OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of MRS Bulletin is 29. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Journal Highlights	112
MRS Bulletin turns 50!	97
Failure-resistant mechanisms in nature inform metamaterials design	83
Dislocation does the twist with a double helix	61
EU publishes guidance for safe and sustainable materials and chemicals	56
Two-and-one-half cheers for the mediocracy*	55
Things I didn’t and still don’t fully understand	47
Amphiphilic assembly enhances performance of biofuel cells	45
Forming and erasing memories in disordered solids	44
2021 MRS Fall Meeting provided a hybrid experience!	43
Solution-driven bioinspired design: Themes of latch-mediated spring-actuated systems	42
Closing the sustainability gap in materials education	42
Gas-phase materials synthesis in environmental transmission electron microscopy	42
Metallic Zn crystals grown in liquid Ga imitate snowflake patterns	40
Binary ferroelectric oxides for future computing paradigms	39
Closing a chapter with MRS Bulletin and MRS	39
Advancing materials science through data integration and sustainable innovation	38
ML drives design of materials with ultrahigh strength-to-weight ratios	37
How to build an effective self-driving laboratory	37
Beyond potentials: Integrated machine learning models for materials	37
Functional imaging of brain organoids using high-density microelectrode arrays	36
Fuel cell-transistor combination amplifies signals, expands biosensing applications	36
Going cubic halves the efficiency droop in InGaAlN light-emitting diodes	35
Journal Highlights	34
Covalent−organic framework-based electrolytes fabricated for solid-state Li-ion batteries	31

Direct roll transfer of silicon nanoribbons onto polyimide substrates accomplished in one step	31
The LEGOLAS Kit: A low-cost robot science kit for education with symbolic regression for hypothesis discovery and validation	30
From atomistic to collective dynamics: Bridging gaps in gas-phase electron microscopy for catalysis	30
Correction to: Materials challenges for powering miniature bioinspired robots	29
High-throughput computations and machine learning for halide perovskite discovery	29
Interlayer and Moiré excitons in atomically thin double layers: From individual quantum emitters to degenerate ensembles	29