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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The Fluid Mechanics of Ocean Microplastics	541
Coalescence Dynamics	500
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology	313
Fluid Dynamics of Axial Turbomachinery: Blade- and Stage-Level Simulations and Models	197
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems	165
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics	161
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets	151
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids	148
Laboratory Experiments in Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	126
Introduction	124
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging	124
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients	123
Moisture in Textiles	98
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow	97
Flow Control for Unmanned Air Vehicles	96
Mass Transfer at the Ocean–Atmosphere Interface: The Role of Wave Breaking, Droplets, and Bubbles	92
	80
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	79
Rotating Horizontal Convection	79
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection	78
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets	75
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	75
The Dynamics of Sand Dunes	74
Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence	69
	69

Vortices and Forces in Biological Flight: Insects, Birds, and Bats	64
Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence	63
The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	59
FLEET Velocimetry for Aerodynamics	56
Freezing and Capillarity	55
Aircraft Icing: Modeling and Simulation	53
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Stagnant Lids and Crusts	51
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	49
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	45
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	44
Icebergs Melting	43
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	41
Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms	40
Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook	39
Secondary Atomization of Droplets at Extreme Conditions	39
3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Fluid Mechanics	39
Fluid Deformation and Mixing in Porous Media as Drivers for Chemical and Biological Processes	38
Gas Microfilms in Droplet Dynamics: When Do Drops Bounce?	36
Bubble Plumes in Nature	36
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets	33
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions	32
Motion in Stratified Fluids	31
Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Heavy Particles in Turbulence	31
Erratum: Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	25
Flood Inundation Prediction	25
Turbulent Drag Reduction by Streamwise Traveling Waves of Wall-Normal Forcing	24
Drop Impact Dynamics: Impact Force and Stress Distributions	23
Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence Cascade	23