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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A Safer, Smaller, Cleaner Subcritical Thorium Fission—Muonic Fusion Hybrid Reactor	30
Special issue featuring Young Investigators in Fusion	24
Erosion of Fuzz Layers Formed in Steady-State Plasma Discharge	20
Numerical Simulation of Airflow and Dust Migration in Vacuum Vessel During Loss of Vacuum Accident for Updated CFETR	14
Thermohydraulic Design Analysis of the Target Assembly in the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment Facility	14
Determination of the Surface-Rate Coefficients of Deuterium Through Nickel by Gas-Driven Permeation Experiments in Surface-Limited Regime	12
Review of Recent Progress in Plasma-Facing Material Joints and Composites in the FRONTIER U.S.-Japan Collaboration	11
Parameter Space Constraints for Compact Spherical Tokamak Fusion Reactors	10
Helium Fusion Relevant Plasma Irradiation of Titanium for Medical Application	10
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	9
Instrumentation and Control for Tritium-Compatible Hydrogen Generator	9
Validation of the OpenMC Code for Fusion Applications: The FNG-Streaming Benchmark Case	8
Pressure Response Optimization of an Eddy Current-Driven Flyer Plate Valve for the ITER Shattered Pellet Injection System	8
The Impact of Disruptions on the Economics of a Tokamak Power Plant	8
Multiscenario Electromagnetic Load Analysis of Blanket and VV for CFETR	8
Gaussian Process Tomography at ASDEX Upgrade with Magnetic Equilibrium Information and Nonstationary Kernels	7
Thermal Adsorption Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Isotopes from CHA-Type Zeolites	7
Technical Reviewers Fusion Science and Technology, 2022	7
The LIBRA Experiment: Investigating Robust Tritium Accountancy in Molten FLiBe Exposed to a D-T Fusion Neutron Spectrum	7
Numerical Simulation Analysis of Flow Field on Repetitive Pellet Injector with Single-Screw Extruder in CFETR	7
Safety Analysis of Metallic Tokamak-I Against Electromagnetic and Structural Loads	7
Liner Development and Characterization for the PHELIX Containment System	7
Updated Thermofluid Performance of the Simplified Flat Variant of the HEMJ	7
Synthesis of Nanosized Copper and Cobalt Particles in Plasma Discharge in a Liquid Under the Effect of Intensive Ultrasound	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	6

Generation and Analysis of Tritium-Substituted Methane	6
TCV Tokamak Neutron Shielding Upgrade for Dual NBI Operation	6
Measurement of Hydrogen Permeation Fluxes Through Tungsten Deposition Layer Growing by Hydrogen Plasma Sputtering and Observation of Microstructure	6
Experimental Estimation of Dust Generation Under ELM-Like Transient Heat Loads in Divertor Plasma Simulator-2	6
Seismic Analysis of the Robotic Arm for Patient Positioning in Proton Therapy System	6
Screening the Optimal Loading of a Pt-Catalyzed Zeolite for Hydrogen Isotope Exchange	6
A New Integrated Analysis Suite for Fast-Ion Study in KSTAR	5
Modeling Delamination in NSTX-U Inner Leg Using “EKILL”	5
Plasma Focused Ion Beam Milling of High-Aspect-Ratio Holes in Diamond	5
Front-Face RH Compatible Structure Design and Thermal Analysis for CFETR Divertor Dome	5
Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment High Heat Flux Microwave Absorber Design, Manufacture, and Articles Test	5
Monte Carlo Analysis of the Performance of the ITER Diagnostic Residual Gas Analyzer	5
Polishing of Metal, Foam, and Si-Doped GDP Capsules for Use as ICF Targets	5
Fault Prediction of Molecular Pump Based on DE-Bi-LSTM	5
Tritium Release During Different Decommissioning Techniques	5
Parametric Study of the Vacuum Permeator for the Tritium Extraction eXperiment	5
Advances in Electroplating Gradients and Thick Metallic Coatings on Microspherical Targets for Inertial Confinement Fusion	5
Thermal Effects on Dynamic Behavior of CFETR Vacuum Vessel	4
Radiation and Nuclear Physics Aspects of the Use of the Thorium Fuel Cycle in a Hybrid Fusion Facility	4
