OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nuclear Fusion is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The effect of blanket system and port plugs on the harmonic components of error field and optimizing approach investigation	85
A new paradigm for fast and repetitive chirping of Alfvén eigenmodes	80
Effect of electron and ion mobility on edge biasing in tokamak plasmas	71
Quasi-linear transport analysis of impurity mode in tokamak plasmas	65
Structure of pellet cloud emission and relation with the local ablation rate	63
Stellarator coil optimization supporting multiple magnetic configurations	57
Enhancement of neoclassical impurity density up/down asymmetry and Pfirsch–Schlüter transport due to the plasma elongation in the tokamak plasmas	54
Ion heating/transport characteristics of the merging startup plasma scenario in the TS-6 spherical tokamak	51
Stabilization of double tearing mode growth by resonant magnetic perturbations	48
Integrated simulation of the impacts of resonant magnetic perturbations on tungsten radiation on EAST	47
Observation of island-like structures in synchrotron imaging emitted by runaway electrons on EAST	47
Towards ultra-sensitive in situ helium retention monitoring in high-Z fusion materials via combined laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and laser-induced desorption– quadrupole mass spe	46
Impact of ionization peak location on measured opaqueness in DIII-D H-mode plasmas	46
Particle transport modelling for D/T ratio control experiments in JET	46
Reversal of the isotopic dependence of energy confinement in system size scans	45
Magnetic island formation and rotation braking induced by low-Z impurity penetration in an EAST plasma	44
Study of radial field dependent flows in inboard limited Aditya-U plasmas using EMC3-Eirene simulations	42
Simulations of NBI ion losses with 3D magnetic perturbations and charge exchange on EAST	40
Experimental identification of ion cyclotron emission on HL-2A using YOLO neural network algorithm	40
Analysis of high frequency Alfvén eigenmodes observed in ASDEX Upgrade plasmas in the presence of RF-accelerated NBI ions	40
PIPERS: a ray tracing program of RF waves coupled with parametric decay instabilities around the scrape-off layer	38
Studies of energetic particle transport induced by multiple Alfvén eigenmodes using neutron and escaping energetic particle diagnostics in Large Helical Device deuterium plasmas	38
Importance of δ	37
On the drive of n_φ = 0 modes by ICRF accelerated ions in a tokamak	37
Global gyrokinetic simulations of electrostatic microturbulent transport using kinetic electrons in LHD stellarator	37

A high performance and dense Fe–Al/Al₂O₃ tritium permeation barrier coating prepared on 316LSS at low temperature	37
A compact fusion reactor based on the staged compression of a field reversed configuration	36
Surrogate model-based cognitive digital twin for smart remote maintenance of fusion reactor: modeling and implementation	36
Self-consistent modelling of radio frequency sheath in 3D with realistic ICRF antennas	35
Re-evaluation of the impact of wall retention on Tritium-self-sufficiency in fusion reactors	35
Demonstration of reconstruction-free static magnetic control of DIII-D plasma with deep reinforcement learning	34
Quantifying resolution limits in pedestal profile measurements with Gaussian process regression	34
Modeling of plasma beta effects on the island divertor transport in the standard configuration of W7-X	34
Towards self-consistent integrated modeling of the tokamak pedestal, scrape-off layer, and divertor using SOLPS-ITER and EPED	33
The role of plasma–atom and molecule interactions on power & particle balance during detachment on the MAST Upgrade Super-X divertor	33
Modeling of heat flux on the main limiter in EAST	33
High erosion and re-deposition rates of tungsten in the highly collisional plasmas of Magnum-PSI	32
Stability analysis of plasma waves driven by runaway electrons in tokamak hot plasmas	32
Real-time plasma boundary shape reconstruction using visible camera on EAST tokamak	32
Optimizing detachment control using the magnetic configuration of divertors	32
Validation of density pump-out by pedestal-foot magnetic island formation prior to ELM suppression in KSTAR and DIII-D tokamaks	31
Effect of a dynamic axial magnetic field on a preconditioned single-wire Z-pinch	31
IFMIF-DONES’ buildings and plant services	31
Effect of the divertor configuration on the JET edge radial electric field	31
A novel computation of the linear plasma response to a resonant error field in single-fluid rotating visco-resistive MHD	31
Mechanical model for a full fusion tokamak enabled by supercomputing	30
High gas throughput SOLPS-ITER simulations extending the ITER database to strong detachment	30
Plasma profile reconstruction supported by kinetic modeling	30
Progress and innovations in the TCV tokamak research programme	30
