OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Fatigue is 54. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Fatigue crack growth due to spectrum load produced by trains in a bridge	143
Editorial Board	129
Self-heating and fatigue crack growth behavior of reinforced NR/BR nanocomposites with different blending ratio	124
Fatigue prediction criteria for rubber antivibration design with temperature effects	118
Fatigue crack propagation of planar three-dimensional cracks	117
Evaluation of the endurance limit of notch intersections under inner-pressure loading	111
Influence of the loading rate of force on the formation of deformation twins in martensitic stainless steel under repetitive loading–unloading process	106
Editorial Board	104
Corrigendum to “Size effect in fatigue modelling of defective materials: Application of the calibrated weakest-link theory” [Int. J. Fatigue 165 (2022) 107213]	96
Evaluation of scale invariance in fatigue crack growth in metallic materials	95
Nonlocal fretting fatigue assessment for dovetail joints	94
Torsional-loaded notched specimen fatigue strength prediction based on mode I and mode III critical distances and fracture surface investigations with a 3D optical profilometer	90
Fretting and fatigue assessment of scalmalloy and AL7075-T651 shrink-fitted shafts	89
Application of 2D inverse heat transfer to analyze mechanical fatigue	87
Defect sensitivity in L-PBF AlSi7Mg0.6 alloy subjected to fatigue load: Effect of load ratio and torsion loading	86
Effect of misalignments and welding penetration on the fatigue strength of a common welded detail: SED method predictions and comparisons with codes	85
Evaluation of crack-closure by second harmonic thermoelastic stress analysis	83
Fatigue life study of superelastic NiTi Shape Memory Alloys using self-heating under cyclic loading method	81
Comparison of low cycle fatigue data of X52 pipeline steel in air and gaseous hydrogen using conventional and hollow specimen	76
Micro-surface crack inspection with arc-shaped bi-grating laser ultrasound spectroscopy	76
Life prediction of cord/rubber laminates under multiaxial fatigue	76
Thermo-mechanical fatigue deformation and fracture mechanisms of nickel-based powder metallurgy superalloy	76
An efficient/accurate multi-scale fatigue prediction method for Metal-Polymer hybrid (MPH) interface	74
Mechanical fatigue of biodegradable polymers: A study on polylactic acid (PLA), polybutylene succinate (PBS) and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)	74
Microstructure sensitivity of the low cycle fatigue crack initiation mechanisms for the Al0.3CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy: in-situ SEM study and crystal plasticity simulation	73

Combined loading effect on high cycle fatigue fracture behaviors of a stainless steel welded structure of elbow and socket	72
Bolt fatigue in CFRP joints	72
Molecular dynamics simulation of thermomechanical fatigue properties of Ni-based single crystal superalloys	71
A comparative study using water atomized and gas atomized powder in laser powder bed fusion – Assessment of the fatigue performance	71
A hybrid ANN-multiaxial fatigue nonlocal model to estimate fretting fatigue life for aeronautical Al alloys	69
Investigation on the fatigue behavior of 7075 aluminum alloy at different aging states	67
Experimental evaluation of multiaxial test-tailored specifications based on Fatigue Damage multi-Spectra	67
Corrosion and corrosion-fatigue properties of composite ceramic coated aluminum alloy formed by combining surface nanocrystallization pre-treatment, micro-arc oxidation, and sealing post-treatment	67
Fatigue performance and failure mechanism of ultrasonic-assisted abrasive-belt-ground Inconel 718	66
Thermomechanical testing and modelling of railway wheel steel	66
A multiscale-based methodology for the fatigue failure analysis of additively manufactured lattice structures applied to the four-point-bending test	66
Fatigue strength evaluation of 5059 aluminum alloy welded joints Considering welding deformation and residual stress	65
An automated measurement method for the fatigue crack propagation based on decorrelated digital image correlation	64
Enhancing high-temperature fatigue resistance of TC11 titanium alloy through combined plasma zirconizing and ultrasonic surface rolling	63
Probabilistic flexural fatigue strength of ultra-lightweight cement concrete and high strength lightweight aggregate concrete	63
Effect of three-stage heat treatment on the composite waveform and variable amplitude fatigue properties of TC4 titanium alloy pulsed laser-arc hybrid welded joints	63
Fatigue failure mechanisms and influential factors for aluminum alloy and its welded joint in a high-speed train	63
The microstructure evolution of ballastless track high-strength concrete exposed to compressive and flexural fatigue loads	62
Internal fatigue crack propagation in a Ti-6Al-4V alloy: An in situ study	62
Fatigue properties and S-N curve estimating of 316L stainless steel prepared by SLM	60
Impact of dynamic strain aging on multiaxial low cycle fatigue behavior of nickel-based alloy 690 at 350 °C	60
Multiaxial plain and notch fatigue strength of thick-walled ductile cast iron EN-GJS-600-3: Combining multiaxial fatigue criteria, theory of critical distances, and defect sensitivity	60
Remaining useful life prediction via a deep adaptive transformer framework enhanced by graph attention network	58
Effect of peening with fine iron-sulfide particles on the rotating bending fatigue properties of low alloy steel and formation of iron-sulfide layer	57
The fatigue mechanism and a new defect-based life prediction model for selective laser melted Al-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy	57
Physics-guided machine learning frameworks for fatigue life prediction of AM materials	56
Fretting fatigue damage and crack propagation of shot-peening dovetail joints assisted with the U-Net model	56
Thermo-mechanical fatigue induced unexpected strain hardening of Cu clip wiring on transfer-mold type EV power modules	55
Life degradation and damage mechanism of ZL114A aluminum alloy under pre-corrosion fatigue in simulated tropical marine atmospheric environment	54
Explainable machine learning-based fatigue assessment of 316L stainless steel fabricated by laser-powder bed fusion	54