OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 33. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems	414
Coalescence Dynamics	378
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology	241
Fluid Dynamics of Axial Turbomachinery: Blade- and Stage-Level Simulations and Models	152
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics	113
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets	112
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids	109
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging	108
Introduction	102
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients	99
Flow Control for Unmanned Air Vehicles	93
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow	92
Mass Transfer at the Ocean–Atmosphere Interface: The Role of Wave Breaking, Droplets, and Bubbles	75
Moisture in Textiles	72
	69
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	69
Rotating Horizontal Convection	68
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets	61
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	57
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection	55
Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence	54
	50
Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence	46
Vortices and Forces in Biological Flight: Insects, Birds, and Bats	45
Freezing and Capillarity	41

The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	41
FLEET Velocimetry for Aerodynamics	39
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	38
Icebergs Melting	37
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	35
Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms	35
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	35
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	33