Non-linear MHD investigations of high-confinement regimes without type-I ELMs in ASDEX Upgrade and JT-60SA	30
The dependence of tokamak L-mode confinement on magnetic field and plasma size, from a magnetic field scan experiment at ASDEX Upgrade to full-radius integrated modelling and fusion reactor prediction	30
Toroidal modeling of plasma flow damping and density pump-out by RMP during ELM mitigation in HL-2A	29
Tailoring resonant magnetic perturbation to optimize fast-ion confinement during ELM control in KSTAR	29
The IFMIF-DONES control architecture: the state-of-the-art design of central and local control systems and communication networks	29
BABY 1L: First tritium breeding campaign results	29
Magnetohydrodynamic instability modulated runaway electron losses in the ADITYA-U tokamak	29
A unified description of atomic physics for electron Fokker–Planck calculations	28
Effect of the isotope mass on pedestal structure, transport and stability in D, D/T and T plasmas at similar β _N and gas rate in JET-ILW type I ELMy H-modes	28
Transport and stability in sustained high	28
First observation of beta-induced Alfvén eigenmode inside the edge magnetic island on the J-TEXT tokamak	28
Resonant interaction between runaway electrons and the toroidal magnetic field ripple in TCV	28
The investigation of edge-localized modes on the Globus-M2 tokamak using Doppler backscattering	28
The first observation of the hot ion mode at the Globus-M2 spherical tokamak	28
Three-dimensional inhomogeneity of electron-temperature-gradient turbulence in the edge of tokamak plasmas	28
Plasma performance and operational space with an RMP-ELM suppressed edge	28
A combinatorial scheme to tailor saturated displacement damage in heavy-ion irradiated tungsten via post-irradiation annealing	27
Amorphization and siliconization of silicon carbide as a first wall material	27
Dependence of turbulent transport on the divertor flux expansion in ASDEX Upgrade	27
Testing a prediction model for the H-mode density pedestal against JET-ILW pedestals	27
Cross-tokamak disruption prediction based on domain adaptation	27
Transport and confinement physics: Chapter 2 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation	27
Study of the electrothermal and MHD instabilities in exploding cylindrical foil liner	27
Investigating the influence of divertor baffles on nitrogen-seeded detachment in TCV with SOLPS-ITER simulations and TCV experiments	27
Gas puff imaging measurements during resonant magnetic perturbations on the HL-2A tokamak	26
Dependence of ELM instability on separatrix density in EAST long-pulse H-mode plasmas	26

Effects of precipitation morphology and matrix texture on mechanical performance for high-boron steel	26
Pedestal main ion particle transport inference through gas puff modulation with experimental source measurements	26
L-H transition studies on MAST: power threshold and heat flux analysis	26
Density pedestal prediction model for tokamak plasmas	25
100 seconds and megawatt negative ion beam accelerations at the CRAFT NNBI test facility	25
Free-plasma-boundary solver for axisymmetric ideal MHD equilibria with flow	25
Comparison of core Ar¹⁷⁺ and Mo³²⁺ toroidal rotation in C-Mod plasmas	25
Analyses and optimization of the CFETR power conversion system with a new supercritical CO₂ Brayton cycle	25
Shafranov-shift destabilization of ballooning-type micro-instabilities	24
Thermal transport induced by stochastic magnetic fields and turbulence during the thermal quench in tokamak plasmas	24
Measuring gross beryllium erosion with visible cameras in JET	24
A simple model of current ramp-up and ramp-down in tokamaks	24
Multi-scale gyrokinetic simulations of JT-60U L-mode plasma: reduction of the ion scale energy loss due to the nonlinear coupling with the electron scale turbulence	24
Emission of high rovibrational hydrogen molecules under detached plasma conditions by recycling on the tungsten wall	24
Impact of the isotope effect on divertor detachment and pedestal structure in DIII-D	24
Turbulent drifts of impurity ions as an explanation for anomalous radial transport in the far-SOL of DIII-D	24
Toroidal Alfvén eigenmode stability in JET internal transport barrier afterglow experiments	23
Increased p- ¹¹ B fusion reaction rate through fast-ion acceleration by ion cyclotron range of frequencies heating in LHD	23
Impurity effects on kinetic ballooning instability in high q	23
Nonlinear frequency chirping and radial restructure of the ion-temperature-gradient-driven turbulence	23
Evaluation of cross sections for fast ion reactions with beryllium in helium and hydrogen fusion plasmas	23
On the feasibility of Ohmically heated negative triangularity tokamak power plants	23
Damage evolution in Plasma Facing Materials by a sequential multiscale approach	23
Calibration and test of CsI scintillator ion detection system for tokamak magnetic field diagnosis based on laser-driven ion-beam trace probe (LITP)	23
