OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Fusion Science and Technology is 2. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A Safer, Smaller, Cleaner Subcritical Thorium Fission—Muonic Fusion Hybrid Reactor	34
Special issue featuring Young Investigators in Fusion	25
Thermohydraulic Design Analysis of the Target Assembly in the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment Facility	20
Numerical Simulation of Airflow and Dust Migration in Vacuum Vessel During Loss of Vacuum Accident for Updated CFETR	17
Determination of the Surface-Rate Coefficients of Deuterium Through Nickel by Gas-Driven Permeation Experiments in Surface-Limited Regime	16
Review of Recent Progress in Plasma-Facing Material Joints and Composites in the FRONTIER U.S.-Japan Collaboration	13
Observation of d(t,n)α Neutrons Following d(d,p)t Reactions in a Deuterium Gas Cell: An Attempt to Repeat Ruhlig’s 1938 Observation of Secondary Reactions	13
Helium Fusion Relevant Plasma Irradiation of Titanium for Medical Application	12
Validation of the OpenMC Code for Fusion Applications: The FNG-Streaming Benchmark Case	12
Parameter Space Constraints for Compact Spherical Tokamak Fusion Reactors	11
Instrumentation and Control for Tritium-Compatible Hydrogen Generator	11
Pressure Response Optimization of an Eddy Current-Driven Flyer Plate Valve for the ITER Shattered Pellet Injection System	10
Erosion of Fuzz Layers Formed in Steady-State Plasma Discharge	10
Multiscenario Electromagnetic Load Analysis of Blanket and VV for CFETR	9
The Impact of Disruptions on the Economics of a Tokamak Power Plant	9
Technical Reviewers Fusion Science and Technology, 2022	9
Synthesis of Nanosized Copper and Cobalt Particles in Plasma Discharge in a Liquid Under the Effect of Intensive Ultrasound	8
Generation and Analysis of Tritium-Substituted Methane	8
Application and Coupling of NEUTRO, a Deterministic Neutron Transport Solver for Fusion Applications in the Alya Multiphysics Environment	8
Safety Analysis of Metallic Tokamak-I Against Electromagnetic and Structural Loads	8
The LIBRA Experiment: Investigating Robust Tritium Accountancy in Molten FLiBe Exposed to a D-T Fusion Neutron Spectrum	8
Liner Development and Characterization for the PHELIX Containment System	7
Density Functional Theory Investigation of Cu, Ni, and Ag Inclusion in ZSM-5 to Study Dihydrogen Binding for Cryogenic Molecular Sieve Bed Adsorber in Nuclear Fusion Systems	7
Numerical Simulation Analysis of Flow Field on Repetitive Pellet Injector with Single-Screw Extruder in CFETR	7
TCV Tokamak Neutron Shielding Upgrade for Dual NBI Operation	7

Measurement of Hydrogen Permeation Fluxes Through Tungsten Deposition Layer Growing by Hydrogen Plasma Sputtering and Observation of Microstructure	7
Updated Thermofluid Performance of the Simplified Flat Variant of the HEMJ	7
Thermal Adsorption Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Isotopes from CHA-Type Zeolites	7
Seismic Analysis of the Robotic Arm for Patient Positioning in Proton Therapy System	7
Gaussian Process Tomography at ASDEX Upgrade with Magnetic Equilibrium Information and Nonstationary Kernels	6
Monte Carlo Analysis of the Performance of the ITER Diagnostic Residual Gas Analyzer	6
Modeling Delamination in NSTX-U Inner Leg Using “EKILL”	6
Screening the Optimal Loading of a Pt-Catalyzed Zeolite for Hydrogen Isotope Exchange	6
Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment High Heat Flux Microwave Absorber Design, Manufacture, and Articles Test	6
Experimental Estimation of Dust Generation Under ELM-Like Transient Heat Loads in Divertor Plasma Simulator-2	6
Fault Prediction of Molecular Pump Based on DE-Bi-LSTM	6
Tritium Release During Different Decommissioning Techniques	6
Polishing of Metal, Foam, and Si-Doped GDP Capsules for Use as ICF Targets	5
Review of Owner-Operator Requirements for Fusion Energy to Inform and Enable Technology Development and Commercialization	5
Remote Plasma Physics Research and Teaching by Example of Turbulence Study at the University-Scale Tokamak GOLEM	5
A New Integrated Analysis Suite for Fast-Ion Study in KSTAR	5
Some Conditions for Externally Driven Burn of Dense Proton-Boron Plasma	5
Advances in Electroplating Gradients and Thick Metallic Coatings on Microspherical Targets for Inertial Confinement Fusion	5
Preliminary Modeling of Disruption Plasma Scenario in View of a Shattered Pellet Injection in DTT Machine	5
Thermal Effects on Dynamic Behavior of CFETR Vacuum Vessel	5
Front-Face RH Compatible Structure Design and Thermal Analysis for CFETR Divertor Dome	5