Plasma Wall Interaction of New Type of Divertor Heat Removal Component in LHD Fabricated by Advanced Multi-Step Brazing (AMSB)	4
High-Rate Sputter Deposition of Ultrathick Boron Carbide Coatings on Rolling Spherical Substrates	4
Review of Owner-Operator Requirements for Fusion Energy to Inform and Enable Technology Development and Commercialization	4
Numerical Calculations of Liquid-Metal Magnetohydrodynamic Flows Through Circular Pipe in Magnetic Field Inlet Region and Outlet Region	4
Remote Plasma Physics Research and Teaching by Example of Turbulence Study at the University-Scale Tokamak GOLEM	4
Some Conditions for Externally Driven Burn of Dense Proton-Boron Plasma	4
Preliminary Modeling of Disruption Plasma Scenario in View of a Shattered Pellet Injection in DTT Machine	4
Quantification of Thin Walls and Capsules Using X-Ray Computed Tomography	4
Timing Synchronization System on RF-Driven Neutral Beam Injection System	3
Analysis of the Mechanism of Microwave Radiation Generated by the Weak Interaction Between Relativistic Electron Beam and Plasma with a Transverse Magnetic Field	3
Engineering Paradigms for Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Energy	3
Energy Confinement Dynamics and Some Properties of Plasma Self-Organization in ECRH Regime in the L-2M Stellarator	3
Deep Learning–Based Plasma Optical Boundary Recognition and Reconstruction on EAST Tokamak	3
Concept Design and Analysis of the Magnet System of the Sustained High Power Density Tokamak Facility	3
Effects of Carbon Deposition on Deuterium Plasma-Driven Permeation Through Tungsten-Coated RAFM Steel	3
Los Alamos National Laboratory Double Shell Program Target Development	3
Radiation Damage Analysis of FNSF Components Using McCad and MCNP	3
Prospects for the Use of Atmospheric Optical Communication at Nuclear and Fusion Facilities	3
Effects of a Gap/Open Space on Hydrogen Permeation Through Double Membranes of Ni/Ni and Pd/Ni	3
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	3
Method for a Tube Inner Surface Coating	3
Hot Spot Cause Analysis and Shaping Optimization Design of the Monoblock Divertor Target Plate in EAST	3
Influence of Gas Pressure on the Infrared Blocking Property of Ultrathin Aluminum Films on Freestanding Polyimide Substrates	3
Foreword Special issue on Wide-Ranging and Exotic Applications of Fusion Technology, Part 2	3
Atomistic Study on the Energetic and Mechanical Behaviors of Helium Bubble Nucleation and Growth in RAFM Steel	3
Four Years of Tritium Operation of the KATRIN Experiment at TLK	3
The Reaction of Uranium Deuteride with Nitrogen	3
Friction Welding of ETP-Cu Plate to SS304L Round Bar: An Experimental Study on Asymmetrical Dissimilar Metal Joints	3
Design Overview of a High-Pressure Helium Flow Visualization Apparatus for Blanket Cooling Studies	3
Introduction to Special Issue on the Early History of Nuclear Fusion	3
Acoustic State Sensing of Subcooled Boiling Heat Transfer on a CuCrZr Surface Using a Deep Neural Network for Divertor Application	3

Grad-Shafranov Equation in Fractal Dimensions	3
Advancing Fusion Research and Development at TAE Technologies Through INFUSE Program	3
Analysis of Design Alternatives of Actively Cooled RF Window for MPEX	2
High Heat Flux Testing of Brazed W/CuCrZr Monoblock in High Heat Flux Test Facility	2
Conceptual Framework for Gigajoule-Scale Deuterium-Tritium Fusion Yield from an End-Sourced, High-Current, Snowplow-Driven, Shear Flow–Stabilized Nanosecond Timescale Z	2
Fusion Gain and Triple Product for the Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z Pinch	2
Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic and Structural Analysis of Disruptions in the COMPASS Upgrade Vacuum Vessel	2
Interaction of the Substance of the Tsarev Meteorite with Radiation from a Powerful Gyrotron: Dusty Plasma Cloud Formation and Phase Transformations	2
Plasma Diagnostics on Pulse Plasma-Focus Generators and Their Features as Alternative Fusion Reactors	2
Study on Helium Bubble Coalescence in the Slip Plane of Titanium	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
