Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Fluid Mechanics is 40. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The influence of bandwidth on the energetics of intermediate to deep water laboratory breaking waves145
Turbulence kinetic energy transfers in direct numerical simulation of shock-wave–turbulence interaction in a compression/expansion ramp100
Prediction of energy harvesting efficiency through a wake–foil interaction model for oscillating foil arrays81
Elasto-inertial rectification of oscillatory flow in an elastic tube80
Finite rotating and translating vortex sheets79
The interplay between bulk flow and boundary conditions on the distribution of microswimmers in channel flow79
Improved assessment of the statistical stability of turbulent flows using extended Orr–Sommerfeld stability analysis79
Attachment-line, cross-flow and Tollmien–Schlichting instabilities on swept ONERA-D and Joukowski airfoils78
Decay rate of homogeneous isotropic turbulence laden with finite-size particles76
Transient deformation of a viscoelastic capsule in a cross-slot microchannel: effects of inertia and membrane viscosity75
Experimental investigations of linear and nonlinear periodic travelling waves in a viscous fluid conduit73
Hydrodynamic performance and scaling laws for a modelled wave-induced flapping-foil propulsor71
Asymptotic predictions on the velocity gradient statistics in low-Reynolds-number random flows: onset of skewness, intermittency and alignments66
Principle of fundamental resonance in hypersonic boundary layers: an asymptotic viewpoint62
On the analytic explanation of experiments where turbulence vanishes in pipe flow62
Shape of sessile drops at small contact angles62
Scale-by-scale non-equilibrium with Kolmogorov-like scalings in non-homogeneous stationary turbulence57
Hydrodynamic coupling of a cilia–mucus system in Herschel–Bulkley flows56
A weakly nonlinear amplitude equation approach to the bypass transition in the two-dimensional Lamb–Oseen vortex56
Reflectionless wave propagation on shallow water with variable bathymetry and current. Part 253
Paradoxical predictions of swirling jets53
Electrophoretic trajectories of non-uniformly charged particles in viscoelastic fluids: the weak surface charge limit52
Two-dimensional stability analysis of finite-amplitude interfacial gravity waves in a two-layer fluid51
Vortex line entanglement in active Beltrami flows50
Effects of the secondary baroclinic vorticity on the energy cascade in the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability50
Scaling and mechanism of the propagation speed of the upstream turbulent front in pipe flow50
Compressibility effects on statistics and coherent structures of compressible turbulent mixing layers49
The dynamics of impinging plumes from a moving source48
Turbulent separations beneath semi-submerged bluff bodies with smooth and rough undersurfaces47
Numerical study on topological change of viscous fingering induced by a phase separation with Korteweg force47
Separation length scaling for dual-incident shock wave–turbulent boundary layer interactions with different shock wave distances46
Averaging theory for heat transfer in circular hydraulic jumps with a separation bubble46
Fracture patterns in viscoplastic gravity currents45
Thermals from finite sources in stable and unstable environments45
Edge-driven collapse of fluid holes45
Steady periodic waves over a planar seabed: a global characterization44
Towards a finite-time singularity of the Navier–Stokes equations. Part 3. Maximal vorticity amplification41
On the role of roughness valleys in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection41
Flow past two rotationally oscillating cylinders40
Upscale transfer of waves in one-dimensional rotating shallow water40
Drag reduction in wall-bounded turbulence by synthetic jet sheets40
Vortex ring connection to a free surface40
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