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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Physics-informed machine learning	1852
Variational quantum algorithms	961
Physics for neuromorphic computing	434
Fundamental understanding and applications of plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	321
Band structure engineering and non-equilibrium dynamics in Floquet topological insulators	317
From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor nanowires	256
Higher-order band topology	255
Economic complexity theory and applications	248
Advances in high-dimensional quantum entanglement	242
Tools for quantum simulation with ultracold atoms in optical lattices	203
Chiral spintronics	193
Concept, implementations and applications of Fourier ptychography	182
Light–matter interactions with photonic quasiparticles	181
Semiconductor qubits in practice	165
Quantum certification and benchmarking	164
Modelling COVID-19	163
The potential and global outlook of integrated photonics for quantum technologies	161
Domain-wall engineering and topological defects in ferroelectric and ferroelastic materials	152
Graphene nanoribbons for quantum electronics	144
Engineering symmetry breaking in 2D layered materials	137
Foundations of complexity economics	134
Physicochemical hydrodynamics of droplets out of equilibrium	128
Ising machines as hardware solvers of combinatorial optimization problems	124
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of brain anatomy and in vivo histology	117
Non-line-of-sight imaging	114

Non-Hermitian topology and exceptional-point geometries	110
Topological active matter	109
Physical foundations and basic properties of magnetic skyrmions	108
Nonlinear Hall effects	107
Non-Fourier phonon heat conduction at the microscale and nanoscale	105
Light-induced emergent phenomena in 2D materials and topological materials	97
Network geometry	96
The physics of financial networks	95
Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s	94
Quantum phases driven by strong correlations	92
Making clean electrical contacts on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides	91
Measuring molecular magnets for quantum technologies	90
Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics	89
Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials	84
Measuring mechanical stress in living tissues	83
40 years of the quantum Hall effect	83
The origins of massive black holes	83
Controlling covalent chemistry on graphene oxide	80
Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures	77
Axion physics in condensed-matter systems	75
On scientific understanding with artificial intelligence	73
Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems	73
Superconductivity, superfluidity and quantum geometry in twisted multilayer systems	72
Quantum equilibration, thermalization and prethermalization in ultracold atoms	71
Comparing acoustic and optical forces for biomedical research	67
Imaging with metamaterials	67
The randomized measurement toolbox	66
Experimental signatures of the chiral anomaly in Dirac–Weyl semimetals	64
Using X-ray free-electron lasers for spectroscopy of molecular catalysts and metalloenzymes	62
Quantum sensors for biomedical applications	61
Probing topological quantum matter with scanning tunnelling microscopy	61
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage	60
Chiral magnetic effect reveals the topology of gauge fields in heavy-ion collisions	60
Prospects for quantum enhancement with diabatic quantum annealing	59
Nanoscale control by chemically vapour-deposited polymers	57
High-temperature superconductivity	57
Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments	54
Physics of viral dynamics	54
First-principles calculations for Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction	54
Polariton condensates for classical and quantum computing	52
Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials	52
Orbital magnetic states in moiré graphene systems	52
Science in the age of large language models	51
Time irreversibility in active matter, from micro to macro	51
Physics and biomedical challenges of cancer therapy with accelerated heavy ions	48
First-principles calculations for topological quantum materials	48
Thermal conductivity of materials under pressure	48
Light–matter interaction at atomic scales	47
Rashba-like physics in condensed matter	47
Review of performance metrics of spin qubits in gated semiconducting nanostructures	47

Computer-inspired quantum experiments	47
New physics from the polarized light of the cosmic microwave background	47
Optical superoscillation technologies beyond the diffraction limit	46
What we know and what we don’t know about the proton spin after 30 years	46
The thorium-229 low-energy isomer and the nuclear clock	45
Guide to optical spectroscopy of layered semiconductors	45
Quantum rotations of nanoparticles	45
Scientific machine learning benchmarks	45
Nanoscale magnetic field imaging for 2D materials	44
Opportunities in topological insulator devices	44
Engineering of microfabricated ion traps and integration of advanced on-chip features	44
Gaussian processes for autonomous data acquisition at large-scale synchrotron and neutron facilities	44
The emerging commercial landscape of quantum computing	44
The proton size	43
What human mobility data tell us about COVID-19 spread	43
Detecting and distinguishing Majorana zero modes with the scanning tunnelling microscope	42
Quantum programming languages	42
Searching for new phenomena with profile likelihood ratio tests	39
Diffusion metamaterials	39
A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics	38
Machine learning and density functional theory	38
Emergent mystery in the Kondo insulator samarium hexaboride	38
Collective excitations in 2D materials	37
Engineered dissipation for quantum information science	35
Topological methods for data modelling	35
Machine learning in the search for new fundamental physics	32
Non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensation in photonic systems	30
Understanding dense hydrogen at planetary conditions	30
Microwave impedance microscopy and its application to quantum materials	29
The dawn of the nickel age of superconductivity	28
Learning quantum systems	28
Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing	28
The physics of particle formation and deposition during breathing	28
Quantum computing for finance	27
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behaviour	27
Thouless pumping and topology	27
New directions in hypernuclear physics	27
Amyloid formation as a protein phase transition	27
A fresh understanding of the Mpemba effect	25
Trapped ion quantum computing turns 25	24
Anyons in quantum Hall interferometry	24
Physical limits in electromagnetism	24
Science in the age of machine learning	24
Tests of fundamental quantum mechanics and dark interactions with low-energy neutrons	23
Understanding planet formation using microgravity experiments	23
Ionic gate spectroscopy of 2D semiconductors	22
Laboratory spectroscopy techniques to enable observations of interstellar ion chemistry	22
Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials	22
History of the HITRAN Database	22
100 years of ferroelectricity	21
Progress in quantum teleportation	21
The physics of respiratory particle generation, fate in the air, and inhalation	21
30 years of orbital angular momentum of light	20
How to optimize high-order harmonic generation in gases	20
Quantum many-body physics from a gravitational lens	19
Cycling Fermi arc electrons with Weyl orbits	19
The importance of international standards for the graphene community	19
Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging	19
The development of XFELs	19
Complexity science approach to economic crime	19