OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Tribology Transactions 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Study on Work Roll Vertical Vibration Under Periodic Spalling of the Oxide Film	33
Investigation on the Dynamic Pressure Effect of Clearance Oil Film at a Stepped Hydrostatic Thrust Bearing Working in Heavy Loading Duty	29
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Porous Tilting Pad Gas Bearings with Hermetic Squeeze Film Dampers Based on Multilayer Diaphragm Structure	26
Tribological Properties of Recycled Polyvinyl Butyral (rPVB) and Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide Blends in Dry and Microabrasive Contacts	26
Effects of Relative Displacement and Slip Conditions on Fretting Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V: Experimental and Numerical Analysis	25
Self-Regenerative Mo-Based Solid Lubricant Coatings Deposited by APS as a PVD Alternative: Mechanical and Tribological Performance	20
Comparative Analysis of Tribological Behavior in Aluminum Matrix Composites Incorporating Fe ₇₅ Si ₁₅ Zr ₅	19
In Situ Visualization and Analysis of Oil Starvation in Ball Bearing Cages	19
Effect of Erucamide as Polyurea Grease Additive on Tribological Properties of GCr15 Steel	17
Research on Rotating Machinery Fault Diagnosis Based on Multi-Strategy Feature Extraction	16
Hitherto Unexplored Three-Membered Heterocyclic Rings Favorably Alter Tribological Properties of Fatty Acid Linear Esters	16
Tribological Behaviors of OA-ZIF-8/GO as Additives of the Lubricating Oil	15
Grease Performance in Ball and Roller Bearings for All-Steel and Hybrid Bearings	15
Experimental Study of the Effect of Thickener on the Film Thickness in the Contacts of a Grease-Lubricated Ball Bearing at Low Speed	15
Effect of Molybdenum Bisulfide (MoS ₂ ) Particle Size on Tribological and Vibration Reduction Properties of Thermoplastic Polyurethane	14
Experimental Study of Surface Asperity Deformation in the Running-In of Rolling Contacts	14
Influence of Pits on the Tribological Properties and Friction-Induced Vibration Noise of Textured Tapered Roller Bearings	14
Tribological Properties and Mechanism of Rice Husk Carbon Reinforced Non-Asbestos Organic Braking Composite Material	13
Tribological and Anticorrosion Properties of N-Heterocyclic-Organophosphonic Acid Ionic Liquids as Water-Based Lubricant Additives	13
Microstructure, Mechanical, and Wear Properties of Al-Alloyed Austempered Ductile Irons	13
Bearing Models for Advanced Ball Bearing Simulation	12
Assessing the Influence of Micro Lubricant Additives on Worm Gearbox Power Consumption: A Tribological Investigation Utilizing Hazelnut Oil-Based Lubricants	12
Enhancing Cavitation Erosion Resistance of 316L Stainless Steel through Simultaneous Microstructure Modification during Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF)	12
The Effect of Heat Treatment on the Performance of Antiwear Steel Coatings Deposited on AISI 1015 Steel Substrates	12
Fretting Damage Evolution of Copper-Magnesium Alloy in Mixed Fretting Regime	12

Film Thickness in Grease-Lubricated Deep Groove Ball Bearings—A Master Curve	11
Tribological Properties of Laminate Composite Brake Material for High-Speed Trains	11
Comparative Wear Test of Journal Sliding Bearings with Sintered Bronze and Babbitt Alloy Bushes Lubricated by Environmentally Acceptable/Adapted Lubricants (EAL)	11
Wer Debris Recognition and Quantification in Ferrography Images by Instance Segmentation	11
Comparative Study on the Wear Characteristic and Control Method of Rail Corrugation in Typical Fastener Sections	11
Analysis of Microscopic Contact Sealing Performance of Ball-conical Joint in Assembly Deviation	11
Cavitation Erosion Investigations of Hard Carbide and Nitride Based Novel Coatings Manufactured by Plasma Spraying	11
Effect of Iron Powder Type on Friction and Wear Properties of Copper-Based Friction Powder Metallurgy Material	11
Evaluation of Hydrogen Permeation in Fretting Corrosion Interfaces with Ti-6Al-4V Alloy and Varying Lubricants Using a Modified Devanathan-Stachurski Cell	10
Triboactive PVD Coatings for Solid Lubrication of Gears under High Loads	10
Optimization Numerically for Five-Pad Tilting-Pad Journal Bearings Design Based on Particle Swarm	10
Measuring Film Thickness in Starved Grease-Lubricated Ball Bearings: An Improved Electrical Capacitance Method	10
