Nature Reviews Physics

Article	Citations
Precise measurement of neutron lifetime	2828
Nonlocality with massive particles and mesoscopic systems	1415
Phonon-limited electronic transport through first principles	326
How to set up your first machine learning project in astronomy	262
The scientific article as a master finding system	243
Ab initio methods for superconductivity	236
Nobel 2004: freedom for quarks!	212
70 years of CERN	209
First-principles calculations for Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction	204
Thermal conductivity of materials under pressure	198
Generation of large strains in 2D van der Waals materials at cryogenic temperatures	164
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets	162
Bringing together science and fiction	148
Peer review in a changing world	147
How redundancy and distributed control are helping make robots autonomous	144
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir	138
Shapes of ice and rock	133
Fighting stereotypes	133
The physics of breakfast	131
Then and now	130
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	128
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics	127
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	123
How detection and imaging technologies could make us better humans	121
Light–matter interaction at atomic scales	117

Quantum Zeno effect at 45	114
When scientists disagree	114
Nature Reviews Physics turns five	113
Hares and hounds	112
Boxfish keels	98
How you can change gender stereotypes about physicists	97
Networks get more cliquey as they grow	91
Ten years of IceCube	85
Hydraulic spider legs	81
Why we ask for synopses	77
The long and winding road	77
Quantum rotations of nanoparticles	76
Materials discovery screening with pymatgen	75
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice	74
A 10 kg mechanical oscillator close to its motional ground state	74
Review of performance metrics of spin qubits in gated semiconducting nanostructures	72
Laser power stabilization via radiation pressure	72
Weaving smooth 3D shapes with curved ribbons	71
A century of Compton scattering	70
60 years of Landauer’s principle	70
Anomalies in particle physics and their implications for physics beyond the standard model	69
Machine learning as a tool in theoretical science	66
10 years of the quantum anomalous Hall effect	66
Engineering symmetry breaking in 2D layered materials	65
90 years of the Wigner crystal	65
Visual anemometry for physics-informed inference of wind	64
A brief history of nonlinear excitations	64
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	63
New physics from the polarized light of the cosmic microwave background	63
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena	63
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise	62
Time irreversibility in active matter, from micro to macro	62
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources	61
The Stern–Gerlach experiment at 100	61
Machine-and-data intelligence for synchrotron science	59
Controlling water waves with artificial structures	59
30 years of orbital angular momentum of light	58
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	57
Graph neural networks at the Large Hadron Collider	57
Learning quantum systems	57
Physical insights into non-fullerene organic photovoltaics	57
Dequantizing algorithms to understand quantum advantage in machine learning	57
The thorium-229 low-energy isomer and the nuclear clock	57
Machine learning and density functional theory	55
Forty years of the Ellis–Baldwin test	55
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	54
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	51
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay	51
Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials	50
Experimental signatures of the chiral anomaly in Dirac–Weyl semimetals	46

The superfluid-to-Mott insulator transition and the birth of experimental quantum simulation	45
Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments	44
A new frontier for Hopfield networks	44
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	41
Making clean electrical contacts on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides	41
Amyloid formation as a protein phase transition	39
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	38
Graphene nanoribbons for quantum electronics	38
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	38
Publisher Correction: Resonant anomalous X-ray reflectivity for revealing ion distributions near electrodes	36
Too much efficiency leads to delays	35
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry	35
On scientific understanding with artificial intelligence	33
Science in the age of large language models	33
A snapshot of 2023	31
Big science in India	30
Physics words with surprising origins	29
From physics to art and back	28
Economics lessons	28
Dipolar many-body complexes and their interactions in stacked 2D heterobilayers	28
Learning quantum states from their classical shadows	27
Rigor with machine learning from field theory to the Poincaré conjecture	27
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	26
A model for changing land use	26
In fusion, collaboration is both a necessity and an opportunity	25
High-accuracy electronic structure calculations with QMCPACK	24
The difficult but necessary role of political engagement for scientists	24
An AI pipeline to investigate the binding properties of poorly annotated molecules	23
Tree of light	23
Physicists and the first computing revolution	22
Forging personal connections with science through storytelling	22
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	22
Bird nest packing	22
How multiscale curvature couples forces to cellular functions	22
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	20
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences	20
Diffusion metamaterials	20
How to teach climate change in a physics classroom	20
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	19
The early days of Monte Carlo methods	19
Probing surface motion above ambient temperature with helium spin-echo spectroscopy	19
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	19
The spectrum of early career physics	18
Why review Reviews	18
Discovery of the odderon	17
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting	17
Should artificial intelligence be interpretable to humans?	17
Neutrino physics over the two decades since the first SNO result	17
A new century of quantum physics	17
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets	16
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars	16
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton	15
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron	15
Automated reproducible workflows and data provenance with AiiDA	15
Physics does not exist in a vacuum	14
How technology made condensed matter physics boring	14
Controlling light with air	14
Engagement opportunities on the continuum between science and policy	14
To reform peer review, we need to understand its past	14
50 years of Penrose tilings	14
Semiconductor qubits in practice	13
A festival of cosmic fireworks	13
Thouless pumping and topology	13
How to verify the precision of density-functional-theory implementations via reproducible and universal workflows	13
How to assess the carbon footprint of a large-scale physics project	13
The potential and global outlook of integrated photonics for quantum technologies	13
Making the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology happen	12
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity	11
Physics of exotic nuclei	11
How can we make science more rigorous?	11
Precision isotope-shift spectroscopy for new physics searches and nuclear insights	11
The physics of optical computing	11
The rise of data-driven modelling	11
A year to celebrate quantum physics	11
Probing topological quantum matter with scanning tunnelling microscopy	11
Topological defects in biological matter	10
Nobel 1924: the physics of precision	10
Single-molecule FRET for probing nanoscale biomolecular dynamics	10
Anyons in quantum Hall interferometry	9
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems	9

