OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Crashworthiness 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Crashworthiness performance of novel pre-deformation method applied square aluminum tubes	30
Study of thermal load-induced supersonic aeroelasticity in a foam-filled corrugated sandwich plate using refined shear deformation theory	27
Effect of fiber angle alignment on energy absorbing behavior of conical composite tubes	27
Technology roadmap of risk identification and collision avoidance decision-making in autonomous vehicles for domestic animals	23
Identifying snowplow truck crash hotspots and spatial analysis of crashes in the mountainous roadways	20
Development of impact characteristics response model for combined tube expansion axial splitting module	20
Crashworthy subfloor structure with shock absorbers using fixed-to-hinged transforming joints and inward-folding composite tube filled with foam	20
Comparing the key contributory factors for driver injury severities in opposite-direction collision accidents	19
MEM vs. FEM: practical crashworthiness insights for macro element modelling applied to sub-assembly and full vehicle automotive structures	19
Design and testing of novel three-dimensional modular negative stiffness honeycomb structures as reusable crash absorbers	17
Crashworthiness analysis and optimization design of TPMS-filled structure	16
Role of ABS and EPS foams in determining the performance of motorcyclist helmet during impact loading	15
On the pacifying influence of an elastomeric foam core on the failure mechanism of sandwich composites with various skin layups	14
Driving choices and behaviours of young male drivers at strategic and tactical levels	14
Investigating crashworthiness of W-Beam guardrail crash barriers	14
Frontal impact sled testing of a new designed vehicle seat track bracket	13
Experimental and numerical performance assessment of square aluminum and steel energy absorbers with circular hole discontinuities	12
Crashworthiness optimisation and lightweight for front-end safety parts of automobile body using a hybrid optimisation method	11
Modeling method of rider-two-wheeler-road coupled system in two-wheeler traffic accident reconstrucitons	11
Tailoring the impact response of a spaceframe vehicle structure towards optimum crashworthiness	11
Research on lower extremity injury characteristics of elderly pedestrians under different impact loads	10
Incorporating uncertainty into the validation of automotive crash simulation models for component analysis	10
Design of energy-absorbing bionic workstation table for trains and research on occupant collision injury	9
The multi-objective reliability-based design optimisation of buffering characteristics of airbag seat in manned airdrop	9
Frontal crashworthiness optimization for a light-duty vehicle based on a multi-objective reliability method	8

Safety of children in commercial aircraft: a review	8
Study on the head and neck injury risk impacted by UAV: effect of impact velocity, angle, location, and mass	8
Analyzing factors and interaction terms affecting urban fatal crash types based on a hybrid framework of econometric model and machine learning approaches	8
Multi-objective optimization design of post-soil system for enhanced W-beam guardrail containment performance	8
3D simulations and laboratory experiments to evaluate a dynamic airbag valve	7
Crashworthiness analysis and multi-objective optimisation of a novel circular tube under three-point bending	7
Correction	7
Effect of thin-wall copper on the mechanical properties of ultra-light 3D-printed polymeric sandwich panels	7
BConvLSTM: a deep learning-based technique for severity prediction of a traffic crash	7
Safety of active pre-collision seat rotation strategies for autonomous vehicles: injury risk evaluation of occupant’s neck	7
Design and optimisation of vehicle frontal bumper beam with alternative carbon fibre-reinforced plastics in corrugated sandwich structure	7
Comparison of injury severity level involving drivers with and without commercial driver’s licence involved in small vehicle crashes	6
Evaluating constitutive models of smoothed particle hydrodynamics for bird-strike simulation	6
Inclined battery cells for mitigating damage in undercarriage collision	6
Pedestrian-ground contact injury protection method under the constraint of the vehicle-front end shape and its robust analysis	6
Research on the cushioning and energy absorption characteristics of gradient sinusoidal negative Poisson’s ratio honeycomb structures	6
Vehicle collisions analysis on highways based on multi-user driving simulator and multinomial logistic regression model on US highways in Michigan	6
Numerical simulation and experimental validation of human head thermoregulation under motorbike helmet	5
Comparative study of statistical and machine learning methods for streetcar incident duration analysis	5
Static and dynamic crushing of sandwich tubes with composite skins and three plywood cores (poplar, birch, and oak)	5
Evaluation of a novel head and neck restraint for harness-restrained children	5
Prediction of pedestrian injuries in motorcycle-pedestrian crashes using THUMS FE-HBM	5
A geometrical parametric study of side door reinforced beams under lateral impact load	5
Multi-objective topology optimisation design of surface-based lattice structures for energy absorption capacity	5
An investigation of optimal auxetic cores in sandwich structures to withstand low-velocity impact loading	5
Network space analysis–based identification of road traffic accident hotspots: a case study	4
Correction	4
Modelling and examining the influence of predictor variables on the road crashes in functionally classified vehicles in Pakistan	4
Road crash analysis and countermeasures on hilly roads in a developing country using iRAP	4
Structural design and self-locking performance verification of the snap-fit spatial self-locking energy absorption system under the impact loading	4
Experimental investigation on the effect of printing parameters on the impact response of thin-walled tubes produced by additive manufacturing method	4
Energy absorption capacity of rubber sponge reinforcement in carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) tubes	4
Revamping the vehicle protection system using next-generation car bumper to mitigate pedestrian fatality	4
Using automatically generated submodels in vehicle body crash optimization	4
Assessment of structural adequacy of semi-rigid safety barriers	4
Interpretable ensemble-imbalance learning strategy on dealing with imbalanced vehicle-bicycle crash data: A case study of Ningbo, China	3
Effects of tube design on crashworthiness of CFRP thin-walled square beams filled with aluminium honeycomb under axial impact	3
Pedestrian safety at urban intersections: lighting conditions is the question	3
Does the current testing standard of chest protectors warrant the devices’ protection for PTW riders in collisions?	3
Lightweight design of automotive front rail based on topology optimisation and collision analysis	3
The synthesized method based on classical mechanics and finite element for vehicle collision accident reconstruction analysis	3
A comparative study on dynamic compression response of multi-cell thin-walled structures with filling foams and connecting ribs	3
Study on impact performance and optimisation of the CRH380 high-speed train traction converter cooling unit	3
Methods, upper limit and reason for reducing pedestrian ground contact injury by controlling vehicle braking	3
Deep learning method to assess brain injury risk	3
Vibration, shock and impact analyses of a structural honeycomb battery pack	3
Effects of seatback angles on passenger kinematics among the longitudinal braking scenario	3
Comparison of human injury differences in vehicle-riding/pushing bicycle accidents	3
The coordinated design and optimisation of combined energy-absorbing structure with multi-level thin-walled tapered square tubes	3
Low-velocity impact of sandwich beams with fibre-metal laminate face-sheets considering local denting effect	3

Crashworthiness design of 3D lattice-structure filled thin-walled tubes based on data mining	3
Investigating road conditions of crash blackspots in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a random parameters negative binomial model	3
Study on energy absorption characteristics of a novel lotus root multi-cellular structure under axial crushing condition	3
Design principles of energy absorbing structures subjected to combined shear-compression loading	3
Crash behavior and optimization of double tubes with different cross section	3
Investigate the elastoplastic deformation behaviour of a motorcycle frame under different mechanical load configurations	3
Cost-benefit analysis of road accidents in the forestry sector	3
Crushing analysis under multiple impact loading cases for novel tailored-property multi-wall tubes	3
Load-limiting in the lap belt reduces injury risks associated with new seating positions	3