Physics World

Papers
(The median citation count of Physics World is 0. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
UK unveils Horizon Europe ‘plan B’10
From tech fear to tech leader4
Freeman Dyson: the radical scientist3
Passion, resilience and strength3
Particle physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies aged 973
Sharp ring of light spotted around supermassive black hole3
Quantum entanglement observed in top quarks3
NMR helps to clear a mine field2
From death rays to antimatter2
Friction plays crucial role in how dominoes topple in waves2
The laws of division2
How to survive a physics PhD2
Arab Physical Society hosts inaugural event to celebrate founding2
The weird and wonderful world of physics2
Quantum island2
When Bose wrote to Einstein2
A novel window into smart glass2
Tackling England’s physics teacher shortage1
Heavy fermions appear in a layered intermetallic crystal1
The benefits of ‘Newton first’ teaching1
Machine learning detects seismic activity in noisy cities1
Japan launches world’s first wooden satellite1
Satellite constellations pollute space observations1
Quantized vortices seen in a supersolid for the first time1
A rocky road to success1
Brightness boost for Berkeley laser laboratory1
Mechanical quantum bits sound good for applications1
China overtakes the US in terms of research quality, finds study1
Quantum sensor survives at record-high pressures1
Quantum teleportation goes beyond neighbouring nodes1
WIMPs versus axions1
Neutrino collaboration publishes green policy to help reduce emissions1
Ursula’s cat1
Radiocarbon dating narrows age estimate of Kyrenia shipwreck1
Spectacular images of the cosmos released to celebrate Hubble’s 35 years in orbit1
The physics of sheep – from phase transitions to collective motion1
Planning the future of high-energy physics1
New Fermilab building honours Tevatron pioneer Helen Edwards1
CERN and China1
Quantum computing: hype or hope?1
Recruiting and retaining good physics teachers1
The joy of solar panels1
Beam me back1
Using physics to fuel fibre-optic innovation1
Distinguished dissenters1
International Year of Glass gets cracking in Geneva1
Researchers build first all-electric organic laser1
Fusion’s burning challenge1
A quantum celebration1
UK outlines next STEPs towards fusion1
Back to the Moon1
Android phone network provides early warning system for earthquakes1
The forgotten pioneers of computational physics1
China powers ahead in particle physics1
Record ‘cat state’ achieved1
‘Quantum materials are going through a revolution’1
A tale of catastrophe and complexity1
Carbon conundrum1
NASA launches $488m SPHEREx observatory1
Astronomers capture spectacular ‘thousand colour’ image of the Sculptor Galaxy1
UK scientists dismayed by stalled Horizon progress0
A quest for space rocks0
Horror story0
Architectural flaws0
Chemistry Nobel goes to work on metal-organic frameworks0
LED streetlights responsible for blue-light pollution in Europe0
Panel calls for muon collider0
Invisible force of nature0
Accidental rebrand0
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers0
Search for gravitational waves resumes after COVID0
A question of dose0
Correction0
A physicist’s guide to ice cream0
Physics cookbook fails to gel0
Telecoms expert disconnects from the network0
A quarter of UK students say school physics teaching is poor0
Wearable sensor continuously monitors foetal movement0
Quantum error correction wins award0
No simple matter: how bacteria swim in complex fluids0
Glass art in the age of quantum tech0
Quantum gas keeps its cool0
Quantum hype0
A shared future0
Why we need to talk quantum0
Photonic crystals formed over time in ancient Roman glass0
The dark side of lithium batteries0
Rebellious thoughts0
Full of beans0
The two faces of Wernher von Braun0
Baby symmetry0
Exams are too hard0
Painful memory0
What’s in a cover?0
Collaborate across multiple fields to be highly cited0
India turns to small modular reactors0
The Trump uncertainty principle0
Elemental sound0
Octopus-inspired glove grabs underwater objects using LIDAR0
Stamp of success0
CERN needs a ‘Plan B’0
Testing the limits of science0
Staying grounded0
Treemendous Opportunity0
The joy of connecting quantum black dots0
Take a tour of the frontiers of printing0
How the lizard got its spots0
Science needs reform to tackle racism, says report0
Chadwick was right0
How to think like a scientist0
New map pinpoints galaxies across the entire universe0
Ireland releases national strategy for quantum research0
Baidu and Alibaba to quit quantum computing research0
Why fungi could hold the key to eco-friendly, fire-resistant buildings0
NASA sends Psyche mission to metal-rich asteroid0
The laser physicist unlocking navigation technology0
Ask me anything: Taghi Amirani0
Andromeda galaxy photograph bags Royal Observatory Greenwich prize0
Here’s how Venus could be losing water at a quicker rate0
The perfect catch0
Harnessing the power of light0
Sony ventures into quantum computing0