The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how	9
How a one-off public engagement event turned into an international science festival	9
The hidden sustainability cost of the reproducibility crisis	9
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	8
Proliferating active matter	8
Morphogenesis beyond in vivo	8
Probing charge density in materials with atomic resolution in real space	8
Topological thermal transport	8
How promoting domestic electricity became physics outreach	7
Science should inspire, but visions need nuance	7
The mechanics of emus’ unusual gait	7
A milestone in fusion research is reached	7
Nanoscale diamond quantum sensors for many-body physics	7
The superconducting diode effect	7
The physics of 3D printing with light	7
Author Correction: Scanning near-field infrared microscopy	6
A century of matter waves	6
Cycling Fermi arc electrons with Weyl orbits	6
Author Correction: Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures	6
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	6
Looking back at 2024	6
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	6
75 years of the path integral formulation	6
Superconductivity, superfluidity and quantum geometry in twisted multilayer systems	6
Nanoscale laser writing of 3D ferroelectric domains in lithium niobate	5
Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s	5
Fire ant rafts	5
Fractionalized electrons in moiré materials	5
Physics should acknowledge its environmental impact and act on it	5
Did you check for ravens?	5
Delivering fusion energy needs bold decisions and sustained commitment	5
Acoustic resonances in non-Hermitian open systems	5
RF dressing with two-component fermions in optical lattices	5
Black scientists at Bell Labs	4
Learning the flow	4
Worming their way into a blob	4
Freezing droplets that de-ice themselves	4
Five books that put physics in context	4
No sign of sterile neutrinos but anomalies remain	4
Hidden in plain sight	4
Entanglement between a pair of top quarks	4
Neural operators for accelerating scientific simulations and design	4
Fantastic titles and where to find them	4
Elongated cells in 3D clusters are more motile	4
Quantum enhancement in generative models	4
Nanoscale magnetic field imaging for 2D materials	4
AI is no substitute for having something to say	4
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics	3
50 years of quantum spin liquids	3
From swarms to films	3
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin	3
Light-induced emergent phenomena in 2D materials and topological materials	3
Concept, implementations and applications of Fourier ptychography	3
First-principles calculations for topological quantum materials	3
Ten books for ten years of Higgs	3
Why a culture of brilliance is bad for physics	3
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication	3
Non-Hermitian topology and exceptional-point geometries	3
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	3
A fresh understanding of the Mpemba effect	3
High-temperature superconductivity	3
The importance of documenting failure	3
Seventy-five years of quantum electrodynamics	3
Spinning a strong yarn	3
Strategic control of atomic-scale defects for tuning properties in metals	3
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	3
40 years of quantum computing	3
Simulation-based inference in particle physics	3
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background	2
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	2
How to incorporate climate change into high-school physics	2
Optical superlattices in quantum gas microscopy	2
A series of fast-paced advances in Quantum Error Correction	2
Orbital angular momentum lasers	2
A meeting point for art and science	2
Farewells and hellos at Nature Reviews Physics	2
Chiral spintronics	2
Controlling covalent chemistry on graphene oxide	2
Entropy, irreversibility and inference at the foundations of statistical physics	2
A look at the full stack	2
New directions in hypernuclear physics	2
How the Bell tests changed quantum physics	2
Imaging with metamaterials	2
Laser trapping and manipulation of exciton–polariton quantum fluids	2
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution	2
Ionic gate spectroscopy of 2D semiconductors	2
How to optimize high-order harmonic generation in gases	2
Advances in machine-learning-based sampling motivated by lattice quantum chromodynamics	2
30 years of exoplanet detections	2
25 years of small-world network theory	2
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	2
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence	2
Learning many-electron wavefunctions with deep neural networks	1
Exploring billion-atom-scale quantum materials using linear scaling quantum transport	1
More and different at the interface	1