OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science is 31. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Designing refractory complex concentrated alloys for extreme environments	194
Understanding how bacterial collectives organize on surfaces by tracking surfactant flow	162
Accelerated emergence of CoNi-based medium-entropy alloys with emphasis on their mechanical properties	121
Toward high-quality graphene film growth by chemical vapor deposition system	95
Thermogalvanic hydrogel patch array with active piezoresistive sensing for sitting posture monitoring	82
Amorphous oxide semiconductors: From fundamental properties to practical applications	82
Grain refinement and morphological control of intermetallic compounds: A comprehensive review	79
Graphene- polymer nanocomposite-based wearable strain sensors for physiological signal Monitoring: Recent progress and challenges	75
Corrigendum to “Nanoscale strain-engineered planar two-dimensional materials: properties, fabrication strategies, and applications in biosensing” [Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 43 (2026) 101265]	72
Conductive-synthetic diamond materials in meeting the sustainable development goals	72
Editorial Board	71
Editorial Board	65
Liquid crystalline elastomer actuators with dynamic covalent bonding: Synthesis, alignment, reprogrammability, and self-healing	63
Dopants and defects in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors	61
Electric current-induced phenomena in metallic materials	59
Editorial: Special issue on solid-state battery materials, phenomena, and systems	57
High strain rate nanoindentation testing: Recent advancements, challenges and opportunities	55
Editorial Board	55
Solid state lithium metal batteries – Issues and challenges at the lithium-solid electrolyte interface	52
Predicting displacement damage for ion irradiation: Origin of the overestimation of vacancy production in SRIM full-cascade calculations	51
The next generation of nanoindentation and small-scale mechanical testing	50
History, present status, and future directions of vanadium alloys for fusion reactors	49
Recent advances in describing and driving crystal nucleation using machine learning and artificial intelligence	49
Graphene-based sensors for multiscenario applications: from functional interface engineering to artificial intelligence-driven optimization	44
Chemomechanics: Friend or foe of the “AND problem” of solid-state batteries?	43

Review on thermal transport and lattice dynamics of high-entropy alloys containing Ni	43
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for materials	40
Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling	40
Atomic-scale scanning single-electron transistor microscopy for low-angle twisted two-dimensional heterostructures	40
Rational design of high-entropy ceramics based on machine learning – A critical review	40
Advances in additive manufacturing of cemented carbides: From powder production to mechanical properties and future challenges	38
Remote energy transfer strategies for flexible implantable bioelectronics	36
Monolithic 3D integration as a pathway to energy-efficient computing and beyond: From materials and devices to architectures and chips	36
Chiral photonic materials self-assembled by cellulose nanocrystals	35
Current opinions on memristor-accelerated machine learning hardware	34
Advancements in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy Instrumentation: Towards high speed and 3D	33
Intrinsically stretchable sensory-neuromorphic system for sign language translation	33
Deformation-induced martensitic transformations: A strategy for overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off in high-entropy alloys	31
From jammed solids to mechanical metamaterials : A brief review	31