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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fluid Dynamics of Axial Turbomachinery: Blade- and Stage-Level Simulations and Models	450
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology	412
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems	263
Coalescence Dynamics	157
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics	131
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets	121
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids	118
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging	117
Introduction	110
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients	106
Mass Transfer at the Ocean–Atmosphere Interface: The Role of Wave Breaking, Droplets, and Bubbles	104
Moisture in Textiles	98
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow	79
Flow Control for Unmanned Air Vehicles	78
	74
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	73
Rotating Horizontal Convection	72
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets	66
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	65
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection	61
	61
The Dynamics of Sand Dunes	55
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	51
Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence	48

The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	47
FLEET Velocimetry for Aerodynamics	45
Freezing and Capillarity	44
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Stagnant Lids and Crusts	42
Icebergs Melting	40
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	40
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	39
Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms	36
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	36
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	35
3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Fluid Mechanics	33
Bubble Plumes in Nature	30
Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook	30
Gas Microfilms in Droplet Dynamics: When Do Drops Bounce?	29
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets	28
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions	28
Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Heavy Particles in Turbulence	27
Motion in Stratified Fluids	26
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
Gas-Liquid Foam Dynamics: From Structural Elements to Continuum Descriptions	23