OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soft Matter is 28. 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
Contents list	87
The motion of micro-swimmers over a cavity in a micro-channel	70
Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions	63
Modulation of wetting of stimulus responsive polymer brushes by lipid vesicles: experiments and simulations	57
Contents list	57
Rheology of a 2D granular film	56
Entangled nematic disclinations using multi-particle collision dynamics	54
The growth and the decay of a visco-elastocapillary ridge by localized forces	47
New quasiperiodic structures in nematic liquid crystals	41
Lowest gelation concentration in a complex-coacervate-driven self-assembly system, achieved by redox-RAFT synthesis of high molecular weight block polyelectrolytes	41
Effect of polyacrylamide gel elasticity on collagen type II fibril assembly	39
Effect of confinement and topology: 2-TIPS vs. MIPS	39
A simple one step synthesis of magnetic-optical dual functional ZIF-8 in a sodalite phase for magnetically guided targeting bioimaging and drug delivery	38
The role of poroelastic diffusion in the transient wetting behavior of hydrogels	37
Molecular mobility of thin films of poly(bisphenol-A carbonate) capped and with one free surface: from bulk-like samples down to the adsorbed layer	34
Modelling viscoelastic relaxation mechanisms in thermorheologically complex Fe(iii)–poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels	34
From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions	33
Droplets sliding on soft solids shed elastocapillary rails	33
Cyclodextrin-catalyzed self-assembly of a coordinating fluorescent molecule into microflowers	32
Effect of segmental motion on hydrolytic degradation of polyglycolide in electro-spun fiber mats	32
Mechanical deformation affects the counterion condensation in highly-swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogels	32
New approach for SANS measurement of micelle chain mixing during size and morphology transitions	32
Composition and temperature effects on the solution structure of SDS/octanol/brine by SANS, NMR and microscopy	31
PEG-fibrin conjugates: the PEG impact on the polymerization dynamics	31
The coagulant dipping process of nitrile latex: investigations of former motion effects and coagulant loss into the dipping compound	30

Fabrication of submillimeter-sized spherical self-oscillating gels and control of their isotropic volumetric oscillatory behaviors	30
Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells	30
Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites	29
Strain stiffening elastomers with swelling inclusions	28
Multi-population dissolution in confined active fluids	28
Water–alcohol–TiO₂ dispersions as sustainable ink	28
The rheology and foamability of crystal-melt suspensions composed of triacylglycerols	28
Tuning alginate β-lactoglobulin complex coacervation by modulating pH and temperature	28