Nature Reviews Physics

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Physics is 2. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Hares and hounds502
Peer review in a changing world482
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model477
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits448
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials353
Spontaneous vortex formation in rotating fluids330
Let’s talk about limitations306
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics293
Mechanobiology across timescales275
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage266
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas264
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes231
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging224
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources221
Science in the age of large language models201
Navigating an incomplete network using a map198
Physicists and the first computing revolution197
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology192
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics184
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation181
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team176
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials165
Shorebird feeding reveals a new liquid transport mechanism161
Diffusion metamaterials160
Did you check for ravens?156
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle156
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible151
From swarms to films149
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics146
Quantum sensing for particle physics145
US–China collaboration as a catalyst for the early development of quantum physics140
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials137
Precise pulse characterization using SHG-FROG131
25 years of small-world network theory123
50 years of quantum spin liquids122
Ultrafast physics with structured light122
JWST sees little red dots118
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes117
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them116
Patently funny and possibly useful114
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers112
15 years of topological insulators111
More and different at the interface110
Physical limits in electromagnetism105
Meeting report: all-female speaker line-up in condensed matter104
New approaches to dark matter detection103
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration102
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics100
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids93
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development93
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence91
Upconverting nanoparticles for biomedical applications87
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing83
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences81
The physics of fizz80
Calling all early-career physicists79
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations69
Algae patterns69
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases66
The Yang–Mills Millennium problem66
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter65
Artificial dynamical effects in quantum field theory65
Point defects in metal halide perovskites65
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications60
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter57
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex56
Data sharing varies across physics56
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments55
W boson mass is worth the wait55
Physics in Latin America54
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions53
Topological phonons in graphene52
Collective motion strategies of sheep50
Current numbers of qubits and their uses48
Benchmarking quantum computers46
Progress in quantum teleportation46
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging45
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice45
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir44
70 years of CERN43
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing42
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy41
A century of Compton scattering41
Scientists need a break too41
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry40
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena40
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay39
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy38
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging37
How technology made condensed matter physics boring36
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets36
Physics words with surprising origins36
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars36
Topological thermal transport35
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron35
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton34
Warm dense matter studies with X-ray free-electron lasers34
Nobel 2005: coherence and precision spectroscopy34
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems34
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how34
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science34
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences32
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate32
Nobel 1985: the quantum Hall effect32
Cryogenic electron microscopy and tomography for beam-sensitive materials31
An AI pipeline to investigate the binding properties of poorly annotated molecules30
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity30
A meeting point for art and science29
Fire ant rafts29
Five books that put physics in context28
Go to talks by women28
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics28
Cooper pairs in a metallic state27
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background26
Size-controlled growth of anisotropic gold nanoparticles25
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence25
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond24
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences24
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization24
Orbital angular momentum lasers24
Fifty years of ‘More is different’23
Metrics for spin-based computing23
Fluctuating into a biofilm23
Pushing big science frontiers in China23
Spin-torque driven skyrmion resonance23
50 years of spin glass theory23
Drop friction22
Connecting physicists across Africa and the world22
Noncommuting conserved charges in quantum thermodynamics and beyond22
Symmetry emerging from the algorithmic nature of evolution20
