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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
A new paradigm for fast and repetitive chirping of Alfvén eigenmodes	113
The effect of blanket system and port plugs on the harmonic components of error field and optimizing approach investigation	101
Structure of pellet cloud emission and relation with the local ablation rate	96
Stability analysis of plasma waves driven by runaway electrons in tokamak hot plasmas	85
High erosion and re-deposition rates of tungsten in the highly collisional plasmas of Magnum-PSI	78
Stellarator coil optimization supporting multiple magnetic configurations	68
Enhancement of neoclassical impurity density up/down asymmetry and Pfirsch–Schlüter transport due to the plasma elongation in the tokamak plasmas	67
Ion heating/transport characteristics of the merging startup plasma scenario in the TS-6 spherical tokamak	66
Effect of a dynamic axial magnetic field on a preconditioned single-wire Z-pinch	65
Stabilization of double tearing mode growth by resonant magnetic perturbations	65
Cross-tokamak disruption prediction based on domain adaptation	64
First observation of beta-induced Alfvén eigenmode inside the edge magnetic island on the J-TEXT tokamak	63
Argon pumpout by ICRF waves in C-Mod L- and I-mode plasmas	62
Analysis of high frequency Alfvén eigenmodes observed in ASDEX Upgrade plasmas in the presence of RF-accelerated NBI ions	60
The role of plasma–atom and molecule interactions on power & particle balance during detachment on the MAST Upgrade Super-X divertor	59
Optimizing detachment control using the magnetic configuration of divertors	58
Toroidal modeling of plasma flow damping and density pump-out by RMP during ELM mitigation in HL-2A	57
Re-evaluation of the impact of wall retention on Tritium-self-sufficiency in fusion reactors	56
High gas throughput SOLPS-ITER simulations extending the ITER database to strong detachment	56
Effect of electron and ion mobility on edge biasing in tokamak plasmas	50
On the drive of n_φ = 0 modes by ICRF accelerated ions in a tokamak	49
Toward holistic understanding of the ITER-like resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) ELM control on KSTAR	49
Plasma performance and operational space with an RMP-ELM suppressed edge	47
Quasi-linear transport analysis of impurity mode in tokamak plasmas	47
Modeling of plasma beta effects on the island divertor transport in the standard configuration of W7-X	46

Validation of density pump-out by pedestal-foot magnetic island formation prior to ELM suppression in KSTAR and DIII-D tokamaks	43
Modeling of heat flux on the main limiter in EAST	43
Resonant interaction between runaway electrons and the toroidal magnetic field ripple in TCV	42
Transport and confinement physics: Chapter 2 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation	40
Single-stage gradient-based stellarator coil design: stochastic optimization	40
Impurity effects on quasi-linear heat transport induced by interaction of TEM and ITG turbulence	40
A novel computation of the linear plasma response to a resonant error field in single-fluid rotating visco-resistive MHD	40
The first observation of the hot ion mode at the Globus-M2 spherical tokamak	39
Study of the electrothermal and MHD instabilities in exploding cylindrical foil liner	39
Magnetic island formation and rotation braking induced by low-Z impurity penetration in an EAST plasma	39
2D measurements of parallel counter-streaming flows in the W7-X scrape-off layer for attached and detached plasmas	38
Experimental identification of ion cyclotron emission on HL-2A using YOLO neural network algorithm	38
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	38
Reversal of the isotopic dependence of energy confinement in system size scans	38
Impact of ionization peak location on measured opaqueness in DIII-D H-mode plasmas	38
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	37
Global gyrokinetic simulations of electrostatic microturbulent transport using kinetic electrons in LHD stellarator	37
Importance of δ	37
The IFMIF-DONES control architecture: the state-of-the-art design of central and local control systems and communication networks	37
Plasma profile reconstruction supported by kinetic modeling	37
Effect of the divertor configuration on the JET edge radial electric field	37
Three-dimensional inhomogeneity of electron-temperature-gradient turbulence in the edge of tokamak plasmas	37
Non-linear MHD investigations of high-confinement regimes without type-I ELMs in ASDEX Upgrade and JT-60SA	36
Transport and stability in sustained high	35
Effect of fast electron transport on neoclassical tearing mode stabilization by electron cyclotron current drive	35
