Physics Today

Papers
(The TQCC of Physics Today is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
The three physicists39
Stephan von Molnár30
Noah Hershkowitz29
Stressed? Depressed? You are not alone25
New books & media24
Narrow specialization and other forms of sin20
Paul Josef Crutzen19
Viscoelastic fluids with no strings attached18
Squeezed hydrogen and helium don’t mix16
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, spectroscopy, and spectrometry14
Artificial hands make lifelike movements14
Teaching physics with phones: A game changer?12
Focus on photonics, spectroscopy, and spectrometry12
Subtle historical connections between Magritte and Einstein12
Elementary, my dear physicists!12
The weak mixing angle11
Dipolar supersolids: Solid and superfluid at the same time11
DNA assembles nano-objects10
W-boson mass hints at physics beyond the standard model10
Turbines and motors made of DNA9
Living chiral crystals9
Commentary: Thinking of moving from academia into industry? Here are some things to consider9
Replacing high-risk radioactive materials remains a challenge9
An introductory astronomy textbook for majors9
Some remarks about Rutherford8
If this, why not that?8
Quantum quibble8
When we could be diving for pearls8
New books & media8
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors7
How I learned to stop worrying and love metaphysics7
Contributions to computed tomography7
Commentary: Why we need everyone at the diversity table7
The death of expertise has been exaggerated7
Commentary: A physicist’s perspective on COVID-197
Where rivers jump7
DOE medical isotope campaign nears completion7
A series of paradigm shifts6
A clash of cosmologists6
Chemistry Nobelists developed reactions that are “compatible with almost everything”6
Correction6
Engineering better science education6
Mauna Loa awakens6
Germany’s green transition regains momentum6
Neighboring stars shaped a planetary nebula5
Climate change is redefining Arctic wildfires5
John Edward Harries5
Understanding the Mayans on their own terms5
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience5
Why insects orbit light at night5
Eugene Newman Parker5
Myriam Paula Sarachik4
Where physics meets biology: More information4
A note on dielectrophoresis4
Nuclear is carbon-neutral4
Pauli crystals make their experimental debut4
TV inspires future scientists4
Astronomy data in the classroom4
Rethinking the Nebra Sky Disk4
New books & media4
Postdocs then and now4
Viewing the brain’s nanostructure4
Nanophotonics for a sustainable future3
A quintessential quantum simulator takes a 10 000-fold leap3
Where the atomic nuclei are: Maurice Sendak, physics illustrator3
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation3
Sustainable fabrication of organic electronics3
Mysterious Milky Way filaments3
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment3
Embracing interactive teaching methods3
Correction3
The insufficient word in Physics Today’s first issue3
Keeping accurate time while on the ocean3
How a fake Kepler portrait became iconic3
Repulsive Casimir forces3
How does the wind generate waves?3
Scientific progress and preservation clash in demolition of Curie building3
The sinister side of weather data3
Masatoshi Koshiba3
Acoustics of multiuse spaces3
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience3
The standard model for beginners3
New books & media3
Cosmic tau neutrinos uncovered3
Embracing imperfection for quantum technologies3
Tales in tech transfer3
Squaring the quantum computing circle3
Making an educational splash3
Benjamin Breneman Snavely2
The (soft) propaganda value of lunar exploration2
They were astronomers2
More on nuclear treaties2
Tidal power’s limits2
Mavericks who failed2
Q&A: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe reflects on her tenure as DOE Office of Science director2
A computing hardware approach aspires to emulate the brain2
Frequency-dependent squeezing makes LIGO even more sensitive2
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change2
A tabletop waveguide delivers coherent x rays2
More on William Fowler2
Addressing the quantum measurement problem2
Illuminating the darkest galaxies2
Photon science and quantum control2
Green ammonia can be a clean energy source2
Even underwater, money talks2
Another look at the proton sea2
Mushy-layer convection2
Five decades of missing matter2
World-leading rare isotope facility is on line in Michigan2
Panel recommends road map for US particle physics2
Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities2
Self-removing salt crystals2
Computed tomography turns 502
Correction2
Consulting can be stimulating and lucrative for physicists2
New books & media2
Carbonate rocks may release more carbon dioxide as climate warms2
Visualizing acoustic levitation2
Hackathons catch on for creativity, education, and networking2
Hidden fluid dynamics of dry salt lakes2
Two-faced ions form a promising battery material2
Russian strikes on Ukrainian nuclear plants stir talk but little action in Western nations2
A family of two-dimensional conductors comes into bloom2
Malaysian physics and the maker ethos2
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment2
Correction2
