Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Fluid Mechanics is 42. 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.)
ArticleCitations
FLM volume 944 Cover and Front matter170
Averaging theory for heat transfer in circular hydraulic jumps with a separation bubble137
FLM volume 954 Cover and Front matter107
Wave- and potential-driven instabilities in orbital pilot-wave dynamics92
Choking the flow in soft Hele-Shaw cells: the role of elastomer geometry88
FLM volume 990 Cover and Front matter86
Breakage dynamics and scaling of wet aggregates of rigid particles77
A weakly nonlinear amplitude equation approach to the bypass transition in the two-dimensional Lamb–Oseen vortex73
Principle of fundamental resonance in hypersonic boundary layers: an asymptotic viewpoint71
Effects of settling on inertial particle slip velocity statistics in wall-bounded flows69
Mean resolvent operator of a statistically steady flow66
Improved assessment of the statistical stability of turbulent flows using extended Orr–Sommerfeld stability analysis66
Viscosity stratification instability in two-layer, generalised Couette–Poiseuille flow65
A diffuse-interface Marangoni instability65
Evaporation of non-circular droplets63
Steady periodic waves over a planar seabed: a global characterization62
A linear-elastic–nonlinear-swelling theory for hydrogels. Part 2. Displacement formulation61
FLM volume 1025 Cover and Front matter59
Stochastic dynamics of vortex-acoustic lock-in: effects of coloured, multiplicative noise57
On the analytic explanation of experiments where turbulence vanishes in pipe flow55
Hyperbolic profile of free-surface jets55
Role of particle-laden interfaces in shear-induced deformation of colloidal droplets53
Motion of bulk nanobubbles driven by thermal Marangoni flow53
FLM volume 1007 Cover and Front matter52
Edge-driven collapse of fluid holes51
JFM in the electronic age51
These things take time: the first 1000 volumes of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics51
Decay rate of homogeneous isotropic turbulence laden with finite-size particles51
The impact of source fluctuations in a filling box with interior diffusive mixing51
Liquid states in horizontal plate-inserted slits49
Shape of sessile drops at small contact angles49
A laboratory study of wave-induced drift under rotation47
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow in a flexible pipe with imposed standing-wave vibration46
Attenuating transmitted infragravity waves by a small heaving body46
Dynamics of elongated bubbles in slightly inclined pipes with viscous fluids46
Bio-inspired variable-stiffness flaps for hybrid flow control, tuned via reinforcement learning46
The interplay between bulk flow and boundary conditions on the distribution of microswimmers in channel flow45
Fingering instability of self-similar radial flow of miscible fluids in a Hele-Shaw cell45
Role of volatility and thermal properties in droplet spreading: a generalisation to Tanner's law45
A thin-plate approximation for ocean wave interactions with an ice shelf44
The influence of the shock-to-reshock time on the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in reshock44
Inundation, runup and flow velocity of wavemaker generated bores on a planar beach43
Bounds on dissipation in three-dimensional planar shear flows: reduction to two-dimensional problems42
Mechanisms and models of particle drag enhancements in turbulent environments42
Adjoint-based linear sensitivity of a supersonic boundary layer to steady wall blowing–suction/heating–cooling42
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