A high performance and dense Fe–Al/Al₂O₃ tritium permeation barrier coating prepared on 316LSS at low temperature	35
The investigation of edge-localized modes on the Globus-M2 tokamak using Doppler backscattering	35
A unified description of atomic physics for electron Fokker–Planck calculations	34
Studies of energetic particle transport induced by multiple Alfvén eigenmodes using neutron and escaping energetic particle diagnostics in Large Helical Device deuterium plasmas	34
Testing a prediction model for the H-mode density pedestal against JET-ILW pedestals	33
Real-time plasma boundary shape reconstruction using visible camera on EAST tokamak	33
Surrogate model-based cognitive digital twin for smart remote maintenance of fusion reactor: modeling and implementation	32
Integrated simulation of the impacts of resonant magnetic perturbations on tungsten radiation on EAST	32
Study of radial field dependent flows in inboard limited Aditya-U plasmas using EMC3-Eirene simulations	32
Self-consistent modelling of radio frequency sheath in 3D with realistic ICRF antennas	31
Observation of island-like structures in synchrotron imaging emitted by runaway electrons on EAST	31
Tailoring resonant magnetic perturbation to optimize fast-ion confinement during ELM control in KSTAR	31
Amorphization and siliconization of silicon carbide as a first wall material	31
Particle transport modelling for D/T ratio control experiments in JET	30
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	30
Mechanical model for a full fusion tokamak enabled by supercomputing	30
Core-edge 2D fluid modeling of full tokamak discharge with varying magnetic equilibrium: from WEST start-up to ramp-down	30
IFMIF-DONES’ buildings and plant services	30
A compact fusion reactor based on the staged compression of a field reversed configuration	30
Electron cyclotron current drive under neutral beam injection on HL-2M	29
Experimental inference of neutral and impurity transport in Alcator C-Mod using high-resolution x-ray and ultra-violet spectra	29
Ion heating and energy balance during magnetic reconnection events in the RFX-mod experiment	29
A self-sustaining mechanism for internal transport barrier formation in HL-2A tokamak plasmas	29
Turbulence spreading induced E	29
SOLPS-ITER predictive simulations of the impact of ion-molecule elastic collisions on strongly detached MAST-U Super-X divertor conditions	28

Fluid turbulence simulations of divertor heat load for ITER hybrid scenario using BOUT++	28
A novel discontinuous-Galerkin deterministic neutronics model for fusion applications: development and benchmarking	28
Gas puff imaging measurements during resonant magnetic perturbations on the HL-2A tokamak	27
Dependence of ELM instability on separatrix density in EAST long-pulse H-mode plasmas	27
Effects of precipitation morphology and matrix texture on mechanical performance for high-boron steel	27
Integrating novel stellarator single-stage optimization algorithms to design the Columbia stellarator experiment	27
Kinetic theory of parametric instabilities in magnetized plasmas and its application to analyzing decay waves during the injection of lower hybrid waves	27
Exploration of RMP ELM control on ITER-similar shape (ISS) in KSTAR	27
Optimization of irradiation configuration using spherical t-designs for laser-direct-drive inertial confinement fusion	27
Investigating the influence of divertor baffles on nitrogen-seeded detachment in TCV with SOLPS-ITER simulations and TCV experiments	26
Pedestal main ion particle transport inference through gas puff modulation with experimental source measurements	26
Toroidal Alfvén eigenmode stability in JET internal transport barrier afterglow experiments	26
Density pedestal prediction model for tokamak plasmas	26
Low-frequency zonal flow eigen-structures in tokamak plasmas	26
Effects of long-term annealing-induced microstructure evolution on mechanical performance and deuterium release behavior of Li₄SiO₄ pebbles	26
Phase-field microstructure-based effective thermal conductivity calculations in tungsten	26
MARS-F/K modeling of plasma response and fast ion losses due to RMP in KSTAR	26
Disruption thermal load mitigation with shattered pellet injection on the Joint European Torus (JET)	26
On the feasibility of Ohmically heated negative triangularity tokamak power plants	26
Development and experimental qualification of novel disruption prevention techniques on DIII-D	25
Modeling of thermal-ion-driven internal kink in DIII-D high-T _i plasmas	25
Damage evolution in Plasma Facing Materials by a sequential multiscale approach	25
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	25
Expulsion of runaway electrons using ECRH in the TCV tokamak	25
Turbulent drifts of impurity ions as an explanation for anomalous radial transport in the far-SOL of DIII-D	25