ICRH-related impurity source and control across experiments in H, D, T plasmas at JET-ILW	23
Effects of long-term annealing-induced microstructure evolution on mechanical performance and deuterium release behavior of Li₄SiO₄ pebbles	23
Probabilistic risk assessment model for released tritium into the environment for CFETR	23
A self-sustaining mechanism for internal transport barrier formation in HL-2A tokamak plasmas	23
Identification of a window for quiescent H-mode operation in MHD stability diagram of DIII-D plasmas	22
Hydrogen isotope permeation behavior in a blanket module using a novel gas-driven permeation device	22
Comparison of divertor heat loads and access to detachment for n = 3 and n = 4 toroidal mode RMP scenari	22
Investigating pedestal dependencies at JET using an interpretable neural network architecture	22
Modeling of thermal-ion-driven internal kink in DIII-D high-T _i plasmas	22
Evaluation of ITER divertor shunts as a synthetic diagnostic for detachment control	22
Intermittent helicity injection for field-reversed configurations control: shear-driven tilt suppression and ion heating	22
Electron cyclotron current drive under neutral beam injection on HL-2M	22
Turbulence spreading induced E	21
Variability of MHD instabilities in benign termination of high-current runaway electron beams in the JET and DIII-D tokamaks	21
SOLPS-ITER modeling of CFETR advanced divertor with Ar and Ne seeding	21
Edge radial electric field in positive and negative triangularity plasmas in the TCV tokamak	21
Overview of the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation programme in support of ITER and DEMO	21
Growth, characterization and adhesion of thick deposited tungsten layers under transient loading in Magnum-PSI	21
Integrating novel stellarator single-stage optimization algorithms to design the Columbia stellarator experiment	21
Diagnostics: Chapter 8 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation	21
Experimental investigation of kinetic instabilities driven by runaway electrons in the EXL-50 spherical torus	21
Nonuniform plasma meniscus modelling based on backward calculation of negative ion beamlet	20
Expulsion of runaway electrons using ECRH in the TCV tokamak	20
Remote maintenance in IFMIF-DONES: current status and future development program	20
Overview of Wendelstein 7-X high-performance operation	20
Spherical tokamak physics research in preparation for the operation of NSTX-U	20
MARS-F/K modeling of plasma response and fast ion losses due to RMP in KSTAR	20
Kinetic effects on the interaction of counter-propagating plasma shocks inside an ICF hohlraum	20
Achievement of ion temperatures in excess of 100 million degrees Kelvin in the compact high-field spherical tokamak ST40	20
A novel discontinuous-Galerkin deterministic neutronics model for fusion applications: development and benchmarking	20
Observation of energetic ion anisotropy using neutron diagnostics in the Large Helical Device	20
Investigation of helium exhaust dynamics at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak with full-tungsten wall	20
DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy	19
Corrigendum: Integrated RMP-based ELM-crash-control process for plasma performance enhancement during ELM crash suppression in KSTAR (2023 Nucl. Fusion 63 086032)	19
Divertor Tokamak Test facility project: status of design and implementation	19
Reducing transport via extreme flux-surface triangularity	19
Strain-enhanced helium bubble nucleation and growth in tungsten: Atomic-level insights and long-term dynamics	19
Experimental characterization of the active and passive fast-ion H-alpha emission in W7-X using FIDASIM	19
Kinetic theory of parametric instabilities in magnetized plasmas and its application to analyzing decay waves during the injection of lower hybrid waves	19
SOLPS-ITER predictive simulations of the impact of ion-molecule elastic collisions on strongly detached MAST-U Super-X divertor conditions	19
Optimization of irradiation configuration using spherical t-designs for laser-direct-drive inertial confinement fusion	19
Simulation of stochastic transport and deposition of seed runaway electrons during disruption mitigation	19
Breeding blanket mock-up testing in IFMIF-DONES	19
Corrigendum: Gas exhaust in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator during the first divertor operation (2022 Nucl. Fusion 62 096016)	19
Investigation of inflow during sawtooth crashes using two-color soft x-ray system in JT-60SA integrated commissioning phase	19
Interaction between disclinated non-equilibrium grain boundaries and radiation-induced interstitial/vacancy in tungsten	19
Removal of fuel retention by direct-current glow discharge under strong magnetic field in EAST superconducting tokamak	19
Steady-state spherical tokamak power reactor with high-temperature-superconductor	18
Integral analysis of the effect of material dimension and composition on tokamak neutronics ^*	18
