Celebrating the impact of research published through the UK transformative agreement in 2025
The open access articles featured in this celebratory collection have been selected for the great impact they have achieved in such a short period of time.
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Paper | Open Access
Robustness of dark energy phenomenology across different parameterizations
William J. Wolf et al, University of Oxford
2025 JCAP 05 (2025)034 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/05/034
Topical Review | Open Access
Structural chirality and related properties in periodic inorganic solids: review and perspectives
Emma E McCabe et al, Durham University
2025 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 37 163004 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/adb674
Letter | Open Access
Quantifying the acceleration of multidecadal global sea surface warming driven by Earth’s energy imbalance
Christopher J Merchant et al, University of Reading
2025 Environ. Res. Lett. 20 024037 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adaa8a
Perspective | Open Access
Machine learning applications to computational plasma physics and reduced-order plasma modeling: a perspective
Farbod Faraji and Maryam Reza, Imperial College London
2025 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 58 102002 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ada167
Paper | Open Access
GetDist: a Python package for analysing Monte Carlo samples
Antony Lewis, University of Sussex
2025 JCAP 08 (2025)025 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/08/025
Paper | Open Access
Producing micro impressions on Al6061 under alumina-mixed deionized water as dielectric during electric discharge machining
Muhammad Umar Farooq et al, University of Leeds
2025 J. Micromech. Microeng. 35 035011 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6439/adb044
Paper | Open Access
Li+ concentration and morphological changes at the anode and cathode interphases inside solid-state lithium metal batteries
Chun Huang et al, Imperial College London
2025 J. Phys. Energy. 7 025009 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/adafda
Paper | Open Access
SU(N) magnetism with ultracold molecules
Bijit Mukherjee et al, Durham University
2025 New J. Phys. 27 013013 https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad89f2
Paper | Open Access
A primer on Carroll gravity
Eleanor March and James Read, University of Oxford
2025 Class. Quantum Grav. 42 055004 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/adaf03
Paper | Open Access
An infrared on-shell action and its implications for soft charge fluctuations in asymptotically flat spacetimes
Ana-Maria Raclariu et al, King’s College London
2025 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 58 165402 https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/adc4a2
Paper | Open Access
Intelligent predictor model for critical current density of MgB2 superconducting bulks
Shahin Alipour Bonab et al, University of Glasgow
2025 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 38 055009 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/adc8de
Paper | Open Access
Imagining a net-zero Teesside: actors, networks, and expectations in industrial decarbonisation megaprojects
Kyle S Herman et al, University of Sussex
2025 Environ. Res. Commun. 7 015007 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad8f99
Paper | Open Access
Fast Radio Bursts and Artificial Neural Networks: a cosmological-model-independent estimation of the Hubble constant
Jéferson A.S. Fortunato et al, University of Portsmouth
2025 JCAP. 01 (2025)018 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/01/018
Paper | Open Access
A comparative study of experimental and simulated ultrasound beam propagation through cranial bones
Alisa Krokhmal et al, University College London
2025 Phys. Med. Biol. 70 025007 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ada19d
Paper | Open Access
Machine learning configuration-dependent friction tensors in Langevin heatbaths
Matthias Sachs et al, University of Birmingham
2025 Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 6 015016 https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ada248
Paper | Open Access
Algebraic identifiability of partial differential equation models
Helen M Byrne et al, University of Oxford
2025 Nonlinearity 38 025022 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6544/ada510
Paper | Open Access
Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Battery Protocols: LMFP Pouch Cells as a Rate Capability Case Study
Gerard Bree et al, University of Warwick
2025 J. Electrochem. Soc. 172 020526 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/adb5c7
Perspective | Open Access
Extrusion bioprinting: meeting the promise of human tissue biofabrication?
