OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Materials is 77. 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 2019-09-01 to 2023-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Designing solid-state electrolytes for safe, energy-dense batteries	942
Achieving high energy density and high power density with pseudocapacitive materials	924
Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery	829
High-entropy ceramics	708
Minimizing non-radiative recombination losses in perovskite solar cells	670
Materials design for bone-tissue engineering	646
Materials for solar-powered water evaporation	628
The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering	617
Room-temperature phosphorescence from organic aggregates	591
Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy	564
Self-healing polymers	549
Resistive switching materials for information processing	545
Understanding interface stability in solid-state batteries	529
Hydrogel microparticles for biomedical applications	501
Molecular magnetism: from chemical design to spin control in molecules, materials and devices	500
Structure–property–function relationships of natural and engineered wood	490
Scalable fabrication and coating methods for perovskite solar cells and solar modules	484
Synthetic alternatives to Matrigel	394
Engineering organoids	362
Chiral-perovskite optoelectronics	359
Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries	355
Design of biodegradable, implantable devices towards clinical translation	349
Flat optics with dispersion-engineered metasurfaces	336
Engineered biomaterials for in situ tissue regeneration	332
Multifunctional materials for implantable and wearable photonic healthcare devices	331

Bioplastics for a circular economy	322
Charge-transfer materials for electrochemical water desalination, ion separation and the recovery of elements	299
Tailoring inorganic–polymer composites for the mass production of solid-state batteries	288
Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion	284
Theory-guided design of catalytic materials using scaling relationships and reactivity descriptors	282
Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys	281
Targeted drug delivery strategies for precision medicines	268
Solid-state nanopore sensors	267
Flame-retardant surface treatments	256
Design strategies for nonaqueous multivalent-ion and monovalent-ion battery anodes	233
Materials for oral delivery of proteins and peptides	223
Charge-transfer electronic states in organic solar cells	206
Nanofluidics for osmotic energy conversion	199
Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale	199
Deep neural networks for the evaluation and design of photonic devices	199
A materials-science perspective on tackling COVID-19	197
Polarons in materials	197
Near-zero-index materials for photonics	194
Non-metallic charge carriers for aqueous batteries	193
Nonreciprocity in acoustic and elastic materials	193
Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices	186
Production routes to tailor the performance of cellulose nanocrystals	184
The surface of halide perovskites from nano to bulk	184
Risk assessment of microplastic particles	184
Kinetic stability of metal–organic frameworks for corrosive and coordinating gas capture	181
Soft actuators for real-world applications	180
Electrode material–ionic liquid coupling for electrochemical energy storage	179
The marvels of moiré materials	178
Metallurgy, mechanistic models and machine learning in metal printing	177
Single-micelle-directed synthesis of mesoporous materials	176
Molecular imaging and disease theranostics with renal-clearable optical agents	175
The global rise of 3D printing during the COVID-19 pandemic	168
Synthetic amorphous silica nanoparticles: toxicity, biomedical and environmental implications	167
Overcoming the translational barriers of tissue adhesives	164
Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties	163
Gas diffusion electrodes and membranes for CO2 reduction electrolysers	160
Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy	158
Confining isolated atoms and clusters in crystalline porous materials for catalysis	153
Phase transitions in 2D materials	153
Electrical doping in halide perovskites	152
End-to-end design of wearable sensors	151
From bulk to molecularly thin hybrid perovskites	148
Analogue computing with metamaterials	147
The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries	147
Materials design by synthetic biology	147
Machine learning for alloys	146
The germanium quantum information route	142
Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly	141
Colloidal quantum dot lasers	139
Quantum guidelines for solid-state spin defects	137

Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers	137
Nanoparticle synthesis assisted by machine learning	132
Emerging applications of zeolites in catalysis, separation and host–guest assembly	129
Extracellular vesicles versus synthetic nanoparticles for drug delivery	128
Engineered living biomaterials	127
From molecular to supramolecular electronics	125
Controlling polymer properties through the shape of the molecular-weight distribution	122
Anisotropic reticular chemistry	120
The kinetics of metal oxide photoanodes from charge generation to catalysis	120
The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing	117
Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis	116
Engineered materials for in vivo delivery of genome-editing machinery	116
Biomaterial-based antimicrobial therapies for the treatment of bacterial infections	114
Transition-metal coordinate bonds for bioinspired macromolecules with tunable mechanical properties	113
Electronic-structure methods for twisted moiré layers	113
A reticular chemistry guide for the design of periodic solids	112
Design of therapeutic biomaterials to control inflammation	112
3D-printed multifunctional materials enabled by artificial-intelligence-assisted fabrication technologies	111
Multiple nanoemulsions	111
Emerging materials intelligence ecosystems propelled by machine learning	110
Advances in coherent magnonics	110
Reducing environmental plastic pollution by designing polymer materials for managed end-of-life	104
Engineered disorder in photonics	101
Material properties and applications of mechanically interlocked polymers	101
Crystal-phase and surface-structure engineering of ruthenium nanocrystals	100
Fibre-based composites from the integration of metal–organic frameworks and polymers	98
Collagen: quantification, biomechanics and role of minor subtypes in cartilage	95
Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles	95
The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2	95
Machine learning for continuous innovation in battery technologies	91
Defect activity in metal halide perovskites with wide and narrow bandgap	87
Superatoms in materials science	85
Dynamical memristors for higher-complexity neuromorphic computing	84
Flexible self-charging power sources	84
Transport, magnetic and optical properties of Weyl materials	82
Designing spatial and temporal control of vaccine responses	79
Processing and application of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors	79
Theoretical insights into the surface physics and chemistry of redox-active oxides	77