OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Materials is 53. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
All-in-one cathode design for all-solid-state batteries	1104
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures	834
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices	665
Modular microrobotics transitioning from remote to on-board electronic control	655
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases	623
Alternative propylene oxide production	594
Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems	587
Reducing immune response in semiconducting polymers through molecular design	549
China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission	505
Horizon scanning to shape nanomedicines through researcher–regulator collaboration	456
Diabetic wound dressings	433
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles	421
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization	403
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics	401
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors	394
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology	377
Mechanical nanosurgery for glioblastoma	372
Temporarily solid, permanently porous	340
Designing supramolecular catalytic systems for mammalian synthetic metabolism	313
A design strategy for 2D multiferroics	306
A circular economy for sulfur-rich polymers	293
Chemotherapy delivery activated by radiation	292
Author Correction: Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes	290
From wonder sheets to designed systems: the rise of engineerable 2D materials	273
Optimization strategies for organic solar batteries	262

Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering	256
Proteins for a sustainable future	252
Sustainable moisture energy	251
Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices	250
Icy reactors break down microplastics	240
Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy	220
Making tough hydrogels isotropic	219
Author Correction: Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors	214
Emerging photovoltaics for onboard space applications	210
Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence	210
Materials advances for distributed environmental sensor networks at scale	199
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials	196
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries	194
Molecular design for low-cost organic photovoltaic materials	186
Author Correction: Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices	178
3D cell networks advance bone-on-a-chip	176
Switching moiré magnets	175
Engineering sorption across scales	173
Academic bullying slows the evolution of science	172
Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine	166
Interfacial insight	165
Protein materials, by blueprint	160
Towards micro-PeLED displays	159
MOF–ammonia working pairs in thermal energy conversion and storage	153
Chalcogens for high-energy batteries	151
Organic solid-state photochromism using porous scaffolds	148
Composition–structure–property relationships in MXenes	138
Two anions are better than one	137
Forcing imines into MOFs	134
DNA nanorobots walk randomly around nanopore tracks	134
Adaptable navigation of magnetic microrobots	131
How extended producer responsibility policy shapes industry behaviour and materials design	126
2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles	125
Fundamentals of charge transport in two-dimensional framework materials	114
Capturing rapid nanomaterial transformations with cross-platform operando characterization	112
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells	111
A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting	111
Resilience pathways for halide perovskite photovoltaics under temperature cycling	110
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials	108
The state of the art in photovoltaic materials and device research	108
Materials and device strategies to enhance spatiotemporal resolution in bioelectronics	107
Graphite: the new critical mineral	107
Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters	105
Passively cooling power equipment	104
Living in a material world	102
Secure attachments	102
A quirky mechanophore comes to light	101
Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene	100
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design	98
Atomically thin bioelectronics	97

Making electronic circuits with hydrogels	97
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes	95
Kinetic pathways for joining metallurgically incompatible metals	94
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics	94
Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet	94
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	92
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals	92
Olympic rings framework	91
Plugging punctures	91
Author Correction: Materials and systems for large-scale photocatalytic water splitting	90
Redefining batteries as multifunctional materials	88
The materials we make don’t just go ‘away’	87
A closed-loop automated lab boosts perovskite performance	86
Environmental transformation of covalent organic frameworks	85
Sustainable flexible supercapacitors	84
Organic mixed conductors for bioinspired electronics	84
Multifunctional high-entropy materials	83
Next-generation anodes for high-energy and low-cost sodium-ion batteries	83
The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing	82
The multifaceted potential applications of organic photovoltaics	78
Breaking the limitation of van der Waals integration	76
Moiré materials under strain	75
How excitons met topology	75
Program’s in the pattern	74
Albumin nanoparticles deliver mRNA on target	73
One material, three phases	71
3D to 2D perovskite conversion	70
Large-scale, mechanically robust bioinspired confined MXene nanocomposites	70
Cost and performance analysis as a valuable tool for battery material research	69
High-throughput platforms for machine learning-guided lipid nanoparticle design	69
Ultra-high temperature ceramics for extreme environments	68
External-pressure–electrochemistry coupling in solid-state lithium metal batteries	63
Closed-loop manufacturing for sustainable perovskite photovoltaics	62
Gaps in quantifying environmental losses of plastics impede effective solutions	60
High-entropy capacitors	60
Mechanically stimulating organoids using magnetic nanoparticles	60
Bridging mechanisms and materials to scale CO2 mineralization for carbon storage	60
Combining computer vision and atomic force microscopy for 3D reconstruction	59
Helping diabetic wounds heal	59
Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials	56
Designing ductile refractory high-entropy alloys	55
Emerging ultrafast techniques for studying quantum materials	55
Engineered living materials for sustainable and resilient architecture	54
Scaling electrocatalysts for reduction of CO2 or CO to multicarbon products	53
Decoding tissue biomechanics using conformable electronic devices	53