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments	48
W boson mass is worth the wait	48
Physics in Latin America	46

Collective motion strategies of sheep	45
Topological phonons in graphene	45
Benchmarking quantum computers	44
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions	44
Current numbers of qubits and their uses	42
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice	42
Progress in quantum teleportation	42
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging	41
70 years of CERN	41
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir	41
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry	39
Scientists need a break too	37
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing	37
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	36
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena	36
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	36
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	36
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay	36
A century of Compton scattering	36
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets	35
How technology made condensed matter physics boring	35
Physics words with surprising origins	35
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron	34
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars	34
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate	33
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity	32
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton	32
Nobel 1985: the quantum Hall effect	32
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences	31
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how	30
Nobel 2005: coherence and precision spectroscopy	30
Warm dense matter studies with X-ray free-electron lasers	29
Cryogenic electron microscopy and tomography for beam-sensitive materials	28
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	28
Topological thermal transport	27
Fire ant rafts	26
Cooper pairs in a metallic state	25
Go to talks by women	25
Five books that put physics in context	25
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization	24
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background	24
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence	24
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics	24
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences	24
A meeting point for art and science	23