OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Rapid Prototyping Journal is 26. 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
Three–dimensional matrices for enhanced coral settlement through design for additive manufacturing	97
Evaluation of a method for the additive tooling of injection mould inserts	95
Statistical analysis of process parameters for additive manufacturing of a pipe spacer for oil and gas applications	75
Additive manufacturing of quasi-isotropic wire-reinforced metal-polymer composite laminates	68
Multi-objective optimization of parts construction direction by scaling-enumeration method in L-PBF process	68
Spot pattern welding scanning strategy for sensor embedding and residual stress reduction in laser-foil-printing additive manufacturing	60
Linking directed energy deposition process toolpaths to FEM to study the toolpath/geometry role on residual stress formation for multi-layer components	48
Compression property and energy absorption capacity of composite honeycomb structures based on molecular structure	45
Aeroacoustic and aerodynamic evaluation of SLA-printed cross-flow fans: desktop vs. industrial-grade fabrication	44
Additive manufacturing of complementary split ring resonator frequency selective surfaces	42
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) of NiTi alloy using elemental powders: the influence of remelting on printability and microstructure	40
Additive manufacturing of Ti-Al functionally graded material by laser based directed energy deposition	40
Effect of printing strategies on the properties of product in selective Sorel cement activation	39
Mechanical properties and failure modes of additively-manufactured chiral metamaterials based on Euclidean tessellations: an experimental and finite element study	36
On the printability of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) reinforced with long glass and short carbon fibres	35
Vector characterization approach for inherent strain modeling of laser powder bed fusion manufacturing	34
Mechanical, thermal and morphological analysis of 3D-printed woven glass fiber-reinforced polylactic acid composites using TLBO and ANN	33
Compressive response of selective laser-melted lattice structures with different strut sizes based on theoretical, numerical and experimental approaches	33
Fabrication and characterization of an agarose and GelMA hybrid scaffold for adipose tissue regeneration	32
On aspects of microstructure and mechanical properties of laser-powder bed fused IN718 part: impact of scanning speed and post-heat treatment	30
Lattice optimization of fiber-reinforced polymer parts fabricated by additive manufacturing: the impact of Bezier curve order on mechanical properties	29
Study on the influence of process parameters on high performance Ti-6Al-4V parts in laser powder bed fusion	29
Multivariate analysis of the mechanical properties of carbon fiber PLA composites using Box-Behnken design	28
Sensitivity enhancement through geometry modification of 3D printed conductive PLA-based strain sensors	28
Numerical and experimental investigation on the heat transfer and mass transport in LPBF in-situ alloying of Al/Cu alloy	27

3DCastleBenchy: a process-independent benchmark for additive manufacturing	27
In-situ adaptive thermal simulation method for predicting and avoiding hotspots in material extrusion processes	26