OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 21. 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
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	69
	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
The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	41

Freezing and Capillarity	41
FLEET Velocimetry for Aerodynamics	39
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	38
Icebergs Melting	37
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	35
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	35
Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms	35
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	33
3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Fluid Mechanics	32
Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook	31
Bubble Plumes in Nature	27
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets	26
Gas Microfilms in Droplet Dynamics: When Do Drops Bounce?	25
Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Heavy Particles in Turbulence	24
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions	24
Motion in Stratified Fluids	23
Flood Inundation Prediction	22
Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence Cascade	21
Turbulent Drag Reduction by Streamwise Traveling Waves of Wall-Normal Forcing	21
Gas-Liquid Foam Dynamics: From Structural Elements to Continuum Descriptions	21