OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Fracture is 6. 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
Enhanced resistance of mode II fracture by nonlocal interactions in 2D locally resonant elastic wave metamaterials	44
Transient heat conduction in the cracked medium by Guyer–Krumhansl model	42
Modelling of ductile fracture considering the effect of stress triaxiality and the energy partition theory in thin high-strength steel sheets	40
Simulation of dynamic brittle and quasi-brittle fracture: a revisited local damage approach	37
Influence of self-weight on size effect of quasi-brittle materials: generalized analytical formulation and application to the failure of irregular masonry arches	35
Fracture toughness characterization of 3D-printed advanced structured specimens by digital image correlation	35
Investigation on the dynamic fracture behavior of A508-III steel based on Johnson–Cook model	33
Adaptive method for phase-field fracture using a volume weighted Quickselect algorithm	28
Interaction of crack and hole: effects on crack trajectory, crack driving force and fracture toughness	26
Energy release rate of a mode-I crack in pure shear specimens subjected to large deformation	23
Revisiting facet nucleation under mixed mode I + III loading with T-stress and mode-dependent fracture properties	20
Isogeometric multilayer thin-shell analysis of failure in composite structures with hygrothermal effects	18
Improved cohesive zone model: integrating strain rate, plastic strain, variable damping, and enhanced constitutive law for fracture propagation	17
Crack growth behavior of U71MnG rail steel under overload conditions described using a dislocation correction model	17
Less is more: removing a single bond increases the toughness of elastic networks	16
Study on the whole dynamical fracture process of sandstone samples	15
Correction to: Fatigue fracture characterization by cyclic material forces in viscoelastic solids at small strain	15
Incremental closure method to estimate changes in contact stress distributions for partially closed fatigue cracks in mode I loading	15
Gradient damage model for ductile fracture introducing degradation of damage hardening modulus: implementation and experimental investigations	14
A non-iterative parameter identification procedure for the non-local Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman model based on standardized experiments	14
Experimental determination of 3D crack propagation scenario in resistance spot welds of a martensitic stainless steel	14
Theoretical and experimental studies of spring-buffer chip peeling technology for electronics packaging	14
Enhanced solid element model with embedded strong discontinuity for representation of mesoscale quasi-brittle failure	13
A novel phase-field damage model coupled with Timoshenko beam kinematics to simulate localized fracture in brittle architected lattice material	13
Crack roughness of high-speed fracture in brittle single crystalline material	12

Influence of partial separation between rock specimen and loading device on determination of Mode II fracture toughness by shear-box test	12
Identifying simple shear in plane stress states	12
The revisited phase-field approach to brittle fracture: application to indentation and notch problems	11
Applications of a micro-structured brittle damage model to laboratory tests on rocks	11
Dominique Leguillon obituary—A passionate scientist, a humble and kind person, a friend	11
Material informatics and impact of multicollinearity on regression model for fatigue strength of steel	11
Crystal plasticity-based intergranular facture simulation of AA 5083 aluminum alloy for tri-junction grain boundary	11
Theoretical analysis of self-similar crack propagation along viscoelastic and elasto–viscoplastic interface in a double cantilever beam test	11
A theory of viscoelastic crack growth: revisited	10
Assessing complex protein-solvent interactions using environment-controlled crack-growth experiments	10
Interpreting test temperature and loading rate effects on the fracture toughness of polymer-metal interfaces via time–temperature superposition	10
Numerical prediction of fatigue crack growth based on cumulative plastic strain versus experimental results for AA6082-T6	10
The study on the high cycle fatigue performance and life prediction of Ti–6Al–4V alloy fabricated by laser engineered net shaping	10
Editorial: Fracture of soft materials	10
Evolution and control technology of energy aggregation and dissipation of a high hard roof during breakage and destabilization	10
A dynamic coupling model of peridynamics and finite elements for progressive damage analysis	10
The adaptive coupling of dual-horizon peridynamic element and finite element for the progressive failure of materials	9
The essential work of fracture in peridynamics	9
An energy-based analytical model for adhesively bonded stepped and simple-lap joined CFRP laminates	9
Experimental fracture mechanics analysis of tearing in oriented polyethylene films using digital image correlation and full-field solid mechanics post-processing	9
Wave interactions and fracture evolution in a thin glass plate under impact: a combined experimental and peridynamic analysis	9
A long crack in a long clamped strip	8
Characteristics of crack growth in brittle solids with the effects of material heterogeneity and multi-crack interaction	8
Three-dimensional constraint-based void-growth model for high temperature hydrogen attack	8
Strain based finite fracture mechanics for fatigue life prediction of additively manufactured samples	8
The tearing energy threshold of crack growth in rubber exposed to ozone: an experimental–numerical approach	8
A coupled axisymmetric peridynamics with correspondence material model for thermoplastic and ductile fracture problems	8
Contact problem of two punches in an elastic coating attached to a porous material	7
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	7
Analysis of mode II fracture speeds in dry snow slab avalanche weak layers	7
Discrete crack mechanics of disk compression for measurement of low fracture toughness	7
Enhanced fracture toughness of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V ELI	7
Tearing a neo-Hookean sheet. Part II: asymptotic analysis for crack tip fields	7
Crack propagation in the presence of multiple holes: phase field modelling supported by photoelasticity	7
Effects of diffusion and primary creep on intergranular cavitation at high temperatures	7
A semi-empirical model for fracture energy evaluation of a Ni2MnGa magnetic shape memory alloy	7
Differential compliance from time domain vibration waveform fit and its application to fatigue crack growth rate testing	7
A position-based FEM approach for modeling mixed-mode cracks in concrete	7
Publisher Correction: Articles incorrectly assigned to Volume 250, Issue 1	6
The role of β-phase on crack nucleation and propagation in dual phase zirconium polycrystals: a crystal plasticity finite element modeling	6
Finite element modeling of the distribution of hydrogen atoms at a dent on pipelines for hydrogen transport under cyclic loading	6
A 3D numerical study of mixed-mode (I and II) stationary notch tip fields in shape memory alloys	6
3D characterization of kinematic fields and poroelastic swelling near the tip of a propagating crack in a hydrogel	6
Direct tension test on large concrete specimens - Part I: Tensile strength, fracture properties and size effect	6
A smeared crack modeling framework accommodating multi-directional fracture at finite strains	6
Miniature impact test technique to evaluate the orientation dependence of impact toughness of hydrided Zr–2.5%Nb alloy	6
A variational formulation of Griffith phase-field fracture with material strength	6
Cleavage fracture of high strength tempered martensite and mixed tempered martensite + upper bainite medium carbon steel	6
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics	6
X-ray microtomography investigation of damage fields ahead of cracks in CT and SENT C-Mn steel samples	6