| 1 | Fault-tolerant quantum computation by anyons | Annals of Physics | 2003 | 5,332 |
| 2 | Anyons in an exactly solved model and beyond | Annals of Physics | 2006 | 4,146 |
| 3 | The density-matrix renormalization group in the age of matrix product states | Annals of Physics | 2011 | 3,669 |
| 4 | Two soluble models of an antiferromagnetic chain | Annals of Physics | 1961 | 3,560 |
| 5 | Chiral perturbation theory to one loop | Annals of Physics | 1984 | 3,275 |
| 6 | Quantum tunnelling in a dissipative system | Annals of Physics | 1983 | 3,033 |
| 7 | Studies of polaron motion | Annals of Physics | 1959 | 2,731 |
| 8 | Quantum electrodynamical corrections to the fine structure of helium | Annals of Physics | 1974 | 2,607 |
| 9 | Unified theory of nuclear reactions | Annals of Physics | 1958 | 2,476 |
| 10 | A unified theory of nuclear reactions. II | Annals of Physics | 1962 | 2,464 |
| 11 | Studies of polaron motion | Annals of Physics | 1959 | 2,341 |
| 12 | Topologically massive gauge theories | Annals of Physics | 1982 | 2,340 |
| 13 | Local phenomenological nucleon-nucleon potentials | Annals of Physics | 1968 | 2,292 |
| 14 | The theory of a general quantum system interacting with a linear dissipative system | Annals of Physics | 1963 | 2,241 |
| 15 | On the general theory of collisions for particles with spin | Annals of Physics | 1959 | 1,943 |
| 16 | A theory of highly condensed matter | Annals of Physics | 1974 | 1,855 |
| 17 | Black holes in higher dimensional space-times | Annals of Physics | 1986 | 1,752 |
| 18 | Metal–insulator transition in a weakly interacting many-electron system with localized single-particle states | Annals of Physics | 2006 | 1,719 |
| 19 | Factorized S-matrices in two dimensions as the exact solutions of certain relativistic quantum field theory models | Annals of Physics | 1979 | 1,552 |
| 20 | A practical introduction to tensor networks: Matrix product states and projected entangled pair states | Annals of Physics | 2014 | 1,533 |
| 21 | Unified interactions of leptons and hadrons | Annals of Physics | 1975 | 1,465 |
| 22 | Proximity forces | Annals of Physics | 1977 | 1,429 |
| 23 | Transient relativistic thermodynamics and kinetic theory | Annals of Physics | 1979 | 1,408 |
| 24 | The one-dimensional Ising model with a transverse field | Annals of Physics | 1970 | 1,389 |
| 25 | Stability in gauged extended supergravity | Annals of Physics | 1982 | 1,387 |
| 26 | Partition function of the Eight-Vertex lattice model | Annals of Physics | 1972 | 1,372 |
| 27 | Renormalization of gauge theories | Annals of Physics | 1976 | 1,320 |
| 28 | Interacting boson model of collective states I. The vibrational limit | Annals of Physics | 1976 | 1,300 |
| 29 | Theory of the condensation point | Annals of Physics | 1967 | 1,108 |
| 30 | Statistical theory of the decay of metastable states | Annals of Physics | 1969 | 1,100 |
| 31 | The infrared divergence phenomena and high-energy processes | Annals of Physics | 1961 | 1,095 |
| 32 | Deformation theory and quantization. I. Deformations of symplectic structures | Annals of Physics | 1978 | 1,071 |
| 33 | Role of surface integrals in the Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity | Annals of Physics | 1974 | 1,069 |
| 34 | Interacting boson model of collective nuclear states II. The rotational limit | Annals of Physics | 1978 | 1,034 |
| 35 | A new improved energy-momentum tensor | Annals of Physics | 1970 | 1,014 |
| 36 | Optimal state-determination by mutually unbiased measurements | Annals of Physics | 1989 | 1,012 |
| 37 | Nonstationary irreversible thermodynamics: A causal relativistic theory | Annals of Physics | 1976 | 1,011 |
| 38 | Three-dimensional Einstein gravity: Dynamics of flat space | Annals of Physics | 1984 | 988 |
| 39 | The scattering of fast nucleons from nuclei | Annals of Physics | 1959 | 971 |
| 40 | Hydrodynamic equations and correlation functions | Annals of Physics | 1963 | 943 |
| 41 | Equilibrium configurations of rotating charged or gravitating liquid masses with surface tension. II | Annals of Physics | 1974 | 929 |
| 42 | Theory of strong interactions | Annals of Physics | 1960 | 913 |
| 43 | Classical physics as geometry | Annals of Physics | 1957 | 890 |
| 44 | Kinetic equations and time correlation functions of critical fluctuations | Annals of Physics | 1970 | 885 |
| 45 | On the superradiant phase transition for molecules in a quantized radiation field: the dicke maser model | Annals of Physics | 1973 | 859 |
| 46 | Interacting boson model of collective nuclear states IV. The O(6) limit | Annals of Physics | 1979 | 859 |
| 47 | The cold atom Hubbard toolbox | Annals of Physics | 2005 | 839 |
| 48 | Relativistic mean field theory for finite nuclei | Annals of Physics | 1990 | 819 |
| 49 | Topological invariant and the quantization of the Hall conductance | Annals of Physics | 1985 | 785 |
| 50 | Hydrodynamics and phases of flocks | Annals of Physics | 2005 | 770 |