OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 23. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Fluid Dynamics of Axial Turbomachinery: Blade- and Stage-Level Simulations and Models	468
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems	423
Coalescence Dynamics	270
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology	166
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets	137
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids	129
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics	129
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging	124
Introduction	113
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients	111
Flow Control for Unmanned Air Vehicles	109
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow	104
Moisture in Textiles	84
Mass Transfer at the Ocean–Atmosphere Interface: The Role of Wave Breaking, Droplets, and Bubbles	84
	76
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	75
Rotating Horizontal Convection	72
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	68
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets	65
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection	63
	63
The Dynamics of Sand Dunes	60
Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence	57
Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence	54
Vortices and Forces in Biological Flight: Insects, Birds, and Bats	52

The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	49
Freezing and Capillarity	48
FLEET Velocimetry for Aerodynamics	47
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Stagnant Lids and Crusts	46
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	43
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	41
Icebergs Melting	40
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	39
Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook	36
3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Fluid Mechanics	36
Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms	36
Gas Microfilms in Droplet Dynamics: When Do Drops Bounce?	31
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	31
Secondary Atomization of Droplets at Extreme Conditions	30
Bubble Plumes in Nature	30
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets	29
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions	28
Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Heavy Particles in Turbulence	26
Motion in Stratified Fluids	26
Turbulent Drag Reduction by Streamwise Traveling Waves of Wall-Normal Forcing	25
Flood Inundation Prediction	25
Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence Cascade	23