OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science is 29. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding how bacterial collectives organize on surfaces by tracking surfactant flow	170
Designing refractory complex concentrated alloys for extreme environments	161
Amorphous oxide semiconductors: From fundamental properties to practical applications	144
Accelerated emergence of CoNi-based medium-entropy alloys with emphasis on their mechanical properties	116
Toward high-quality graphene film growth by chemical vapor deposition system	89
Graphene- polymer nanocomposite-based wearable strain sensors for physiological signal Monitoring: Recent progress and challenges	85
Grain refinement and morphological control of intermetallic compounds: A comprehensive review	76
Liquid crystalline elastomer actuators with dynamic covalent bonding: Synthesis, alignment, reprogrammability, and self-healing	70
Editorial Board	69
Editorial Board	69
Electric current-induced phenomena in metallic materials	68
Dopants and defects in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors	66
Conductive-synthetic diamond materials in meeting the sustainable development goals	65
Editorial: Special issue on solid-state battery materials, phenomena, and systems	57
Corrigendum to “Nanoscale strain-engineered planar two-dimensional materials: properties, fabrication strategies, and applications in biosensing” [Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 43 (2026) 101265]	57
Solid state lithium metal batteries – Issues and challenges at the lithium-solid electrolyte interface	56
Editorial Board	56
Predicting displacement damage for ion irradiation: Origin of the overestimation of vacancy production in SRIM full-cascade calculations	55
Recent advances in describing and driving crystal nucleation using machine learning and artificial intelligence	49
High strain rate nanoindentation testing: Recent advancements, challenges and opportunities	49
The next generation of nanoindentation and small-scale mechanical testing	49
History, present status, and future directions of vanadium alloys for fusion reactors	49
Graphene-based sensors for multiscenario applications: from functional interface engineering to artificial intelligence-driven optimization	47
Review on thermal transport and lattice dynamics of high-entropy alloys containing Ni	43
Atomic-scale scanning single-electron transistor microscopy for low-angle twisted two-dimensional heterostructures	41

Chemomechanics: Friend or foe of the “AND problem” of solid-state batteries?	39
Advances in additive manufacturing of cemented carbides: From powder production to mechanical properties and future challenges	39
Monolithic 3D integration as a pathway to energy-efficient computing and beyond: From materials and devices to architectures and chips	38
Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling	37
Rational design of high-entropy ceramics based on machine learning – A critical review	35
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for materials	34
Current opinions on memristor-accelerated machine learning hardware	33
Chiral photonic materials self-assembled by cellulose nanocrystals	32
Intrinsically stretchable sensory-neuromorphic system for sign language translation	31
Deformation-induced martensitic transformations: A strategy for overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off in high-entropy alloys	31
From jammed solids to mechanical metamaterials : A brief review	29
Advancements in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy Instrumentation: Towards high speed and 3D	29
Editorial Board	29