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Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Physics is 21. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Hares and hounds	390
Peer review in a changing world	389
Characterization and control of non-Markovian quantum noise	376
Ultrafast magneto-optical measurements for probing magnon–phonon interactions in nanomagnets	331
Tracking a long-duration gravitational-wave signal with a hidden Markov model	324
Exascale image processing for next-generation beamlines in advanced light sources	261
Ultrathin waveguides for 2D photonic integrated circuits	246
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	245
Controlling complex networks with complex nodes	236
Photoemission electron microscopy for 2D materials	230
How fast ions mitigate turbulence and enhance confinement in tokamak fusion plasmas	227
Mechanobiology across timescales	220
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering for atomic-scale spectroscopy and imaging	213
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	210
Science in the age of large language models	200
Challenges and opportunities in quantum machine learning for high-energy physics	196
Navigating an incomplete network using a map	174
Physicists and the first computing revolution	169
Tree of light	165
A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology	159
Meet the Nature Reviews Physics 2023 team	158
100 Years of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics	158
Characterizing gravitational-wave sources with likelihood reweighting	158
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	152
Twenty-five years of analogue quantum simulation	152

Diffusion metamaterials	152
Drying droplets at a printhead nozzle	143
Did you check for ravens?	141
Droplets in cell nuclei are controlled by chromatin	138
Intervening in networks to make minorities more visible	135
From swarms to films	129
Fresh perspectives on the foundations of quantum physics	124
Harnessing the power of chemically active sheets in solution	120
50 years of quantum spin liquids	120
Advancing molecular simulation with equivariant interatomic potentials	119
How spin-off companies can play a role in science communication	115
Precise pulse characterization using SHG-FROG	111
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour	110
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	108
25 years of small-world network theory	106
Quantum sensing for particle physics	105
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	101
More and different at the interface	100
Uptake of ride-sharing schemes	97
JWST sees little red dots	97
Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them	96
Programmable metasurfaces for future photonic artificial intelligence	95
Principles for demonstrating condensed phase optical refrigeration	95
Patently funny and possibly useful	93
Meeting report: all-female speaker line-up in condensed matter	89
The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids	89
Publisher Correction: Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers	88
The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics	84
15 years of topological insulators	84
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics	82
New approaches to dark matter detection	80
Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development	79
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	77
Tidal disruption events and high-energy neutrino coincidences	76
Physical limits in electromagnetism	76
The physics of fizz	75
Calling all early-career physicists	73
Shifting sands of hardware and software in exascale quantum mechanical simulations	73
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	71
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems	67
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	65
The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter	64
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases	63
Artificial dynamical effects in quantum field theory	62
Point defects in metal halide perovskites	59
Algae patterns	59
Topological phonons in graphene	52
Data sharing varies across physics	49
70 years at the high-energy frontier with the CERN accelerator complex	48
W boson mass is worth the wait	47

Nobel 1944: resonance method for measuring nuclear magnetic moments	47
Faster Monte Carlo simulations of systems with long-range interactions	46
Physics in Latin America	46
Collective motion strategies of sheep	45
Current numbers of qubits and their uses	44
Benchmarking quantum computers	42
Progress in quantum teleportation	41
Visualizing twisted 2D materials with electron channelling contrast imaging	38
Dual topological insulator found in superlattice	38
70 years of CERN	37
Author Correction: Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry	37
Blowing bubbles from a reservoir	37
An open-source initiative would benefit quantum computing	35
Scientists need a break too	34
Author Correction: High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	34
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	33
A century of Compton scattering	32
The Stern–Gerlach experiment at 100	32
Hydride superconductivity is here to stay	31
Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena	30
Nobel 1983: chemistry and evolution of stars	29
How technology made condensed matter physics boring	29
What we’ve learned about flying less for conferences	29
Physics words with surprising origins	29
Nobel 1923: determining the charge of the electron	29
Dynamics of electricity exchange markets	29
High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy	29
Wigner’s friend and relational objectivity	28
Topological thermal transport	28
Publisher Correction: Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate	28
An AI pipeline to investigate the binding properties of poorly annotated molecules	28
Nobel 1943: magnetic moment of the proton	28
Nobel 1985: the quantum Hall effect	27
Nobel 2005: coherence and precision spectroscopy	26
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	25
The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how	25
Spinning a strong yarn	25
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems	25
Fire ant rafts	25
Strong evidence for the discovery of a gravitational wave background	24
A meeting point for art and science	24
Starting a conversation about social issues in optics and photonics	24
Five books that put physics in context	24
Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization	23
Orbital angular momentum lasers	23
Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences	23
Go to talks by women	22
Directed percolation and the transition to turbulence	22
Drop friction	21
Theoretical tools for understanding the climate crisis from Hasselmann’s programme and beyond	21
Pushing big science frontiers in China	21
Spin-torque driven skyrmion resonance	21
Fluctuating into a biofilm	21