The Grease Worker and Its Applicability to Study Mechanical Aging of Lubricating Greases for Rolling Bearings	9
Rheological and Tribological Properties of Zirconium Phosphate (ZrP) Intercalation Compounds as Lubricating Grease Thickener	9
Reciprocating Wear Behavior of Noncoated and Polymer/Composite Coated AISI 316L Steel: Role of Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment	9
Influence of Rotational Speed on Subsurface Microstructure and Wear Property of D2/U71Mn Wheel-Rail Steel	8
Predicting Load Variation in an Elliptical Contact Overrolling Surface Cavities	8
Braking Performance of Copper-Based Friction Materials Reinforced by AlCoCrFeNi High-Entropy Alloy	8
Enhancement in the Friction and Wear Resistance of Low Carbon Chromium Steel and Load Carrying Capability of MIL-PRF-23699 Grade Lubricant Using h-BN Nanoadditives for Aerospace Applications	8
Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Wear Rates on the Basis of Friction Noise	8
Investigation of Tribological Properties of Different Slipper/Swashplate Pair Materials under Start–Stop Operating Conditions	8
Optimization of Electric Vehicle Drivetrain Fluid with a New System-Level Approach	8
Torsion Wear Behavior of PEEK-on-UHMWPE as an All-Polymer Joint Combination in Total Knee Replacement	8
Numerical Simulation Method of Grease Flow in a Grease Groove with Experimental Validation	8
Two-Body and Three-Body Abrasive Wear Behaviors of Fe-2wt%B Alloy Modified With Various K ₂ SO ₄ Additions	8
The Computational Approach to Predicting Wear: Comparison of Wear Performance of CFR-PEEK and XLPE Liners in Total Hip Replacement	8
Simplified Wear Model for Power Cylinder under Engine Operating Conditions	7
Influence of Oil Degradation on Power Losses and Thermal Behavior of a Gear Transmission Test Rig	7
Fabrication and Tribological Properties of Nickel-Based Cellular Structure Self-Lubricating Composites by Selective Laser Melting and Metal Infiltration	7
The Influence of the Chemical Composition on the Microstructural Changes and on the Resistance to Abrasion of Low-Alloy Casting Steels	7
Citric Acid-Based Esters as Potential Synthetic Lubricants: A Study of Their Synthesis, Rheological Properties and Thermal Stability	7
Significant Tribological Enhancement and Mechanical Property Maintenance in Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) Matrix Composites With Minimal Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Incorporation	7
Mechanical Properties of Coupled Bending and Contact to Hollow Cylindrical Roller Contacts	7
Numerical Simulation on Lubrication and Experiment Study on Tribology Improvement of Slipper Pair at Low Speeds	7
Influence of operating parameters on the temperature rise of the wheel tread of a freight wagon when braking on a long downhill ramp	7
Rolling Element Bearing Damage in the Presence of Applied Electric Current	7
Oil-Loaded Mesoporous Silica to Enhance the Lubrication of Polypropylene Resin Composite Materials	7
An Investigation on Phase Transitions in a Supercritical CO₂ Dry Gas Seal	7
Interaction of Graphene, Ionic Liquid and Zinc Dialkyl Dithiophosphate (ZDDP) on Antiwear Performance under Cyclic Impact Conditions	7
An Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Steel A105 Friction Coefficient Using Different Lubricants at High Temperature	7
Comparison of the Braking Behavior Among Cast Steel, Carbon/Carbon (C/C) and Carbon/Carbon-Silicon Carbide (C/C-SiC) Materials Mated with Copper-Based Composites	6
Load-Independent Power Losses of Fully Flooded Lubricated Tapered Roller Bearings: Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Operating Temperature and Housing Wall Distances	6
Power Losses of Oil-Jet Lubricated Ball Bearings With Limited Applied Load: Part 2—Experiments and Model Validation	6
Tribological Behavior of Two High Performance Railway Wheel Steels Paired with a Brake Block Cast Iron	6
A Deposition Rate-Based Index of Debris Concentration and its Extraction Method for Online Image Visual Ferrography	6
The Effects of Die Temperature and Cooling Condition on Friction Behavior of Bare 22MnB5 Boron Steel in Hot Stamping	6
Effect of Operating Speed on Turbocharger Compressor Blade Wear	6
Effect of Elastic Contact Force on Tribological Characteristics of Current-carrying Roll Rings in Rotating Conductive Joints	6
Study of the Tribological Properties of Nano-TiO ₂ Additive Water-Based Lubricants in Microrolling of Ultrathin Stainless Steel Strips	6
