OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ultrasonics is 30. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A review of ultrasonic testing applications in additive manufacturing: Defect evaluation, material characterization, and process control	232
So you think you can DAS? A viewpoint on delay-and-sum beamforming	158
Shear horizontal wave transducers for structural health monitoring and nondestructive testing: A review	133
A critical review on ultrasonic-assisted fouling control and cleaning of fouled membranes	84
A generic deep learning framework to classify thyroid and breast lesions in ultrasound images	71
Combined two-level damage identification strategy using ultrasonic guided waves and physical knowledge assisted machine learning	70
Improved forward model for quantitative pulse-echo speed-of-sound imaging	67
Nonlinear ultrasonics-based technique for monitoring damage progression in reinforced concrete structures	67
A review on guided-ultrasonic-wave-based structural health monitoring: From fundamental theory to machine learning techniques	62
A review of recent advances in the single- and multi-degree-of-freedom ultrasonic piezoelectric motors	61
A nonlinear ultrasonic SHM method for impact damage localisation in composite panels using a sparse array of piezoelectric PZT transducers	51
CNN-LSTM network-based damage detection approach for copper pipeline using laser ultrasonic scanning	48
Acoustic properties across the human skull	45
Ultrasound-based identification of damage in wind turbine blades using novelty detection	42
Laser Ultrasonic inspection of a Wire + Arc Additive Manufactured (WAAM) sample with artificial defects	39
High-resolution Lamb waves dispersion curves estimation and elastic property inversion	39
A softmax classifier for high-precision classification of ultrasonic similar signals	39
Finite element simulation and experimental investigation of residual stresses in ultrasonic assisted turning	38
Modeling and simulation of backward combined harmonic generation induced by one-way mixing of longitudinal ultrasonic guided waves in a circular pipe	37
An improved nonlinear ultrasonic technique for detecting and monitoring impact induced damage in composite plates	36
Hidden corrosion detection using laser ultrasonic guided waves with multi-frequency local wavenumber estimation	35
High performance drilling of T800 CFRP composites by combining ultrasonic vibration and optimized drill structure	35
Research on the influence of heat treatment on residual stress of TC4 alloy produced by laser additive manufacturing based on laser ultrasonic technique	34
Towards using convolutional neural network to locate, identify and size defects in phased array ultrasonic testing	34
Recent applications of ultrasonic waves in improved oil recovery: A review of techniques and results	33

Tumor segmentation in automated whole breast ultrasound using bidirectional LSTM neural network and attention mechanism	33
Fully noncontact inspection of closed surface crack with nonlinear laser ultrasonic testing method	33
Design of a resonant Luneburg lens for surface acoustic waves	32
Effect of radial high-speed ultrasonic vibration cutting on machining performance during finish turning of hardened steel	31
Online acoustic emission source localization in concrete structures using iterative and evolutionary algorithms	31