Nature Physics

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Physics is 3. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Biased teaching evaluations611
A tiny escape303
How not to build a star293
Enhancing the efficiency of light-induced phase transitions through transient local distortions288
Search for rule-breaking electrons280
Stronger pairs with resonant excitation279
Publisher Correction: Observation of Josephson harmonics in tunnel junctions245
Efficient learning of many-body systems236
In iodine we thrust204
Comic-ally chaotic colleagues199
Observing the effect of nuclear motion on attosecond charge migration195
Superconducting stripes induced by ferromagnetic proximity in an oxide heterostructure186
Super- and subradiant dynamics of quantum emitters mediated by atomic matter waves182
Two-dimensional long-range uniaxial order in three-dimensional active fluids180
How Iranian students can master integration into German academia176
A picture of a swinging atom168
Efficient optimization of deep neural quantum states163
A general theory of quantum codes connecting quantum computation, complexity and physics161
Student interactions with generative AI159
Boundary modes of a charge density wave state in a topological material158
Publisher Correction: High-fidelity three-qubit iToffoli gate for fixed-frequency superconducting qubits158
Learning quantum Hamiltonians from high-temperature Gibbs states and real-time evolutions153
Spinning into new regimes153
Discrete nonlinear topological photonics147
Addendum: Test of lepton universality in beauty-quark decays141
From actin to action140
Critical fermions are universal embezzlers139
Quantum-enhanced sensing by echoing spin-nematic squeezing in atomic Bose–Einstein condensate137
Quantum critical behaviour in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene137
Stable singular fractional skyrmion spin texture from the quantum Kelvin–Helmholtz instability135
Efficient implementation of arbitrary two-qubit gates using unified control134
Quantum disordered ground state in the triangular-lattice magnet NaRuO2133
Phase transition in magic with random quantum circuits131
Metrology for a sustainable future130
Evidence of topological boundary modes with topological nodal-point superconductivity128
Biofilms as self-shaping growing nematics127
Simple cell motility on adhesive gradients126
Moiré nematic phase in twisted double bilayer graphene126
Controlling two-photon emission from superluminal and accelerating index perturbations125
Realization of a multi-turn energy recovery accelerator121
Experimental quantum computational chemistry with optimized unitary coupled cluster ansatz116
Purification-based quantum error mitigation of pair-correlated electron simulations116
Low-temperature Leidenfrost-like jumping of sessile droplets on microstructured surfaces115
Demonstration of momentum cooling to enhance the potential of cancer treatment with proton therapy113
Ion and electron acoustic bursts during anti-parallel magnetic reconnection driven by lasers110
Large curvature near a small gap109
Fast universal control of an oscillator with weak dispersive coupling to a qubit109
Quasiparticles, flat bands and the melting of hydrodynamic matter108
Evidence of non-collinear spin texture in magnetic moiré superlattices107
The optimal strategy balancing risk and speed predicts DNA damage checkpoint override times107
Twin experiments reveal twin electron dynamics107
Observation of Joule–Thomson photon-gas expansion105
A local probe for many-body physics103
Fat chance of escaping obesogens102
Show instruments some love102
Pairing with strings attached101
Electronic melt100
Qubits measured in a different light100
One spin at a time100
Universal dynamics exposed by interaction quenches99
Clarification of braiding statistics in Fabry–Perot interferometry99
Author Correction: Measurement of the generalized spin polarizabilities of the neutron in the low-Q2 region98
A wing explained98
Biological and soft matter matter97
Enhanced generation of magnonic frequency combs97
From atomically resolved imaging to generative and causal models97
Climate record gets hot update97
Dynamic phase transition in 1T-TaS2 via a thermal quench95
Supersolid-like sound modes in a driven quantum gas95
Storage-ring laser spectroscopy of accelerator-produced hydrogen-like 208Bi82+95
The air temperature conundrum94
Glassy net of nanomagnets93
Quantized topological pumping in Floquet synthetic dimensions with a driven dissipative photonic molecule93
A controlled cascade interference93
Realization of the Haldane Chern insulator in a moiré lattice93
Sheep lead the way92
Mechanical waves help zebrafish regrow their tails91
Quantum spherical codes90
Quantum critical metals and loss of quasiparticles89
Tunable quantum simulation of spin models with a two-dimensional ion crystal88
Powers of hydrogen88
Observation of electroweak production of two jets and a Z-boson pair88