Determination of the Oxygen Concentration in GDP Thin Films Using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy	2
Development of a High Heat Flux Electric Joule Heating System for Testing a One-Side Heated Cooling Channel	2
Study of the Effective Torus Exhaust High Vacuum Pumping System Performance in the Inner Tritium Plant Loop of EU-DEMO	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
Predicting Disruptions in Aditya Tokamak: A Deep Sequential Bi-LSTM Approach with Dynamic Time Window Aggregation	2
Comprehensive Analysis of Streaming and Shutdown Dose Rate Experiments at JET with ORNL Fusion Neutronics Workflows	2
Advanced Fuel Oscillating Fusion Reactor	2
Large Component Simulation of an Inboard Sector of a Dual-Coolant Lead-Lithium Blanket	2
Anthropic Importance of the “Bretscher State” in DT Fusion	2
Multiphysics Modeling of Impurity Transport for FNSF Startup Scenario with ERO2.0	2
A New Approach to Nuclear Fusion Based on Muon Catalysis by Means of High-Energy Ball Lightning and an Accelerative Mechanism	2
Structural Analysis of LaNi _4.25 Al _0.75 Hydride	2
Thermal-Fluid and Thermal-Structural Response of the T-Tube Modular Divertor to Spatiotemporally Varying Heat Loads	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
Microstructure and Thermal Properties of Inert Plasma-Sprayed Tungsten Coating on SiC-Coated Carbon/Carbon Composites	2
Complex of Facilities for Studying Interaction of Hydrogen Isotopes with Materials	2
Design and Analysis of an Advanced Three-Point Bend Test Approach for Miniature Irradiated Disk Specimens	2
Application of Adaptive Channeling of Low-Energy Particles in Above-Target Graphene Film to Optimize Accelerator Nuclear Fusion in Unstructured Targets	2
Axial Concentration of Dissolved Deuterium by Dispersion in a LiPb Experimental Loop	2
Physical Properties and Effect of Helium-Vacancy Pair on Tungsten/Graphene Composite as Plasma-Facing Materials from First Principles	2
Operational Tritium Inventories in the EU-DEMO Fuel Cycle	2
Improved Plasma Vertical Position Control on TCV Using Model-Based Optimized Controller Synthesis	2
NSTX-U Personnel Safety System: Safety Instrumented System Development and Design	2
Seismic Analysis of the Vacuum Vessel for CFETR	2
Plasma Confinement in the L-2M Stellarator at High Microwave Heating Powers	2
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	2
Thermophysical Parameter Estimation of a Neutron Source Based on the Action of Broadband Radiation on a Cylindrical Target	2
Foreword Special issue featuring papers from the 13th International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology	2
Precipitate Size in GRCop-84 Gas Atomized Powder and Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additively Manufactured Material	2
Electromagnetic Load Analysis During Plasma Disruption for HL-2M Tokamak Plasma-Facing Components	2
Investigations of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Post-Weld Heat-Treated DP780 Steel TIG Welds	2
Technique of Reactor Experiments of Tin-Lithium Alloy Interaction with Hydrogen Isotopes Under Neutron Irradiation Conditions	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
The Limiting Fusion Gain in High-Performance Z-Pinches	2
Preliminary Design of a Cryogenic System with GM Cryocooler for Testing the Hydrogen Condensers of the Distillation Columns	2
Surrogate Model of Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive in a Compact Advanced Tokamak	2
A Software Package for Plasma-Facing Component Analysis and Design: The Heat Flux Engineering Analysis Toolkit (HEAT)	2
A Critical Review of Fabrication Strategies, Separation Techniques, Challenges, and Future Prospects for the Hydrogen Separation Membrane	2
Effect of Welding Speed and Post-Weld Heat Treatment on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Alpha+Beta Titanium Alloy EB Welds	2
Comparison of Three Compact Raman Systems with Excitation Laser Wavelengths of 405, 532, and 660 nm (µRA-RGB)	2