# Most-cited Engineering papers of 2017, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Engineering research papers published in 2017, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [ORB-SLAM2: An Open-Source SLAM System for Monocular, Stereo, and RGB-D Cameras](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2535547924) · 6,294 citations · Free PDF
2. [Toward Safe Lithium Metal Anode in Rechargeable Batteries: A Review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2742075475) · 6,256 citations
3. [Iodide management in formamidinium-lead-halide–based perovskite layers for efficient solar cells](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2729523528) · 5,458 citations
4. [Sodium-ion batteries: present and future](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2603442821) · 5,351 citations
5. [Polymers for 3D Printing and Customized Additive Manufacturing](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2741181432) · 3,755 citations
6. [Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2625153997) · 3,373 citations
7. [Deep Learning in Remote Sensing: A Comprehensive Review and List of Resources](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2764034829) · 3,339 citations · Free PDF
8. [Deep Learning‐Based Crack Damage Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2598457882) · 3,284 citations
9. [Digital communications : fundamentals and applications](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2152953137) · 3,134 citations
10. [Direct Sparse Odometry](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2474281075) · 3,020 citations
11. [Intelligent Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2767346351) · 2,922 citations
12. [Cell-Free Massive MIMO Versus Small Cells](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2286275639) · 2,809 citations · Free PDF
13. [Molecular Optimization Enables over 13% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2615203216) · 2,803 citations
14. [Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification: Benchmark and State of the Art](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2592962403) · 2,730 citations · Free PDF
15. [From Lithium‐Ion to Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Advantages, Challenges, and Surprises](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2636773388) · 2,696 citations
16. [Short-Term Residential Load Forecasting Based on LSTM Recurrent Neural Network](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2754252319) · 2,668 citations
17. [Properties and potential optoelectronic applications of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2767767460) · 2,643 citations
18. [Scalable-manufactured randomized glass-polymer hybrid metamaterial for daytime radiative cooling](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2586297008) · 2,444 citations
19. [A Survey on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for 5G Networks: Research Challenges and Future Trends](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2963336322) · 2,435 citations
20. [New Insights into Perfluorinated Sulfonic-Acid Ionomers](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2580954066) · 2,426 citations
21. [Recent advances in organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2582344271) · 2,397 citations
22. [Efficient and stable solution-processed planar perovskite solar cells via contact passivation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2583396742) · 2,351 citations · Free PDF
23. [5G: A Tutorial Overview of Standards, Trials, Challenges, Deployment, and Practice](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2605344455) · 2,343 citations
24. [AID: A Benchmark Data Set for Performance Evaluation of Aerial Scene Classification](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2515866431) · 2,251 citations · Free PDF
25. [Promises and challenges of perovskite solar cells](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2767693464) · 2,232 citations

Canonical page: https://nerdi.pages.dev/papers/engineering/most-cited-2017