Corrigendum: Integrated RMP-based ELM-crash-control process for plasma performance enhancement during ELM crash suppression in KSTAR (2023 Nucl. Fusion 63 086032)	24
Comparison of core Ar¹⁷⁺ and Mo³²⁺ toroidal rotation in C-Mod plasmas	24
Free-plasma-boundary solver for axisymmetric ideal MHD equilibria with flow	24
Evaluation of ITER divertor shunts as a synthetic diagnostic for detachment control	24
Nonlinear frequency chirping and radial restructure of the ion-temperature-gradient-driven turbulence	24
Experimental investigation of kinetic instabilities driven by runaway electrons in the EXL-50 spherical torus	24
Experimental investigation and gyrokinetic simulations of multi-scale electron heat transport in JET, AUG, TCV	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
Shafranov-shift destabilization of ballooning-type micro-instabilities	23
Evaluation of cross sections for fast ion reactions with beryllium in helium and hydrogen fusion plasmas	23
Corrigendum: Gas exhaust in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator during the first divertor operation (2022 Nucl. Fusion 62 096016)	23
Experimental characterization of the active and passive fast-ion H-alpha emission in W7-X using FIDASIM	23
Models and scalings for the disruption forces in tokamaks	23
Probabilistic risk assessment model for released tritium into the environment for CFETR	23
Emission of high rovibrational hydrogen molecules under detached plasma conditions by recycling on the tungsten wall	23
Identification of a window for quiescent H-mode operation in MHD stability diagram of DIII-D plasmas	23
Investigation of helium exhaust dynamics at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak with full-tungsten wall	23
Observation of energetic ion anisotropy using neutron diagnostics in the Large Helical Device	22
Impurity effects on kinetic ballooning instability in high q	22
Numerical assessment of the new V-shape small-angle slot divertor on DIII-D	22
Recent results from deuterium experiments on the large helical device and their contribution to fusion reactor development	22
A model for the fast evaluation of prompt losses of energetic ions in stellarators	22
Kinetic effects on the interaction of counter-propagating plasma shocks inside an ICF hohlraum	22
DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy	22
Overview of the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation programme in support of ITER and DEMO	22
ICRH-related impurity source and control across experiments in H, D, T plasmas at JET-ILW	22
Nonuniform plasma meniscus modelling based on backward calculation of negative ion beamlet	22
Analyses and optimization of the CFETR power conversion system with a new supercritical CO₂ Brayton cycle	22
Interaction between disclinated non-equilibrium grain boundaries and radiation-induced interstitial/vacancy in tungsten	22
Breeding blanket mock-up testing in IFMIF-DONES	22
SOLPS-ITER modeling of CFETR advanced divertor with Ar and Ne seeding	22
Measuring gross beryllium erosion with visible cameras in JET	22
Investigating pedestal dependencies at JET using an interpretable neural network architecture	22
DLTM: A deep learning method for tearing mode simulation and prediction	21
Divertor Tokamak Test facility project: status of design and implementation	21
L-H transition studies on MAST: power threshold and heat flux analysis	21
Scaling of HeatLMD-simulated impurity outflux from COMPASS-U liquid metal divertor	21
Reducing transport via extreme flux-surface triangularity	21
Resonant mode effects on rotation braking induced by n = 1 resonant magnetic perturbations in the EAST tokamak	21
Full-flux-surface effects on electrostatic turbulence in Wendelstein 7-X-like plasmas	21
A general stellarator version of the systems code PROCESS	21
Nonlinear burn control in ITER using adaptive allocation of actuators with uncertain dynamics	21
Non-resonant global mode in LHD partial collapse with net toroidal current	21
Suppressing trapped-electron-mode-driven turbulence via optimization of three-dimensional shaping	21
Interpretive modelling of boron transport in the boundary plasma of WEST experiments with the impurity powder dropper	21
A dimensionality reduction algorithm for mapping tokamak operational regimes using a variational autoencoder (VAE) neural network	21
Experimental study of the core instability before and after internal transport barrier formation in EAST	21
Achievement of ion temperatures in excess of 100 million degrees Kelvin in the compact high-field spherical tokamak ST40	21
Orbit tomography of energetic particle distribution functions	21
Remote maintenance in IFMIF-DONES: current status and future development program	21
Advances in prediction of tokamak experiments with theory-based models	21
