OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Mechanism and Machine Theory is 41. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A new solution for sharpening helical flute hobs	118
Design, modeling and analysis of a novel self-crossing mechanism	112
Optimal design and reliability analysis of a compliant stroke amplification mechanism	108
Analysis of the positioning process of objects on an oblique plane with barriers	105
Fast mobility analysis for generative design applications through a real vector space representation of mobilities	94
Editorial Board	82
Computerized design, simulation of meshing and stress analysis of pure rolling internal helical gear drives with combined tooth profiles	79
Integrated mathematical approach for design and manufacturing of power-skiving tool for interference-free involute internal gear cutting	71
Optimization design of a compliant linear guide for high-precision feed drive mechanisms	67
Simultaneous geometric and thermal error control of gear profile grinder based on analytical correlation between tooth surface error and position error of grinding wheel/workpiece	67
Achieving high-quality and large-stroke constant torque by axial force release	65
An analytical model for the drum-rope interaction in hoisting mechanisms and cable-driven systems	63
Geometry design and dynamic analysis of a modified cycloid reducer with epitrochoid tooth profile	62
Kinematics and kinetics of a knee assistance exoskeleton for sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit motions with energy storage and regeneration: A bond graph approach	60
Experiments and finite element analysis on a hybrid polymer gear rack	55
Robust optimization of hypoid gear contact performance considering tooth form error: Design sensitivity and Pareto front	55
Design and modeling of an in-wheel two-speed AMT for electric vehicles	54
Analysis and control of engine starting process based on a novel single-motor power-reflux hybrid electric vehicle	52
The cage instability of angular contact ball bearing under high speed conditions	52
Design and testing of high-accuracy curved cross-axis flexural pivots with cable-driven actuation	51
A generalized method for C3 continuous toolpath planning and its application in robot machining	50
Dimensional parameters and structural topology integrated design method of a planar 5R parallel machining robot	50
Type synthesis of parallel mechanism with 3T/3R motion patterns	50
Generalized optimization approach to design in-plane distributed compliant remote center of motion mechanism	50
Design and optimization of compliant constant-torque mechanisms utilizing arbitrary pre-curved beams	48

An improved method for calculating the lateral and angular stiffness of spline couplings considering parallel misalignment	48
Modelling of the objects' positioning process on the conveyor with the positioning rectilinear barrier and the system of driven oblique rollers	47
Design and analytical modeling of a double-joint flexible surgical instrument with hand-held isomorphic actuation	45
Fault-tolerant gait design for quadruped robots with two locked legs using the GF set theory	45
A parametric modeling for fast radial infeed planning process in gear skiving	45
Design of a spherical parallel mechanism with controllable center of rotation using a spherical reconfiguration linkage	44
Behaviour analysis and general consideration for optimizing Inertial Continuous Variable Transmissions	44
The novel synthesis of reconfigurable generalized parallel manipulators with kinematic redundancy	44
Deployable Cellular Structures of Pyramids and Prisms for Construction of Large-scale Deployable Supporting Trusses	43
Profile and contact force estimation of cable-driven continuum robots in presence of obstacles	43
Improving gearshift controllers for electric vehicles with reinforcement learning	43
Modeling and analyzing of nonlinear dynamics for spur gear pair with pitch deviation under multi-state meshing	42
Simulation and validation of the transmission error, meshing stiffness, and load sharing of planetary spur gear transmissions	42
Adaptive robust dual-loop control scheme of ship-mounted Stewart platforms for wave compensation	42
Detecting the 3D spatial varying crack evolution-induced vibration of gearbox through a system level rigid-flexible coupling model	41
Stochastic model-based contact force estimation for concentric tube robots	41
Editorial Board	41