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Top 100 in Physics | Scientific Reports

The Scientific Reports team is pleased to announce the most read* articles from 2021 in Physics. Featuring authors from around the world, these papers highlight valuable research from an international community.

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In 2021, Scientific Reports published over 1,120 Physics papers and we are pleased to share with you 100 of the most downloaded articles* from last year. 

Top 100 in Physics

Congratulations to all authors who contributed to these highly valuable research papers!

 

*Data obtained from SN Insights, which is based on Digital Science's Dimensions.

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Silvia Butera
Senior Editor, Springer Nature

I did my PhD at Heriot-Watt University, and postdoc at University of Sussex. My research was in semiconductor detector physics.

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