Using Bayesian parameter estimation to learn more from data without black boxes19
Scientific biographies for the beach19
How libraries classified physics preprints before arXiv and set the stage for distinguishing insiders from outsiders19
The AI revolution is always just out of reach19
Olfactory cues and memories in animal navigation18
Publisher Correction: Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials18
Machine learning in the search for new fundamental physics18
Janus-like magnetic particles for spin-controlled biological research18
Serendipity in an algorithm-driven culture17
Solving Feynman’s sprinkler puzzle16
Introducing the Nature Reviews Physics Advisory Board16
Collapsing bubbles with broken symmetry16
The many facets of impact15
Multiscale modelling of twisted bilayers of 2D materials15
Morpho-Enhanced Polarization Microscopy14
Radiacoustic imaging14
Carrier transport in emerging 2D materials12
The physics of cats12
The precision measurement of the W boson mass and its impact on physics12
Physics of sphere packings12
Author Correction: Topological phenomena at defects in acoustic, photonic and solid-state lattices12
Author Correction: Optical superoscillation technologies beyond the diffraction limit11
Material insights on electronic transport of charge and heat from first principles11
Too much efficiency leads to delays11
Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization11
Tips for writing opinion articles10
Anomalies in particle physics and their implications for physics beyond the standard model9
Limitations and possibilities of topological photonics9
Nature Reviews Physics turns five9
Forty years of the Ellis–Baldwin test9
Interpreting coherence in wall turbulence9
Publisher Correction: Resonant anomalous X-ray reflectivity for revealing ion distributions near electrodes9
Predicting high-entropy alloy phases with machine learning9
Nobel 1965: to infinity and beyond9
How the Cold War changed quantum education9
30 years of orbital angular momentum of light8
How to set up your first machine learning project in astronomy8
Structure and flow of low-dimensional water8
On scientific understanding with artificial intelligence8
Yielding and plasticity in amorphous solids8
Graph neural networks at the Large Hadron Collider8
Controlling water waves with artificial structures8
A festival of cosmic fireworks7
Rigor with machine learning from field theory to the Poincaré conjecture7
The mechanics of emus’ unusual gait7
Review of performance metrics of spin qubits in gated semiconducting nanostructures7
Global tuning of hadronic interaction models with accelerator-based and astroparticle data7
Should artificial intelligence be interpretable to humans?7
How multiscale curvature couples forces to cellular functions7
The hidden sustainability cost of the reproducibility crisis7
A milestone in fusion research is reached6
Delivering fusion energy needs bold decisions and sustained commitment6
No sign of sterile neutrinos but anomalies remain6
Thouless pumping and topology6
The physics of 3D printing with light6
Ten books for ten years of Higgs6
Physics of exotic nuclei6
Unlocking i-process nucleosynthesis by bridging stellar and nuclear physics6
Farewells and hellos at Nature Reviews Physics6
The physics of optical computing6
Physics should acknowledge its environmental impact and act on it5
Fractionalized electrons in moiré materials5
Photophysical properties of materials for high-speed photodetection5
Nanoscale laser writing of 3D ferroelectric domains in lithium niobate5
The importance of documenting failure5
Platforms for the realization and characterization of Tomonaga–Luttinger liquids5
Preserving orbital angular momentum in scattering media5
The Higgs announcement as open science5
Publisher Correction: Polariton condensates for classical and quantum computing5
Quantum computing for finance5
A method for generating constrained surrogate power laws4
Packing finite numbers of spheres efficiently4
Pervasive machine learning in physics4
Physics and the empirical gap of trustworthy AI4
AI-driven research in pure mathematics and theoretical physics4
Walkable cities4
Non-Hermitian topology and exceptional-point geometries4
Defining physicists’ relationship with AI4
Research needs both academia and industry4
Nobel 1945: the exclusion principle4
Determining intrinsic sensitivity and the role of multiple scattering in speckle metrology4
How to optimize high-order harmonic generation in gases4
Ultrafast carrier dynamics of magnetic topological insulators4
The surprising history of abstracts4
Network renormalization4
How quantum biosensing is transforming healthcare4
Replicability and the evolution of scientific norms3
Author Correction: Advances in artificial spin ice3
Balancing innovation and safety in FLASH radiotherapy3
Physics of the cryosphere3
Applications of single photons in quantum metrology, biology and the foundations of quantum physics3
Shaping the history of quantum physics to make women visible3
Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate3
The humanities can help make physics greener3
Petahertz electronics3
A brief history of the ‘physicist’3
Quantum states and intertwining phases in kagome materials3
70 years of Turing patterns3
Bottom-up mesoscopic coarse-graining of soft matter3
A tiny titanium:sapphire laser on a chip3
Superconductivity in infinite-layer and Ruddlesden–Popper nickelates3
Bringing quantum physics to new generations2
Neutrinos from explosive transients at the dawn of multi-messenger astronomy2
Nanoscale diamond quantum sensors for many-body physics2
Morphogenesis beyond in vivo2
Probing charge density in materials with atomic resolution in real space2
Science should inspire, but visions need nuance2
Assessing the skills gap for the UK’s quantum missions2
Protocols and tools to enable reproducibility in 2D materials research2
First-principles calculations for Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction2
How to verify the precision of density-functional-theory implementations via reproducible and universal workflows2
Why is the nuclear–AI analogy so popular?2
The difficult but necessary role of political engagement for scientists2
An international physics conference in Ukraine2
Art as a catalyst for promoting sustainable research2
Three decades of the search for life on other planets2
Engagement opportunities on the continuum between science and policy2
Tensor networks for quantum computing2
Dipolar many-body complexes and their interactions in stacked 2D heterobilayers2
50 years of Penrose tilings2
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