OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 20. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Fluid Mechanics of Ocean Microplastics	510
Coalescence Dynamics	471
Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems	287
Fluid Dynamics of Axial Turbomachinery: Blade- and Stage-Level Simulations and Models	181
A Perspective on the State of Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology	155
Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics	147
Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics of Dense Vapors and Supercritical Fluids	138
Self-Propulsion of Chemically Active Droplets	135
Laboratory Experiments in Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	119
Geometric Approaches to Lagrangian Averaging	118
Introduction	117
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Particle Diffusiophoresis Driven by Chemical Gradients	115
Moisture in Textiles	92
Flow Control for Unmanned Air Vehicles	87
Mass Transfer at the Ocean–Atmosphere Interface: The Role of Wave Breaking, Droplets, and Bubbles	84
Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow	76
Rapidly Rotating Magnetohydrodynamics and the Geodynamo	76
	76
Rotating Horizontal Convection	74
Particle Rafts and Armored Droplets	71
Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh–Bénard Convection	68
The Dynamics of Sand Dunes	67
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow	67
Vortices and Forces in Biological Flight: Insects, Birds, and Bats	64
	61

Recent Developments in Theories of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Turbulence	61
Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence	59
The Early Days and Rise of Turbulence Simulation	53
FLEET Velocimetry for Aerodynamics	51
Freezing and Capillarity	49
Aircraft Icing: Modeling and Simulation	48
Building Ventilation: The Consequences for Personal Exposure	44
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Stagnant Lids and Crusts	44
Gas–Particle Dynamics in High-Speed Flows	44
Advances in Modeling Dense Granular Media	43
Icebergs Melting	38
3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Fluid Mechanics	36
Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms	35
Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook	35
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Flexible Cylinders in Cross-Flow	35
Secondary Atomization of Droplets at Extreme Conditions	34
Fluid Deformation and Mixing in Porous Media as Drivers for Chemical and Biological Processes	33
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets	33
Gas Microfilms in Droplet Dynamics: When Do Drops Bounce?	31
Bubble Plumes in Nature	30
Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Heavy Particles in Turbulence	27
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions	27
Motion in Stratified Fluids	25
Flood Inundation Prediction	24
Gas-Liquid Foam Dynamics: From Structural Elements to Continuum Descriptions	21
Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence Cascade	21
Turbulent Drag Reduction by Streamwise Traveling Waves of Wall-Normal Forcing	20
Drop Impact Dynamics: Impact Force and Stress Distributions	20