OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science is 12. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Amorphous oxide semiconductors: From fundamental properties to practical applications	378
Toward high-quality graphene film growth by chemical vapor deposition system	288
Understanding how bacterial collectives organize on surfaces by tracking surfactant flow	157
Accelerated emergence of CoNi-based medium-entropy alloys with emphasis on their mechanical properties	107
Overcoming the limitations of COVID-19 diagnostics with nanostructures, nucleic acid engineering, and additive manufacturing	107
Grain refinement and morphological control of intermetallic compounds: A comprehensive review	106
Graphene- polymer nanocomposite-based wearable strain sensors for physiological signal Monitoring: Recent progress and challenges	95
Editorial Board	79
Editorial Board	72
Conductive-synthetic diamond materials in meeting the sustainable development goals	70
Dopants and defects in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors	68
Liquid crystalline elastomer actuators with dynamic covalent bonding: Synthesis, alignment, reprogrammability, and self-healing	64
Electric current-induced phenomena in metallic materials	60
Editorial: Special issue on solid-state battery materials, phenomena, and systems	59
Editorial Board	56
Solid state lithium metal batteries – Issues and challenges at the lithium-solid electrolyte interface	54
Predicting displacement damage for ion irradiation: Origin of the overestimation of vacancy production in SRIM full-cascade calculations	54
High strain rate nanoindentation testing: Recent advancements, challenges and opportunities	53
The next generation of nanoindentation and small-scale mechanical testing	49
History, present status, and future directions of vanadium alloys for fusion reactors	48
Recent advances in describing and driving crystal nucleation using machine learning and artificial intelligence	47
Graphene-based sensors for multiscenario applications: from functional interface engineering to artificial intelligence-driven optimization	46
Review on thermal transport and lattice dynamics of high-entropy alloys containing Ni	43
Monolithic 3D integration as a pathway to energy-efficient computing and beyond: From materials and devices to architectures and chips	42
Rational design of high-entropy ceramics based on machine learning – A critical review	41

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for materials	41
Advances in additive manufacturing of cemented carbides: From powder production to mechanical properties and future challenges	38
Chemomechanics: Friend or foe of the “AND problem” of solid-state batteries?	36
Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling	36
Chiral photonic materials self-assembled by cellulose nanocrystals	35
Current opinions on memristor-accelerated machine learning hardware	32
Editorial Board	32
From jammed solids to mechanical metamaterials : A brief review	29
Intrinsically stretchable sensory-neuromorphic system for sign language translation	29
Advancements in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy Instrumentation: Towards high speed and 3D	28
Sampling thermodynamic ensembles of molecular systems with generative neural networks: Will integrating physics-based models close the generalization gap?	27
Deformation-induced martensitic transformations: A strategy for overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off in high-entropy alloys	27
Editorial Board	27
Autonomous materials research and design: Characterization	25
Electrochemo-mechanical effects as a critical design factor for all-solid-state batteries	25
From high-entropy alloys to alloys with high entropy: A new paradigm in materials science and engineering for advancing sustainable metallurgy	24
Advances and opportunities in high-throughput small-scale mechanical testing	24
Spintronic devices as next-generation computation accelerators	23
Probing the Near-Atomic Scale Structure of Hard Biological Materials with Atom Probe Tomography: A Review	23
Editorial Board	23
Engineering materials for artificial cells	22
Recent progress in analysis of strain-induced phenomena in irradiated metallic materials and advanced alloys using SEM-EBSD in-situ tensile testing	21
Advancing programmable metamaterials through machine learning-driven buckling strength optimization	21
Challenges and opportunities in searching for Rashba-Dresselhaus materials for efficient spin-charge interconversion at room temperature	21
Ferroelastic toughening: Can it solve the mechanics challenges of solid electrolytes?	20
Autonomous research and development of structural materials – An introduction and vision	20
Machine learning aided nanoindentation: A review of the current state and future perspectives	19
Conductive Hydrogels: Bioelectronics and Environmental Applications	19
In situ and operando characterisation of Li metal – Solid electrolyte interfaces	19
Editorial Board	18
Historic and modern nuclear graphite impurities: Pathways to improved waste strategies	18
On the role of functionalization in graphene-moisture interaction	18
Recent progress in elastic and inelastic neutron scattering for chemical, polymeric, and biological investigations	16
Nanocrystal programmable assembly beyond hard spheres (or shapes) and other (simple) potentials	15
Statistical mechanical modeling of glass-forming systems: A practical review considering an example calcium silicate system	15
Point of zero charge, isoelectric point, and potential of zero charge on activated carbons: A comprehensive interpretation about their interrelation	15
Machine learning for inverse design of acoustic and elastic metamaterials	15
Breaking the trade-off between thermal conductivity and strength of magnesium alloys: Mechanisms and strategies	15
Designing biofilm architecture through depletion-mediated self-assembly and emergent nematic order	15
High-affinity peptide biomaterials	15
Predictive process mapping for laser powder bed fusion: A review of existing analytical solutions	15
Role of electronic energy loss on defect production and interface stability: Comparison between ceramic materials and high-entropy alloys	14
On the oxidation of VS2 2D platelets using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	13
Proposed relaxed criteria for fusion-activated materials	13
Supported catalysts for heterogeneous electro-Fenton processes: Recent trends and future directions	13
Computational materials assessment of the D/Li-stripping neutron source as a prototypical facility for fusion materials testing	13
Machine learning models in phononic metamaterials	12
Helix-specific properties and applications in synthetic polypeptides	12
Editorial Board	12
Footwear for piezoelectric energy harvesting: A comprehensive review on prototypes development, applications and future prospects	12