Top 50 Physics Articles

We are pleased to announce the most downloaded* Nature Communications physics articles from 2020. Featuring authors from around the world, these papers highlight valuable research from an international community.
Top 50 Physics Articles
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In 2020, Nature Communications published over 6,400 articles. We have put together a collection of the Top 50 physics articles from last year, covering the fields of optics and photonics, machine learning, quantum mechanics, spintronics and much more.

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

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* Data obtained from SN Insights (based on Digital Science's Dimensions) and has been normalised to account for articles published later in the year.

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