OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Nuclear Fusion is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The effect of blanket system and port plugs on the harmonic components of error field and optimizing approach investigation	117
A new paradigm for fast and repetitive chirping of Alfvén eigenmodes	110
On the drive of n_φ = 0 modes by ICRF accelerated ions in a tokamak	99
Effect of electron and ion mobility on edge biasing in tokamak plasmas	72
Quasi-linear transport analysis of impurity mode in tokamak plasmas	71
Toroidal modeling of plasma flow damping and density pump-out by RMP during ELM mitigation in HL-2A	70
Cross-tokamak disruption prediction based on domain adaptation	67
Structure of pellet cloud emission and relation with the local ablation rate	67
High erosion and re-deposition rates of tungsten in the highly collisional plasmas of Magnum-PSI	64
Stellarator coil optimization supporting multiple magnetic configurations	62
Enhancement of neoclassical impurity density up/down asymmetry and Pfirsch–Schlüter transport due to the plasma elongation in the tokamak plasmas	61
Ion heating/transport characteristics of the merging startup plasma scenario in the TS-6 spherical tokamak	59
Effect of a dynamic axial magnetic field on a preconditioned single-wire Z-pinch	56
Stability analysis of plasma waves driven by runaway electrons in tokamak hot plasmas	53
Stabilization of double tearing mode growth by resonant magnetic perturbations	51
Study of radial field dependent flows in inboard limited Aditya-U plasmas using EMC3-Eirene simulations	50
Modeling of heat flux on the main limiter in EAST	48
Simulations of NBI ion losses with 3D magnetic perturbations and charge exchange on EAST	45
A novel computation of the linear plasma response to a resonant error field in single-fluid rotating visco-resistive MHD	45
The dependence of tokamak L-mode confinement on magnetic field and plasma size, from a magnetic field scan experiment at ASDEX Upgrade to full-radius integrated modelling and fusion reactor prediction	45
Validation of density pump-out by pedestal-foot magnetic island formation prior to ELM suppression in KSTAR and DIII-D tokamaks	44
Importance of δ	43
Toward holistic understanding of the ITER-like resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) ELM control on KSTAR	42
IFMIF-DONES’ buildings and plant services	41
Three-dimensional inhomogeneity of electron-temperature-gradient turbulence in the edge of tokamak plasmas	40

Non-linear MHD investigations of high-confinement regimes without type-I ELMs in ASDEX Upgrade and JT-60SA	40
Amorphization and siliconization of silicon carbide as a first wall material	40
Analysis of high frequency Alfvén eigenmodes observed in ASDEX Upgrade plasmas in the presence of RF-accelerated NBI ions	40
Observation of island-like structures in synchrotron imaging emitted by runaway electrons on EAST	40
Testing a prediction model for the H-mode density pedestal against JET-ILW pedestals	40
Integrated simulation of the impacts of resonant magnetic perturbations on tungsten radiation on EAST	40
A compact fusion reactor based on the staged compression of a field reversed configuration	39
Particle transport modelling for D/T ratio control experiments in JET	37
Towards ultra-sensitive in situ helium retention monitoring in high-Z fusion materials via combined laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and laser-induced desorption– quadrupole mass spe	37
Real-time plasma boundary shape reconstruction using visible camera on EAST tokamak	37
Effect of fast electron transport on neoclassical tearing mode stabilization by electron cyclotron current drive	36
A unified description of atomic physics for electron Fokker–Planck calculations	36
The investigation of edge-localized modes on the Globus-M2 tokamak using Doppler backscattering	36
Global gyrokinetic simulations of electrostatic microturbulent transport using kinetic electrons in LHD stellarator	35
Effect of the divertor configuration on the JET edge radial electric field	35
Impact of ionization peak location on measured opaqueness in DIII-D H-mode plasmas	34
Plasma profile reconstruction supported by kinetic modeling	34
Reversal of the isotopic dependence of energy confinement in system size scans	33
Plasma performance and operational space with an RMP-ELM suppressed edge	33
Study of the electrothermal and MHD instabilities in exploding cylindrical foil liner	32
Magnetic island formation and rotation braking induced by low-Z impurity penetration in an EAST plasma	32
Modeling of plasma beta effects on the island divertor transport in the standard configuration of W7-X	31
Magnetohydrodynamic instability modulated runaway electron losses in the ADITYA-U tokamak	31
Self-consistent modelling of radio frequency sheath in 3D with realistic ICRF antennas	31
