OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Materials is 85. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Alternative propylene oxide production	1441
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices	844
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases	748
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures	650
The electrical conductivity of solution-processed nanosheet networks	640
Drug delivery to the central nervous system	489
Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles	472
Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems	456
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines	456
Diabetic wound dressings	448
Reducing immune response in semiconducting polymers through molecular design	426
China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission	413
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization	410
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors	409
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles	374
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology	369
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics	366
Mechanical nanosurgery for glioblastoma	362
Author Correction: Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	352
Designing supramolecular catalytic systems for mammalian synthetic metabolism	344
Chemotherapy delivery activated by radiation	318
Temporarily solid, permanently porous	313
A framework for developing sex-specific engineered heart models	309
A circular economy for sulfur-rich polymers	309
A design strategy for 2D multiferroics	306

Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices	305
Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks	297
Sustainable moisture energy	259
Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering	259
Author Correction: Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors	256
Emerging photovoltaics for onboard space applications	246
Icy reactors break down microplastics	244
Author Correction: Quantum guidelines for solid-state spin defects	243
Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy	234
Materials advances for distributed environmental sensor networks at scale	231
Molecular design for low-cost organic photovoltaic materials	229
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries	215
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials	214
Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence	209
Author Correction: Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices	204
Protein materials, by blueprint	202
Chalcogens for high-energy batteries	200
Engineering sorption across scales	200
Organic solid-state photochromism using porous scaffolds	199
Academic bullying slows the evolution of science	195
3D cell networks advance bone-on-a-chip	194
Switching moiré magnets	193
Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine	187
Interfacial insight	185
High-entropy materials go nano	184
Towards micro-PeLED displays	181
Tunable surface friction inspired by catfish	176
MOF–ammonia working pairs in thermal energy conversion and storage	166
Organelle-level precision with next-generation targeting technologies	157
Anomalous Hall antiferromagnets	156
Electricity from cells	152
Two anions are better than one	149
Forcing imines into MOFs	147
Materials and device strategies to enhance spatiotemporal resolution in bioelectronics	146
The state of the art in photovoltaic materials and device research	145
Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters	141
Adaptable navigation of magnetic microrobots	140
Publisher Correction: The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2	136
Methane transformation by photocatalysis	136
Fundamentals of charge transport in two-dimensional framework materials	135
2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles	128
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells	127
A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting	126
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials	125
Resilience pathways for halide perovskite photovoltaics under temperature cycling	122
Passively cooling power equipment	120
Secure attachments	118
Living in a material world	112
A quirky mechanophore comes to light	109
Making electronic circuits with hydrogels	105

Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet	103
Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene	102
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design	100
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes	98
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals	97
Oxide spin-orbitronics: spin–charge interconversion and topological spin textures	93
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics	93
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	88
Atomically thin bioelectronics	87
Tracking the uptake of nanoplastics in plants	85