OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Fracture is 5. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Fracture toughness characterization of 3D-printed advanced structured specimens by digital image correlation	45
Enhanced resistance of mode II fracture by nonlocal interactions in 2D locally resonant elastic wave metamaterials	33
Simulation of dynamic brittle and quasi-brittle fracture: a revisited local damage approach	31
Transient heat conduction in the cracked medium by Guyer–Krumhansl model	31
Modelling of ductile fracture considering the effect of stress triaxiality and the energy partition theory in thin high-strength steel sheets	29
Influence of self-weight on size effect of quasi-brittle materials: generalized analytical formulation and application to the failure of irregular masonry arches	25
Investigation on the dynamic fracture behavior of A508-III steel based on Johnson–Cook model	24
Study on the whole dynamical fracture process of sandstone samples	23
Adaptive method for phase-field fracture using a volume weighted Quickselect algorithm	23
Isogeometric multilayer thin-shell analysis of failure in composite structures with hygrothermal effects	21
Crack growth behavior of U71MnG rail steel under overload conditions described using a dislocation correction model	21
Improved cohesive zone model: integrating strain rate, plastic strain, variable damping, and enhanced constitutive law for fracture propagation	20
Revisiting facet nucleation under mixed mode I + III loading with T-stress and mode-dependent fracture properties	15
Energy release rate of a mode-I crack in pure shear specimens subjected to large deformation	15
Interaction of crack and hole: effects on crack trajectory, crack driving force and fracture toughness	15
A phase-field approach to pneumatic fracture with anisotropic crack resistance	15
Incremental closure method to estimate changes in contact stress distributions for partially closed fatigue cracks in mode I loading	15
A non-iterative parameter identification procedure for the non-local Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman model based on standardized experiments	15
Correction to: Fatigue fracture characterization by cyclic material forces in viscoelastic solids at small strain	14
Theoretical and experimental studies of spring-buffer chip peeling technology for electronics packaging	14
Experimental determination of 3D crack propagation scenario in resistance spot welds of a martensitic stainless steel	13
Theoretical analysis of self-similar crack propagation along viscoelastic and elasto–viscoplastic interface in a double cantilever beam test	13
Gradient damage model for ductile fracture introducing degradation of damage hardening modulus: implementation and experimental investigations	13
An auxiliary crack approach for efficient approximative crack tip loading analyses	12
The revisited phase-field approach to brittle fracture: application to indentation and notch problems	12

Enhanced solid element model with embedded strong discontinuity for representation of mesoscale quasi-brittle failure	12
Crack roughness of high-speed fracture in brittle single crystalline material	12
Material informatics and impact of multicollinearity on regression model for fatigue strength of steel	11
The study on the high cycle fatigue performance and life prediction of Ti–6Al–4V alloy fabricated by laser engineered net shaping	11
Applications of a micro-structured brittle damage model to laboratory tests on rocks	11
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
Characteristics of crack growth in brittle solids with the effects of material heterogeneity and multi-crack interaction	10
A particle interaction-based crack model using an improved smoothed particle hydrodynamics for fatigue crack growth simulations	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
A dynamic coupling model of peridynamics and finite elements for progressive damage analysis	10
Wave interactions and fracture evolution in a thin glass plate under impact: a combined experimental and peridynamic analysis	10
The adaptive coupling of dual-horizon peridynamic element and finite element for the progressive failure of materials	10
A theory of viscoelastic crack growth: revisited	9
Experimental fracture mechanics analysis of tearing in oriented polyethylene films using digital image correlation and full-field solid mechanics post-processing	9
Editorial: Fracture of soft materials	9
An energy-based analytical model for adhesively bonded stepped and simple-lap joined CFRP laminates	9
The essential work of fracture in peridynamics	8
Effects of diffusion and primary creep on intergranular cavitation at high temperatures	8
Mechanisms controlling fracture toughness of additively manufactured stainless steel 316L	8
Electrical and mechanical behaviour of metal thin films with deformation-induced cracks predicted by computational homogenisation	8
A variational formulation of Griffith phase-field fracture with material strength	7
Tearing a neo-Hookean sheet. Part II: asymptotic analysis for crack tip fields	7
The tearing energy threshold of crack growth in rubber exposed to ozone: an experimental–numerical approach	7
Contact problem of two punches in an elastic coating attached to a porous material	7
Three-dimensional constraint-based void-growth model for high temperature hydrogen attack	7
Discrete crack mechanics of disk compression for measurement of low fracture toughness	7
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics	7
A coupled axisymmetric peridynamics with correspondence material model for thermoplastic and ductile fracture problems	7
Characterizations of material constraint effect for creep crack in center weldment under biaxial loading	6
The role of β-phase on crack nucleation and propagation in dual phase zirconium polycrystals: a crystal plasticity finite element modeling	6
A fatigue life evaluation method for notched geometries considered the stress gradient concept	6
Publisher Correction: Articles incorrectly assigned to Volume 250, Issue 1	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
Numerical study of the influence of tungsten recrystallization on the divertor component lifetime	6
A smeared crack modeling framework accommodating multi-directional fracture at finite strains	6
Changes in bone’s micromechanical properties caused by fatigue fracture	6
The effects of the microstructural characteristics of Fe–0.33C–1.2Mn–xNb–xMo steels on hydrogen embrittlement fracture	6
3D characterization of kinematic fields and poroelastic swelling near the tip of a propagating crack in a hydrogel	6
Finite element modeling of the distribution of hydrogen atoms at a dent on pipelines for hydrogen transport under cyclic loading	6
Miniature impact test technique to evaluate the orientation dependence of impact toughness of hydrided Zr–2.5%Nb alloy	6
A 3D numerical study of mixed-mode (I and II) stationary notch tip fields in shape memory alloys	5
The systematic nature of regularization error in phase field modeling: implications for crack nucleation and propagation	5
Hydrogen embrittlement characteristics of the hot- and cold-stamped 22MnB5 steel	5
Influence of post-heat treatment with super β transus temperature on the fatigue behaviour of LPBF processed Ti6Al4V	5
The strain gradient viscoelasticity full field solution of mode-III crack problem	5
Introduction to the special issue on structural integrity	5
A two-dimensional non-ordinary state-based peridynamic model based on three-body potential for elastic brittle fracture analysis	5
Influence of polishing technique on crack resistance of quartz plates	5

Fatigue fracture characterization by cyclic material forces in viscoelastic solids at small strain	5
Ductile fracture of materials with randomly distributed voids	5
Calculating energy release rates of MD non-symmetric laminate MMELS and C-ELS specimens	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
X-ray microtomography investigation of damage fields ahead of cracks in CT and SENT C-Mn steel samples	5
Experimental investigation of the alternate recurrence of quasi-static and dynamic crack propagation in PMMA	5
A node-splitting lattice spring model coupled with a J-integral formulation as a fracture criterion	5
Multi-phase-field approach to fracture demonstrating the role of solid-solid interface energy on crack propagation	5