The role of plasma–atom and molecule interactions on power & particle balance during detachment on the MAST Upgrade Super-X divertor	30
First observation of beta-induced Alfvén eigenmode inside the edge magnetic island on the J-TEXT tokamak	30
Resonant interaction between runaway electrons and the toroidal magnetic field ripple in TCV	30
Transport and confinement physics: Chapter 2 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation	30
Effect of the isotope mass on pedestal structure, transport and stability in D, D/T and T plasmas at similar β _N and gas rate in JET-ILW type I ELMy H-modes	30
PIPERS: a ray tracing program of RF waves coupled with parametric decay instabilities around the scrape-off layer	30
Experimental identification of ion cyclotron emission on HL-2A using YOLO neural network algorithm	30
Argon pumpout by ICRF waves in C-Mod L- and I-mode plasmas	29
Transport and stability in sustained high	29
Single-stage gradient-based stellarator coil design: stochastic optimization	29
Core-edge 2D fluid modeling of full tokamak discharge with varying magnetic equilibrium: from WEST start-up to ramp-down	29
The first observation of the hot ion mode at the Globus-M2 spherical tokamak	29
A high performance and dense Fe–Al/Al₂O₃ tritium permeation barrier coating prepared on 316LSS at low temperature	28
High gas throughput SOLPS-ITER simulations extending the ITER database to strong detachment	28
Re-evaluation of the impact of wall retention on Tritium-self-sufficiency in fusion reactors	28
Optimizing detachment control using the magnetic configuration of divertors	28
Tailoring resonant magnetic perturbation to optimize fast-ion confinement during ELM control in KSTAR	28
Quantifying resolution limits in pedestal profile measurements with Gaussian Process Regression	28
Surrogate model-based cognitive digital twin for smart remote maintenance of fusion reactor: modeling and implementation	26
Studies of energetic particle transport induced by multiple Alfvén eigenmodes using neutron and escaping energetic particle diagnostics in Large Helical Device deuterium plasmas	26
Emission of high rovibrational hydrogen molecules under detached plasma conditions by recycling on the tungsten wall	26
Impurity effects on kinetic ballooning instability in high q	26
Mechanical model for a full fusion tokamak enabled by supercomputing	26
Effects of long-term annealing-induced microstructure evolution on mechanical performance and deuterium release behavior of Li₄SiO₄ pebbles	26
Kinetic effects on the interaction of counter-propagating plasma shocks inside an ICF hohlraum	26
The IFMIF-DONES control architecture: the state-of-the-art design of central and local control systems and communication networks	26

Overview of the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation programme in support of ITER and DEMO	26
Interaction between disclinated non-equilibrium grain boundaries and radiation-induced interstitial/vacancy in tungsten	26
Pedestal main ion particle transport inference through gas puff modulation with experimental source measurements	25
Evaluation of ITER divertor shunts as a synthetic diagnostic for detachment control	25
Achievement of ion temperatures in excess of 100 million degrees Kelvin in the compact high-field spherical tokamak ST40	25
Analyses and optimization of the CFETR power conversion system with a new supercritical CO₂ Brayton cycle	25
Recent results from deuterium experiments on the large helical device and their contribution to fusion reactor development	25
Dependence of ELM instability on separatrix density in EAST long-pulse H-mode plasmas	25
MARS-F/K modeling of plasma response and fast ion losses due to RMP in KSTAR	25
Calibration and test of CsI scintillator ion detection system for tokamak magnetic field diagnosis based on laser-driven ion-beam trace probe (LITP)	25
Divertor Tokamak Test facility project: status of design and implementation	25
Low-frequency zonal flow eigen-structures in tokamak plasmas	25
Optimization of irradiation configuration using spherical t-designs for laser-direct-drive inertial confinement fusion	25
Nonuniform plasma meniscus modelling based on backward calculation of negative ion beamlet	25
Toroidal Alfvén eigenmode stability in JET internal transport barrier afterglow experiments	25
On the feasibility of Ohmically heated negative triangularity tokamak power plants	25
Investigation of helium exhaust dynamics at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak with full-tungsten wall	24
Effects of precipitation morphology and matrix texture on mechanical performance for high-boron steel	24
Nonlinear burn control in ITER using adaptive allocation of actuators with uncertain dynamics	24
A simple model of current ramp-up and ramp-down in tokamaks	24
A novel discontinuous-Galerkin deterministic neutronics model for fusion applications: development and benchmarking	24
