OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soft Matter is 31. 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
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Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions	82
Contents list	76
Rheology of a 2D granular film	70
Entangled nematic disclinations using multi-particle collision dynamics	65
The growth and the decay of a visco-elastocapillary ridge by localized forces	63
New quasiperiodic structures in nematic liquid crystals	62
Lowest gelation concentration in a complex-coacervate-driven self-assembly system, achieved by redox-RAFT synthesis of high molecular weight block polyelectrolytes	55
Effect of polyacrylamide gel elasticity on collagen type II fibril assembly	50
Modelling viscoelastic relaxation mechanisms in thermorheologically complex Fe(iii)–poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels	45
New approach for SANS measurement of micelle chain mixing during size and morphology transitions	44
From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions	44
Mechanical deformation affects the counterion condensation in highly-swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogels	42
PEG-fibrin conjugates: the PEG impact on the polymerization dynamics	39
Fabrication of submillimeter-sized spherical self-oscillating gels and control of their isotropic volumetric oscillatory behaviors	37
Composition and temperature effects on the solution structure of SDS/octanol/brine by SANS, NMR and microscopy	37
Strain stiffening elastomers with swelling inclusions	36
Water–alcohol–TiO₂ dispersions as sustainable ink	36
Hysteresis in phase volumes, compositions and interfacial roughness in model OPV-small-molecule/polymer thin-films	35
Spontaneous symmetry-breaking of the active cluster drives the directed movement and self-sustained oscillation of symmetric rod-like passive particles	35
Multi-population dissolution in confined active fluids	35
Reply to the ‘Comment on “Effects of topological constraints on linked ring polymers in solvents of varying quality”’ by M. Tsige and H. Guo, Soft Matter, 2024, 20, DOI: 10.1039/D3SM0161	35
The rheology and foamability of crystal-melt suspensions composed of triacylglycerols	35
A facile strategy to in situ synthesize metal oxide/conductive polymer hybrid electrodes for supercapacitors	34
Revisiting the strain-induced softening behaviour in hydrogels	33

Viscoelasticity of single folded proteins using dynamic atomic force microscopy	33
Microfluidic extensional flow device to study mass transfer dynamics in the polymer microparticle formation process	33
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Role of confinement in the shear banding and shear jamming in noncolloidal fiber suspensions	32
Influence of matrix stiffness on microstructure evolution and magnetization of magneto-active elastomers	31
Correction: A passive star polymer in a dense active bath: insights from computer simulations	31
Contents list	31