Effect of Damping Components With Slotted Structures on the Instability Induced by Sliding Friction	6

Tribological Performance of Copper-Based Composites as Tribopairs of Piston Pumps	6
Numerical and Experimental Investigation on the Performance of Backflow Channel Aerostatic Bearings with Shunt Injection	6
A Novel Test Rig for the Investigation of Ball Bearing Cage Friction	6
Exploring Tribological Behaviors of Profile-Shifted Spur Gears: An Experimental Investigation	6
Tribological Behavior of a Selective Laser Melted CoCrMo Alloy under Different Heat Treatment, Loading, and Sliding Conditions	6
Thermal Simulation of Ventilated Brake Disc Based on Complex Multifield Coupled Method	6
Optimization of Textured Parameters to Improve the Tribological Behavior of TC4-Based Bionic Coating Using RSM	6
Study of Rotor Dynamics of Micro Gas Turbine Supported by Air Foil Bearings	6
Designing a Simple Test to Measure and Rate Lubricant-Controlled Friction Reduction	5
Nano-Diamond Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxide: Improvement to Tribological Property of Polyimide and Its Molecular Dynamic Simulation	5
Friction and Wear Behavior of SiCp/Al Brake Disk Sliding Against Semimetallic Brake Pad under the Braking Condition of Urban Rail Vehicles	5
Improving Performance of Water-Lubricated Thrust Bearings through Self-Adaptive Structural Compliance	5
Statement of Retraction: Influence of Chief Vein on Tribological Behavior of Vein-Bionic Textured Rolling Element Bearings Under Starved Lubrication	5
Temperature Field Characteristics of Limited Slip Clutch under Various Condition Parameters	5
Barefoot Slip Risk in Indian Bathrooms: A Pilot Study	5
Tribological Characteristics and Residual Tensile Strength of Wire Rope with Different Composite Greases at Normal and Low Temperatures	5
Practical Implementation of the Sensory Utilization of Rolling Bearing Impedance Measurement: A Case Study in Machine Tool Spindle Bearings	5
Experimental Study of Converging Ferrofluid Seal With Small Clearance and Double Magnetic Sources	5
Dispersion and Tribological Behaviors of Modified Functionalized Surfaces of Single and Hybrid Nanoparticles in Water-Based Lubrication	5
Study on Friction and Wear Properties of Copper-Impregnated Carbon Slide Plate Under Different Humidity Conditions	5
Macro and Micro Characteristics of Glyd-ring Seals in a Wide Temperature Range	5
On Thermal Reduction Factor for Elastohydrodynamic Film Thickness in Rolling/Sliding Contacts	5
Study of Effect of Graphite Based Magnetorheological Fluids on Braking Performance and Rotor Surface of Magnetorheological Disk Brake Using Full-Scale Brake Inertia Dynamometer	5
Study on Wheel Polygonal Wear of Metro Trains Caused by Frictional Self-Excited Oscillation	5
Influence of the involute gear teeth profile shape and running-in on surface load capacity of cylindrical gear pairs	5
Effect of Ni Content on Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Abrasion Behavior of Fe-B-C Alloy	5
Test Method for Gear Scuffing Load Capacity of Aviation Engine Lubricating Oils	5
Preparation and Tribological Behaviors of Modified Rice Husk Carbon/MoS₂ Composite Particles as a Functional Additive in Polyethylene Glycol	5
Experimental Study on Fretting Wear Behaviors of H62 Brass under Prestressed Conditions	5
Research on the Lubrication Performance of Hydrostatic Thrust Bearings Considering Dynamic Pressure Effect and Oil Film Pressure Loss	5
Effect of spheroidization on laser surface hardening of bearing steel and its sliding wear performance	5
A Method to Predict the Durability of Friction Materials Applied on Drum Brakes Based on the Dissipation of Braking Energy	5
In Memoriam: Minel J. Braun, Distinguished Professor Emeritus October 7, 1947–November 26, 2021	5
Numerical Investigation on Churning Loss Torque and Oil Distribution of Reducer Based on Lattice Boltzmann Method	5
Improvement of the Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Water-Lubricated Bearings With Integrated Halbach Magnet Arrays	5
Theoretical and Experimental Study on a Novel Porous Tilting Pad Gas Thrust Bearing with Umbrella-Type Dampers	5
Effects of Impact Energy, Impact Frequency, and Test Time on Impact Wear Characteristics of Zirconia-Toughened Alumina Particles-Iron (ZTAp-Fe) Composites Using Response Surface Methodology	5
A Near-Frictionless Sealing Approach with Innovative, Gas-Lubricated Shaft Seals Made of Elastomer	5