OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Materials is 111. 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
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams	2191
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase	749
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage	616
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design	461
Signatures of magnetism in zigzag graphene nanoribbons embedded in a hexagonal boron nitride lattice	422
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene	413
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity	338
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators	334
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes	330
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer	300
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation	300
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones	288
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order	283
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks	283
Modulation of optical loss leads to robust localization of light	265
Experimental organs	261
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser	258
Growing together	256
When the roof falls in	253
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	247
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality	247
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation	245
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics	243
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains	238
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials	236

The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes	236
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks	235
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks	228
Hydrogels for RNA delivery	228
Synapse-powered vitality	220
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries	215
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface	212
Directed cell migration towards softer environments	211
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C	206
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	204
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates	198
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture	197
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors	196
Faster holes by delocalization	195
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators	194
Switching a chiral antiferromagnet	193
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials	192
Molecular dampers for high-temperature capacitors	192
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices	192
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks	185
Sieving in order	182
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes	182
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor	182
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology	180
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics	179
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation	179
Multiple freezing–melting pathways of high-density ice through ice XXI phase at room temperature	178
Author Correction: Superconductivity and normal-state transport in compressively strained La2PrNi2O7 thin films	176
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements	173
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics	173
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes	170
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts	170
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus	169
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose	167
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6	166
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries	166
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking	165
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin	165
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys	162
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice	160
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate	158
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers	156
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion	156
Role of the extracellular matrix in cardiac ageing	155
Programming precise nanoparticle patterns	155
In praise of peer review	155
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials	151
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents	150
Synchronized dancing under light	147
Tunable fractional Chern insulators	147

Connecting silicon carbide technologies	147
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces	145
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions	143
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions	143
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond	142
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate	142
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces	142
Capturing the dance of nanoparticles in crystals	141
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films	139
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise	139
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots	137
A formal FeIII/V redox couple in an intercalation electrode	136
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality	136
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization	136
High-performance graphene-based carbon fibres prepared at room temperature via domain folding	134
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system	133
Mitigating proton trapping in cubic perovskite oxides via ScO6 octahedral networks	133
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material	132
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures	129
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces	127
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films	127
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance	125
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C	124
Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project	124
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels	123
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry	123
Chromogenic identification of breakdown	122
A fridge without a cause	120
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution	118
Steering from the rear	117
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics	116
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	116
High-temperature superconductivity survives	113
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis	112
Optically induced ultrafast magnetization switching in ferromagnetic spin valves	112
Simple connections take the prize	112
Nuclear spin polarization and control in hexagonal boron nitride	111
Design criteria for tough metamaterials	111