Designer proteins fit like a glove2
Antiquark asymmetry2
From cracks to atoms and back again2
Uranus’s hidden polar cyclone, revealed2
Physics and poetry revisited2
More on William Fowler2
Five-molecule water clusters have liquid-like properties2
24 000 years of climate change, mapped2
A journey to touch the Sun2
Branched flow2
To turn tissue transparent, dye it yellow2
An unexplained, long-period radio-transient discovery1
Diamond’s sparkle is in more than gemstones1
John Bannister Goodenough1
Physics and poetry revisited1
Global movement to reform researcher assessment gains traction1
Philanthropy plays a growing role in funding US physical sciences1
High-energy neutrinos originate in our own galaxy1
James Jeans’s views on the nature of reality1
Spectroscopy shines light on an electrode–water interface1
Idaho project tests the limits of DOE aid to advanced reactors1
Robert Floyd Curl Jr1
Arthur Compton and the mysteries of light1
A molecular road movie1
Commentary: Elitism in physics: What happens when the profession’s cultural scaffolding comes down?1
Toshihide Maskawa1
Mingling art and science opens minds1
Cometary chemistry1
Physics and poetry1
Why woodpeckers don’t get concussions1
Old forests are irreplaceably cool1
A researcher’s how-to manual1
New books & media1
Stretchy molecules rupture far from the crack1
How does light behave in a material whose refractive index vanishes?1
Ocean optics illuminates aquatic algae1
More on the demons of thermodynamics1
An all-in-one device creates and characterizes high-pressure superconductors1
New books & media1
New books & media1
Isamu Akasaki1
Reconsidering tenure1
Condensed-matter titan1
FYI policy briefs1
Sand and mucus: A toolbox for animal survival1
More on nuclear treaties1
Nature’s search for a quiet place1
Advanced conductors could double power flows on the grid1
Twisted liquid crystal1
Uncovering the molten mantle of Mars1
George William Crabtree1
Ultralow-field MRI machine could cost less than a car1
Climate tipping points: A personal view1
The cost of solar energy production has plunged, but it needs to fall further1
Arthur Poskanzer1
Kurt Gottfried1
New books & media1
A six-year galactic portrait1
Join four African students for their MIT journeys1
Knowledge transmission in medieval Spain1
Electron scattering provides a long-awaited view of unstable nuclei1
The complexities of the human placenta1
Despite unknowns, NNSA plunges ahead on plutonium pits1
Asteroids in the inner solar system1
Beyond the cinematic feat: Consequences Oppenheimer ignored1
The quest is on to remove petro- from petrochemicals1
The demons haunting thermodynamics1
More is known about him than about her: Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa1
Scientists take steps in the lab toward climate sustainability1
The quintessential Victorian scientist1
Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond1
A lunar micrometeorite preserves the solar system’s early history1
Magic moments with John Bell1
Subsurface imaging shows scale of the tragedy of Indigenous children1
Focusing with a spiral lens1
State anti-DEI laws sow uncertainty in public colleges and universities1
Atomic force microscopy gets a feel for electron spins1
Icebreakers and Arctic ice melt1
Will AI’s growth create an explosion of energy consumption?1
3-2-1 Contact: Scientists at the writers’ table1
A fulfilling career1
Another use for liquid metals1
Optical analogues to NMR spectroscopy1
Structures like Möbius strips1
Bats thrive in cluttered spaces1
Plutonium pits and moral principles1
Lead-208 nuclei have thick skins1
Unifying two fields1
Theory and experiment disagree on alpha particles1
Nanoprinting low-temperature glass1
A history of philosophy of science1
Twisted bilayer graphene’s gallery of phases1
Focus on analytical equipment, spectroscopy, and spectrometry1
Circulation collapses in turbulent liquid metals1
Magnetic fields for modulating the nervous system1
Back to the Moon ... to stay?1
Correction1
College instructors adapt their teaching to prevent cheating1
An unconventional superconductor isn’t so odd after all1
Lawrence Livermore achieves a burning plasma in the lab1
Accelerating progress in climate science1
How to become a successful physicist1
In Ukraine, science will need rebuilding postwar; in Russia, its isolation could endure1
From quantum cheating to quantum security1
The roles of research and “fit” in tenure1
Electron microscopy for attosecond science1
Philip Anderson: Virtuoso of condensed matter1
The many lives of an 11th-century astrolabe1
Making biodegradable plastic with bacteria1
The clean-energy challenge1
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors1
New memory circuit can handle the heat1
R&D on today’s coronavirus vaccines started in 20131
The dynamics and changes of the world’s monsoons1
Expand STEM education for older adults1
Comparing clocks by using pulses of light1
The march of change1
Nine reactors beat ZEEP into service1
Helium prices surge to record levels as shortage continues1
Focus on software, instrumentation, and data acquisition1
Retired? Become a sub1
The clean-energy challenge redux1
Disillusionment with climate models1
Western Veil Nebula1
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