OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Materials is 47. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Secure attachments	1763
A 3D-printed alloy that can face extreme environments	956
Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet	730
Large-scale single MoS2 crystals unlocked	678
Keeping blue	596
How to wear green	579
Recommending candidates	571
Nanostructures, one molecule at a time	532
Twist more, live longer	453
Adapting to change	414
Glued to the nerves	398
Hygroscopic salt-embedded composite materials for sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting	389
Engineering high-coherence superconducting qubits	379
Lessons from a UK research school for Black physicists and engineers	365
Living in a material world	349
Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene	348
Tissue not an issue	336
Making electronic circuits with hydrogels	317
Topological acoustics	311
From lipids to lipid nanoparticles to mRNA vaccines	304
Challenges in the rational design of intense inorganic pigments with desired colours	300
A quirky mechanophore comes to light	297
The many facets of cooperativity	295
A mouse is a mouse is a mouse	294
Beef paddies	292

Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices	278
Interlocking 2D covalent organic frameworks	278
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures	271
Custom liver models to aid surgeons	269
Chirality-induced spin selectivity enables real-time monitoring of a chemical reaction	268
Moiré materials keep on giving	265
Light-emitting materials for wearable electronics	264
Unlocking the potential of ultrahigh-Ni cathodes via epitaxial entropy-assisted coating	260
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design	255
Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy	251
Transition-metal coordinate bonds for bioinspired macromolecules with tunable mechanical properties	249
Engineering organoids	248
A reticular chemistry guide for the design of periodic solids	248
Phase transitions in 2D materials	241
A biomass-derived material for passive radiative cooling	236
A plea for the efficient use of wood in construction	232
Total synthesis of colloidal matter	231
Search for signs of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa	216
Shaping the ethical, sustainable and policy-driven future of space exploration	215
Atmospheric water vapour as a potential water source and its impact on energy systems	215
Passively cooling power equipment	213
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines	202
End-to-end design of wearable sensors	198
Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles	198
Flexible self-charging power sources	195
Low-dimensional wide-bandgap semiconductors for UV photodetectors	191
Drug delivery to the central nervous system	190
Design of therapeutic biomaterials to control inflammation	184
Alternative propylene oxide production	173
Let’s talk about lipid nanoparticles	172
Bio-informed materials: three guiding principles for innovation informed by biology	172
The electrical conductivity of solution-processed nanosheet networks	171
Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices	168
Electrical doping in halide perovskites	161
Oxide spin-orbitronics: spin–charge interconversion and topological spin textures	157
Advances in coherent magnonics	154
A world without electronic waste	153
Defect activity in metal halide perovskites with wide and narrow bandgap	150
Semitransparent organic photovoltaics for building-integrated photovoltaic applications	149
Electronic defects in metal oxide photocatalysts	148
From molecular to supramolecular electronics	147
Bridging materials innovations to sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting devices	146
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics	146
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals	138
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes	136
Author Correction: Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials	130
Author Correction: Time to kick-start text mining for biomaterials	127
Author Correction: Human and environmental safety of carbon nanotubes across their life cycle	127
Atomically thin bioelectronics	126
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases	125

Anti-Black racism in academia and what you can do about it	119
Hidden triplet states at hybrid organic–inorganic interfaces	113
Nebulized lipid nanoparticles	113
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	108
CRISPR–Cas9 delivery strategies for the modulation of immune and non-immune cells	106
The marvels of moiré materials	104
Encoding autonomy in a photo- and electroactive hydrogel	103
Towards glycan foldamers and programmable assemblies	102
Hybrid perovskites unlocking the development of light-emitting solar cells	102
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles	102
Polymer physics speeds up	99
Atomically precise control in the design of low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts	97
The importance of being buckled	96
Engineered lymphatic vessels	95
The quantum anomalous Hall effect reloaded	94
Single system for simultaneous oxidation and reduction reactions	92
Plugging punctures	92
Making fibres fast	91
Reducing environmental plastic pollution by designing polymer materials for managed end-of-life	88
Simulations guide the optimization of fuel cell cathodes	88
Nanoparticle synthesis assisted by machine learning	87
Rise of the machines	86
Materials, physics and systems for multicaloric cooling	85
Nanoreactors for particle synthesis	80
Mining our green future	80
Rapid advances enabling high-performance inverted perovskite solar cells	77
Organic mixed conductors for bioinspired electronics	76
Printed transistors made of 2D material-based inks	76
Responsive materials architected in space and time	76
It’s your lab: collaborative, multidisciplinary science at the Molecular Foundry	74
Ferroelectric memory for back-end-of-line 3D integration	74
Activity versus stability of atomically dispersed transition-metal electrocatalysts	71
Keep up the fight for scientists’ human rights	70
One-way transport for supercurrents	69
Brain-inspired stochasticity	68
Olympic rings framework	68
The need to recognize and reward academic service	67
Self-healing Roman concrete	64
The Palestinian–German Science Bridge: building bridges through research and innovation	64
Publisher Correction: Non-classical crystallization in soft and organic materials	61
High-mobility emissive organic semiconductors: an emerging class of multifunctional materials	58
Multifunctional high-entropy materials	54
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors	54
Intrinsically adaptive camouflage material	53
Gas diffusion electrodes and membranes for CO2 reduction electrolysers	51
Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	51
Stability challenges for the commercialization of perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells	49
Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers	49
COP29 limps towards agreement on climate finance	48
Thermoelectric copper selenide gets a boost	47