Most-cited Physics and Astronomy papers of 2024, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Physics and Astronomy research papers published in 2024, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. A comprehensive electron wavefunction analysis toolbox for chemists, Multiwfn
   Tian Lu · 2024 · 5,183 citations
2. Review of Particle Physics
   Sergio Navas, C. Amsler et al. · 2024 · 3,604 citations · Free PDF
3. Bilby: A User-friendly Bayesian Inference Library for Gravitational-wave Astronomy
   G. Ashton, M. T. Hübner et al. · 2024 · 791 citations
4. Altermagnetic lifting of Kramers spin degeneracy
   Juraj Krempaský, Libor Šmejkal et al. · 2024 · 689 citations · Free PDF
5. Euclid
   Y. Mellier, Abdurrouf et al. · 2024 · 617 citations · Free PDF
6. CREST—A program for the exploration of low-energy molecular chemical space
   Philipp Pracht, Stefan Grimme et al. · 2024 · 569 citations
7. Little Red Dots: An Abundant Population of Faint Active Galactic Nuclei at z ∼ 5 Revealed by the EIGER and FRESCO JWST Surveys
   Jorryt Matthee, Rohan P. Naidu et al. · 2024 · 540 citations · Free PDF
8. The NANOGrav 11-year data set: High-precision timing of 45 millisecond pulsars
   Zaven Arzoumanian, Adam Brazier et al. · 2024 · 504 citations
9. GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run
   R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott et al. · 2024 · 496 citations · Free PDF
10. The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results with ∼1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using the Full 5 yr Data Set
    M. Acevedo, M. Aguena et al. · 2024 · 450 citations · Free PDF
11. Broken Kramers Degeneracy in Altermagnetic MnTe
    Suyoung Lee, Sangjae Lee et al. · 2024 · 440 citations · Free PDF
12. Altermagnetism: Exploring New Frontiers in Magnetism and Spintronics
    Ling Bai, Wanxiang Feng et al. · 2024 · 434 citations · Free PDF
13. UNCOVER Spectroscopy Confirms the Surprising Ubiquity of Active Galactic Nuclei in Red Sources at z > 5
    Jenny E. Greene, Ivo Labbé et al. · 2024 · 429 citations · Free PDF
14. Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment
    H. Abu-Shawareb, Robert L. Acree et al. · 2024 · 428 citations · Free PDF
15. Direct observation of altermagnetic band splitting in CrSb thin films
    Sonka Reimers, Lukas Odenbreit et al. · 2024 · 427 citations · Free PDF
16. Observation of time-reversal symmetry breaking in the band structure of altermagnetic RuO 2
    O. Fedchenko, J. Minář et al. · 2024 · 389 citations · Free PDF
17. The SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey
    A. Merloni, G. Lamer et al. · 2024 · 376 citations · Free PDF
18. JADES
    R. Maiolino, Jan Scholtz et al. · 2024 · 373 citations · Free PDF
19. The NANOGrav 11 Year Data Set: Pulsar-timing constraints on the Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background
    Zaven Arzoumanian, P. T. Baker et al. · 2024 · 368 citations
20. The Early Data Release of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
    A. G. Adame, J. Aguilar et al. · 2024 · 350 citations · Free PDF
21. A small and vigorous black hole in the early Universe
    R. Maiolino, Jan Scholtz et al. · 2024 · 345 citations · Free PDF
22. Precision measures of the primordial abundance of deuterium
    Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini et al. · 2024 · 314 citations
23. Observation of a giant band splitting in altermagnetic MnTe
    T. Osumi, S. Souma et al. · 2024 · 293 citations
24. A NICER View of the Nearest and Brightest Millisecond Pulsar: PSR J0437–4715
    Devarshi Choudhury, Tuomo Salmi et al. · 2024 · 289 citations · Free PDF
25. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the DR6 CMB Lensing Power Spectrum and Its Implications for Structure Growth
    Frank J. Qu, Blake D. Sherwin et al. · 2024 · 282 citations · Free PDF

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