Mass difference measurements help to determine the neutrino mass87
Coherent control of chaotic optical microcavity with reflectionless scattering modes84
A multilayer superconductor acts as an interdependent network84
Flexoelectricity-driven toroidal polar topology in liquid-matter helielectrics83
The formation of a nuclear-spin dark state in silicon83
Geometric description of clustering in directed networks82
Observation of topological action potentials in engineered tissues81
Anyonic interference and braiding phase in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer81
Measurement-induced quantum phases realized in a trapped-ion quantum computer80
Decoherence and revival in attosecond charge migration driven by non-adiabatic dynamics80
Search for axion-like dark matter with spin-based amplifiers76
Nonlocal nonlinear phononics76
Programmable Heisenberg interactions between Floquet qubits76
Parity measurement in the strong dispersive regime of circuit quantum acoustodynamics75
Flavour-selective localization in interacting lattice fermions75
Dissipative time crystal in a strongly interacting Rydberg gas74
Probabilistic error cancellation with sparse Pauli–Lindblad models on noisy quantum processors73
Enzymes as viscoelastic catalytic machines73
Error correction of a logical grid state qubit by dissipative pumping73
Islands identified72
Room-temperature flexible manipulation of the quantum-metric structure in a topological chiral antiferromagnet72
Harmony beyond differences71
The duality of a multitude71
Tunable interplay between light and heavy electrons in twisted trilayer graphene70
High-efficiency optical training of itinerant two-dimensional magnets70
Ultrasensitive single-ion electrometry in a magnetic field gradient70
In the multiverse of ideas70
Unidirectional coherent quasiparticles in the high-temperature rotational symmetry broken phase of AV3Sb5 kagome superconductors69
Time for a decision68
Discrete degeneracies distinguished by the anomalous Hall effect in a metallic kagome ice compound68
Slightly out of tune68
Spins strain to see the light67
Always relevant67
Collisionally stable gas of bosonic dipolar ground-state molecules66
Electrons with Planckian scattering obey standard orbital motion in a magnetic field66
A route to greener Big Science66
Optical coherent manipulation of alkaline-earth circular Rydberg states66
Born effective charges and vibrational spectra in superconducting and bad conducting metals66
Time interfaces for broadband coherent wave manipulation65
Bias in physics peer recognition does not explain gaps in perceived peer recognition65
Continuous recoil-driven lasing and cavity frequency pinning with laser-cooled atoms64
Travel through the shock64
Synthetic cells on the move64
Mechanical asymmetry in nucleocytoplasmic protein transport63
Complete quantum toolbox for an acoustic resonator63
Anions get cold63
Frontogenesis at Jovian high latitudes63
It takes more than forceful leaders62
Forbidden by symmetry61
Polar rain61
Collective motion of electrons captured at the atomic scale61
A recipe for speed61
Evidence of dual Shapiro steps in a Josephson junction array60
An ocean of code60
Ultracold quantum technologies60
Programmable simulations of molecules and materials with reconfigurable quantum processors60
Double charge wave60
Real-time microscopy of the relaxation of a glass59
Gap-opening time periodic perturbations59
Bloch oscillations of coherently driven dissipative solitons in a synthetic dimension58
Ultrafast room-temperature valley manipulation in silicon and diamond58
Holographic dynamics simulations with a trapped-ion quantum computer58
Braiding reflectionless states in non-Hermitian magnonics58
Pressure induced superconductivity in hybrid Ruddlesden‒Popper La5Ni3O11 single crystals58
Sequence-specific interactions determine viscoelasticity and ageing dynamics of protein condensates57
A metallic room-temperature d-wave altermagnet57
Towards meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion in physics learning environments56
Crossed Luttinger liquid hidden in a quasi-two-dimensional material56
Controlling interactions between high-frequency phonons and single quantum systems using phononic crystals55
Long-lived Bell states in an array of optical clock qubits55
No need to decide55
Strained crystalline nanomechanical resonators with quality factors above 10 billion55
DART hits the bullseye55
Keep the spins spinning55
Diffusive topological transport in spatiotemporal thermal lattices55
Liquid drop crystals55
A faithful but bleak portrayal54
News on the neutron structure54
Thermopower probes of emergent local moments in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene54
Field guides54
The way the bubbles ride54
Qubits inside junctions get joined up54
Inspired by disorder53
Optimal simulation of quantum dynamics53
Citation inequity and gendered citation practices in contemporary physics53
