OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Materials is 98. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-08-01 to 2023-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Designing solid-state electrolytes for safe, energy-dense batteries	907
Achieving high energy density and high power density with pseudocapacitive materials	904
Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery	773
High-entropy ceramics	688
Minimizing non-radiative recombination losses in perovskite solar cells	651
Materials design for bone-tissue engineering	615
Materials for solar-powered water evaporation	603
The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering	593
Room-temperature phosphorescence from organic aggregates	566
Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy	535
Resistive switching materials for information processing	533
Self-healing polymers	523
Understanding interface stability in solid-state batteries	517
Hydrogel microparticles for biomedical applications	485
Molecular magnetism: from chemical design to spin control in molecules, materials and devices	478
Scalable fabrication and coating methods for perovskite solar cells and solar modules	477
Structure–property–function relationships of natural and engineered wood	466
Synthetic alternatives to Matrigel	370
Chiral-perovskite optoelectronics	343
Engineering organoids	336
Design of biodegradable, implantable devices towards clinical translation	336
Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries	331
Multifunctional materials for implantable and wearable photonic healthcare devices	323
Flat optics with dispersion-engineered metasurfaces	323
Engineered biomaterials for in situ tissue regeneration	317

Bioplastics for a circular economy	294
Charge-transfer materials for electrochemical water desalination, ion separation and the recovery of elements	286
Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys	270
Tailoring inorganic–polymer composites for the mass production of solid-state batteries	267
Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion	266
Theory-guided design of catalytic materials using scaling relationships and reactivity descriptors	265
Solid-state nanopore sensors	254
2D materials for quantum information science	252
Targeted drug delivery strategies for precision medicines	247
Flame-retardant surface treatments	242
Design strategies for nonaqueous multivalent-ion and monovalent-ion battery anodes	230
Materials for oral delivery of proteins and peptides	216
Charge-transfer electronic states in organic solar cells	203
Engineered materials for organoid systems	202
A materials-science perspective on tackling COVID-19	194
Deep neural networks for the evaluation and design of photonic devices	192
Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale	190
Nonreciprocity in acoustic and elastic materials	189
Near-zero-index materials for photonics	185
Non-metallic charge carriers for aqueous batteries	184
Nanofluidics for osmotic energy conversion	183
Polarons in materials	182
Kinetic stability of metal–organic frameworks for corrosive and coordinating gas capture	177
Metallurgy, mechanistic models and machine learning in metal printing	175
Production routes to tailor the performance of cellulose nanocrystals	174
The surface of halide perovskites from nano to bulk	174
Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices	173
Electrode material–ionic liquid coupling for electrochemical energy storage	173
Single-micelle-directed synthesis of mesoporous materials	171
Risk assessment of microplastic particles	166
The marvels of moiré materials	165
The global rise of 3D printing during the COVID-19 pandemic	164
Synthetic amorphous silica nanoparticles: toxicity, biomedical and environmental implications	163
Molecular imaging and disease theranostics with renal-clearable optical agents	163
Overcoming the translational barriers of tissue adhesives	154
Soft actuators for real-world applications	153
Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties	152
Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy	150
Confining isolated atoms and clusters in crystalline porous materials for catalysis	147
Materials design by synthetic biology	143
Gas diffusion electrodes and membranes for CO2 reduction electrolysers	143
The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries	142
From bulk to molecularly thin hybrid perovskites	142
Phase transitions in 2D materials	139
Electrical doping in halide perovskites	139
Machine learning for alloys	139
Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly	137
The germanium quantum information route	137
Analogue computing with metamaterials	137
Colloidal quantum dot lasers	130

Quantum guidelines for solid-state spin defects	126
Nanoparticle synthesis assisted by machine learning	123
End-to-end design of wearable sensors	123
Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers	121
Emerging applications of zeolites in catalysis, separation and host–guest assembly	119
Engineered living biomaterials	119
Anisotropic reticular chemistry	118
Extracellular vesicles versus synthetic nanoparticles for drug delivery	117
From molecular to supramolecular electronics	117
Controlling polymer properties through the shape of the molecular-weight distribution	115
Engineered materials for in vivo delivery of genome-editing machinery	114
The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing	110
The kinetics of metal oxide photoanodes from charge generation to catalysis	109
Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis	109
Multiple nanoemulsions	109
Electronic-structure methods for twisted moiré layers	108
A reticular chemistry guide for the design of periodic solids	108
Emerging materials intelligence ecosystems propelled by machine learning	107
3D-printed multifunctional materials enabled by artificial-intelligence-assisted fabrication technologies	107
Biomaterial-based antimicrobial therapies for the treatment of bacterial infections	107
Transition-metal coordinate bonds for bioinspired macromolecules with tunable mechanical properties	103
Engineered disorder in photonics	100
Advances in coherent magnonics	100