OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Materials Horizons is 70. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Outstanding Reviewers for Materials Horizons in 2023	289
Front cover	217
Enhanced performance in transparent conducting materials at the interface of a wide band gap semiconductor and a correlated metal	210
Reflections from Seth Marder on 10 years of Materials Horizons	190
Correction: Preventing lead leakage in perovskite solar cells and modules with a low-cost and stable chemisorption coating	183
Back cover	170
Inside front cover	164
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Prof. Dr Yandong Ma, Shandong University, China	154
Back cover	142
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Professor Derek Ho, City University of Hong Kong, China	137
Back cover	133
Effect of Sc spatial distribution on the electronic and ferroelectric properties of AlScN	130
Front cover	130
An implantable ionic therapeutic platform for photodynamic therapy with wireless capacitive power transfer	128
Synergistic improvement of sensing performance in ferroelectric transistor gas sensors using remnant polarization	121
Inside back cover	117
Fluid mediated communication among flexible micro-posts in chemically reactive solutions	116
Visible light-initiated rapid self-healing of PDMS elastomers engineered through dual dynamic bonding networks for smart sensors	116
P–N switchable thermoelectric ionogels enabled by microphase separation for intelligent thermal sensing	115
Biomimetic Janus photonic soft actuator with structural color self-reporting	111
A sustainable approach to energy storage in buildings: the first rechargeable geopolymer-based battery	110
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Dr Eunho Lee, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea (the Republic of)	110
Inside front cover	108
From binary AB to ternary ABC supraparticles	105
Cu ₃ N–Fe nanocube-based electrochemical sensing of cancer metabolites with minute-scale response time	104

Bioinspired HOF-based luminescent skin sensor with triple mechanochromism responses for the recognition and collection of human biophysical signals	102
Biological metasurfaces based on tailored Luria Bertani Agar growth medium formulations for photonic applications	101
A co-assembly strategy for the construction of robust, recyclable and multifunctional crosslinked metal–organic polyhedra using aromatic polyamides	101
Design principle of disordered rocksalt type overlithiated anode for high energy density batteries	100
Are topological insulators promising thermoelectrics?	98
Polyethylene glycol-decorated n-type conducting polymers with improved ion accessibility for high-performance organic electrochemical transistors	98
Incarcerating bismuth nanoparticles into a thiol-laced metal–organic framework for electro and photocatalysis	94
Ferroelectricity driven interlayer magnetic phase transitions in van der Waals homobilayers	91
2D MoS₂/Cu₂O on 3D mesoporous silica as visible-NIR nanophotocatalysts for environmental and biomedical applications	90
Magnetic-field manipulation of circularly polarized photoluminescence in chiral perovskites	89
In situ construction of multifunctional femtosecond laser-induced graphene on arbitrary substrates	89
Photoelastic plasmonic metasurfaces with ultra-large near infrared spectral tuning	87
An advanced furoxan-bridged heat-resistant explosive	86
Recent advances in metal–organic frameworks for Li–O ₂ batteries: advantages, challenges, and innovative design	86
Nanoarchitected graphene/copper oxide nanoparticles/MoS₂ ternary thin films as highly efficient electrodes for aqueous sodium-ion batteries	84
Bacterial cellulose-based functional yarns: from design to applications	84
Electronic properties of metal halide perovskites and their interfaces: the basics	84
Organic chiral nano- and microfilaments: types, formation, and template applications	83
Customizing ZnIn₂S₄ photocatalysts by regulating sulfur sources for C(sp³)–H transformation	82
Entropy engineering enhances the electromagnetic wave absorption of high-entropy transition metal dichalcogenides/N-doped carbon nanofiber composites	82
Catalytic amounts of sodium-sulfonate–naphthol enable mechanically robust, ultra-transparent, super-fire-resistant and easily recyclable polycarbonate	82
Advanced wood–inorganic composites: preparation, properties and perspectives	81
Recent advances of metal telluride anodes for high-performance lithium/sodium–ion batteries	81
Unveiling the role of linear alkyl organic cations in 2D layered tin halide perovskite field-effect transistors	81
Framing emission gain layers for perovskite light-emitting diodes using polycaprolactone-silver nanoparticles featuring Förster resonance energy transfer and Purcell effects	80
Dynamic metal–ligand coordination enables a hydrogel with rewritable dual-mode pattern display	80
Corrosion response of steels fabricated through arc directed energy deposition additive manufacturing: a review	80
Solution-processable and photo-programmable logic gate realized by organic non-volatile floating-gate photomemory	78
Significantly enhanced high-temperature capacitive energy storage in cyclic olefin copolymer dielectric films via ultraviolet irradiation	78
Selective deconstruction of mixed plastics by a tailored organocatalyst	78
A mechanically adaptive hydrogel neural interface based on silk fibroin for high-efficiency neural activity recording	78
Inside back cover	77
Multifunctional sound-absorbing and mechanical metamaterials via a decoupled mechanism design approach	77
Back cover	76
Back cover	76
Magnetoresistance effect of pyridine-capped s-indacene-based conjugated radicals	75
Horizons Community Board collection: antimicrobial materials and surfaces	75
Inside back cover	75
Performance of ferrite nanoparticles in inductive heating swing adsorption (IHSA): how tailoring material properties can circumvent the design limitations of a system	74
Unraveling nanosprings: morphology control and mechanical characterization	72
Contents list	71
NestedAE: interpretable nested autoencoders for multi-scale materials characterization	70
Mechanochemical grinding-enhanced olefin–olefin [2+2] cycloaddition in cyanostilbene derivatives: mechanistic dependence on halogen-based bonding	70
Bioinspired leaf vein-architected gold nanowire ecoflexible biosensors for ultrasensitive occlusal force monitoring	70
S-La₂Mo₂O₉ solid solution: a sulfur cathode with a non-shaped matrix enables a better lithium–sulfur battery	70