OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soft Matter is 34. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Rheology of a 2D granular film	97
Effect of polyacrylamide gel elasticity on collagen type II fibril assembly	80
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A facile strategy to in situ synthesize metal oxide/conductive polymer hybrid electrodes for supercapacitors	70
Viscoelasticity of single folded proteins using dynamic atomic force microscopy	69
Microfluidic extensional flow device to study mass transfer dynamics in the polymer microparticle formation process	65
Mechanical deformation affects the counterion condensation in highly-swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogels	65
Composition and temperature effects on the solution structure of SDS/octanol/brine by SANS, NMR and microscopy	55
PEG-fibrin conjugates: the PEG impact on the polymerization dynamics	51
Hysteresis in phase volumes, compositions and interfacial roughness in model OPV-small-molecule/polymer thin-films	49
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	48
Spontaneous symmetry-breaking of the active cluster drives the directed movement and self-sustained oscillation of symmetric rod-like passive particles	48
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Entangled nematic disclinations using multi-particle collision dynamics	41
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Correction: A passive star polymer in a dense active bath: insights from computer simulations	40
Temperature dependence of micelle shape transitions in copolymer solutions: the role of inter-block incompatibility	39
Tuning the polymer thermal conductivity through structural modification induced by MoS₂ bilayers	39

Correction: Hystereses in flow-induced compression of a poroelastic hydrogel	38
Size-dependent bending of a rectangular polymer film	38
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Temperature-responsive membrane permeability of recombinant fusion protein vesicles	35
Pyridine-functional diblock copolymer nanoparticles synthesized via RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly: effect of solution pH	34
A theory of hydrogel mechanics that couples swelling and external flow	34
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