OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of MRS Bulletin is 28. 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
Journal Highlights	134
MRS Bulletin turns 50!	90
Failure-resistant mechanisms in nature inform metamaterials design	81
Dislocation does the twist with a double helix	76
EU publishes guidance for safe and sustainable materials and chemicals	52
Two-and-one-half cheers for the mediocracy*	52
Things I didn’t and still don’t fully understand	46
Amphiphilic assembly enhances performance of biofuel cells	45
Forming and erasing memories in disordered solids	42
How to build an effective self-driving laboratory	41
Closing the sustainability gap in materials education	41
2021 MRS Fall Meeting provided a hybrid experience!	41
Solution-driven bioinspired design: Themes of latch-mediated spring-actuated systems	39
Gas-phase materials synthesis in environmental transmission electron microscopy	39
Metallic Zn crystals grown in liquid Ga imitate snowflake patterns	37
Reversing planar gliding, microcracking enhances performance of single-crystalline Ni-rich cathode	36
Closing a chapter with MRS Bulletin and MRS	34
Functional imaging of brain organoids using high-density microelectrode arrays	34
Beyond potentials: Integrated machine learning models for materials	34
Binary ferroelectric oxides for future computing paradigms	33
Journal Highlights	33
Going cubic halves the efficiency droop in InGaAlN light-emitting diodes	33
Direct roll transfer of silicon nanoribbons onto polyimide substrates accomplished in one step	32
Look again	30
Materials research and development needs to enable efficient and electrified buildings	29

Covalent−organic framework-based electrolytes fabricated for solid-state Li-ion batteries	29
From atomistic to collective dynamics: Bridging gaps in gas-phase electron microscopy for catalysis	29
Nanostructured porous alloys formed from oxides with zero carbon footprint	28
The LEGOLAS Kit: A low-cost robot science kit for education with symbolic regression for hypothesis discovery and validation	28