ICRH-related impurity source and control across experiments in H, D, T plasmas at JET-ILW	23
Measuring gross beryllium erosion with visible cameras in JET	23
Evaluation of cross sections for fast ion reactions with beryllium in helium and hydrogen fusion plasmas	23
Damage evolution in Plasma Facing Materials by a sequential multiscale approach	23
Remote maintenance in IFMIF-DONES: current status and future development program	23
Multi-scale gyrokinetic simulations of JT-60U L-mode plasma: reduction of the ion scale energy loss due to the nonlinear coupling with the electron scale turbulence	23
Corrigendum: Gas exhaust in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator during the first divertor operation (2022 Nucl. Fusion 62 096016)	23
Turbulent drifts of impurity ions as an explanation for anomalous radial transport in the far-SOL of DIII-D	23
Shafranov-shift destabilization of ballooning-type micro-instabilities	23
Probabilistic risk assessment model for released tritium into the environment for CFETR	23
Corrigendum: Integrated RMP-based ELM-crash-control process for plasma performance enhancement during ELM crash suppression in KSTAR (2023 Nucl. Fusion 63 086032)	23
Experimental investigation of kinetic instabilities driven by runaway electrons in the EXL-50 spherical torus	22
Breeding blanket mock-up testing in IFMIF-DONES	22
Investigating pedestal dependencies at JET using an interpretable neural network architecture	22
L-H transition studies on MAST: power threshold and heat flux analysis	22
Free-plasma-boundary solver for axisymmetric ideal MHD equilibria with flow	22
Experimental characterization of the active and passive fast-ion H-alpha emission in W7-X using FIDASIM	22
Models and scalings for the disruption forces in tokamaks	22
Electron cyclotron current drive under neutral beam injection on HL-2M	22
Thermal transport induced by stochastic magnetic fields and turbulence during the thermal quench in tokamak plasmas	22
Nonlinear frequency chirping and radial restructure of the ion-temperature-gradient-driven turbulence	22
Identification of a window for quiescent H-mode operation in MHD stability diagram of DIII-D plasmas	22
Observation of energetic ion anisotropy using neutron diagnostics in the Large Helical Device	22
SOLPS-ITER modeling of CFETR advanced divertor with Ar and Ne seeding	22
Impact of the isotope effect on divertor detachment and pedestal structure in DIII-D	21
Expulsion of runaway electrons using ECRH in the TCV tokamak	21
Edge radial electric field in positive and negative triangularity plasmas in the TCV tokamak	21
Ion heating and energy balance during magnetic reconnection events in the RFX-mod experiment	21
Hydrogen isotope permeation behavior in a blanket module using a novel gas-driven permeation device	21
Intermittent helicity injection for field-reversed configurations control: shear-driven tilt suppression and ion heating	21
Phase-field microstructure-based effective thermal conductivity calculations in tungsten	21
Diagnostics: Chapter 8 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation	21
Modeling of thermal-ion-driven internal kink in DIII-D high-T _i plasmas	21
Density pedestal prediction model for tokamak plasmas	21
Gas puff imaging measurements during resonant magnetic perturbations on the HL-2A tokamak	21
SOLPS-ITER predictive simulations of the impact of ion-molecule elastic collisions on strongly detached MAST-U Super-X divertor conditions	21
DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy	20
Kinetic theory of parametric instabilities in magnetized plasmas and its application to analyzing decay waves during the injection of lower hybrid waves	20
Comparison of core Ar¹⁷⁺ and Mo³²⁺ toroidal rotation in C-Mod plasmas	20
Reducing transport via extreme flux-surface triangularity	20
Integrating novel stellarator single-stage optimization algorithms to design the Columbia stellarator experiment	20
Turbulence spreading induced E	20
100 seconds and megawatt negative ion beam accelerations at the CRAFT NNBI test facility	20
Suppressing trapped-electron-mode-driven turbulence via optimization of three-dimensional shaping	20
A self-sustaining mechanism for internal transport barrier formation in HL-2A tokamak plasmas	20
Investigating the influence of divertor baffles on nitrogen-seeded detachment in TCV with SOLPS-ITER simulations and TCV experiments	20
Dependence of turbulent transport on the divertor flux expansion in ASDEX Upgrade	20
Orbit tomography of energetic particle distribution functions	20
Kinetic effects of thermal ions on internal kink modes in tokamak plasmas	19
Scaling of HeatLMD-simulated impurity outflux from COMPASS-U liquid metal divertor	19
Resonant mode effects on rotation braking induced by n = 1 resonant magnetic perturbations in the EAST tokamak	19
The synergistic effect of deuterium and helium on the microstructure evolution of W–Y₂O₃ material during plasma exposure	19
