OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Fusion Science and Technology is 2. 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
A Safer, Smaller, Cleaner Subcritical Thorium Fission—Muonic Fusion Hybrid Reactor	27
Instrumentation and Control for Tritium-Compatible Hydrogen Generator	21
Pressure Response Optimization of an Eddy Current-Driven Flyer Plate Valve for the ITER Shattered Pellet Injection System	20
The Impact of Disruptions on the Economics of a Tokamak Power Plant	20
Special issue featuring Young Investigators in Fusion	14
Erosion of Fuzz Layers Formed in Steady-State Plasma Discharge	12
Thermohydraulic Design Analysis of the Target Assembly in the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment Facility	10
Numerical Simulation of Airflow and Dust Migration in Vacuum Vessel During Loss of Vacuum Accident for Updated CFETR	10
Validation of the OpenMC Code for Fusion Applications: The FNG-Streaming Benchmark Case	9
Determination of the Surface-Rate Coefficients of Deuterium Through Nickel by Gas-Driven Permeation Experiments in Surface-Limited Regime	9
Observation of d(t,n)α Neutrons Following d(d,p)t Reactions in a Deuterium Gas Cell: An Attempt to Repeat Ruhlig’s 1938 Observation of Secondary Reactions	9
Multiscenario Electromagnetic Load Analysis of Blanket and VV for CFETR	8
Parameter Space Constraints for Compact Spherical Tokamak Fusion Reactors	8
Screening the Optimal Loading of a Pt-Catalyzed Zeolite for Hydrogen Isotope Exchange	8
Review of Recent Progress in Plasma-Facing Material Joints and Composites in the FRONTIER U.S.-Japan Collaboration	8
Technical Reviewers Fusion Science and Technology, 2022	7
Seismic Analysis of the Robotic Arm for Patient Positioning in Proton Therapy System	7
TCV Tokamak Neutron Shielding Upgrade for Dual NBI Operation	7
Experimental Estimation of Dust Generation Under ELM-Like Transient Heat Loads in Divertor Plasma Simulator-2	7
Safety Analysis of Metallic Tokamak-I Against Electromagnetic and Structural Loads	7
Liner Development and Characterization for the PHELIX Containment System	7
Gaussian Process Tomography at ASDEX Upgrade with Magnetic Equilibrium Information and Nonstationary Kernels	7
Synthesis of Nanosized Copper and Cobalt Particles in Plasma Discharge in a Liquid Under the Effect of Intensive Ultrasound	6
Generation and Analysis of Tritium-Substituted Methane	6
Monte Carlo Analysis of the Performance of the ITER Diagnostic Residual Gas Analyzer	6

The LIBRA Experiment: Investigating Robust Tritium Accountancy in Molten FLiBe Exposed to a D-T Fusion Neutron Spectrum	6
Thermal Adsorption Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Isotopes from CHA-Type Zeolites	6
Numerical Simulation Analysis of Flow Field on Repetitive Pellet Injector with Single-Screw Extruder in CFETR	6
Density Functional Theory Investigation of Cu, Ni, and Ag Inclusion in ZSM-5 to Study Dihydrogen Binding for Cryogenic Molecular Sieve Bed Adsorber in Nuclear Fusion Systems	6
Updated Thermofluid Performance of the Simplified Flat Variant of the HEMJ	6
Measurement of Hydrogen Permeation Fluxes Through Tungsten Deposition Layer Growing by Hydrogen Plasma Sputtering and Observation of Microstructure	6
Fault Prediction of Molecular Pump Based on DE-Bi-LSTM	6
A New Integrated Analysis Suite for Fast-Ion Study in KSTAR	5
Tritium Release During Different Decommissioning Techniques	5
Quantification of Thin Walls and Capsules Using X-Ray Computed Tomography	5
Advances in Electroplating Gradients and Thick Metallic Coatings on Microspherical Targets for Inertial Confinement Fusion	5
Remote Plasma Physics Research and Teaching by Example of Turbulence Study at the University-Scale Tokamak GOLEM	5
Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment High Heat Flux Microwave Absorber Design, Manufacture, and Articles Test	5
Parametric Study of the Vacuum Permeator for the Tritium Extraction eXperiment	5
Polishing of Metal, Foam, and Si-Doped GDP Capsules for Use as ICF Targets	5
Thermal Effects on Dynamic Behavior of CFETR Vacuum Vessel	5
Modeling Delamination in NSTX-U Inner Leg Using “EKILL”	5
Front-Face RH Compatible Structure Design and Thermal Analysis for CFETR Divertor Dome	5
Radiation and Nuclear Physics Aspects of the Use of the Thorium Fuel Cycle in a Hybrid Fusion Facility	5
Some Conditions for Externally Driven Burn of Dense Proton-Boron Plasma	5
