OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Fatigue is 49. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Ultrasonic fully reversed axial tests for exploring the very high cycle fatigue of composite materials	196
Retraction notice to “Reliability analysis of fatigue crack growth for rail steel under variable amplitude service loading conditions and wear” [Int. J. Fatigue 152 (2021) 106450]	190
Retraction notice to “Remaining useful life prediction of wind turbine generator based on 1D-CNN and Bi-LSTM” [Int. J. Fatigue 163 (2022) 107051]	153
Fatigue crack closure assessment by wavelet transform of infrared thermography signals	138
Residual stress relaxation of railway gradient S38C steel during fatigue crack growth by neutron imaging and diffraction	119
Fatigue strength assessment of arc-welded aluminum joints by local approaches	119
Spectral fatigue analysis of ship structures based on a stochastic crack growth state model	104
Fatigue crack growth in anisotropic aluminium sheets — phase-field modelling and experimental validation	101
The effect of ultrasonic surface rolling process on tension-tension fatigue limit of small diameter specimens of Inconel 718 superalloy	97
Fatigue life prediction of topologically optimized torque link adjusted for additive manufacturing	91
Investigating the effect of stress ratio on fatigue crack growth rate behaviour in friction stir welded AA7075-T651 aluminium alloy plates	90
On the changes in the low-cycle-fatigue life and cracking mechanism of P91 cross-weld specimens at elevated temperatures	86
Effects of γʹ size and carbide distribution on fatigue crack growth mechanisms at 650 °C in an advanced Ni-based superalloy	82
On the use of data-driven machine learning for remaining life estimation of metallic materials based on Ye-Wang damage theory	82
Effects of tensile load hold time on the fatigue and corrosion-fatigue behavior of turbine blade materials	80
VHCF behavior and defect tolerance of modified bainitic 100Cr6 with a high retained austenite content	79
On the low temperature fatigue crack growth behavior of AA7075-T651 in ultra-high vacuum environments	79
Fatigue failure mechanism of 2205 duplex stainless steel using the neutron diffraction and EBSD technologies	78
Defect tolerance and fatigue limit prediction for laser powder bed fusion Ti6Al4V	78
Influence of elevated temperature on the very high cycle fatigue properties of bearing steels	73
Neural network integrated with symbolic regression for multiaxial fatigue life prediction	70
A new method for determination of fatigue limit of composite laminates based on thermographic data	68
Influence of residual stress and its relaxation on the corrosion bending fatigue resistance of EA4T axle steel treated by ultrasonic surface rolling	67
Very high cycle fatigue characteristics of laser beam powder bed fused AlSi10Mg: A systematic evaluation of part geometry	67
On the influence of physical vapor deposited thin coatings on the low-cycle fatigue behavior of additively processed Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy	67

Understanding geometrical size effect on fatigue life of A588 steel using a machine learning approach	66
Compressive residual stress generation at crack tip in bulk metal using acoustic cavitation	65
Deformation mechanism and cyclic stress response of Zircaloy-4 alloy cladding tube during low cycle fatigue at room temperature	65
Compressive fatigue response of Al-Si10-Mg bionic thin tubes under constant and variable amplitude loading	63
Optimization and forecasting of reinforced wire ropes for tower crane by using hybrid HHO-PSO and ANN-HHO algorithms	63
Comprehensive study of the structural integrity of a damaged turbine disk using FEM, DIC and phase field methods	62
Fatigue strength of blast cleaned and stress relief annealed butt joints made of structural steel S355J2+N for offshore wind support structures	62
Effect of grain boundary phase formed by Mn addition on initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks in homogenized Cu-6Ni-1.3Si alloy	61
Fatigue failure mechanisms and influential factors for aluminum alloy and its welded joint in a high-speed train	60
A novel accelerated fatigue test method of mission synthesis considering the segmented S-N curve	60
Phase-field modeling for predicting three-dimensional fatigue crack initiation and growth under laser shock peening induced residual stress	59
The effect of microstructure evolution on the ratchetting-fatigue interaction of carbide-free bainite rail steels under different heat-treatment conditions	58
Experimental and numerical study on the fretting wear-fatigue interaction evolution in press-fitted axles	58
Measurement-driven, model-based estimation of residual stress and its effects on fatigue crack growth. Part 1: Validation of an eigenstrain model	56
Energy evolution and damage constitutive model of anchored jointed rock masses under static and fatigue loads	55
Evaluation of the endurance limit of notch intersections under inner-pressure loading	54
A Finite Fracture Mechanics approach to estimate the fatigue endurance limit of V-notched bars under multiaxial loading	54
Editorial Board	54
Probabilistic flexural fatigue strength of ultra-lightweight cement concrete and high strength lightweight aggregate concrete	53
Self-heating and fatigue crack growth behavior of reinforced NR/BR nanocomposites with different blending ratio	53
A comparison on isothermal and thermomechanical fatigue behavior of 316LN stainless steel with various tension dwell time	53
Low-cycle fatigue property of Inconel 617 alloy at 700 °C: Mechanisms of cyclic deformation, precipitation and cracking behavior	50
Failure analysis of the carburized 20MnCr5 gear in fatigue working condition	50
Effect of solution aging treatment on high and very high cycle fatigue properties of nickel-based alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion at 25 °C and 650 °C	50
Thermo-mechanical fatigue deformation and fracture mechanisms of nickel-based powder metallurgy superalloy	49
Digital twin-driven framework for fatigue life prediction of welded structures considering residual stress	49