OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Materials is 57. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery	1603
Bioplastics for a circular economy	844
Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries	671
Engineering organoids	614
Tailoring inorganic–polymer composites for the mass production of solid-state batteries	543
Targeted drug delivery strategies for precision medicines	513
End-to-end design of wearable sensors	485
Risk assessment of microplastic particles	464
Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion	458
Soft actuators for real-world applications	407
Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties	374
Nanofluidics for osmotic energy conversion	367
Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices	351
Gas diffusion electrodes and membranes for CO2 reduction electrolysers	338
Polarons in materials	337
The marvels of moiré materials	336
Deep neural networks for the evaluation and design of photonic devices	316
Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale	308
Machine learning for alloys	303
Designing modern aqueous batteries	301
Emerging applications of zeolites in catalysis, separation and host–guest assembly	281
Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers	277
Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy	275
Phase transitions in 2D materials	273
Biomaterial-based antimicrobial therapies for the treatment of bacterial infections	261

Low-dimensional wide-bandgap semiconductors for UV photodetectors	261
Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines	256
The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2	255
Molecular engineering of contact interfaces for high-performance perovskite solar cells	251
Molecular imaging and disease theranostics with renal-clearable optical agents	249
Engineered living biomaterials	249
Nanoparticle synthesis assisted by machine learning	244
Quantum guidelines for solid-state spin defects	244
Design of therapeutic biomaterials to control inflammation	241
Flexible self-charging power sources	237
Colloidal quantum dot lasers	237
The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries	236
Advances in coherent magnonics	235
Dynamical memristors for higher-complexity neuromorphic computing	235
Materials design by synthetic biology	230
Reducing environmental plastic pollution by designing polymer materials for managed end-of-life	226
Electrical doping in halide perovskites	221
The germanium quantum information route	219
The kinetics of metal oxide photoanodes from charge generation to catalysis	213
A reticular chemistry guide for the design of periodic solids	210
Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry	209
Extracellular vesicles versus synthetic nanoparticles for drug delivery	203
Electronic defects in metal oxide photocatalysts	202
Transition-metal coordinate bonds for bioinspired macromolecules with tunable mechanical properties	197
From molecular to supramolecular electronics	197
Organic batteries for a greener rechargeable world	185
Material properties and applications of mechanically interlocked polymers	182
Passive, active and endogenous organ-targeted lipid and polymer nanoparticles for delivery of genetic drugs	173
Emerging materials intelligence ecosystems propelled by machine learning	172
A roadmap for the commercialization of perovskite light emitters	170
Methane transformation by photocatalysis	170
Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles	169
Long-term operating stability in perovskite photovoltaics	168
Defect activity in metal halide perovskites with wide and narrow bandgap	166
Designing spatial and temporal control of vaccine responses	164
Fibre-based composites from the integration of metal–organic frameworks and polymers	163
Topological acoustics	157
Engineered disorder in photonics	154
Stability challenges for the commercialization of perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells	152
The protein corona from nanomedicine to environmental science	152
Dynamic and reconfigurable materials from reversible network interactions	151
Processing and application of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors	150
Engineered platforms for topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes	146
Soft wearable devices for deep-tissue sensing	144
Excitonic devices with van der Waals heterostructures: valleytronics meets twistronics	143
Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	134
Materials, physics and systems for multicaloric cooling	133
Pushing the limit of 3d transition metal-based layered oxides that use both cation and anion redox for energy storage	132
Anomalous Hall antiferromagnets	132
Machine learning for a sustainable energy future	129

Drug delivery to the central nervous system	129
Engineering high-coherence superconducting qubits	127
Emerging exciton physics in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers	124
Ferroelectric domain walls for nanotechnology	123
Two-dimensional material inks	115
Responsive materials architected in space and time	114
Electrochemical ion insertion from the atomic to the device scale	108
Exploiting the paddle-wheel mechanism for the design of fast ion conductors	108
Weyl, Dirac and high-fold chiral fermions in topological quantum matter	106
Machine learning in combinatorial polymer chemistry	102
Highly efficient perovskite LEDs	102
Ferroelectric order in van der Waals layered materials	101
Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks	98
Semitransparent organic photovoltaics for building-integrated photovoltaic applications	97
The electrical conductivity of solution-processed nanosheet networks	95
Lithium-film ceramics for solid-state lithionic devices	94
Oxide spin-orbitronics: spin–charge interconversion and topological spin textures	92
Organelle-level precision with next-generation targeting technologies	91
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials	90
Total synthesis of colloidal matter	88
Mining our green future	88
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials	87
Understanding ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters at work	87
Topological materials discovery from crystal symmetry	86
Atomically precise control in the design of low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts	86
Innovations to decarbonize materials industries	85
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries	85
Increasing the size and complexity of discrete 2D metallosupramolecules	85
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines	79
Clinical translation of long-acting drug delivery formulations	79
Hydration-induced reversible deformation of biological materials	78
Let’s talk about lipid nanoparticles	76
Plasma pyrolysis for a sustainable hydrogen economy	76
3D-printed PEDOT:PSS for soft robotics	74
Photonic van der Waals integration from 2D materials to 3D nanomembranes	73
Autonomous materials systems from active liquid crystals	70
Functionalizing DNA origami to investigate and interact with biological systems	70
Materials for extreme environments	69
In situ self-assembly for cancer therapy and imaging	66
Nanoreactors for particle synthesis	65
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells	63
Materials challenges for trapped-ion quantum computers	62
Phase-pure two-dimensional layered perovskite thin films	61
Materials for chiral light control	61
Regulating trained immunity with nanomedicine	59
Knowledge-integrated machine learning for materials: lessons from gameplaying and robotics	58
Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells	57