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Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Fracture is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fracture toughness characterization of 3D-printed advanced structured specimens by digital image correlation	70
Influence of self-weight on size effect of quasi-brittle materials: generalized analytical formulation and application to the failure of irregular masonry arches	37
A novel model for corrosion-induced cracking and spalling in reinforced concrete structures	34
Enhanced resistance of mode II fracture by nonlocal interactions in 2D locally resonant elastic wave metamaterials	27
Investigation on the dynamic fracture behavior of A508-III steel based on Johnson–Cook model	20
Modelling of ductile fracture considering the effect of stress triaxiality and the energy partition theory in thin high-strength steel sheets	20
Transient heat conduction in the cracked medium by Guyer–Krumhansl model	18
Energy release rate of a mode-I crack in pure shear specimens subjected to large deformation	18
Isogeometric multilayer thin-shell analysis of failure in composite structures with hygrothermal effects	17
Adaptive method for phase-field fracture using a volume weighted Quickselect algorithm	17
Improved cohesive zone model: integrating strain rate, plastic strain, variable damping, and enhanced constitutive law for fracture propagation	16
Incremental closure method to estimate changes in contact stress distributions for partially closed fatigue cracks in mode I loading	16
The effect of residual stress on the fracture toughness of Ti–6Al–4V produced by laser-based powder bed fusion	16
Crack growth behavior of U71MnG rail steel under overload conditions described using a dislocation correction model	16
Less is more: removing a single bond increases the toughness of elastic networks	15
Revisiting facet nucleation under mixed mode I + III loading with T-stress and mode-dependent fracture properties	15
Study on the whole dynamical fracture process of sandstone samples	15
Damage-mechanics insights into the relationship between upper-shelf Charpy testing and J-integral testing considering varying tensile test properties	14
Crystal plasticity-based intergranular facture simulation of AA 5083 aluminum alloy for tri-junction grain boundary	14
Gradient damage model for ductile fracture introducing degradation of damage hardening modulus: implementation and experimental investigations	14
Dominique Leguillon obituary—A passionate scientist, a humble and kind person, a friend	14
A non-iterative parameter identification procedure for the non-local Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman model based on standardized experiments	14
Influence of partial separation between rock specimen and loading device on determination of Mode II fracture toughness by shear-box test	13
Identifying simple shear in plane stress states	13
A novel phase-field damage model coupled with Timoshenko beam kinematics to simulate localized fracture in brittle architected lattice material	12

Crack roughness of high-speed fracture in brittle single crystalline material	12
Enhanced solid element model with embedded strong discontinuity for representation of mesoscale quasi-brittle failure	12
Theoretical analysis of self-similar crack propagation along viscoelastic and elasto–viscoplastic interface in a double cantilever beam test	12
Efficient SPH-PD FSI model for blast-induced crack initiation and propagation in rocks	12
The study on the high cycle fatigue performance and life prediction of Ti–6Al–4V alloy fabricated by laser engineered net shaping	11
Material informatics and impact of multicollinearity on regression model for fatigue strength of steel	11
A dynamic coupling model of peridynamics and finite elements for progressive damage analysis	11
An analytical evaluation of T-stress influence in the process zone modelling for the interface crack kinking	10
An energy-based analytical model for adhesively bonded stepped and simple-lap joined CFRP laminates	10
Assessing complex protein-solvent interactions using environment-controlled crack-growth experiments	10
Evolution and control technology of energy aggregation and dissipation of a high hard roof during breakage and destabilization	10
The essential work of fracture in peridynamics	9
Editorial: Fracture of soft materials	9
Impact of Poisson’s ratio and interfacial fracture toughness on glass matrix particulate composite fracture	9
Interpreting test temperature and loading rate effects on the fracture toughness of polymer-metal interfaces via time–temperature superposition	9
Wave interactions and fracture evolution in a thin glass plate under impact: a combined experimental and peridynamic analysis	9
Strain based finite fracture mechanics for fatigue life prediction of additively manufactured samples	9
