OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is 31. 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
Crushing performances and crashworthiness optimization of polygonal double tubes under multiple angle loadings	173
SBSC+SRU: an error-guided adaptive Kriging method for expensive system reliability analysis	97
StructureGraph: a universal performance evaluation method for engineering structures via heterogeneous graph neural network	88
Product family design optimization considering manufacturing and assembly process costs	85
Isogeometric analysis-based design of post-tensioned concrete beam towards construction-oriented topology optimization	82
Digital Twin in smart manufacturing: remote control and virtual machining using VR and AR technologies	75
A novel non-probabilistic reliability-based design optimization method using bilevel accelerated microbial genetic algorithm	74
An effective gradient and geometry enhanced sequential sampling approach for Kriging modeling	73
Robust shape optimization under model uncertainty of an aircraft wing using proper orthogonal decomposition and inductive design exploration method	73
MPhys: a modular multiphysics library for coupled simulation and adjoint derivative computation	59
Seismic performance-based design optimization of 2D steel chevron-braced frames using ACO algorithm and nonlinear pushover analysis	58
Coupled aeropropulsive design optimization of a podded electric propulsor	57
A novel adaptive sampling strategy for the Kriging surrogate-based control co-design method in the dynamic system	56
Machine learning accelerated MMC-based topology optimization for sound quality enhancement of serialized acoustic structures	49
Topology optimization using PETSc: a Python wrapper and extended functionality	48
Crashworthiness design of cross-sections with the Graph and Heuristic based Topology Optimization incorporating competing designs	45
Direction-oriented stress-constrained topology optimization of orthotropic materials	45
Multi-objective seismic design of BRBs-reinforced concrete buildings using genetic algorithms	44
A 172-line Matlab code for structural topology optimization in the body-fitted mesh	43
Health index construction with feature fusion optimization for predictive maintenance of physical systems	41
Multi-domain acoustic topology optimization based on the BESO approach: applications on the design of multi-phase material mufflers	40
Matching of multiple aerodynamic parameters for railway train/tunnel systems to ensure critical airtightness performance of high-speed trains	40
Variable functioning and its application to large scale steel frame design optimization	40
Topology optimization under microscale uncertainty using stochastic gradients	40
Bi-fidelity conditional value-at-risk estimation by dimensionally decomposed generalized polynomial chaos expansion	37

Topology optimization for energy dissipation structures based on shape memory alloys	36
Correction: Latest developments in node-based shape optimization using Vertex Morphing parameterization	35
Topology optimization applied to the acoustic medium inverse problem in the time domain using integer linear programming	35
Finding globally optimal arrangements of multiple point loads in structural design using a single FEA	34
Static and dynamic topology optimization: an innovative unifying approach	34
Bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization with buckling constraints	31