Most-cited articles by year
Applied Physics Letters
American Institute of Physics · ISSN 0003-6951 · 141,868 works in OpenAlex · h-index 559
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Applied Physics Letters published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 100 of 2,718 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 100 of 2,414 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 100 of 2,106 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 2,384 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 2,129 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 1,934 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 100 of 2,351 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 100 of 2,890 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 3,118 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Applied Physics Letters published between 1,934 and 3,118 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 100. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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