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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Peer review in a changing world	1915
Hares and hounds	351
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	332
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets	315
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise	276
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	259
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	243
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	236
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources	219
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	210
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics	204
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	199
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	191
Science in the age of large language models	189
Tree of light	189
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	185
Physicists and the first computing revolution	185
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	181
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	181
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	166
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting	156
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	152
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	141
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	139
Diffusion metamaterials	139

Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	137
Did you check for ravens?	137
From swarms to films	135
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin	127
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	125
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication	120
Visualizing big science projects	118
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution	117
50 years of quantum spin liquids	116
25 years of small-world network theory	112
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	110
100 years of ferroelectricity	106
Nanoscale magnetic field imaging for 2D materials	106
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	105
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour	104
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	103
Quantum sensing for particle physics	98
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	97
More and different at the interface	96
JWST sees little red dots	94
Indian space science missions	93
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	89
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	88
New approaches to dark matter detection	88
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	87
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence	86
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	83
15 years of topological insulators	82
Physical limits in electromagnetism	82
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	80
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	80
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	77
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics	77
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences	76
The physics of fizz	72
An AI-toolkit to develop and share research into new materials	71
Algae patterns	68
Artificial dynamical effects in quantum field theory	66
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	66
Calling all early-career physicists	66
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases	64
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems	61
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	59
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	58
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter	57
Collective motion strategies of sheep	56
Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments	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	50

Data sharing varies across physics	49
Physics in Latin America	47
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions	44
Benchmarking quantum computers	43
Progress in quantum teleportation	42
Current numbers of qubits and their uses	41
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice	41
A century of Compton scattering	41
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir	40
Weaving smooth 3D shapes with curved ribbons	39
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry	39
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging	37
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	36
70 years of CERN	36
The Stern–Gerlach experiment at 100	35
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	34
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing	33
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay	33
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena	32
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	31
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets	30
Physics words with surprising origins	29
How technology made condensed matter physics boring	28
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars	28
Discovery of the odderon	28
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron	27
Probing surface motion above ambient temperature with helium spin-echo spectroscopy	27
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences	27
An AI pipeline to investigate the binding properties of poorly annotated molecules	26
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how	26
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton	26
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity	25
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	25
Fire ant rafts	24
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate	24
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems	24
Author Correction: Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures	24
Topological thermal transport	24
Spinning a strong yarn	23
A meeting point for art and science	22
Five books that put physics in context	22
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences	21
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background	21
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics	21
Orbital angular momentum lasers	20
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond	20
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence	20
Fluctuating into a biofilm	19
Noncommuting conserved charges in quantum thermodynamics and beyond	19
Drop friction	19
Author Correction: Cycling Fermi arc electrons with Weyl orbits	19
Pushing big science frontiers in China	19
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization	19