OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Materials is 92. 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
Anti-Black racism in academia and what you can do about it	2118
Alternative propylene oxide production	1171
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices	873
Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles	701
Total synthesis of colloidal matter	698
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures	628
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases	533
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines	503
A world without electronic waste	484
The electrical conductivity of solution-processed nanosheet networks	436
Drug delivery to the central nervous system	422
Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems	388
Engineered lymphatic vessels	385
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology	376
China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission	375
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization	372
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors	367
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles	346
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics	341
Diabetic wound dressings	338
Author Correction: Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	334
Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers	334
Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering	332
Mechanical nanosurgery for glioblastoma	329
Targeting HIV in the brain	318

Polypeptide-powered batteries	311
A design strategy for 2D multiferroics	307
A framework for developing sex-specific engineered heart models	302
Chemotherapy delivery activated by radiation	300
A circular economy for sulfur-rich polymers	291
Temporarily solid, permanently porous	285
Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks	284
Designing supramolecular catalytic systems for mammalian synthetic metabolism	284
Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices	282
Sustainable moisture energy	261
Author Correction: Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors	253
Author Correction: Quantum guidelines for solid-state spin defects	253
Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy	248
Preventing fibrotic encapsulation	243
Icy reactors break down microplastics	220
Molecular design for low-cost organic photovoltaic materials	217
Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence	215
Emerging photovoltaics for onboard space applications	212
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials	207
Tunable surface friction inspired by catfish	198
Organic solid-state photochromism using porous scaffolds	198
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries	198
Enter the ring	190
Switching moiré magnets	189
Author Correction: Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices	187
Engineering sorption across scales	187
Academic bullying slows the evolution of science	184
Protein materials, by blueprint	183
High-entropy materials go nano	181
Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine	177
Chalcogens for high-energy batteries	175
Towards micro-PeLED displays	173
Organelle-level precision with next-generation targeting technologies	173
3D cell networks advance bone-on-a-chip	172
MOF–ammonia working pairs in thermal energy conversion and storage	168
Anomalous Hall antiferromagnets	166
Electricity from cells	161
Integrating materials databases	156
Perspectives on disparities in scientific visibility	154
Two anions are better than one	151
Publisher Correction: The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2	151
Resilience pathways for halide perovskite photovoltaics under temperature cycling	145
Forcing imines into MOFs	133
Adaptable navigation of magnetic microrobots	129
The state of the art in photovoltaic materials and device research	128
Host responses to implants revealed by intravital microscopy	124
A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting	123
2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles	122
Methane transformation by photocatalysis	120
Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters	120

Tailoring inorganic–polymer composites for the mass production of solid-state batteries	118
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells	118
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials	116
Passively cooling power equipment	116
Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet	116
Secure attachments	114
A quirky mechanophore comes to light	112
Making electronic circuits with hydrogels	111
Living in a material world	111
Oxide spin-orbitronics: spin–charge interconversion and topological spin textures	110
Atomically thin bioelectronics	107
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes	106
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design	105
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics	102
Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene	99
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals	98
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	95