OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Wear is 29. 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
A novel and quantitative determination method for the running-in process through dimensionless real contact area	115
Editorial Board	92
Wear of driving versus driven discs in a twin disc rolling-sliding test	82
A new correlation for estimating solid particle erosion in elbows	73
Estimation and modelling the wear resistance of plough points and knife coulters by discrete element method	55
How to establish a relationship between physical characteristics of the third body and friction factor?	54
How transfer film formation in bronze/silver-graphite sliding contact drives its electrical performance	48
Fabrication and wear property of NiCo coated ZrO2–Al2O3 ceramic particles reinforced high manganese steel-based composites	43
Wear properties of cemented carbides with new binder solutions for rock drilling inserts	40
Grease-lubricated tribological contacts – Influence of graphite, graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide as lubricating additives in lithium complex (LiX)- and polypropylene (PP)-thickened greases	39
Corrigendum to “Comparison between the tribological aspects of AISI M-35 with and without diamond-like carbon coating” [Wear 564–565 (2025) 205733]	38
Experimental investigation on the penetration characteristics of low-frequency impact of pulsed water jet	37
Modeling of material removal rate considering the chemical mechanical effects of lubricant, oxidant, and abrasive particles for aluminum chemical mechanical polishing at low pressure	36
Influence of the microstructure on the rolling contact fatigue of rail steel: Spheroidized pearlite and fully pearlitic microstructure analysis	36
Tribological properties of PTFE/PPS films deposited on the ultrasonic rolling textured substrates by electrohydrodynamic atomization under dry reciprocating sliding	36
The role of crystal orientation and grain boundaries in the cavitation resistance of EN 1.4301 austenitic stainless steel: An EBSD study	35
Physics-based data-driven interpretation and prediction of rolling contact fatigue damage on high-speed train wheels	33
How the micro-mechanical stability of carbides in chromium-rich hardfacings influences the impact-abrasion resistance at elevated temperatures	32
High temperature sliding wear behavior of detonation sprayed Ni-5wt%Al coating	32
Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and wear behavior of AISI H13 hot work tool steel produced via laser powder bed fusion	32
Subsurface microstructural dynamic recrystallization in multiscale abrasive wear	32
Prediction of brake pad wear and remaining useful life considering varying vehicle mass and an experimental holistic approach	32
Contribution of Raman analysis on tribological study of PEEK reinforced with micro or nano SiC particles	31
Effect of particle impact on spatial and temporal erosion characteristics of turboshaft engine compressor	31
Influence of MoS2-La/CQDs quantum dispersion on the tribological behaviors of PEG200	30

Image-based machine learning model for tool wear estimation in milling Inconel 718	30
Contact point lateral speed effects on contact strip wear in pantograph – catenary interaction for railway operations under 15 kV 16.67 Hz AC systems	30
On the tribological and thermal aspects of cryogenic machining of Inconel 718 and their effects on surface integrity	30
Characterisation of microstructure, microhardness and tribological properties of Al matrix hybrid nanocomposites reinforced with B4C and in-situ GNSs	29
The role of tribofilm chemical composition on wear of austenitic stainless steel lubricated with water-glycol containing ionic-liquids as additives	29
The impact of dual ceramic components (WC/B4C) on the friction performance of copper-based powder metallurgy friction materials and wear mechanism	29
Rolling contact fatigue resistance and damage evolution of carburized bearing steel treated by surface ultrasonic rolling process (SURP)	29
Optimization of heavy haul railway wheel profile based on rolling contact fatigue and wear performance	29