OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Materials is 54. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Alternative propylene oxide production	1561
All-in-one cathode design for all-solid-state batteries	914
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures	798
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases	686
Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems	529
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines	510
Drug delivery to the central nervous system	502
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices	497
Reducing immune response in semiconducting polymers through molecular design	476
China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission	467
Horizon scanning to shape nanomedicines through researcher–regulator collaboration	445
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization	443
Diabetic wound dressings	434
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics	434
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles	408
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors	399
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology	384
Mechanical nanosurgery for glioblastoma	372
Chemotherapy delivery activated by radiation	351
A design strategy for 2D multiferroics	342
Temporarily solid, permanently porous	340
Author Correction: Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	337
A circular economy for sulfur-rich polymers	328
Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices	326
Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks	326

Designing supramolecular catalytic systems for mammalian synthetic metabolism	283
Sustainable moisture energy	282
Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering	278
Author Correction: Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors	271
Icy reactors break down microplastics	261
Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy	260
Materials advances for distributed environmental sensor networks at scale	252
Emerging photovoltaics for onboard space applications	249
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries	242
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials	232
Molecular design for low-cost organic photovoltaic materials	230
Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence	229
Author Correction: Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices	224
Protein materials, by blueprint	215
Engineering sorption across scales	214
Academic bullying slows the evolution of science	214
Tunable surface friction inspired by catfish	212
3D cell networks advance bone-on-a-chip	210
Switching moiré magnets	205
Interfacial insight	205
Organic solid-state photochromism using porous scaffolds	201
MOF–ammonia working pairs in thermal energy conversion and storage	197
Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine	187
High-entropy materials go nano	186
Towards micro-PeLED displays	182
Chalcogens for high-energy batteries	174
Anomalous Hall antiferromagnets	164
Two anions are better than one	163
Electricity from cells	163
Graphite: the new critical mineral	162
Forcing imines into MOFs	157
Materials and device strategies to enhance spatiotemporal resolution in bioelectronics	146
DNA nanorobots walk randomly around nanopore tracks	146
Fundamentals of charge transport in two-dimensional framework materials	144
How extended producer responsibility policy shapes industry behaviour and materials design	143
Capturing rapid nanomaterial transformations with cross-platform operando characterization	143
Publisher Correction: The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2	135
2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles	133
The state of the art in photovoltaic materials and device research	120
A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting	120
Resilience pathways for halide perovskite photovoltaics under temperature cycling	114
Adaptable navigation of magnetic microrobots	113
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials	113
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells	111
Methane transformation by photocatalysis	108
Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters	107
Passively cooling power equipment	103
Secure attachments	103
Living in a material world	102
A quirky mechanophore comes to light	98

Atomically thin bioelectronics	96
Making electronic circuits with hydrogels	96
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals	92
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design	92
Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene	91
Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet	90
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics	89
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes	87
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	85
Plugging punctures	84
Olympic rings framework	84
The materials we make don’t just go ‘away’	82
Author Correction: Materials and systems for large-scale photocatalytic water splitting	81
Nanoreactors for particle synthesis	81
Tracking the uptake of nanoplastics in plants	81
Organic mixed conductors for bioinspired electronics	80
The multifaceted potential applications of organic photovoltaics	80
Multifunctional high-entropy materials	78
The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing	78
Sustainable flexible supercapacitors	77
Clinical translation of long-acting drug delivery formulations	77
How excitons met topology	76
Breaking the limitation of van der Waals integration	76
3D to 2D perovskite conversion	76
Moiré materials under strain	75
One material, three phases	74
Program’s in the pattern	74
Albumin nanoparticles deliver mRNA on target	74
Lasting impact of lipid nanoparticles	72
High-throughput platforms for machine learning-guided lipid nanoparticle design	72
Ultra-high temperature ceramics for extreme environments	67
Cost and performance analysis as a valuable tool for battery material research	67
External-pressure–electrochemistry coupling in solid-state lithium metal batteries	65
Mechanically stimulating organoids using magnetic nanoparticles	63
Designing ductile refractory high-entropy alloys	63
Combining computer vision and atomic force microscopy for 3D reconstruction	63
Gaps in quantifying environmental losses of plastics impede effective solutions	62
Emerging ultrafast techniques for studying quantum materials	60
High-entropy capacitors	60
Helping diabetic wounds heal	59
Pushing the limit of 3d transition metal-based layered oxides that use both cation and anion redox for energy storage	56
Decoding tissue biomechanics using conformable electronic devices	56
Plasma pyrolysis for a sustainable hydrogen economy	54