Ian Holland et al, University of Edinburgh
2025 Prog. Biomed. Eng. 7 023001 https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1091/adb254
Roadmap | Open Access
Roadmap on metamaterial theory, modelling and design
Bryn Davies et al, University of Warwick
2025 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 58 203002 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/adc271
Paper | Open Access
Upper bounds on the highest phonon frequency and superconducting temperature from fundamental physical constants
K Trachenko et al, Queen Mary University of London
2025 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 37 165401 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/adbc39
2024 featured articles
Paper | Open Access
Overview of T and D–T results in JET with ITER-like wall
C.F. Maggi, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority et al
2024 Nucl. Fusion 64 112012 https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad3e16
Paper | Open Access
The state of the dark energy equation of state circa 2023
Luis A. Escamilla, University of Sheffield et al
2024 JCAP 05 (2024)091 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/05/091
Paper | Open Access
Scattering amplitudes for self-force
Tim Adamo, University of Edinburgh et al
2024 Class. Quantum Grav. 41 065006 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ad210f
Roadmap | Open Access
2023 roadmap on ammonia as a carbon-free fuel
William I F David, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory et al
2024 J. Phys. Energy. 6 021501 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ad0a3a
Paper | Open Access
Loop corrections in the separate universe picture
Laura Iacconi, University of Portsmouth et al
2024 JCAP. 06 (2024)062 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/06/062
Paper | Open Access
On electromagnetic turbulence and transport in STEP
M Giacomin, University of York et al
2024 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 66 055010 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ad366f
Paper | Open Access
Numerical 1-loop correction from a potential yielding ultra-slow-roll dynamics
Matthew W. Davies, Queen Mary University of London et al
2024 JCAP. 04 (2024)050 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/04/050
Letter | Open Access
Challenges in accelerating net-zero transitions: insights from transport electrification in Germany and California
Karoline S Rogge and Nicholas Goedeking, University of Sussex et al
2024 Environ. Res. Lett. 19 044007 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2d84
Paper | Open Access
A comprehensive machine learning-based investigation for the index-value prediction of 2G HTS coated conductor tapes
Shahin Alipour Bonab, University of Glasgow et al
2024 Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 5 025040 https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ad45b1
Roadmap | Open Access
The separate-universe approach and sudden transitions during inflation
Joseph H.P. Jackson, University of Portsmouth et al
2024 JCAP. 05 (2024)053 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/05/053
Paper | Open Access
Benchmarking proton RBE models
Lydia L Gardner, Queen’s University Belfast et al
2024 Phys. Med. Biol. 69 085022 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad3329
Paper | Open Access
Cosmological observatories
Dionysios Anninos, King’s College London et al
2024 Class. Quantum Grav. 41 165009 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ad5824
Paper | Open Access
Finding origins of CMB anomalies in the inflationary quantum fluctuations
Enrique Gaztañaga and K. Sravan Kumar, University of Portsmouth
2024 JCAP. 06 (2024)001 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/06/001
Topical Review | Open Access
Complex quantum networks: a topical review
Ginestra Bianconi, Queen Mary University of London et al
2024 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 57 233001 https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ad41a6
Paper | Open Access
Cosmological constraints on curved quintessence
Giulia Borghetto, Swansea University et al
2024 JCAP. 09 (2024)073 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/09/073
Paper | Open Access
On the importance of parallel magnetic-field fluctuations for electromagnetic instabilities in STEP
D. Kennedy, UKAEA et al
2024 Nucl. Fusion 64 086049 https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad58f3
Topical Review | Open Access
Performance analysis of solution-processed nanosheet strain sensors—a systematic review of graphene and MXene wearable devices
Conor S Boland, University of Sussex
2024 Nanotechnology. 35 202001 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad272f
Paper | Open Access
Cosmological constraints on 4-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
C.M.A. Zanoletti, Newcastle University et al
2024 JCAP. 01 (2024)043 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/01/043
Paper | Open Access
Quantum holographic surface anomalies
Nadav Drukker, King’s College London et al
2024 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 57 085402 https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ad2296
Paper | Open Access
One-shot random forest model calibration for hand gesture decoding
Xinyu Jiang, University of Edinburgh et al
2024 J. Neural Eng. 21 016006 https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ad1786
