OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of MRS Bulletin is 26. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Smart textile triboelectric nanogenerators: Current status and perspectives	116
Gradient and lamellar heterostructures for superior mechanical properties	72
Stability of nanocrystalline metals: The role of grain-boundary chemistry and structure	59
Toward autonomous additive manufacturing: Bayesian optimization on a 3D printer	55
A review of safety considerations for batteries in aircraft with electric propulsion	52
Materials for interconnects	52
Environmental impacts of rare earth production	51
Electric-field-assisted processing of ceramics: Nonthermal effects and related mechanisms	46
Two-dimensional MXenes	43
A deep learning approach to the inverse problem of modulus identification in elasticity	41
Conducting materials as building blocks for electronic textiles	38
Promoting microstructural homogeneity during flash sintering of ceramics through thermal management	38
High-entropy ceramics: Propelling applications through disorder	36
Recycling rare earths: Perspectives and recent advances	35
Toward an e-chemistree: Materials for electrification of the chemical industry	35
Materials genes of heterogeneous catalysis from clean experiments and artificial intelligence	33
Overview and outlook of emerging non-volatile memories	29
Defects in flash-sintered ceramics and their effects on mechanical properties	28
Tailoring physical functionalities of complex oxides by vertically aligned nanocomposite thin-film design	28
Flash sintering: A new frontier in defect physics and materials science	28
Solute trapping in rapid solidification	28
High-entropy materials	27
Electrification of the chemical industry—materials innovations for a lower carbon future	27
Evaluation of two-dimensional transition-metal carbides and carbonitrides (MXenes) for SERS substrates	27
Materials challenges for quantum technologies based on color centers in diamond	27

Heusler alloys for metal spintronics	26
Commercialization of bulk nanostructured metals and alloys	26
Liquid–liquid phase separation of proteins and peptides derived from biological materials: Discovery, protein engineering, and emerging applications	26