OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of MRS Bulletin is 27. 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
Journal Highlights	133
MRS Bulletin turns 50!	85
Failure-resistant mechanisms in nature inform metamaterials design	75
Dislocation does the twist with a double helix	73
EU publishes guidance for safe and sustainable materials and chemicals	67
Two-and-one-half cheers for the mediocracy*	51
Things I didn’t and still don’t fully understand	50
Amphiphilic assembly enhances performance of biofuel cells	45
2021 MRS Fall Meeting provided a hybrid experience!	40
Forming and erasing memories in disordered solids	40
How to build an effective self-driving laboratory	40
Closing the sustainability gap in materials education	39
Solution-driven bioinspired design: Themes of latch-mediated spring-actuated systems	38
Gas-phase materials synthesis in environmental transmission electron microscopy	38
Binary ferroelectric oxides for future computing paradigms	36
Metallic Zn crystals grown in liquid Ga imitate snowflake patterns	36
Closing a chapter with MRS Bulletin and MRS	34
Reversing planar gliding, microcracking enhances performance of single-crystalline Ni-rich cathode	34
Functional imaging of brain organoids using high-density microelectrode arrays	33
Beyond potentials: Integrated machine learning models for materials	32
Journal Highlights	31
Going cubic halves the efficiency droop in InGaAlN light-emitting diodes	31
Direct roll transfer of silicon nanoribbons onto polyimide substrates accomplished in one step	30
Look again	29
From atomistic to collective dynamics: Bridging gaps in gas-phase electron microscopy for catalysis	29

Covalent−organic framework-based electrolytes fabricated for solid-state Li-ion batteries	29
Nanogenerators developed based on different physics effects	28
Doping limits in p-type oxide semiconductors	27
High-throughput computations and machine learning for halide perovskite discovery	27
The LEGOLAS Kit: A low-cost robot science kit for education with symbolic regression for hypothesis discovery and validation	27
Materials research and development needs to enable efficient and electrified buildings	27