OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 13. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Erratum: The Dynamics of Sand Dunes	226
Three-Dimensional Massively Separated Flows over Wings	220
The Role of Canopy Turbulence in Wildland Fire Behavior	191
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems	173
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology	162
The Fluid Mechanics of Ocean Microplastics	154
Coalescence Dynamics	153
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics	151
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids	122
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets	119
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging	116
Introduction	110
Laboratory Experiments in Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	110
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients	99
Introduction	97
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow	87
	83
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	79
Erratum: Filtration in Pore Networks	67
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	64
Fluid Dynamics of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Stability	63
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection	61
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets	58
	57
Vortices and Forces in Biological Flight: Insects, Birds, and Bats	55

The Dynamics of Sand Dunes	54
Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence	52
Thermohaline Staircases in the Ocean: Initiation, Evolution, and Structure	51
Freezing and Capillarity	47
Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence	47
The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	46
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Stagnant Lids and Crusts	46
Physics-Constrained Bayesian Inference of Magnetic Resonance Velocimetry Data	45
Aircraft Icing: Modeling and Simulation	37
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	36
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	34
Icebergs Melting	34
Fluid Mechanics for Green Buildings	33
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	32
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	31
3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Fluid Mechanics	28
Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook	26
Bubble Plumes in Nature	25
Fluid Deformation and Mixing in Porous Media as Drivers for Chemical and Biological Processes	22
Secondary Atomization of Droplets at Extreme Conditions	21
Asymmetry, Bistability, and Bifurcations in the Wake of Simplified Vehicles	20
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets	19
Gas Microfilms in Droplet Dynamics: When Do Drops Bounce?	16
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions	16
Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Heavy Particles in Turbulence	14
Gas-Liquid Foam Dynamics: From Structural Elements to Continuum Descriptions	13
Motion in Stratified Fluids	13
Erratum: Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	13