OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Materialia is 74. 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
Electronic effects on the radiation damage in high-entropy alloys	292
High-throughput microstructure and composition characterisation of microplatelet reinforced composites using directional reflectance microscopy	256
Constrained sintering of alumina micro-ring films on stiff and compliant substrates: Constriction or dilation?	221
Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers in 2020	196
Ni coarsening in Ni-yttria stabilized zirconia electrodes: Three-dimensional quantitative phase-field simulations supported by ex-situ ptychographic nano-tomography	194
Suppressing embrittlement and enhancing thermal resistance of bulk superlattice alloys by controllable grain-boundary segregation	191
Corrigendum to ‘In situ laser-ultrasonic monitoring of Poisson's ratio and bulk sound velocities of steel plates during thermal processes’ [Acta Materialia (2022) 118097]	189
Corrigendum to Emmanuel Clouet Articles	185
Formation and self-organisation of nano-porosity in swift heavy ion irradiated amorphous Ge	174
Kawin: An open source Kampmann–Wagner Numerical (KWN) phase precipitation and coarsening model	164
Restructuring of emergent grain boundaries at free surfaces – An interplay between core stabilization and elastic stress generation	164
Coarsening of metal/ceramics bicontinuous structures enhanced by stress-induced instability under cyclic thermal stress	156
Super-defects in superatomic crystals	149
Superhardness Induced by Grain Boundary Vertical Sliding in (001)-textured ZrB2	149
Eutectoid growth of nanoscale amorphous Fe-Si nitride upon nitriding	145
Thermodynamics and Ferroelectric Properties of Pb1-xSrxTiO3 Solid Solutions	145
Architected materials informatics: Construction and application to cellular-structured heat sink optimization	140
Simultaneous dependent transformations nucleated at vertices and faces of 3D Poisson-Voronoi tessellations	133
In situ synchrotron study of sintering of gas-atomized Ti-6Al-4 V powders using concomitant micro-tomography and X-ray diffraction: Effect of particle size and interstitials on densification and phase	132
A data science approach for analysis and reconstruction of spinodal-like composition fields in irradiated FeCrAl alloys	127
Hydrogen-assisted spinodal decomposition in a TiNbZrHfTa complex concentrated alloy	126
Room temperature plasticity in amorphous SiO2 and amorphous Al	123
Passivating oxidation behavior of Ti0.12Al0.21B0.67 coatings investigated by scanning transmission electron microscopy and chemical environment dependent density functional theory simulations	122
The origin of graphite morphology in cast iron	112
The toughening effect of twins on fracture in nanotwinned Cu during cyclic loading	111

Ultra-fine-grained and gradient FeCrAl alloys with outstanding work hardening capability	110
Martensitic transformation during electrochemical polishing of metastable austenitic stainless steel	110
Effect of external stress on hydride reorientation in zirconium	109
Discovery of Guinier-Preston zone hardening in refractory nitride ceramics	103
Solute clustering in polycrystals: Unveiling the interplay of grain boundary junction and long-range solute attraction effects	103
Predicting path-dependent diffusion barrier spectra in vast compositional space of multi-principal element alloys via convolutional neural networks	101
A spall and diffraction study of nanosecond pressure release across the iron ε-α phase boundary	100
A novel two-step grain boundary diffusion process using TaF5 and Pr70Cu15Al10Ga5 for realizing high-coercivity in Nd-Fe-B-sintered magnets without use of heavy rare-earth	98
Intra-grain orientation distributions in deformed aluminium: Synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiment and crystal-plasticity finite-element simulation	98
Magnetic properties and microstructure of Sm5Fe17-based composite magnets	95
Dynamic deformation mechanism in submicro-laminated copper with interlamellar graphene multilayers	95
Scalar permeability microstructure model considering crystallographic texture and grain size for magnetic evaluation of anisotropy in steel	95
Microstructure evolution in ultra-high purity Fe-Cr alloys under low-PKA proton irradiation	94
Influence of substrate polarity on thermal stability, grain growth and atomic interface structure of Au thin films on ZnO surfaces	93