Method for a Tube Inner Surface Coating	4
Analysis of the Mechanism of Microwave Radiation Generated by the Weak Interaction Between Relativistic Electron Beam and Plasma with a Transverse Magnetic Field	4
Issues in Formation of Cryogenic Pellets for Fusion Applications	4
The Reaction of Uranium Deuteride with Nitrogen	4
Matter Injection in EU-DEMO: The Preconceptual Design	4
Deep Learning–Based Plasma Optical Boundary Recognition and Reconstruction on EAST Tokamak	4
Numerical Calculations of Liquid-Metal Magnetohydrodynamic Flows Through Circular Pipe in Magnetic Field Inlet Region and Outlet Region	4
Plasma Wall Interaction of New Type of Divertor Heat Removal Component in LHD Fabricated by Advanced Multi-Step Brazing (AMSB)	4
Prospects for the Use of Atmospheric Optical Communication at Nuclear and Fusion Facilities	4
Energy Confinement Dynamics and Some Properties of Plasma Self-Organization in ECRH Regime in the L-2M Stellarator	4
Effects of a Gap/Open Space on Hydrogen Permeation Through Double Membranes of Ni/Ni and Pd/Ni	4
High-Rate Sputter Deposition of Ultrathick Boron Carbide Coatings on Rolling Spherical Substrates	4
The Digital Assembly and Maintenance Training Platform for ITER-Type Mock-Up in Virtual Reality Environment	3
Friction Welding of ETP-Cu Plate to SS304L Round Bar: An Experimental Study on Asymmetrical Dissimilar Metal Joints	3
Engineering Paradigms for Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Energy	3
Hot Spot Cause Analysis and Shaping Optimization Design of the Monoblock Divertor Target Plate in EAST	3
Grad-Shafranov Equation in Fractal Dimensions	3
Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic and Structural Analysis of Disruptions in the COMPASS Upgrade Vacuum Vessel	3
Acoustic State Sensing of Subcooled Boiling Heat Transfer on a CuCrZr Surface Using a Deep Neural Network for Divertor Application	3
Los Alamos National Laboratory Double Shell Program Target Development	3
Four Years of Tritium Operation of the KATRIN Experiment at TLK	3
Timing Synchronization System on RF-Driven Neutral Beam Injection System	3
Effects of Carbon Deposition on Deuterium Plasma-Driven Permeation Through Tungsten-Coated RAFM Steel	3
Advancing Fusion Research and Development at TAE Technologies Through INFUSE Program	3
Investigations of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Post-Weld Heat-Treated DP780 Steel TIG Welds	3
Radiation Damage Analysis of FNSF Components Using McCad and MCNP	3
Introduction to Special Issue on the Early History of Nuclear Fusion	3
Influence of Gas Pressure on the Infrared Blocking Property of Ultrathin Aluminum Films on Freestanding Polyimide Substrates	3
Design Overview of a High-Pressure Helium Flow Visualization Apparatus for Blanket Cooling Studies	3
A Method of Depositing Copper Nanoparticles on Microparticles of Dielectrics as a Result of a Plasma-Chemical Reaction Initiated by the Radiation of a Powerful Gyrotron	3

Foreword Special issue on Wide-Ranging and Exotic Applications of Fusion Technology, Part 2	3
A New Approach to Nuclear Fusion Based on Muon Catalysis by Means of High-Energy Ball Lightning and an Accelerative Mechanism	3
Concept Design and Analysis of the Magnet System of the Sustained High Power Density Tokamak Facility	3
Fusion Gain and Triple Product for the Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z Pinch	2
Study on Helium Bubble Coalescence in the Slip Plane of Titanium	2
Plasma Confinement in the L-2M Stellarator at High Microwave Heating Powers	2
Foreword	2
Technique of Reactor Experiments of Tin-Lithium Alloy Interaction with Hydrogen Isotopes Under Neutron Irradiation Conditions	2
Physical Properties and Effect of Helium-Vacancy Pair on Tungsten/Graphene Composite as Plasma-Facing Materials from First Principles	2
Design and Analysis of an Advanced Three-Point Bend Test Approach for Miniature Irradiated Disk Specimens	2
The Limiting Fusion Gain in High-Performance Z-Pinches	2
A Software Package for Plasma-Facing Component Analysis and Design: The Heat Flux Engineering Analysis Toolkit (HEAT)	2
Electromagnetic Load Analysis During Plasma Disruption for HL-2M Tokamak Plasma-Facing Components	2
Multiphysics Modeling of Impurity Transport for FNSF Startup Scenario with ERO2.0	2
Application of Adaptive Channeling of Low-Energy Particles in Above-Target Graphene Film to Optimize Accelerator Nuclear Fusion in Unstructured Targets	2