Helical mode localization and mode locking of ideal MHD instabilities in magnetically perturbed tokamak plasmas	18
Observation of high frequency Alfvén eigenmodes excited by RF-accelerated minority hydrogen ions in the EAST tokamak	18
Ion heating characteristics of merging spherical tokamak plasmas for burning high-beta plasma formation	18
Full-flux-surface effects on electrostatic turbulence in Wendelstein 7-X-like plasmas	18
Development of high-performance long-pulse discharge in KSTAR	18
Drift-Alfvén wave turbulence induced particle and heat transport in I-mode pedestal plasmas	18
Studies of the outer-off-midplane lower hybrid wave launch scenario for plasma start-up on the TST-2 spherical tokamak	18

Interpretive modelling of boron transport in the boundary plasma of WEST experiments with the impurity powder dropper	18
Safety engineering approach and licensing strategy of IFMIF-DONES	18
High-order coupling of shear and sonic continua in JET plasmas	18
Overview of fuel retention and recovery in JET deuterium–tritium operation	18
The effect of W surface fuzz induced by He plasma on deuterium permeation	17
Investigation of LHCD capabilities in I-mode plasma on EAST tokamak	17
How fluctuation intensity flux drives SOL expansion	17
A novel discontinuous-Galerkin deterministic neutronics model for fusion applications: workflow for stellarator reactor design studies	17
Isotopic mass effects of tritium-fueled high-performance TFTR supershots	17
On the possibility of reducing the size of a fusion reactor by increasing the plasma density	17
Broadening of electron cyclotron power deposition and driven current profiles caused by dissipative diffractive propagation	17
Experimental study of the core instability before and after internal transport barrier formation in EAST	17
Resonant mode effects on rotation braking induced by n = 1 resonant magnetic perturbations in the EAST tokamak	17
Effects of plasma nonuniformity on zero frequency zonal structure generation by drift Alfvén wave instabilities in toroidal plasmas	17
Diagnosing inertial confinement fusion ignition	17
Magnetic geometry effects on turbulent density fluctuations in Wendelstein 7-X	17
Control of elongated plasmas in superconductive tokamaks in the absence of in-vessel coils	17
A multi-model system-identification comparison with the global particle dynamics in TCV	16
The effects of zonal fields on energetic-particle excitations of reversed-shear Alfvén eigenmode: simulation and theory	16
Suppressing trapped-electron-mode-driven turbulence via optimization of three-dimensional shaping	16
Bifurcation of drift wave turbulence trapping by zonal flows near density limit	16
Quantitative comparison of impurity transport in turbulence reduced and enhanced scenarios at Wendelstein 7-X	16
Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration	16
Non-thermal fusion burning processes, relevant collective modes and gained perspectives	16
Achievement of high-current continuous-wave deuteron injector for linear IFMIF prototype accelerator (LIPAc)	16
The lithium systems of the IFMIF-DONES facility	16
Tokamak divertor plasma emulation with machine learning	16
Quasi-linear simulation study of trapped electron mode turbulence and transport near marginal stability boundary using ECRH-modulated H mode plasmas on EAST	16
Scaling of HeatLMD-simulated impurity outflux from COMPASS-U liquid metal divertor	16
Observation of local density increase during pellet homogenization on EAST	16
DLTM: A deep learning method for tearing mode simulation and prediction	16
Kinetic effects of thermal ions on internal kink modes in tokamak plasmas	16
Investigation of transient transport dynamics induced by compact torus injection in the EAST tokamak	16
NSTX-U research advancing the physics of spherical tokamaks	16
Characterization of W production during ICRF operations: experiments and modeling	16
Effect of anisotropic fast ions on internal kink stability in DIII-D negative and positive triangularity plasmas	16
Regulation compliant AI for fusion: explainable image-based feedback control of divertor detachment in DIII-D tokamak	16
Simultaneous access to high normalized density, current, pressure, and confinement in strongly-shaped diverted negative triangularity plasmas	16
Numerical investigation of liquid wall ablation in inertial fusion energy chambers	16
The onset distribution of rotating m ,	16
Global analysis of tungsten migration in WEST discharges using numerical modelling	16
SPARC tokamak error field expectations and physics-based correction coil design	16
The synergistic effect of deuterium and helium on the microstructure evolution of W–Y₂O₃ material during plasma exposure	16
Radiation induced non-linear oscillations in ITER baseline scenario plasmas in DIII-D	16
Local destabilization of the ideal or infinite-n ballooning mode in the H-mode pedestal region with high triangularity	15
Modelling of energetic particle drive and damping effects on TAEs in AUG experiment with ECCD	15
