OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Materials is 87. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Alternative propylene oxide production	1391
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures	811
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines	716
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices	624
Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems	610
Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles	563
The electrical conductivity of solution-processed nanosheet networks	502
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases	466
Drug delivery to the central nervous system	448
Reducing immune response in semiconducting polymers through molecular design	445
China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission	436
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics	435
Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers	434
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology	402
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles	397
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization	395
Diabetic wound dressings	392
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors	391
Author Correction: Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	357
Mechanical nanosurgery for glioblastoma	356
A design strategy for 2D multiferroics	342
Chemotherapy delivery activated by radiation	337
A circular economy for sulfur-rich polymers	337
Temporarily solid, permanently porous	335
Designing supramolecular catalytic systems for mammalian synthetic metabolism	308

A framework for developing sex-specific engineered heart models	299
Sustainable moisture energy	295
Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering	294
Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks	293
Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices	289
Author Correction: Quantum guidelines for solid-state spin defects	283
Author Correction: Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors	251
Icy reactors break down microplastics	249
Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy	238
Emerging photovoltaics for onboard space applications	237
Molecular design for low-cost organic photovoltaic materials	231
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials	223
Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence	223
Switching moiré magnets	222
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries	222
Engineering sorption across scales	215
Author Correction: Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices	209
Protein materials, by blueprint	208
Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine	199
Tunable surface friction inspired by catfish	197
High-entropy materials go nano	197
Organic solid-state photochromism using porous scaffolds	193
Interfacial insight	193
3D cell networks advance bone-on-a-chip	189
MOF–ammonia working pairs in thermal energy conversion and storage	186
Towards micro-PeLED displays	183
Academic bullying slows the evolution of science	182
Anomalous Hall antiferromagnets	179
Chalcogens for high-energy batteries	178
Organelle-level precision with next-generation targeting technologies	178
Electricity from cells	177
Two anions are better than one	173
Host responses to implants revealed by intravital microscopy	171
Adaptable navigation of magnetic microrobots	157
Publisher Correction: The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2	153
Forcing imines into MOFs	150
Materials and device strategies to enhance spatiotemporal resolution in bioelectronics	145
2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles	144
The state of the art in photovoltaic materials and device research	143
Resilience pathways for halide perovskite photovoltaics under temperature cycling	138
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells	136
Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters	134
A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting	132
Methane transformation by photocatalysis	131
Passively cooling power equipment	130
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials	130
Secure attachments	128
A quirky mechanophore comes to light	124
Living in a material world	122
Making electronic circuits with hydrogels	121

Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet	112
Oxide spin-orbitronics: spin–charge interconversion and topological spin textures	108
Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene	108
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals	107
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics	103
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design	100
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes	98
Atomically thin bioelectronics	97
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	94
Tracking the uptake of nanoplastics in plants	93
Olympic rings framework	92
Plugging punctures	91
The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing	87