The past and present of frozen bubbles53
Publisher Correction: Selective and collective actuation in active solids53
Squeeze it tight53
Cavity-mediated long-range interactions in levitated optomechanics51
Adaptation in doubt51
Trapped magnetic flux in superconducting hydrides51
Dipolar spin wave packet transport in a van der Waals antiferromagnet50
A dual-species Rydberg array49
A difference of consequence49
Observation of antiferromagnetic order in a quasicrystal49
Excitons dance as light conducts49
How to restore trust in science through education48
Violation of Bell inequality by photon scattering on a two-level emitter47
Anomalous enhancement of the Nernst effect at the crossover between a Fermi liquid and a strange metal47
Distinct elastic properties and their origins in glasses and gels47
Observation of Josephson harmonics in tunnel junctions47
The hidden hierarchical nature of soft particulate gels46
Developments in atomic control using ultracold magnetic lanthanides46
The bit juggler46
Unconventional superconducting quantum criticality in monolayer WTe246
Valley-polarized excitonic Mott insulator in WS2/WSe2 moiré superlattice46
Collective migration reveals mechanical flexibility of malaria parasites46
Protecting expressive circuits with a quantum error detection code46
Emergence of fluctuating hydrodynamics in chaotic quantum systems46
Measurement of the Higgs boson width and evidence of its off-shell contributions to ZZ production46
Enhancement of superexchange due to synergetic breathing and hopping in corner-sharing cuprates44
The heat of the moment44
On the wings of a butterfly44
Active solids sync up44
Fish shoals resemble a stochastic excitable system driven by environmental perturbations44
Cyclic jetting enables microbubble-mediated drug delivery44
Interacting magnetic hedgehogs44
Publisher Correction: Observation of triple J/ψ meson production in proton-proton collisions43
Anomalous quantization without an edge43
Tap the potential of PhD students43
Identifying the quantum fingerprint of plasmon polaritons43
Life through the fluid dynamics lens43
The power of parasite collectives43
Young African universities take the lead42
Optical energy on demand42
An improved recipe for error detection42
Waves break the symmetry42
Author Correction: Tunable quantum simulation of spin models with a two-dimensional ion crystal42
The expanding role of National Metrology Institutes in the quantum era42
Publisher Correction: Non-specific adhesive forces between filaments and membraneless organelles41
A kagome antiferromagnet reaches its quantum plateau41
Crystals break up with a twist41
Realization of a continuous time crystal in a photonic metamaterial41
Shaping the propagation of light in complex media40
Non-specific adhesive forces between filaments and membraneless organelles40
Self-regulation of phenotypic noise synchronizes emergent organization and active transport in confluent microbial environments40
Nonclassical near-field dynamics of surface plasmons39
A thermodynamic explanation of the Invar effect39
Clonal dominance in excitable cell networks39
The amorphous materials behind biophysics39
Thermal superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor39
Observation of a reduced-turbulence regime with boron powder injection in a stellarator39
Atom-trap trace analysis of 41Ca/Ca down to the 10–17 level39
Metremania39
Mist and replication38
Bending rigidity, sound propagation and ripples in flat graphene38
Author Correction: Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO238
Spectral evidence for Dirac spinons in a kagome lattice antiferromagnet38
Nonlinear nanomechanical resonators approaching the quantum ground state38
Attosecond circular-dichroism chronoscopy of electron vortices38
Josephson–Coulomb drag effect between graphene and a LaAlO3/SrTiO3 superconductor38
The devil is in the defects37
Defects show self-constraint in active nematics37
Disruption prediction with artificial intelligence techniques in tokamak plasmas37
Observation of spin polarons in a frustrated moiré Hubbard system37
Gravity is attractive37
Return of the bats37
No science without shadow37
Supervise the algorithms37
Piezomagnetic switching of the anomalous Hall effect in an antiferromagnet at room temperature37
Quantum statistics in the minimal Bell scenario37
Optogenetic generation of leader cells reveals a force–velocity relation for collective cell migration37
Understanding the formation of gas bubbles at liquid–liquid interfaces37
A metallic road to localization37
Non-Abelian chiral dynamics in a lattice under synthetic SU(2) gauge fields37
Topological edge and corner states in bismuth fractal nanostructures37
Topology shapes dynamics of higher-order networks37
Quantifying the role of antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the superconductivity of the doped Hubbard model37
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