OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 17. 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.)

Article	Citations
Erratum: The Dynamics of Sand Dunes	204
The Fluid Mechanics of Ocean Microplastics	200
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems	177
The Role of Canopy Turbulence in Wildland Fire Behavior	164
Coalescence Dynamics	152
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology	146
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids	134
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics	134
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets	109
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging	107
Laboratory Experiments in Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	105
Introduction	105
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients	102
Introduction	90
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow	88
	78
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	77
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets	75
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection	66
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	62
The Dynamics of Sand Dunes	57
	55
Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence	54
Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence	52
Vortices and Forces in Biological Flight: Insects, Birds, and Bats	50

Freezing and Capillarity	48
The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	45
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Stagnant Lids and Crusts	43
Icebergs Melting	42
Aircraft Icing: Modeling and Simulation	42
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	41
Fluid Mechanics for Green Buildings	39
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	36
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	34
Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook	33
3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Fluid Mechanics	32
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	32
Bubble Plumes in Nature	31
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets	28
Gas Microfilms in Droplet Dynamics: When Do Drops Bounce?	27
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions	25
Secondary Atomization of Droplets at Extreme Conditions	24
Fluid Deformation and Mixing in Porous Media as Drivers for Chemical and Biological Processes	23
Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Heavy Particles in Turbulence	20
Erratum: Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	18
Motion in Stratified Fluids	18
Gas-Liquid Foam Dynamics: From Structural Elements to Continuum Descriptions	17