Kinetic effects of thermal ions on internal kink modes in tokamak plasmas	21
The effects of zonal fields on energetic-particle excitations of reversed-shear Alfvén eigenmode: simulation and theory	21
Quantitative comparison of impurity transport in turbulence reduced and enhanced scenarios at Wendelstein 7-X	20
Enhanced particle transport events approaching the density limit of the J-TEXT tokamak	20

Characterization of W production during ICRF operations: experiments and modeling	20
Helical mode localization and mode locking of ideal MHD instabilities in magnetically perturbed tokamak plasmas	20
Radiation induced non-linear oscillations in ITER baseline scenario plasmas in DIII-D	20
Drift-Alfvén wave turbulence induced particle and heat transport in I-mode pedestal plasmas	20
Integral analysis of the effect of material dimension and composition on tokamak neutronics ^*	20
Studies of the outer-off-midplane lower hybrid wave launch scenario for plasma start-up on the TST-2 spherical tokamak	20
Effects of plasma nonuniformity on zero frequency zonal structure generation by drift Alfvén wave instabilities in toroidal plasmas	20
Non-thermal fusion burning processes, relevant collective modes and gained perspectives	20
Effects of negative triangularity shaping on energetic particle driven Alfvén eigenmodes in DIII-D ^*	20
High-order coupling of shear and sonic continua in JET plasmas	20
Global analysis of tungsten migration in WEST discharges using numerical modelling	20
An integral approach to plasma-wall interaction modelling for EU-DEMO	20
Observation of high frequency Alfvén eigenmodes excited by RF-accelerated minority hydrogen ions in the EAST tokamak	20
Development of high-performance long-pulse discharge in KSTAR	19
Simulations of scrape-off layer power width for EAST H-mode plasma and ITER 15 MA baseline scenario by 2D electrostatic turbulence code	19
Studies of EC pre-ionization in DIII-D to support development of ITER plasma initiation	19
Modelling and application of a new method to measure the non-thermal electron current in the edge of magnetically confined plasma	19
Isotopic mass effects of tritium-fueled high-performance TFTR supershots	19
The onset distribution of rotating m ,	19
The synergistic effect of deuterium and helium on the microstructure evolution of W–Y₂O₃ material during plasma exposure	19
How fluctuation intensity flux drives SOL expansion	19
Removal of fuel retention by direct-current glow discharge under strong magnetic field in EAST superconducting tokamak	19
Diagnosing inertial confinement fusion ignition	19
Scenario adaptive disruption prediction study for next generation burning-plasma tokamaks	19
Ion heating characteristics of merging spherical tokamak plasmas for burning high-beta plasma formation	19
Observation of local density increase during pellet homogenization on EAST	19
Fabrication routes for advanced first wall design alternatives	19
Metrics for implosion performance with enhanced energy coupling on NIF	19
Simulation of stochastic transport and deposition of seed runaway electrons during disruption mitigation	19
Broadening of electron cyclotron power deposition and driven current profiles caused by dissipative diffractive propagation	19
Overview of fuel retention and recovery in JET deuterium-tritium operation	19
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	18
Effect of anisotropic fast ions on internal kink stability in DIII-D negative and positive triangularity plasmas	18
The lithium systems of the IFMIF-DONES facility	18
Inter-ELM pedestal turbulence dynamics dependence on q₉₅ and temperature gradient	18
Modification of the magneto-hydrodynamic equilibrium by the lower-hybrid wave driven fast electrons on the TST-2 spherical tokamak	18
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	18
Analysis of the periodic variation of pellet ablation radiation intensity in ASDEX Upgrade	18
Achievement of high-current continuous-wave deuteron injector for linear IFMIF prototype accelerator (LIPAc)	18
NSTX-U research advancing the physics of spherical tokamaks	18
Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration	18
Simultaneous access to high normalized density, current, pressure, and confinement in strongly-shaped diverted negative triangularity plasmas	18
Local destabilization of the ideal or infinite-n ballooning mode in the H-mode pedestal region with high triangularity	18
The influence of full drifts on density shoulder formation at the midplane by numerical modeling	18
Exploring the suppression methods of helium-induced damage in tungsten by investigating the interaction between beryllium and helium	18
Tokamak divertor plasma emulation with machine learning	18
Safety engineering approach and licensing strategy of IFMIF-DONES	18
