OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Physics is 17. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Physics-informed machine learning	2512
Variational quantum algorithms	1275
Higher-order band topology	326
Economic complexity theory and applications	305
Chiral spintronics	262
The potential and global outlook of integrated photonics for quantum technologies	231
Concept, implementations and applications of Fourier ptychography	217
Semiconductor qubits in practice	198
Ising machines as hardware solvers of combinatorial optimization problems	193
Graphene nanoribbons for quantum electronics	189
Engineering symmetry breaking in 2D layered materials	172
Non-Hermitian topology and exceptional-point geometries	164
Foundations of complexity economics	163
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of brain anatomy and in vivo histology	150
Nonlinear Hall effects	147
Non-Fourier phonon heat conduction at the microscale and nanoscale	134
Light-induced emergent phenomena in 2D materials and topological materials	131
Network geometry	121
Making clean electrical contacts on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides	121
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	120
The randomized measurement toolbox	120
Quantum phases driven by strong correlations	117
Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s	117
Controlling covalent chemistry on graphene oxide	114
On scientific understanding with artificial intelligence	114

Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	114
The physics of financial networks	114
Superconductivity, superfluidity and quantum geometry in twisted multilayer systems	114
The origins of massive black holes	113
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics	113
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems	107
Measuring molecular magnets for quantum technologies	106
Science in the age of large language models	98
Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures	98
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	88
Imaging with metamaterials	86
Polariton condensates for classical and quantum computing	82
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	77
Experimental signatures of the chiral anomaly in Dirac–Weyl semimetals	77
Diffusion metamaterials	74
Probing topological quantum matter with scanning tunnelling microscopy	72
Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments	72
Using X-ray free-electron lasers for spectroscopy of molecular catalysts and metalloenzymes	72
First-principles calculations for Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction	71
New physics from the polarized light of the cosmic microwave background	70
Opportunities in topological insulator devices	70
Prospects for quantum enhancement with diabatic quantum annealing	69
Chiral magnetic effect reveals the topology of gauge fields in heavy-ion collisions	68
High-temperature superconductivity	67
Physics of viral dynamics	67
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	66
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	65
The thorium-229 low-energy isomer and the nuclear clock	64
Optical superoscillation technologies beyond the diffraction limit	63
Physics and biomedical challenges of cancer therapy with accelerated heavy ions	62
The superconducting diode effect	62
Orbital magnetic states in moiré graphene systems	61
Quantum computing for finance	61
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	60
First-principles calculations for topological quantum materials	60
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	60
Light–matter interaction at atomic scales	59
Review of performance metrics of spin qubits in gated semiconducting nanostructures	59
Thermal conductivity of materials under pressure	58
Scientific machine learning benchmarks	57
Quantum rotations of nanoparticles	57
Quantum programming languages	57
Time irreversibility in active matter, from micro to macro	57
What we know and what we don’t know about the proton spin after 30 years	56
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	55
Nanoscale magnetic field imaging for 2D materials	55
Gaussian processes for autonomous data acquisition at large-scale synchrotron and neutron facilities	54
Applications of bound states in the continuum in photonics	54
Guide to optical spectroscopy of layered semiconductors	53
Thouless pumping and topology	52

Amyloid formation as a protein phase transition	52
Detecting and distinguishing Majorana zero modes with the scanning tunnelling microscope	51
Machine learning in the search for new fundamental physics	51
The physics of optical computing	50
Machine learning and density functional theory	48
Progress in quantum teleportation	46
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems	45
Learning quantum systems	44
Topological phenomena at defects in acoustic, photonic and solid-state lattices	44
Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials	44
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter	44
Quantum simulation of fundamental particles and forces	39
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	38
Topological methods for data modelling	37
Robustness and resilience of complex networks	36
Microwave impedance microscopy and its application to quantum materials	36
The physics of particle formation and deposition during breathing	34
How to optimize high-order harmonic generation in gases	33
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	33
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour	32
The dawn of the nickel age of superconductivity	32
A fresh understanding of the Mpemba effect	32
New directions in hypernuclear physics	31
The physics of respiratory particle generation, fate in the air, and inhalation	30
Anyons in quantum Hall interferometry	30
History of the HITRAN Database	29
Tests of fundamental quantum mechanics and dark interactions with low-energy neutrons	28
Modern computational studies of the glass transition	28
Physical limits in electromagnetism	28
Atmospheric ice nucleation	27
100 years of ferroelectricity	27
30 years of orbital angular momentum of light	26
Superconductivity and correlated phases in non-twisted bilayer and trilayer graphene	26
Proliferating active matter	26
Quantum states and intertwining phases in kagome materials	25
Understanding planet formation using microgravity experiments	24
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	24
Ionic gate spectroscopy of 2D semiconductors	24
r-Process nucleosynthesis in gravitational-wave and other explosive astrophysical events	23
Resolving conclusions about the early Universe requires accurate nuclear measurements	22
The physics of 3D printing with light	22
Applications of single photons in quantum metrology, biology and the foundations of quantum physics	22
Cycling Fermi arc electrons with Weyl orbits	22
A milestone in fusion research is reached	22
40 years of quantum computing	21
Wigner crystals in flat band 2D electron systems	20
20 years of solid-state nanopores	20
The importance of international standards for the graphene community	20
Lessons on interpretable machine learning from particle physics	19
Disordered mechanical metamaterials	19
Fifty years of ‘More is different’	18
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution	18
Lessons from arXiv’s 30 years of information sharing	18
The Higgs boson implications and prospects for future discoveries	17
Power laws in physics	17
Poincaré engineering of surface plasmon polaritons	17
The role of spin in thermoelectricity	17