Improved Plasma Vertical Position Control on TCV Using Model-Based Optimized Controller Synthesis	2
Confirmation of the Absence of Contact Between Edge Boundary Plasma and Inboard First Wall in LHD Discharges Based on Radial Profile Measurement of Hβ Line Emissions	2
Foreword Special issue featuring papers from the 13th International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology	2
Study of the Effective Torus Exhaust High Vacuum Pumping System Performance in the Inner Tritium Plant Loop of EU-DEMO	2
Interaction of the Substance of the Tsarev Meteorite with Radiation from a Powerful Gyrotron: Dusty Plasma Cloud Formation and Phase Transformations	2
Complex of Facilities for Studying Interaction of Hydrogen Isotopes with Materials	2
Thermophysical Parameter Estimation of a Neutron Source Based on the Action of Broadband Radiation on a Cylindrical Target	2
Conceptual Framework for Gigajoule-Scale Deuterium-Tritium Fusion Yield from an End-Sourced, High-Current, Snowplow-Driven, Shear Flow–Stabilized Nanosecond Timescale Z	2
Determination of the Oxygen Concentration in GDP Thin Films Using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy	2
A Forward Analytic Model of Neutron Time-of-Flight Signals for Inferring Ion Temperatures from MagLIF Experiments	2
Optimization of the Toroidal Magnetic Coil System for the Small Spherical Tokamak MEPhIST-0	2
A Critical Review of Fabrication Strategies, Separation Techniques, Challenges, and Future Prospects for the Hydrogen Separation Membrane	2
Integration of a Microchannel Reactor in a CECE Process for H ₂ Removal from the O ₂ Stream Produced by the H ₂	2
Surrogate Model of Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive in a Compact Advanced Tokamak	2
Preliminary Design of a Cryogenic System with GM Cryocooler for Testing the Hydrogen Condensers of the Distillation Columns	2
Seismic Analysis of the Vacuum Vessel for CFETR	2
Comparison of Three Compact Raman Systems with Excitation Laser Wavelengths of 405, 532, and 660 nm (µRA-RGB)	2
Analysis of Design Alternatives of Actively Cooled RF Window for MPEX	2
Power Quality Analysis for Poloidal Field Power Supply System in EAST	2
NSTX-U Personnel Safety System: Safety Instrumented System Development and Design	2
Operational Tritium Inventories in the EU-DEMO Fuel Cycle	2
Thermal-Fluid and Thermal-Structural Response of the T-Tube Modular Divertor to Spatiotemporally Varying Heat Loads	2
Axial Concentration of Dissolved Deuterium by Dispersion in a LiPb Experimental Loop	2
Anthropic Importance of the “Bretscher State” in DT Fusion	2
High Heat Flux Testing of Brazed W/CuCrZr Monoblock in High Heat Flux Test Facility	2
Structural Analysis of LaNi _4.25 Al _0.75 Hydride	2
High-Energy Tritium Ion and α-Particle Release from the Near-Surface Layer of Lithium During Neutron Irradiation in the Nuclear Reactor Core	2
Plasma Diagnostics on Pulse Plasma-Focus Generators and Their Features as Alternative Fusion Reactors	2
Evaluation of Alpha Particle Emission Rate Due to the p-¹¹B Fusion Reaction in the Large Helical Device	2
Effect of Welding Speed and Post-Weld Heat Treatment on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Alpha+Beta Titanium Alloy EB Welds	2
Manufacturing Technologies for Ultra-High-Vacuum–Compatible 10 MW/m² High Heat Flux Components for Application in Fusion Devices	2
Precipitate Size in GRCop-84 Gas Atomized Powder and Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additively Manufactured Material	2
Large Component Simulation of an Inboard Sector of a Dual-Coolant Lead-Lithium Blanket	2
Microstructure and Thermal Properties of Inert Plasma-Sprayed Tungsten Coating on SiC-Coated Carbon/Carbon Composites	2
Development of a High Heat Flux Electric Joule Heating System for Testing a One-Side Heated Cooling Channel	2
Comprehensive Analysis of Streaming and Shutdown Dose Rate Experiments at JET with ORNL Fusion Neutronics Workflows	2
The Development and Testing of a Digital ITER-Type Mock-Up Based on Virtual Reality Technology	2
Accuracy Compensation Based on Optimized Neural Network for a Robotic Patient Positioning System with 6 Degrees of Freedom Used in Proton Therapy System	2
Atomistic Study on the Energetic and Mechanical Behaviors of Helium Bubble Nucleation and Growth in RAFM Steel	2