Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Papers
(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 31. 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
Coalescence Dynamics398
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems353
Fluid Dynamics of Axial Turbomachinery: Blade- and Stage-Level Simulations and Models230
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology141
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets107
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids107
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics105
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging104
Introduction98
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients97
Moisture in Textiles86
Flow Control for Unmanned Air Vehicles85
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow71
Mass Transfer at the Ocean–Atmosphere Interface: The Role of Wave Breaking, Droplets, and Bubbles70
Rotating Horizontal Convection68
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Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo65
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets60
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection56
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow52
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Vortices and Forces in Biological Flight: Insects, Birds, and Bats47
Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence44
Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence44
The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation40
Freezing and Capillarity39
FLEET Velocimetry for Aerodynamics35
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure35
Icebergs Melting34
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media32
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows32
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