OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Wear is 35. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
High temperature sliding wear behavior of detonation sprayed Ni-5wt%Al coating	107
Rock physics and the circulation of Neolithic axeheads in Central Europe and the western Mediterranean	88
A novel and quantitative determination method for the running-in process through dimensionless real contact area	88
Characterisation of microstructure, microhardness and tribological properties of Al matrix hybrid nanocomposites reinforced with B4C and in-situ GNSs	82
Subsurface microstructural dynamic recrystallization in multiscale abrasive wear	76
High temperature tribological studies on hardfaced tool steels for press hardening of Al-Si coated boron steel	72
Effects of air bubble quantity on the reduction of cavitation erosion	70
Study on the preparation and tribological properties of BN@C-OA nano-additive lubricants	67
Editorial Board	65
Tribological properties of PTFE/PPS films deposited on the ultrasonic rolling textured substrates by electrohydrodynamic atomization under dry reciprocating sliding	65
Wear properties of cemented carbides with new binder solutions for rock drilling inserts	62
How to establish a relationship between physical characteristics of the third body and friction factor?	60
A new correlation for estimating solid particle erosion in elbows	58
How transfer film formation in bronze/silver-graphite sliding contact drives its electrical performance	58
On the tribological and thermal aspects of cryogenic machining of Inconel 718 and their effects on surface integrity	55
Wear performance of Ni-WC composites and heat-damage behaviour of WC particle during vacuum-induction melting process	52
Leveraging trace nanofillers to engineer ultra-low wear polymer surfaces	50
The effect of a time-varying contact surface on interfacial tribological behaviour via a surface groove and filler	48
Rolling contact fatigue resistance and damage evolution of carburized bearing steel treated by surface ultrasonic rolling process (SURP)	48
The impact of dual ceramic components (WC/B4C) on the friction performance of copper-based powder metallurgy friction materials and wear mechanism	48
Contribution of Raman analysis on tribological study of PEEK reinforced with micro or nano SiC particles	46
MWCNTs filled high-density polyethylene composites to improve tribological performance	46
The role of crystal orientation and grain boundaries in the cavitation resistance of EN 1.4301 austenitic stainless steel: An EBSD study	46
Physics-based data-driven interpretation and prediction of rolling contact fatigue damage on high-speed train wheels	45
Wear of driving versus driven discs in a twin disc rolling-sliding test	44

Influence of the microstructure on the rolling contact fatigue of rail steel: Spheroidized pearlite and fully pearlitic microstructure analysis	44
Effect of particle impact on spatial and temporal erosion characteristics of turboshaft engine compressor	41
Sliding wear behavior of high entropy alloy coatings deposited through cold spraying and flame spraying: A comparative assessment	41
Estimation and modelling the wear resistance of plough points and knife coulters by discrete element method	40
Fabrication of surface-carbonated boron nitride nanosheets and their application as water-based lubrication additives	39
Contact point lateral speed effects on contact strip wear in pantograph – catenary interaction for railway operations under 15 kV 16.67 Hz AC systems	38
Optimization of heavy haul railway wheel profile based on rolling contact fatigue and wear performance	38
Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and wear behavior of AISI H13 hot work tool steel produced via laser powder bed fusion	37
Effect of elastohydrodynamic characteristics on surface roughness in cylindrical shear thickening polishing process	36
Corrigendum to “Comparison between the tribological aspects of AISI M-35 with and without diamond-like carbon coating” [Wear 564–565 (2025) 205733]	35
Theoretical study on wheel wear mechanism of high-speed train under different braking modes	35
How the micro-mechanical stability of carbides in chromium-rich hardfacings influences the impact-abrasion resistance at elevated temperatures	35