OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Materials is 113. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams	2218
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase	762
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage	631
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design	475
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality	442
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics	427
Experimental organs	344
Signatures of magnetism in zigzag graphene nanoribbons embedded in a hexagonal boron nitride lattice	334
Modulation of optical loss leads to robust localization of light	310
When the roof falls in	309
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks	294
Synapse-powered vitality	291
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity	290
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order	273
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface	271
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains	265
Growing together	264
Sealing stretchable electronics through a viscoplastic surface effect	264
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser	260
Enabling efficient electron injection in stretchable OLED	250
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	246
The photonic path to quantum advantage	246
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones	243
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes	239
Directed cell migration towards softer environments	236

Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks	230
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators	225
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C	219
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation	219
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials	216
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes	216
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene	208
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation	204
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer	204
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries	203
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks	199
Hydrogels for RNA delivery	199
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	198
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates	194
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture	192
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors	190
Faster holes by delocalization	189
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators	186
Molecular dampers for high-temperature capacitors	186
Switching a chiral antiferromagnet	186
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials	182
Weaving-inspired asymmetric entangled nodes in multi-component polymer networks	181
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks	178
Sieving in order	177
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology	175
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose	174
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation	173
Multiple freezing–melting pathways of high-density ice through ice XXI phase at room temperature	173
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements	173
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus	172
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics	171
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics	170
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices	169
Author Correction: Superconductivity and normal-state transport in compressively strained La2PrNi2O7 thin films	169
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys	167
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking	165
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes	165
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts	162
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers	160
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice	158
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6	157
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor	155
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries	154
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion	153
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes	150
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin	149
Programming precise nanoparticle patterns	148
Role of the extracellular matrix in cardiac ageing	148
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond	147
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents	146

Connecting silicon carbide technologies	145
Tunable fractional Chern insulators	144
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise	143
Capturing the dance of nanoparticles in crystals	143
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films	142
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials	140
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces	139
High-performance graphene-based carbon fibres prepared at room temperature via domain folding	139
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions	138
Two birds with one stone	137
In praise of peer review	136
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels	133
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate	132
Mitigating proton trapping in cubic perovskite oxides via ScO6 octahedral networks	131
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces	131
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality	129
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions	129
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces	127
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots	125
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films	125
A formal FeIII/V redox couple in an intercalation electrode	124
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material	124
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance	123
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization	122
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures	122
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C	122
Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project	119
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system	118
Chromogenic identification of breakdown	116
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry	116
Steering from the rear	115
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution	115
A fridge without a cause	115
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics	114
Drawing boundaries between feasible and unfeasible zeolite intergrowths using high-throughput computational screening with synthesis validation	113
Damage-free dry transfer method using stress engineering for high-performance flexible two- and three-dimensional electronics	113
Correlative image learning of chemo-mechanics in phase-transforming solids	113
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	113