TGLF-WINN: Data-efficient deep learning surrogate for turbulent transport modeling in fusion	15
An integral approach to plasma-wall interaction modelling for EU-DEMO	15
Exploring the suppression methods of helium-induced damage in tungsten by investigating the interaction between beryllium and helium	15
The influence of full drifts on density shoulder formation at the midplane by numerical modeling	15
Obituary: Professor Kenro Miyamoto	15
Micro-tearing mode dominated electron heat transport in DIII-D H-mode pedestal	15
MCINO: A multi-physics coupling and intelligent neutronic optimization code for tritium breeding blanket of fusion reactors	15
Hierarchy of turbulent transport models with the SOLEDGE3X code	15
Current density limitation during disruptions due to plasma-sheaths	15
Kelvin’s circulation pinch theory in magnetized plasma turbulence	15
On the interaction between the island divertor heat fluxes, the scrape-off layer radial electric field and the edge turbulence in Wendelstein 7-X plasmas	15
Influence of stochastic coil perturbations on magnetic configurations in Chinese First Quasi-axisymmetric Stellarator	15
Design of high-gain laser fusion with heatwave-driven fast ignition scheme for inertial fusion energy	15
Inter-ELM pedestal turbulence dynamics dependence on q₉₅ and temperature gradient	15
Baseline design of laser fusion research reactor with MW class laser facility	15
Two-fluid effects on resistive wall modes in plasmas with negative versus positive triangularity	14
Understanding turbulence suppression in JET D–T plasma with highly energetic fast ions via global gyrokinetic GENE simulations	14
Development of mechanical properties of plasma-facing components of blanket utilizing selective laser melting techniques	14
Reducing the L-H transition power threshold in ITER-similar-shape DIII-D hydrogen plasmas	14
Investigation of density limit parameter dependence using symbolic regression and MHD simulation in EAST	14
Design of passive and structural conductors for tokamaks using thin-wall eddy current modeling	14
Experimental observation and edge characteristics of EDA H-mode on the HL-3 tokamak	14
Wall stabilization of the rigid ballooning m = 1 mode in a long-thin mirror trap	14
Model for second harmonic ECRH plasma start-up in stellarators	14
Comparison of MHD stability properties between QH-mode and ELMy H-mode plasmas by considering plasma rotation and ion diamagnetic drift effects	14
Experimental investigation of ICRF-edge plasma interactions and surface wave excitation during ICRF heating on EAST	14
Surface damages of ITER-like W/Cu monoblocks in the lower divertor of EAST	14
Impact of E × B drift on tungsten impurity transport and analysis of its instantaneous response: a particl	14
Experimentally corroborated model of pressure relaxation limit cycle oscillations in the vicinity of the transition to high confinement in tokamaks	14
A scaling law of the neutral penetration length and Balmer-α wing shape in high-temperature plasmas^*	14
A staged approach to Indian DEMO	14
Analysis of the periodic variation of pellet ablation radiation intensity in ASDEX Upgrade	14
Edge biasing and its impact on the edge and SOL turbulence	14
Magnetohydrodynamic-kinetic hybrid simulation of Alfvén instabilities in ICRH experiments on EAST	14
Development of a neural network model for peeling–ballooning stability analysis in the KSTAR tokamak pedestals	14
How turbulent transport broadens the heat flux width: local SOL production or edge turbulence spreading?	14
Improving ideal MHD equilibrium accuracy with physics-informed neural networks	14
Refractive index measurement of hydrogen isotopologue mixture and applicability for homogeneity of hydrogen solid at cryogenic temperature in fusion fuel system	14
Nonlinear MHD modeling of soft β limits in W7-AS	14
Measurements of laser-plasma instabilities in double-cone ignition experiments relevant to the direct-drive conditions at Shenguang-II Upgrade laser facility	14
A potential optical approach for diagnosis of the local magnetic field near the surface of the first wall/divertor tiles by Zeeman effect using polarization-resolved laser-induced breakdown spectrosco	14
Influence of AR injection on shielding layer properties and surface protection from transient high heat loads under the QSPA plasma exposures	13
Physics of tearing mode rotation and slow-down in the RFX-mod tokamak	13
Thermophysical properties and thermodynamic equation of state of lithium-lead for nuclear fusion reactor safety calculations	13
List of reviewers	13
Performances of the ITER Pressure Suppression System during unstable steam condensation regimes	13
On the evolution of profiles and fluctuations towards the L-mode density limit in ASDEX Upgrade	13
Limit-cycle-oscillation induced from the positive feedback amplification of radial electric field in the scrape-off-layer	13
Tritium management in ITER test blanket systems port cell for maintenance operations	13