Drift-Alfvén wave turbulence induced particle and heat transport in I-mode pedestal plasmas	19
Ion heating characteristics of merging spherical tokamak plasmas for burning high-beta plasma formation	19
Studies of EC pre-ionization in DIII-D to support development of ITER plasma initiation	19
Removal of fuel retention by direct-current glow discharge under strong magnetic field in EAST superconducting tokamak	19
Global analysis of tungsten migration in WEST discharges using numerical modelling	19
Safety engineering approach and licensing strategy of IFMIF-DONES	19
Quantitative comparison of impurity transport in turbulence reduced and enhanced scenarios at Wendelstein 7-X	19

Characterization of W production during ICRF operations: experiments and modeling	19
Simulation of stochastic transport and deposition of seed runaway electrons during disruption mitigation	19
Observation of high frequency Alfvén eigenmodes excited by RF-accelerated minority hydrogen ions in the EAST tokamak	19
Simulations of scrape-off layer power width for EAST H-mode plasma and ITER 15 MA baseline scenario by 2D electrostatic turbulence code	19
Tokamak divertor plasma emulation with machine learning	19
Overview of fuel retention and recovery in JET deuterium–tritium operation	19
Helical mode localization and mode locking of ideal MHD instabilities in magnetically perturbed tokamak plasmas	18
Non-thermal fusion burning processes, relevant collective modes and gained perspectives	18
The effect of W surface fuzz induced by He plasma on deuterium permeation	18
Radiation induced non-linear oscillations in ITER baseline scenario plasmas in DIII-D	18
Effects of plasma nonuniformity on zero frequency zonal structure generation by drift Alfvén wave instabilities in toroidal plasmas	18
Diagnosing inertial confinement fusion ignition	18
High-order coupling of shear and sonic continua in JET plasmas	18
Studies of the outer-off-midplane lower hybrid wave launch scenario for plasma start-up on the TST-2 spherical tokamak	18
Broadening of electron cyclotron power deposition and driven current profiles caused by dissipative diffractive propagation	18
Isotopic mass effects of tritium-fueled high-performance TFTR supershots	18
Magnetic geometry effects on turbulent density fluctuations in Wendelstein 7-X	17
Observation of local density increase during pellet homogenization on EAST	17
Effect of anisotropic fast ions on internal kink stability in DIII-D negative and positive triangularity plasmas	17
DLTM: A deep learning method for tearing mode simulation and prediction	17
Bifurcation of drift wave turbulence trapping by zonal flows near density limit	17
Development of high-performance long-pulse discharge in KSTAR	17
Achievement of high-current continuous-wave deuteron injector for linear IFMIF prototype accelerator (LIPAc)	17
Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration	17
The onset distribution of rotating m ,	17
NSTX-U research advancing the physics of spherical tokamaks	17
The effects of zonal fields on energetic-particle excitations of reversed-shear Alfvén eigenmode: simulation and theory	17
Full-flux-surface effects on electrostatic turbulence in Wendelstein 7-X-like plasmas	17
Advances in prediction of tokamak experiments with theory-based models	17
How fluctuation intensity flux drives SOL expansion	17
An integral approach to plasma-wall interaction modelling for EU-DEMO	17
The lithium systems of the IFMIF-DONES facility	17
Interpretive modelling of boron transport in the boundary plasma of WEST experiments with the impurity powder dropper	17
On the possibility of reducing the size of a fusion reactor by increasing the plasma density	17
Simultaneous access to high normalized density, current, pressure, and confinement in strongly-shaped diverted negative triangularity plasmas	17
Analysis of the periodic variation of pellet ablation radiation intensity in ASDEX Upgrade	16
Exploring the suppression methods of helium-induced damage in tungsten by investigating the interaction between beryllium and helium	16
Refractive index measurement of hydrogen isotopologue mixture and applicability for homogeneity of hydrogen solid at cryogenic temperature in fusion fuel system	16
Assessment of validity of local neoclassical transport theory for studies of electric-field root-transitions in the W7-X stellarator	16
On the interaction between the island divertor heat fluxes, the scrape-off layer radial electric field and the edge turbulence in Wendelstein 7-X plasmas	16
Baseline design of laser fusion research reactor with MW class laser facility	16
Experimental study of the core instability before and after internal transport barrier formation in EAST	16
A potential optical approach for diagnosis of the local magnetic field near the surface of the first wall/divertor tiles by Zeeman effect using polarization-resolved laser-induced breakdown spectrosco	16
