OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Physics is 22. 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
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	72
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	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
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	56
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	53
W boson mass is worth the wait	52
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex	52
Data sharing varies across physics	52
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments	51
Topological phonons in graphene	50
Physics in Latin America	50
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions	47
Benchmarking quantum computers	46
Collective motion strategies of sheep	46

Progress in quantum teleportation	46
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice	45
Current numbers of qubits and their uses	45
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging	45
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir	44
70 years of CERN	43
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry	43
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing	42
Scientists need a break too	41
A century of Compton scattering	40
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay	39
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena	38
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	38
Physics words with surprising origins	37
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	37
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	37
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets	36
How technology made condensed matter physics boring	36
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton	35
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars	35
Nobel 2005: coherence and precision spectroscopy	35
Nobel 1985: the quantum Hall effect	35
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron	35
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate	34
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences	33
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity	33
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how	31
Warm dense matter studies with X-ray free-electron lasers	29
Topological thermal transport	28
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	28
Five books that put physics in context	27
Fire ant rafts	27
Cryogenic electron microscopy and tomography for beam-sensitive materials	27
Cooper pairs in a metallic state	25
Go to talks by women	25
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics	25
Size-controlled growth of anisotropic gold nanoparticles	24
A meeting point for art and science	24
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background	24
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences	23
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization	23
Non-idealities in artificial synapses	23
Orbital angular momentum lasers	22
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond	22
Physics and chemistry perspectives on three unsolved problems in glass science	22