OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Materials is 58. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Alternative propylene oxide production	1497
All-in-one cathode design for all-solid-state batteries	879
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices	779
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines	665
The electrical conductivity of solution-processed nanosheet networks	664
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases	511
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures	488
Drug delivery to the central nervous system	487
Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems	480
Reducing immune response in semiconducting polymers through molecular design	465
China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission	445
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics	434
Horizon scanning to shape nanomedicines through researcher–regulator collaboration	428
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization	424
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology	406
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors	392
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles	392
Diabetic wound dressings	372
Mechanical nanosurgery for glioblastoma	364
Chemotherapy delivery activated by radiation	334
Author Correction: Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	327
Temporarily solid, permanently porous	325
A design strategy for 2D multiferroics	324
A circular economy for sulfur-rich polymers	321
Designing supramolecular catalytic systems for mammalian synthetic metabolism	317

Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks	316
Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices	271
Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering	270
Sustainable moisture energy	266
Author Correction: Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors	255
Icy reactors break down microplastics	254
Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy	247
Materials advances for distributed environmental sensor networks at scale	241
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries	236
Emerging photovoltaics for onboard space applications	226
Molecular design for low-cost organic photovoltaic materials	223
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials	219
Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence	218
Author Correction: Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices	212
Protein materials, by blueprint	211
Engineering sorption across scales	209
Tunable surface friction inspired by catfish	204
Academic bullying slows the evolution of science	203
3D cell networks advance bone-on-a-chip	201
Switching moiré magnets	194
Anomalous Hall antiferromagnets	193
Chalcogens for high-energy batteries	192
Organelle-level precision with next-generation targeting technologies	190
Interfacial insight	181
High-entropy materials go nano	174
MOF–ammonia working pairs in thermal energy conversion and storage	167
Organic solid-state photochromism using porous scaffolds	162
Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine	162
Towards micro-PeLED displays	156
Electricity from cells	155
Forcing imines into MOFs	154
Two anions are better than one	154
Publisher Correction: The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2	151
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells	144
A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting	143
Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters	143
Fundamentals of charge transport in two-dimensional framework materials	141
Capturing rapid nanomaterial transformations with cross-platform operando characterization	137
Adaptable navigation of magnetic microrobots	132
Materials and device strategies to enhance spatiotemporal resolution in bioelectronics	130
The state of the art in photovoltaic materials and device research	130
Graphite: the new critical mineral	128
How extended producer responsibility policy shapes industry behaviour and materials design	127
2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles	116
Resilience pathways for halide perovskite photovoltaics under temperature cycling	115
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials	110
Methane transformation by photocatalysis	106
Secure attachments	103
Passively cooling power equipment	103
Living in a material world	103

A quirky mechanophore comes to light	101
Making electronic circuits with hydrogels	97
Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet	96
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics	95
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals	95
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design	89
Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene	89
Atomically thin bioelectronics	89
Oxide spin-orbitronics: spin–charge interconversion and topological spin textures	87
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	84
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes	83
Olympic rings framework	82
Plugging punctures	81
Tracking the uptake of nanoplastics in plants	81
The materials we make don’t just go ‘away’	80
Sustainable flexible supercapacitors	79
The multifaceted potential applications of organic photovoltaics	79
Organic mixed conductors for bioinspired electronics	78
Nanoreactors for particle synthesis	77
Clinical translation of long-acting drug delivery formulations	76
The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing	76
Multifunctional high-entropy materials	76
Breaking the limitation of van der Waals integration	75
How excitons met topology	73
Moiré materials under strain	73
3D to 2D perovskite conversion	73
Program’s in the pattern	72
High-throughput platforms for machine learning-guided lipid nanoparticle design	72
One material, three phases	71
Albumin nanoparticles deliver mRNA on target	71
Cost and performance analysis as a valuable tool for battery material research	70
Lasting impact of lipid nanoparticles	70
Ultra-high temperature ceramics for extreme environments	67
External-pressure–electrochemistry coupling in solid-state lithium metal batteries	64
Mechanically stimulating organoids using magnetic nanoparticles	63
Combining computer vision and atomic force microscopy for 3D reconstruction	62
Gaps in quantifying environmental losses of plastics impede effective solutions	61
Designing ductile refractory high-entropy alloys	61
Pushing the limit of 3d transition metal-based layered oxides that use both cation and anion redox for energy storage	61
Helping diabetic wounds heal	61
Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials	58
High-entropy capacitors	58