Tensions rise in US science0
CERN accepts $1bn in private cash0
Aliens could use quantum signals to communicate with Earth0
Entangling physics and ballet0
Nuclear transport0
Women in academia migrate shorter distances than men0
Medium-size-asteroid strike would make Earth cool by 4 °C0
Jim Al-Khalili celebrates Quantum Year at the Royal Institution0
Escape from physics0
Size matters0
Testing metaphors0
Laser light induces massive magnetic moments0
Physics gender gap entrenched by biased networks0
Towards healthier chocolate?0
The iron rule of science0
Quantum year quiz0
Superconductivity appears in nickelate crystals under pressure0
Researchers split on the use of AI in peer review0
Unhackable quantum Internet inches closer0
Keeping a lid on it0
Trump turmoil hits US science0
Missing pioneers0
Ask me anything: Kim Nygård0
Richard Friend wins 2024 IOP Isaac Newton Medal0
Mysterious brown dwarf is two objects, not one0
A tectonic shift for life?0
The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing0
From muck to magnets0
John Goodenough: battery pioneer dies aged 1000
Ask me anything: Gwenaëlle Lefeuvre0
Welcome to the age of glass0
Clever Young thing0
Long-lived qubits survive as ‘islands’ in a noisy environment0
Sunflowers ‘dance’ together to share sunlight0
Around the world in 16 orbits0
Perfect reflection0
Lunar explorer0
Heat engine captures energy as Earth cools at night0
Mirror in a pumpkin0
‘Paradigm shift’ needed to support disabled people0
China launches Tianwen-2 asteroid sample-return mission0
Supercomputer simulations reveal how the Sun accelerates charged particles0
Brazil joins CERN at last0
Einstein as you’ve never seen him0
Space-based solar0
The physics of biology0
From scientist to science communicator0
Making science centre stage0
Let the viva voce live up to its name0
Racing to save the planet0
Cloudy thinking0
Sects, drugs, drunken duels0
Physicist Ian Chapman picked to head UKRI0
Covert ops with added science0
Philosophical ding-dong0
Shreddinger’s equation0
Underground icons0
Cold: the early days of laser cooling0
Andromeda might not collide with the Milky Way after all0
Multicoloured light source gives compressive spectroscopy a boost0
Entangled winners0
How I was terminated0
Serbian physicists go on strike0
Sharing a love for astronomy0
First continuous condensate created0
Theorists: good peer reviewers but prefer significance to rigour0
Earth-shaking waves tracked back to Greenland mega-tsunamis0
Firefly Aerospace achieves lunar landing0
Slab avalanches resemble strike-slip earthquakes0
Supersonic cracks break classical speed limit0
A scientific odyssey in pixel form0
Slow science, fast success0
EAST smashes fusion record0
Science must do more to include people with disabilities0
CERN physicists update their future collider plans0
AI overtakes humans0
‘Phononic shield’ protects mantis shrimp from its own shock waves0
India’s women of quantum0
Eddington was unequivocal0
Our world is quantum, claims physicists0
From student to mentor to teacher0
Electron microscopists tackle fragile samples0
Origin of life explained with physics0
Watt great news for LEGO0
Shocking finding0
Rainer Weiss: 50 years of LIGO and gravitational waves0
Scientists link earthquakes to fast radio bursts0
Build your own Belle0
Correction0
AI needs good data0
James Webb Space Telescope reveals its first spectacular images of the cosmos0
JWST reveals interior structure of puffy exoplanet WASP-107 b0
Ask me anything: Janina Moereke0
A hard time in space0
Seeing the light: why flying insects gather at artificial illumination0
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider restarts for Run 30
AI and fusion0
Spin-offs from big science0
Survey reveals harassment faced by young astronomers0
Nuclear shape transitions visualized for the first time0
IOP responds to ‘girls don’t like physics’ comment0
Prize first0
The surprising physics of babies0
US scientific philanthropy reaches $30bn0
New Oak Ridge centre to boost US isotope production0
Eye of fibres0
Not remotely effective0
Winds of change0
Women less likely to be included as authors on scientific papers0
Using physics to patent inventions0
Diversity at CERN0
Using cosmic muons to predict natural disasters0
Ask me anything: Zahra Hussaini0
NASA puts UK physicist in charge of $7.8bn science programme0
Beetling away0
First electrical transistor made from a plank of wood0
Shenzhou-20 return delayed by space debris0
Physicist Maggie Aderin-Pocock honoured with damehood0
Australia sets out A$1bn national quantum strategy0
Helen Edwards: pioneer of the Tevatron0
The physics of the perfect burger0
Playing to the quantum beats0
Retinal stimulation reveals colour never before seen by the human eye0
Japan’s ispace suffers second lunar landing failure0
Twist and shake0
Who are you at work?0
Symposium in Paris celebrates 150 years of the metric system0
Surprising heat transfer in new semiconductor under high pressure0
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