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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Addressing the quantum measurement problem63
John Edward Harries45
Malaysian physics and the maker ethos28
Commentary: Thinking of moving from academia into industry? Here are some things to consider25
Physics and poetry revisited23
Climate change is redefining Arctic wildfires23
Eugene Newman Parker22
Engineering better science education22
New books & media21
Record-setting cosmic neutrino breaks in a new telescope20
Sustainable fabrication of organic electronics19
Understanding the Mayans on their own terms19
The standard model for beginners19
How stars shape galaxies18
More on William Fowler16
Why insects orbit light at night15
Consulting can be stimulating and lucrative for physicists15
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change13
Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities12
Embracing imperfection for quantum technologies11
FYI science policy briefs11
New books & media10
Arthur Compton and the mysteries of light10
Atmospheric rivers bring anomalously high temperatures9
Thoroughly modern Millie9
Physics and poetry revisited9
Faculty interviews—traps and tips9
Sand and mucus: A toolbox for animal survival9
Comments on “Careers by the numbers”9
Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond9
The roles of research and “fit” in tenure8
Nanoprinting low-temperature glass8
Quantifying and mimicking life8
Twisted liquid crystal8
What makes a big cat roar?7
New books & media7
Reconsidering tenure7
NASA urged to boost R&D at expense of near-term missions7
Europe’s particle-physics community weighs its next collider7
State anti-DEI laws sow uncertainty in public colleges and universities6
Physics … is for girls?6
Heliocentrism before Copernicus6
Water’s hydrogen bonds are seen like never before6
The universe at your fingertips6
A right-handed molecule is coaxed to behave like a left-handed one5
Fermilab goes deep to silence noisy radiation affecting qubits5
The promises and perils of a mid-career pivot4
A meticulous thermodynamic recipe for cooking eggs4
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation4
FYI science policy briefs4
Translating scientific papers for the public4
Supporting emerging astronomers across Africa4
Matter–antimatter asymmetry is observed in baryon decay4
Q&A: Engineer Stewart Isaacs seeks equitable climate change solutions4
Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond4
To rule the waves4
The ingredients for an unbeatable squash shot4
Multidimensional measurements4
Roman Jackiw and the chiral anomaly4
Perforating gold can make it stronger4
Gravitational patterns reveal a tumultuous lunar past4
When your academic ladder is longer4
How a mineral that’s always wet gets wetter4
The roar of a rocket4
A new route to synthetic diamond4
FYI science policy briefs4
Metamaterial device makes 16 polarization measurements at once4
Judith Lynn Pipher3
Thermodynamics of the climate system3
Why did the Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor close?3
Groundwater flows deep under Antarctic ice3
New books & media3
The behavior of thin curved sheets is ironed out3
Hubble has more time3
A. V. Hill: The man behind the initials3
More on the quantum measurement problem3
How a cloud of insects is (and isn’t) like a magnet3
More machine than human?3
When unmixable metals mix3
A synthesis of physical connectedness3
Searching for religion in the laboratory3
Light-driven spin chemistry for quantum information science3
Observing interstellar molecular hydrogen3
Pre-satellite weather balloons3
Blu-ray microscope with blood-cell lens3
Laudable lectures3
More on the quantum measurement problem3
Time-reversed laser absorbs nearly all light3
Superdeterministic loophole3
The early universe in a quantum gas3
Longitudinal study tracks why undergrads stick with or leave physics3
X-ray imaging shows how a 17th-century painting lost its color3
Thomas Ferbel3
ITER’s net loss2
The successes and challenges of US–Soviet scientific communication2
Where physics students find community2
Cosmic tau neutrinos uncovered2
Making an educational splash2
Panel recommends road map for US particle physics2
Nonlinear optical computing doesn’t need nonlinear optics2
Research space increases at US universities2
New books & media2
Synthetic dimensions2
Comments on early space controversies2
Code changes could drastically reduce bitcoin’s enormous electricity requirements2
Another Fowler2
Seismic data provide a deep dive into groundwater health2
Precision measurements bring the search for new physics to the table2
Fanning flames2
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment2
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and photonics2
Q&A: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe reflects on her tenure as DOE Office of Science director2
CO2 pipelines: A way forward?2
Q&A: Hyejin Youn applies statistical physics to human behavior2
Early debates in space science2
Butterfly effects2
Geologic evidence that volcanic lightning promotes life on Earth2
Putting microLED technology on display2
World-leading rare isotope facility is on line in Michigan2
With no end in sight for the war in Ukraine, CERN ceases cooperation with Russia2
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors2
Yamilée Toussaint sparks girls’ interest in STEM through dance2
Japan accelerator pursues nanobeams to boost luminosity2
Climate change drives extinction—and always has2