Characteristics of crack growth in brittle solids with the effects of material heterogeneity and multi-crack interaction	8
Analysis of mode II fracture speeds in dry snow slab avalanche weak layers	8
Numerical prediction of fatigue crack growth based on cumulative plastic strain versus experimental results for AA6082-T6	8
A long crack in a long clamped strip	8
The adaptive coupling of dual-horizon peridynamic element and finite element for the progressive failure of materials	8
A cohesive phase-field method for seamlessly modelling intergranular and transgranular fracture in polycrystalline materials	8
Three-dimensional constraint-based void-growth model for high temperature hydrogen attack	8
A position-based FEM approach for modeling mixed-mode cracks in concrete	7
A coupled axisymmetric peridynamics with correspondence material model for thermoplastic and ductile fracture problems	7
Fatigue life prediction of 4130 alloy based on Kriging method	7
Differential compliance from time domain vibration waveform fit and its application to fatigue crack growth rate testing	7
Discrete crack mechanics of disk compression for measurement of low fracture toughness	7
The tearing energy threshold of crack growth in rubber exposed to ozone: an experimental–numerical approach	7
Crack propagation in the presence of multiple holes: phase field modelling supported by photoelasticity	7
A novel model for corrosion-induced cracking and spalling in reinforced concrete structures	7
Enhanced fracture toughness of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V ELI	7
A semi-empirical model for fracture energy evaluation of a Ni2MnGa magnetic shape memory alloy	6
Tearing a neo-Hookean sheet. Part II: asymptotic analysis for crack tip fields	6
The role of β-phase on crack nucleation and propagation in dual phase zirconium polycrystals: a crystal plasticity finite element modeling	6
Investigation of microdamage and failure of metastable austenitic steel AISI 321 by changes in elastic moduli and content of strain-induced martensite	6
A 3D numerical study of mixed-mode (I and II) stationary notch tip fields in shape memory alloys	6
Direct tension test on large concrete specimens - Part I: Tensile strength, fracture properties and size effect	6
Cleavage fracture of high strength tempered martensite and mixed tempered martensite + upper bainite medium carbon steel	6
A variational formulation of Griffith phase-field fracture with material strength	6
Evaluating the validity of the cohesive zone model in mixed mode I + III fracture of Al-alloy 2024-T3 adhesive joints using DBM-DCB tests	6
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics	6
A smeared crack modeling framework accommodating multi-directional fracture at finite strains	6
Fatigue life prediction method based on polynomial chaotic expansion and Weibull distribution	6
Publisher Correction: Articles incorrectly assigned to Volume 250, Issue 1	6
3D characterization of kinematic fields and poroelastic swelling near the tip of a propagating crack in a hydrogel	6
Contact problem of two punches in an elastic coating attached to a porous material	6
Finite element modeling of the distribution of hydrogen atoms at a dent on pipelines for hydrogen transport under cyclic loading	6
X-ray microtomography investigation of damage fields ahead of cracks in CT and SENT C-Mn steel samples	6

Hydrogen embrittlement characteristics of the hot- and cold-stamped 22MnB5 steel	6
Exact fundamental solutions for a Mode-I external circular crack in an infinite one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystal	5
Effect of atomistic modeling parameters on the simulation of fracture in graphene	5
Study of the mixed tensile-shear ductile fracture of impulsively loaded metal plates by developing a phase-field fracture model with stress triaxiality and Lode parameter dependence	5
Crack tip shielding and size effect related to parallel edge cracks under uniaxial tensile loading	5
Influence of post-heat treatment with super β transus temperature on the fatigue behaviour of LPBF processed Ti6Al4V	5
A node-splitting lattice spring model coupled with a J-integral formulation as a fracture criterion	5
The systematic nature of regularization error in phase field modeling: implications for crack nucleation and propagation	5
Introduction to the special issue on structural integrity	5
A thin-film-covered mode III crack with dislocation-free zones	5
Dynamic crack growth analysis by an eikonal gradient damage model	5
Intersonic crack propagation in fiber-reinforced composites with an improved peridynamic model	5
Experimental investigation of the alternate recurrence of quasi-static and dynamic crack propagation in PMMA	5
Length scales in the tear resistance of soft tissues and elastomers: a comparative study based on computational models	5
Damage evolution in unfilled EPDM during various types of repeated hydrogen high-pressure cycles	5
