OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 19. 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.)

Article	Citations
Coalescence Dynamics	398
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems	353
Fluid Dynamics of Axial Turbomachinery: Blade- and Stage-Level Simulations and Models	230
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology	141
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids	107
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets	107
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics	105
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging	104
Introduction	98
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients	97
Moisture in Textiles	86
Flow Control for Unmanned Air Vehicles	85
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow	71
Mass Transfer at the Ocean–Atmosphere Interface: The Role of Wave Breaking, Droplets, and Bubbles	70
Rotating Horizontal Convection	68
	68
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	65
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets	60
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection	56
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	52
	50
Vortices and Forces in Biological Flight: Insects, Birds, and Bats	47
Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence	44
Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence	44
The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	40

Freezing and Capillarity	39
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	35
FLEET Velocimetry for Aerodynamics	35
Icebergs Melting	34
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	32
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	32
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	28
Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms	28
3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Fluid Mechanics	26
Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook	26
Bubble Plumes in Nature	25
Gas Microfilms in Droplet Dynamics: When Do Drops Bounce?	24
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions	24
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets	23
Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Heavy Particles in Turbulence	22
Flood Inundation Prediction	21
Motion in Stratified Fluids	21
Turbulent Drag Reduction by Streamwise Traveling Waves of Wall-Normal Forcing	20
Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence Cascade	20
Gas-Liquid Foam Dynamics: From Structural Elements to Continuum Descriptions	19
Drop Impact Dynamics: Impact Force and Stress Distributions	19