Keeping accurate time while on the ocean2
The perfect strike in tenpin bowling2
More on nuclear treaties2
Fast-drying cracks2
Helping physics departments thrive2
Commentary: The benefits of being a maverick2
New books & media2
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and nanoscience2
Battling Decoherence: The Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer2
Arecibo STEM educational center to open soon2
James Burkett Hartle2
Einstein would be doubly amazed1
New books & media1
Deep convection drives oceanic overturning1
W. Jason Morgan1
Building with liquid blocks1
Disillusionment with climate models1
Frictional flow patterns1
A timely retrospective1
Q&A: Tareq Abu Hamed champions environmental cooperation in the Middle East1
A proposed solution to arbitrary evaluations1
US ocean sciences decadal report calls for regaining leadership1
FYI science policy briefs1
Engineering better science education1
Physics, AI, and the future of discovery1
Squaring the quantum computing circle1
Even underwater, money talks1
Elusive helium stars identified in archival data1
Stories from the early days of quantum mechanics1
A radio telescope array takes shape with private funds1
A series of paradigm shifts1
Focus on lasers, imaging, microscopy, and photonics1
Teaching physics with phones: A game changer?1
When tenure fails1
France’s Oppenheimer1
Scientific progress and preservation clash in demolition of Curie building1
The Hund-metal path to strong electronic correlations1
No uncertain terms1
A climatologist’s introduction to data analysis tools1
Gauge invariance applies to statistical mechanics too1
Celebrating Emmy Noether1
Five decades of missing matter1
“My Favorite Things,” physics edition1
Scientists drill for oldest ice to reveal secrets about Earth’s climate1
Living chiral crystals1
What’s old is new in DOE’s choice of fusion hopefuls1
UNESCO details the STEM gender gap and efforts to close it1
Mavericks who failed1
Demands on early-career faculty1
Listening to the seafloor with optical fibers1
Putting holes in a sail to reach the stars1
Q&A: Xiaoxing Xi on the wrongful arrest that upended his research and his life1
The complexities of the human placenta1
A star’s demise is connected to a neutrino outburst1
Diamond-defect clusters are measured with speed and precision1
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors1
UK coalition gears up to demonstrate commercial viability of fusion energy1
FYI policy briefs1
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors1
The clean-energy challenge1
FYI science policy briefs1
Correction1
Nanophotonics for a sustainable future1
Michael Ellis Fisher1
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, spectroscopy, and spectrometry1
A menagerie of Martian auroras1
Artificial hands make lifelike movements1
Nuclear fission technologies for space exploration1
Commentary: Breaking the spell of scientific isolation in the developing world1
Jamming connects granulation and flow1
The black powder behind battery power1
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, spectroscopy, and spectrometry1
Focusing with a spiral lens1
Commentary: How to talk about climate change with politicians1
A complementary perspective on quantum history1
NSF and postwar US science1
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation1
Robert Floyd Curl Jr1
Astronomy data in the classroom1
The clean-energy challenge redux1
Uranus’s hidden polar cyclone, revealed1
From cracks to atoms and back again1
Firearms forensics is becoming more quantitative1
The weak mixing angle1
Portraits of dismissed scientists personalize US government cuts to science1
Iron-based superconductors: Teenage, complex, challenging1
Quantum states can be scrambled extremely quickly1
Measurements of sea-level rise from melting ice get even more accurate1
An introductory astronomy textbook for majors1
Paul Langevin, U-boats, and ultrasonics1
Spacetime, essentially1
Correction1
Solving quantum chemistry problems on quantum computers1
When learning physics mirrors doing physics1
Q&A: Frank Close probes quarks and popularizes science1
Comparing clocks by using pulses of light1
Focus on test, measurement, quantum metrology, and analytical equipment1
Role-playing the life of a scientist1
Revisiting science and colonialism1
Nanoscale 3D printing1
Mauna Loa awakens1
Green ammonia can be a clean energy source1
Sea changes for scientific ocean drilling1
The tsunami triggered by the Chicxulub impact1
Seeing the softer side of nanoparticles1
Correction1
Helium prices surge to record levels as shortage continues1
Einstein statue unveiled in Havana1
Stepping into NSF1
Newton’s “force” and fake doors: The “geometric spirit” in the arts1
FYI science policy briefs1
Io was always extremely volcanic, evidence indicates1
Constructing DNA, once again1
Structures like Möbius strips1
Frank Kameny the astronomer1
Young physicists excited to network through the International Association of Physics Students1
A journey to touch the Sun1
Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation1
More on being a physicist in industry1
Building on Mars with human blood and urine1
Hidden fluid dynamics of dry salt lakes1
Illuminating atmospheric aerosols1
Contributions to computed tomography1
Physics Nobel honors foundational quantum entanglement experiments1
Wu, Shaknov, and the EPR dilemma1
Attosecond pioneers win physics Nobel1
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