OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soft Matter is 30. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents list	93
Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions	80
Rheology of a 2D granular film	68
Contents list	68
Entangled nematic disclinations using multi-particle collision dynamics	64
The growth and the decay of a visco-elastocapillary ridge by localized forces	62
New quasiperiodic structures in nematic liquid crystals	61
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 confinement and topology: 2-TIPS vs. MIPS	47
Effect of polyacrylamide gel elasticity on collagen type II fibril assembly	44
Modelling viscoelastic relaxation mechanisms in thermorheologically complex Fe(iii)–poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels	43
From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions	43
New approach for SANS measurement of micelle chain mixing during size and morphology transitions	40
Effect of segmental motion on hydrolytic degradation of polyglycolide in electro-spun fiber mats	39
PEG-fibrin conjugates: the PEG impact on the polymerization dynamics	36
Mechanical deformation affects the counterion condensation in highly-swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogels	36
Composition and temperature effects on the solution structure of SDS/octanol/brine by SANS, NMR and microscopy	35
Fabrication of submillimeter-sized spherical self-oscillating gels and control of their isotropic volumetric oscillatory behaviors	35
Multi-population dissolution in confined active fluids	34
Water–alcohol–TiO₂ dispersions as sustainable ink	34
The rheology and foamability of crystal-melt suspensions composed of triacylglycerols	34
The coagulant dipping process of nitrile latex: investigations of former motion effects and coagulant loss into the dipping compound	34
Hysteresis in phase volumes, compositions and interfacial roughness in model OPV-small-molecule/polymer thin-films	34
Strain stiffening elastomers with swelling inclusions	34
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	32

Viscoelasticity of single folded proteins using dynamic atomic force microscopy	32
A facile strategy to in situ synthesize metal oxide/conductive polymer hybrid electrodes for supercapacitors	32
Spontaneous symmetry-breaking of the active cluster drives the directed movement and self-sustained oscillation of symmetric rod-like passive particles	32
Role of confinement in the shear banding and shear jamming in noncolloidal fiber suspensions	30
Back cover	30
Microfluidic extensional flow device to study mass transfer dynamics in the polymer microparticle formation process	30
Inside back cover	30
Revisiting the strain-induced softening behaviour in hydrogels	30