Control of elongated plasmas in superconductive tokamaks in the absence of in-vessel coils	18
Baseline design of laser fusion research reactor with MW class laser facility	18
Obituary: Professor Kenro Miyamoto	18
Study on onset of nucleate boiling with screw tube for fusion reactor application	17
SOLPS-ITER analysis of drift effects on plasma profiles in the EAST scrape-off layer	17
Electromagnetic gyrokinetic instabilities in STEP	17
NSTX-U theory, modeling and analysis results	17
The effect of long-term heating on the tritium adsorption and desorption behavior of advanced core–shell breeding materials	17
How turbulent transport broadens the heat flux width: local SOL production or edge turbulence spreading?	17
Helium-induced morphology evolution in tungsten under thermal treatment	17
Design of passive and structural conductors for tokamaks using thin-wall eddy current modeling	17
Development of a neural network model for peeling–ballooning stability analysis in the KSTAR tokamak pedestals	17
A staged approach to Indian DEMO	17
The dependence of confinement on the isotope mass in the core and the edge of AUG and JET-ILW H-mode plasmas	17
Refractive index measurement of hydrogen isotopologue mixture and applicability for homogeneity of hydrogen solid at cryogenic temperature in fusion fuel system	17
Enhancement of ECCD by the current condensation effect for stabilizing large magnetic islands caused by neoclassical tearing modes in tokamak plasmas	17
Modelling of energetic particle drive and damping effects on TAEs in AUG experiment with ECCD	17
Measurements of laser-plasma instabilities in double-cone ignition experiments relevant to the direct-drive conditions at Shenguang-II Upgrade laser facility	17
Extending the operational boundaries of RMP-ELM suppression with optimized 3D field control	16
Understanding core tungsten (W) transport and control in an improved high-performance fully non-inductive discharge on EAST	16
Full conversion from ohmic to runaway electron driven current via massive gas injection in the TCV tokamak	16
Magnetized ICF implosions: non-axial magnetic field topologies	16
Edge biasing and its impact on the edge and SOL turbulence	16
Reducing the L-H transition power threshold in ITER-similar-shape DIII-D hydrogen plasmas	16
Numerical modelling of sawteeth and sawtooth-free regime	16
Role of the separatrix density in the pedestal performance in deuterium low triangularity JET-ILW plasmas and comparison with JET-C	16
Development of mechanical properties of plasma-facing components of blanket utilizing selective laser melting techniques	16
TRIEX-II: an experimental facility for the characterization of the tritium extraction unit of the WCLL blanket of ITER and DEMO fusion reactors	16
Wall stabilization of the rigid ballooning m = 1 mode in a long-thin mirror trap	16
Experimentally corroborated model of pressure relaxation limit cycle oscillations in the vicinity of the transition to high confinement in tokamaks	16
Nonlinear MHD modeling of soft β limits in W7-AS	16
Implications of parasitic absorption of electron cyclotron waves on ITER operation around half-field	16
Surface damages of ITER-like W/Cu monoblocks in the lower divertor of EAST	16
Micro-tearing mode dominated electron heat transport in DIII-D H-mode pedestal	16
A scaling law of the neutral penetration length and Balmer-α wing shape in high-temperature plasmas^*	16
Assessment of validity of local neoclassical transport theory for studies of electric-field root-transitions in the W7-X stellarator	16
On the evolution of profiles and fluctuations towards the L-mode density limit in ASDEX Upgrade	16
Current density limitation during disruptions due to plasma-sheaths	16
Comment on ‘Deuterium supersaturated surface layer in tungsten: ion energy dependence’	15
Physics of tearing mode rotation and slow-down in the RFX-mod tokamak	15
Influence of AR injection on shielding layer properties and surface protection from transient high heat loads under the QSPA plasma exposures	15
Performances of the ITER Pressure Suppression System during unstable steam condensation regimes	15
Power and isotope effects in the ITER baseline scenario with tungsten and tungsten-equivalent radiators in DIII-D	15
Limit-cycle-oscillation induced from the positive feedback amplification of radial electric field in the scrape-off-layer	15
Target fabrication technologies and noncontact delivery systems to develop a free-standing target factory operating in the repetition mode at the IFE relevant level	15
Tritium management in ITER test blanket systems port cell for maintenance operations	15
List of reviewers	15
Controlling the size of non-axisymmetric magnetic footprints using resonant magnetic perturbations	15