OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Physics is 63. 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.)

Article	Citations
Hares and hounds	588
Peer review in a changing world	523
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	504
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials	415
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	384
Spontaneous vortex formation in rotating fluids	340
Let’s talk about limitations	303
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	284
The physics of GaN-based light-emitting diodes	268
Do the benefits of fundamental physics research outweigh its wider societal costs?	256
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	252
Transitions of the Atlantic Ocean circulation	237
Mechanobiology across timescales	229
Science in the age of large language models	225
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	222
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	219
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	216
Physicists and the first computing revolution	202
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	191
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	186
Shorebird feeding reveals a new liquid transport mechanism	180
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	177
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	168
Exploring decolonizing the curriculum using Six Thinking Hats	167
Learning density functionals with differentiable DFT	156

Black-hole thermodynamics	155
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	151
Diffusion metamaterials	151
Did you check for ravens?	145
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	141
Forty years of atomic force microscopy	138
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	137
Precise pulse characterization using SHG-FROG	135
US–China collaboration as a catalyst for the early development of quantum physics	130
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	127
Ultrafast physics with structured light	125
Universities need transparent quantum hardware	124
25 years of small-world network theory	119
Quantum sensing for particle physics	112
50 years of quantum spin liquids	110
JWST sees little red dots	110
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	109
Patently funny and possibly useful	107
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	102
More and different at the interface	95
Meeting report: all-female speaker line-up in condensed matter	94
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence	87
15 years of topological insulators	86
Upconverting nanoparticles for biomedical applications	79
New approaches to dark matter detection	77
How to probe lattice dynamics using tandem Fabry–Pérot Brillouin spectroscopy	77
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	76
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	75
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	74
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	72
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	72
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	71
The physics of fizz	70
Calling all early-career physicists	67
The Yang–Mills Millennium problem	66
Point defects in metal halide perovskites	65
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	65
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases	64
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter	63