OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Physics is 19. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Peer review in a changing world	368
Hares and hounds	351
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	340
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets	283
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	278
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	275
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics	229
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise	225
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources	214
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	210
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials	203
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	199
Science in the age of large language models	198
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	195
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	193
Tree of light	190
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	187
Physicists and the first computing revolution	185
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	163
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	155
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting	146
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	146
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	144
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	142
Diffusion metamaterials	140

Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	140
Did you check for ravens?	134
From swarms to films	133
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin	128
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	122
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication	121
Visualizing big science projects	120
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution	119
100 years of ferroelectricity	115
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	112
Nanoscale magnetic field imaging for 2D materials	110
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour	109
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	109
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	104
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	103
50 years of quantum spin liquids	102
Quantum sensing for particle physics	101
25 years of small-world network theory	100
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	98
More and different at the interface	97
JWST sees little red dots	93
Indian space science missions	92
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	91
New approaches to dark matter detection	89
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	87
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	86
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence	85
Physical limits in electromagnetism	83
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	83
15 years of topological insulators	83
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	79
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	78
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	75
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics	75
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences	73
An AI-toolkit to develop and share research into new materials	71
The physics of fizz	71
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	71
Artificial dynamical effects in quantum field theory	70
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases	67
Point defects in metal halide perovskites	65
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems	62
Calling all early-career physicists	58
Algae patterns	58
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	57
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	57
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter	56
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments	55
Collective motion strategies of sheep	55
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex	53

Topological phonons in graphene	51
W boson mass is worth the wait	49
Data sharing varies across physics	45
Physics in Latin America	44
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions	43
Progress in quantum teleportation	42
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice	41
Benchmarking quantum computers	41
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir	41
Current numbers of qubits and their uses	41
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry	38
70 years of CERN	37
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging	37
The Stern–Gerlach experiment at 100	35
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena	35
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay	34
A century of Compton scattering	33
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	33
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing	31
Scientists need a break too	30
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	29
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	29
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets	29
Discovery of the odderon	28
Physics words with surprising origins	28
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars	28
How technology made condensed matter physics boring	28
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron	27
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences	27
Probing surface motion above ambient temperature with helium spin-echo spectroscopy	26
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how	26
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems	25
An AI pipeline to investigate the binding properties of poorly annotated molecules	25
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity	25
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate	25
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	25
Topological thermal transport	24
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton	24
Fire ant rafts	23
Five books that put physics in context	23
Spinning a strong yarn	23
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics	22
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences	22
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background	22
A meeting point for art and science	22
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence	21
Orbital angular momentum lasers	20
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond	20
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization	20
Drop friction	19
Pushing big science frontiers in China	19
Fifty years of ‘More is different’	19
Fluctuating into a biofilm	19
Author Correction: Cycling Fermi arc electrons with Weyl orbits	19