Parametric Study of the Vacuum Permeator for the Tritium Extraction eXperiment	5
High-Rate Sputter Deposition of Ultrathick Boron Carbide Coatings on Rolling Spherical Substrates	5
Plasma Focused Ion Beam Milling of High-Aspect-Ratio Holes in Diamond	5
Numerical Calculations of Liquid-Metal Magnetohydrodynamic Flows Through Circular Pipe in Magnetic Field Inlet Region and Outlet Region	4
Plasma Wall Interaction of New Type of Divertor Heat Removal Component in LHD Fabricated by Advanced Multi-Step Brazing (AMSB)	4
A Method of Depositing Copper Nanoparticles on Microparticles of Dielectrics as a Result of a Plasma-Chemical Reaction Initiated by the Radiation of a Powerful Gyrotron	4
Design Overview of a High-Pressure Helium Flow Visualization Apparatus for Blanket Cooling Studies	4
Quantification of Thin Walls and Capsules Using X-Ray Computed Tomography	4
Engineering Paradigms for Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Energy	4
Three-Dimensional Heat Flux and Thermal Analysis of Angled Tungsten Samples on DIII-D	4
Friction Welding of ETP-Cu Plate to SS304L Round Bar: An Experimental Study on Asymmetrical Dissimilar Metal Joints	4
Radiation and Nuclear Physics Aspects of the Use of the Thorium Fuel Cycle in a Hybrid Fusion Facility	4
Four Years of Tritium Operation of the KATRIN Experiment at TLK	4
Recent Progress in the Characterization of EOS Targets for LMJ Experiments	4
Analysis of the Mechanism of Microwave Radiation Generated by the Weak Interaction Between Relativistic Electron Beam and Plasma with a Transverse Magnetic Field	3
Advancing Fusion Research and Development at TAE Technologies Through INFUSE Program	3
Confirmation of the Absence of Contact Between Edge Boundary Plasma and Inboard First Wall in LHD Discharges Based on Radial Profile Measurement of Hβ Line Emissions	3
A New Approach to Nuclear Fusion Based on Muon Catalysis by Means of High-Energy Ball Lightning and an Accelerative Mechanism	3
Thermal-Fluid and Thermal-Structural Response of the T-Tube Modular Divertor to Spatiotemporally Varying Heat Loads	3
Concept Design and Analysis of the Magnet System of the Sustained High Power Density Tokamak Facility	3
Acoustic State Sensing of Subcooled Boiling Heat Transfer on a CuCrZr Surface Using a Deep Neural Network for Divertor Application	3
Introduction to Special Issue on the Early History of Nuclear Fusion	3
Prospects for the Use of Atmospheric Optical Communication at Nuclear and Fusion Facilities	3
Conceptual Design of UNITY-2, the Fuel Cycle Test Facility for Fusion Pilot Plants	3
Energy Confinement Dynamics and Some Properties of Plasma Self-Organization in ECRH Regime in the L-2M Stellarator	3
Foreword Special issue on Wide-Ranging and Exotic Applications of Fusion Technology, Part 2	3
Grad-Shafranov Equation in Fractal Dimensions	3
Preparation of W Coatings by Electrodeposition via Na ₂ WO ₄ -WO ₃ -NaCl Molten Salt System in	3
Advanced Fuel Oscillating Fusion Reactor	3

Atomistic Study on the Energetic and Mechanical Behaviors of Helium Bubble Nucleation and Growth in RAFM Steel	3
Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic and Structural Analysis of Disruptions in the COMPASS Upgrade Vacuum Vessel	3
Hot Spot Cause Analysis and Shaping Optimization Design of the Monoblock Divertor Target Plate in EAST	3
Deep Learning–Based Plasma Optical Boundary Recognition and Reconstruction on EAST Tokamak	3
The Reaction of Uranium Deuteride with Nitrogen	3
Los Alamos National Laboratory Double Shell Program Target Development	3
Foreword Special issue featuring papers from the 13th International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology	3
Anthropic Importance of the “Bretscher State” in DT Fusion	3
Conceptual Framework for Gigajoule-Scale Deuterium-Tritium Fusion Yield from an End-Sourced, High-Current, Snowplow-Driven, Shear Flow–Stabilized Nanosecond Timescale Z	3
Investigations of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Post-Weld Heat-Treated DP780 Steel TIG Welds	3
Radiation Damage Analysis of FNSF Components Using McCad and MCNP	3
Timing Synchronization System on RF-Driven Neutral Beam Injection System	3
Effects of a Gap/Open Space on Hydrogen Permeation Through Double Membranes of Ni/Ni and Pd/Ni	3
Effects of Carbon Deposition on Deuterium Plasma-Driven Permeation Through Tungsten-Coated RAFM Steel	3
Method for a Tube Inner Surface Coating	3
A Critical Review of Fabrication Strategies, Separation Techniques, Challenges, and Future Prospects for the Hydrogen Separation Membrane	2
Analysis of Design Alternatives of Actively Cooled RF Window for MPEX	2