The strain gradient viscoelasticity full field solution of mode-III crack problem	5
Crack initiation and propagation analysis for fisheye failures in high-strength gears	5
Finite element simulation of rate-dependent damage in elastomers	5
Experimental analysis of the extension to shear fracture transition in a rock analogue material using digital image correlation method	5
Multi-phase-field approach to fracture demonstrating the role of solid-solid interface energy on crack propagation	5
A two-dimensional non-ordinary state-based peridynamic model based on three-body potential for elastic brittle fracture analysis	5
Peridynamic model for chloride diffusion–reaction in concrete reflecting mesostructure characteristic	4
Exploring the application of rigid triangular blocks in simulating the mechanics of masonry composites via DEM	4
Propagation mechanism of the hydraulic fracture in layered-fractured-plastic formations	4
An investigation of crack propagation in porous quasi-brittle structures using isogeometric analysis and higher-order phase-field theory	4
Introduction to the special issue on nonlocal models in fracture and damage	4
Accurate predictions of dynamic fracture in perforated plates	4
On crack nucleation and propagation in elastomers: I. In situ optical and X-ray experimental observations	4
Correction to: Experimental investigation of the alternate recurrence of quasi-static and dynamic crack propagation in PMMA	4
Fracture characteristics of concrete under biaxial tension–tension loading revealed by a gap tensile test: a numerical study	4
Interpretable crack features for the representation of kinematic fields in the case of fatigue overloads	4
Heterogeneous fracture toughness of human cortical bone tissue	4
Cohesive behavior of single crystalline silicon carbide scribing by nanosecond laser	4
Adaptive virtual element method with RCP for mixed-mode fracture analysis of marble rocks using GMTS criterion	4
The effect of crack orientation on the mode I fracture resistance of pinewood	4
Simulation of ductile failure of a notched-tension specimen of 3D printed 316L stainless steel	4
Mode-I J-integral via peridynamic stresses	4
Effect of notch root radius on apparent fracture toughness of Ti6Al4V alloy: experiments and simulations	4
Variational approach to viscoelastic fracture: comparison of a phase-field and a lip-field approach	4
The effect of constituent particles on the tear resistance of three 6000-series aluminium alloys	3
A phase-field-cohesive-zone framework to simulate multiple failure mechanisms of elastoplastic fiber-reinforced composites	3
The delayed fracture test for viscoelastic elastomers	3
Material point method for crushing and spalling ice simulation	3
The influence of crack tip dislocation emission on the fracture toughness	3
Interfaces in dynamic brittle fracture of PMMA: a peridynamic analysis	3
Size-dependency and lattice-discreetness effect on fracture toughness in 2D crystals under antiplanar loading	3
Phase field approach for managing multi-fragment interactions in load-bearing fractured media	3
A fatigue model under Cosserat peridynamic framework for concrete fatigue cracking	3
Tension-softening constitutive relation and numerical simulation method for mode I fatigue crack propagation in concrete	3
On the mechanisms of ductile failure under dynamic loadings	3
Test parameter sensitivity of the Lake-Yeoh cutting method for measurement of intrinsic strength of rubber	3
Introduction to the special issue on failure mechanism in advanced materials and structures	3
Comparison of the phase-field approach and cohesive element modeling to analyze the double cleavage drilled compression fracture test of an elastoplastic material	3
Editorial: Finite fracture mechanics and phase-field modeling of fracture—towards applications	3
Analysis of thermoelastic crack problems in two-dimensional orthotropic materials by PDDO method	3
Selective unidirectional median crack propagation in glass achieved by mechanical scribing	3
Deep laser melting as controlled fragmentation method for multi-purpose projectiles	3
Identifying crack tip position and stress intensity factors from displacement data	3
Prestress-mediated damage strength of lattice metamaterials and its optimization	3
Analysis of 3D crack patterns in a free plate caused by thermal shock using FEM-bifurcation	3
Multiscale modeling of interacting fracture networks	3
Stress intensity factor determination along a kinked crack path by DIC analyses	3
Fatigue crack growth of WC–Co cemented carbides: a comparative study using small indentation flaws and long through-thickness cracks	3
Understanding regularized crack initiation through the lens of finite fracture mechanics	3
Three dimensional effects on mode I notch tip fields in a textured Magnesium alloy	3
Finite element analysis of void growth near a notch tip in a shape memory alloy	3
Peridynamics based model of anticrack-type fracture in brittle foams	3