Enhancement of ECCD by the current condensation effect for stabilizing large magnetic islands caused by neoclassical tearing modes in tokamak plasmas	16
A scaling law of the neutral penetration length and Balmer-α wing shape in high-temperature plasmas^*	16
Local destabilization of the ideal or infinite-n ballooning mode in the H-mode pedestal region with high triangularity	16
Development of mechanical properties of plasma-facing components of blanket utilizing selective laser melting techniques	16
Integral analysis of the effect of material dimension and composition on tokamak neutronics ^*	16
Investigation of LHCD capabilities in I-mode plasma on EAST tokamak	16
Inter-ELM pedestal turbulence dynamics dependence on q₉₅ and temperature gradient	16
Kelvin’s circulation pinch theory in magnetized plasma turbulence	16
Design of passive and structural conductors for tokamaks using thin-wall eddy current modeling	16
Obituary: Professor Kenro Miyamoto	16
Surface damages of ITER-like W/Cu monoblocks in the lower divertor of EAST	16
Control of elongated plasmas in superconductive tokamaks in the absence of in-vessel coils	16
Comparison of MHD stability properties between QH-mode and ELMy H-mode plasmas by considering plasma rotation and ion diamagnetic drift effects	15
Micro-tearing mode dominated electron heat transport in DIII-D H-mode pedestal	15
Surface modification of W–Ta–V–Cr multi-component alloy after low-energy He plasma irradiation	15
Experimental investigation of ICRF-edge plasma interactions and surface wave excitation during ICRF heating on EAST	15
On the evolution of profiles and fluctuations towards the L-mode density limit in ASDEX Upgrade	15
Current density limitation during disruptions due to plasma-sheaths	15
Development of a neural network model for peeling–ballooning stability analysis in the KSTAR tokamak pedestals	15
Impact of E × B drift on tungsten impurity transport and analysis of its instantaneous response: a particl	15
The influence of full drifts on density shoulder formation at the midplane by numerical modeling	15
Wall stabilization of the rigid ballooning m = 1 mode in a long-thin mirror trap	15
Observation of bi-directional global Alfvén eigenmodes in the MAST-U tokamak	15
Nonlinear MHD modeling of soft β limits in W7-AS	15
The effect of long-term heating on the tritium adsorption and desorption behavior of advanced core–shell breeding materials	15
Full conversion from ohmic to runaway electron driven current via massive gas injection in the TCV tokamak	15
Reducing the L-H transition power threshold in ITER-similar-shape DIII-D hydrogen plasmas	15
Measurements of laser-plasma instabilities in double-cone ignition experiments relevant to the direct-drive conditions at Shenguang-II Upgrade laser facility	15
Magnetized ICF implosions: non-axial magnetic field topologies	15
A staged approach to Indian DEMO	15
SOLPS-ITER analysis of drift effects on plasma profiles in the EAST scrape-off layer	15
Three-dimensional nonlinear modeling of ELM dynamics with biasing in HL-3 tokamak	15
Experimentally corroborated model of pressure relaxation limit cycle oscillations in the vicinity of the transition to high confinement in tokamaks	15
NSTX-U theory, modeling and analysis results	15
Modelling of energetic particle drive and damping effects on TAEs in AUG experiment with ECCD	15
Edge biasing and its impact on the edge and SOL turbulence	15
Study on onset of nucleate boiling with screw tube for fusion reactor application	15
Improving ideal MHD equilibrium accuracy with physics-informed neural networks	15
Extending the operational boundaries of RMP-ELM suppression with optimized 3D field control	15
Influence of stochastic coil perturbations on magnetic configurations in Chinese First Quasi-axisymmetric Stellarator	15
TRIEX-II: an experimental facility for the characterization of the tritium extraction unit of the WCLL blanket of ITER and DEMO fusion reactors	14
Validation of 3D MHD simulations of Ne/D ₂ mixed shattered pellet injection in JET	14
Performances of the ITER Pressure Suppression System during unstable steam condensation regimes	14
List of reviewers	14
Two-fluid effects on resistive wall modes in plasmas with negative versus positive triangularity	14
Helium-induced morphology evolution in tungsten under thermal treatment	14
Electromagnetic gyrokinetic instabilities in STEP	14
Physics of tearing mode rotation and slow-down in the RFX-mod tokamak	14
How turbulent transport broadens the heat flux width: local SOL production or edge turbulence spreading?	14
Model for second harmonic ECRH plasma start-up in stellarators	14
A novel scheme for error field correction in permanent magnet stellarators	14
Limit-cycle-oscillation induced from the positive feedback amplification of radial electric field in the scrape-off-layer	14