Design Study of a Fusion Liquid Immersion Blanket Heat Exhaust/Transport System Using SAM	2
The Structural Design of a CFETR Divertor IT with RH Compatibility	2
Atomic Beam Probe Synthetic Diagnostic in the COMPASS Tokamak and Its Application in Fusion Plasmas	2
FC-FNS Code for Simulating Distributions and Inventories of Hydrogen Isotopes in Fuel Cycle Systems of Fusion Reactor	2
Microstructure and Thermal Properties of Inert Plasma-Sprayed Tungsten Coating on SiC-Coated Carbon/Carbon Composites	2
Predicting Disruptions in Aditya Tokamak: A Deep Sequential Bi-LSTM Approach with Dynamic Time Window Aggregation	2
Precipitate Size in GRCop-84 Gas Atomized Powder and Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additively Manufactured Material	2
Study of the Effective Torus Exhaust High Vacuum Pumping System Performance in the Inner Tritium Plant Loop of EU-DEMO	2
Multiphysics Modeling of Impurity Transport for FNSF Startup Scenario with ERO2.0	2
Comparison of Three Compact Raman Systems with Excitation Laser Wavelengths of 405, 532, and 660 nm (µRA-RGB)	2
Application of Adaptive Channeling of Low-Energy Particles in Above-Target Graphene Film to Optimize Accelerator Nuclear Fusion in Unstructured Targets	2
Thermophysical Parameter Estimation of a Neutron Source Based on the Action of Broadband Radiation on a Cylindrical Target	2
Development of a High Heat Flux Electric Joule Heating System for Testing a One-Side Heated Cooling Channel	2
Effect of Welding Speed and Post-Weld Heat Treatment on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Alpha+Beta Titanium Alloy EB Welds	2
Structural Analysis of LaNi _4.25 Al _0.75 Hydride	2
A Software Package for Plasma-Facing Component Analysis and Design: The Heat Flux Engineering Analysis Toolkit (HEAT)	2
Optimization of the Toroidal Magnetic Coil System for the Small Spherical Tokamak MEPhIST-0	2
Technique of Reactor Experiments of Tin-Lithium Alloy Interaction with Hydrogen Isotopes Under Neutron Irradiation Conditions	2
Improved Plasma Vertical Position Control on TCV Using Model-Based Optimized Controller Synthesis	2
Integration of a Microchannel Reactor in a CECE Process for H ₂ Removal from the O ₂ Stream Produced by the H ₂	2
Complex of Facilities for Studying Interaction of Hydrogen Isotopes with Materials	2
A Forward Analytic Model of Neutron Time-of-Flight Signals for Inferring Ion Temperatures from MagLIF Experiments	2
Fusion Gain and Triple Product for the Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z Pinch	2
Operational Tritium Inventories in the EU-DEMO Fuel Cycle	2
Plasma Confinement in the L-2M Stellarator at High Microwave Heating Powers	2
Accuracy Compensation Based on Optimized Neural Network for a Robotic Patient Positioning System with 6 Degrees of Freedom Used in Proton Therapy System	2
NSTX-U Personnel Safety System: Safety Instrumented System Development and Design	2
Axial Concentration of Dissolved Deuterium by Dispersion in a LiPb Experimental Loop	2
The Limiting Fusion Gain in High-Performance Z-Pinches	2
Seismic Analysis of the Vacuum Vessel for CFETR	2
Surrogate Model of Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive in a Compact Advanced Tokamak	2
Methodology of Remote Diagnostics of Hot Jet Parameters Based on the Application of Deep Learning	2
Evaluation of Alpha Particle Emission Rate Due to the p-¹¹B Fusion Reaction in the Large Helical Device	2
High-Energy Tritium Ion and α-Particle Release from the Near-Surface Layer of Lithium During Neutron Irradiation in the Nuclear Reactor Core	2
Electromagnetic Load Analysis During Plasma Disruption for HL-2M Tokamak Plasma-Facing Components	2
Special issue featuring papers from the 17th Kudowa Summer School	2
High Heat Flux Testing of Brazed W/CuCrZr Monoblock in High Heat Flux Test Facility	2
Preliminary Design of a Cryogenic System with GM Cryocooler for Testing the Hydrogen Condensers of the Distillation Columns	2
Three-Dimensional Digital Image Correlation Diagnostics for Full-Field In Situ Strain Measurement on Plasma-Facing Components in High Heat Flux Test Facility	2
Large Component Simulation of an Inboard Sector of a Dual-Coolant Lead-Lithium Blanket	2
Comprehensive Analysis of Streaming and Shutdown Dose Rate Experiments at JET with ORNL Fusion Neutronics Workflows	2
Interaction of the Substance of the Tsarev Meteorite with Radiation from a Powerful Gyrotron: Dusty Plasma Cloud Formation and Phase Transformations	2
Physical Properties and Effect of Helium-Vacancy Pair on Tungsten/Graphene Composite as Plasma-Facing Materials from First Principles	2