Substituting Ce with La and Nd in Al11Ce3: Effect on microstructure and mechanical properties	93
Chemical core-shell metastability-induced large ductility in medium-entropy maraging and reversion alloys	92
Demonstration of Helide formation for fusion structural materials as natural lattice sinks for helium	92
Strong interfaces: the key to high strength in nano metallic laminates	91
A phase field crystal model for real-time grain boundary formation and motion in complex concentration alloy	91
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Grain boundary segregation predicted by quantum-accurate segregation spectra but not by classical models	90
Extraction of reversible hydrogen trapped on prior austenite grain boundaries and promoting intergranular fracture in the elastic region of tempered martensitic steel by utilizing frozen-in hydrogen d	90
Mechanical properties, failure mechanisms, and scaling laws of bicontinuous nanoporous metallic glasses	89
Revealing the impact of acceptor dopant type on the electrical conductivity of sodium bismuth titanate	89
Deformation twin interactions with grain boundary particles in multi-phase magnesium alloys	88
Effect of CMAS infiltration on the optical properties of thermal barrier coatings: Study of the mechanisms supported by FDTD simulations and ALD	87
First-principles insights into complex interplays among nano-phases in an Al-Cu-Li-Zr alloy	83
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Ternary diagrams of phase, stability, and optical properties of cesium lead mixed-halide perovskites	82
Uncovering deformation twins in intermetallic AuSn and Au5Sn	81
A model for solute evolution in laser powder bed fused Al-Si alloys and its application to improve thermal conductivity	81
Precipitate dissolution during deformation induced twin thickening in a CoNi-base superalloy subject to creep	81
Cracking mechanism in a laser powder bed fused cold-work tool steel: The role of residual stresses, microstructure and local elemental concentrations	80
Ultrastrong and stress corrosion cracking-resistant martensitic steels	80
Ion kinetic energy- and ion flux-dependent mechanical properties and thermal stability of (Ti,Al)N thin films	80
The effects of diffusional couplings on compositional trajectories and interfacial free energies during phase separation in a quaternary Ni-Al-Cr-Re model superalloy	80
Cr-promoted formation of B2+L21 composite nanoprecipitates and enhanced mechanical properties in ferritic alloy	79
Sudoku-inspired high-Shannon-entropy alloys	79
Effect of thermal ageing on the deformation behaviour of ferrite and austenite in a duplex stainless steel: Micropillar characterisation and dislocation density modelling	78
In situ laser-ultrasonic monitoring of Poisson’s ratio and bulk sound velocities of steel plates during thermal processes	78
Mechanical Behavior and Size–Dependent Strength of Small Noble-Metal Nanoparticles	78
Achieving superior lithium storage performances of CoMoO4 anode for lithium-ion batteries by Si-doping dual vacancies engineering	78
Solid solution softening and hardening in binary BCC alloys	78
Solid solution and precipitation strengthening effects in basal slip, extension twinning and pyramidal slip in Mg-Zn alloys	78
Temperature-insensitive PMN-PZ-PT ferroelectric ceramics for actuator applications	77
On the exceptional creep resistance in a die-cast Gd-containing Mg alloy with Al addition	76
Atomistic simulations of pipe diffusion in bcc transition metals	75
Enhancing strengthening effect of topologically close-packed superlattices in medium-entropy alloys via enabling imperfect atomic packing	75
Formation and switching of chiral magnetic field textures in three-dimensional gyroid nanostructures	75
Revealing the mechanism of grain refinement and anti Si-poisoning induced by (Nb, Ti)B2 with a sandwich-like structure	74

Bilayer period and ratio dependent structure and mechanical properties of TiN/MoN superlattices	74
Achieving excellent elevated-temperature mechanical properties in dual-phase high-entropy alloys via nanoscale co-precipitation and heterostructure engineering	74
Short-range order and its impacts on the BCC MoNbTaW multi-principal element alloy by the machine-learning potential	74
A Model correlating fluidity to alloy variables in hypoeutectic alloys	74
Bimodal structured chromium-tungsten composite as plasma-facing materials: Sinterability, mechanical properties, and deuterium retention assessment	74