OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Materials is 56. 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
Alternative propylene oxide production	1623
All-in-one cathode design for all-solid-state batteries	936
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices	826
Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems	707
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures	541
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases	534
Horizon scanning to shape nanomedicines through researcher–regulator collaboration	521
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors	518
Reducing immune response in semiconducting polymers through molecular design	488
China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission	482
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization	465
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology	456
Diabetic wound dressings	451
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics	442
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles	422
Mechanical nanosurgery for glioblastoma	410
Chemotherapy delivery activated by radiation	396
Author Correction: Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	378
Temporarily solid, permanently porous	368
A design strategy for 2D multiferroics	366
A circular economy for sulfur-rich polymers	358
Designing supramolecular catalytic systems for mammalian synthetic metabolism	347
Optimization strategies for organic solar batteries	340
Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering	338
Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks	336

Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices	295
Sustainable moisture energy	286
Icy reactors break down microplastics	286
Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy	268
Emerging photovoltaics for onboard space applications	266
Author Correction: Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors	265
Materials advances for distributed environmental sensor networks at scale	255
Molecular design for low-cost organic photovoltaic materials	249
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries	241
Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence	239
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials	234
Author Correction: Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices	233
Engineering sorption across scales	225
3D cell networks advance bone-on-a-chip	220
Tunable surface friction inspired by catfish	220
Switching moiré magnets	219
Academic bullying slows the evolution of science	216
Interfacial insight	215
High-entropy materials go nano	213
Chalcogens for high-energy batteries	208
Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine	203
Towards micro-PeLED displays	202
Protein materials, by blueprint	191
Organic solid-state photochromism using porous scaffolds	189
Anomalous Hall antiferromagnets	178
MOF–ammonia working pairs in thermal energy conversion and storage	173
Two anions are better than one	170
Electricity from cells	170
Forcing imines into MOFs	170
Fundamentals of charge transport in two-dimensional framework materials	168
Capturing rapid nanomaterial transformations with cross-platform operando characterization	164
How extended producer responsibility policy shapes industry behaviour and materials design	151
DNA nanorobots walk randomly around nanopore tracks	150
Graphite: the new critical mineral	149
Publisher Correction: The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2	147
Materials and device strategies to enhance spatiotemporal resolution in bioelectronics	139
Adaptable navigation of magnetic microrobots	136
2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles	128
Resilience pathways for halide perovskite photovoltaics under temperature cycling	127
Methane transformation by photocatalysis	125
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells	118
A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting	117
The state of the art in photovoltaic materials and device research	117
Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters	111
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials	110
Passively cooling power equipment	110
Secure attachments	108
Living in a material world	107
A quirky mechanophore comes to light	106
Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet	99

Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene	96
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design	95
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals	95
Atomically thin bioelectronics	94
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics	93
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	91
Making electronic circuits with hydrogels	90
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes	87
Olympic rings framework	86
Author Correction: Materials and systems for large-scale photocatalytic water splitting	86
Plugging punctures	86
Tracking the uptake of nanoplastics in plants	86
The materials we make don’t just go ‘away’	86
Sustainable flexible supercapacitors	85
Multifunctional high-entropy materials	84
The multifaceted potential applications of organic photovoltaics	84
The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing	84
Organic mixed conductors for bioinspired electronics	83
Nanoreactors for particle synthesis	81
Clinical translation of long-acting drug delivery formulations	81
How excitons met topology	80
Breaking the limitation of van der Waals integration	80
Moiré materials under strain	78
3D to 2D perovskite conversion	78
Program’s in the pattern	77
One material, three phases	76
Albumin nanoparticles deliver mRNA on target	76
High-throughput platforms for machine learning-guided lipid nanoparticle design	74
Cost and performance analysis as a valuable tool for battery material research	73
External-pressure–electrochemistry coupling in solid-state lithium metal batteries	72
Closed-loop manufacturing for sustainable perovskite photovoltaics	67
Mechanically stimulating organoids using magnetic nanoparticles	66
Ultra-high temperature ceramics for extreme environments	66
Emerging ultrafast techniques for studying quantum materials	65
Combining computer vision and atomic force microscopy for 3D reconstruction	65
Designing ductile refractory high-entropy alloys	65
High-entropy capacitors	65
Decoding tissue biomechanics using conformable electronic devices	63
Gaps in quantifying environmental losses of plastics impede effective solutions	60
Helping diabetic wounds heal	59
Pushing the limit of 3d transition metal-based layered oxides that use both cation and anion redox for energy storage	58
Plasma pyrolysis for a sustainable hydrogen economy	58
Engineered living materials for sustainable and resilient architecture	56
Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials	56