Physics Today

Papers
(The H4-Index of Physics Today is 14. 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
Elementary, my dear physicists!50
Commentary: Thinking of moving from academia into industry? Here are some things to consider38
Commentary: A physicist’s perspective on COVID-1935
Understanding the Mayans on their own terms32
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience27
A clash of cosmologists23
Engineering better science education20
Eugene Newman Parker20
Climate change is redefining Arctic wildfires19
Acoustics of multiuse spaces17
The standard model for beginners17
Frequency-dependent squeezing makes LIGO even more sensitive14
John Edward Harries14
Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities14
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