OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Fatigue is 56. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Fatigue crack growth due to spectrum load produced by trains in a bridge	151
Fretting and fatigue assessment of scalmalloy and AL7075-T651 shrink-fitted shafts	140
Defect sensitivity in L-PBF AlSi7Mg0.6 alloy subjected to fatigue load: Effect of load ratio and torsion loading	135
An automated measurement method for the fatigue crack propagation based on decorrelated digital image correlation	126
Probabilistic flexural fatigue strength of ultra-lightweight cement concrete and high strength lightweight aggregate concrete	126
Effect of peening with fine iron-sulfide particles on the rotating bending fatigue properties of low alloy steel and formation of iron-sulfide layer	117
Nonlocal fretting fatigue assessment for dovetail joints	111
Evaluation of the endurance limit of notch intersections under inner-pressure loading	110
Editorial Board	105
Modeling procedure for the damage-accumulation mode of fatigue crack growth: A case study on cold-rolled SUS430 sheet under cyclic pure shear stress	102
Evaluation of crack-closure by second harmonic thermoelastic stress analysis	93
Comparison of low cycle fatigue data of X52 pipeline steel in air and gaseous hydrogen using conventional and hollow specimen	93
Impact of dynamic strain aging on multiaxial low cycle fatigue behavior of nickel-based alloy 690 at 350 °C	89
Self-heating and fatigue crack growth behavior of reinforced NR/BR nanocomposites with different blending ratio	88
An efficient/accurate multi-scale fatigue prediction method for Metal-Polymer hybrid (MPH) interface	84
Corrosion and corrosion-fatigue properties of composite ceramic coated aluminum alloy formed by combining surface nanocrystallization pre-treatment, micro-arc oxidation, and sealing post-treatment	83
Fatigue strength evaluation of 5059 aluminum alloy welded joints Considering welding deformation and residual stress	82
A multiscale-based methodology for the fatigue failure analysis of additively manufactured lattice structures applied to the four-point-bending test	82
Evaluation of scale invariance in fatigue crack growth in metallic materials	81
Life prediction of cord/rubber laminates under multiaxial fatigue	81
Influence of the loading rate of force on the formation of deformation twins in martensitic stainless steel under repetitive loading–unloading process	80
Corrigendum to “Size effect in fatigue modelling of defective materials: Application of the calibrated weakest-link theory” [Int. J. Fatigue 165 (2022) 107213]	80
The microstructure evolution of ballastless track high-strength concrete exposed to compressive and flexural fatigue loads	74
Fatigue crack propagation of planar three-dimensional cracks	74
Microstructure sensitivity of the low cycle fatigue crack initiation mechanisms for the Al0.3CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy: in-situ SEM study and crystal plasticity simulation	73

Online assessment of fatigue damage under multiaxial variable amplitude loading	73
Thermo-mechanical fatigue induced unexpected strain hardening of Cu clip wiring on transfer-mold type EV power modules	72
Fatigue failure mechanisms and influential factors for aluminum alloy and its welded joint in a high-speed train	71
Torsional-loaded notched specimen fatigue strength prediction based on mode I and mode III critical distances and fracture surface investigations with a 3D optical profilometer	70
Molecular dynamics simulation of thermomechanical fatigue properties of Ni-based single crystal superalloys	70
Modeling of fatigue damage evolution and life prediction of aluminum adhesive joints subjected to hygrothermal aging	68
Effect of misalignments and welding penetration on the fatigue strength of a common welded detail: SED method predictions and comparisons with codes	68
Micro-surface crack inspection with arc-shaped bi-grating laser ultrasound spectroscopy	68
Phase boundary and defect dependent high cycle fatigue behavior in AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high-entropy alloy	67
Combined loading effect on high cycle fatigue fracture behaviors of a stainless steel welded structure of elbow and socket	67
Prediction of notch-fatigue thresholds based on cyclic R-curve method	66
Life degradation and damage mechanism of ZL114A aluminum alloy under pre-corrosion fatigue in simulated tropical marine atmospheric environment	66
Bolt fatigue in CFRP joints	65
Internal fatigue crack propagation in a Ti-6Al-4V alloy: An in situ study	65
Fatigue prediction criteria for rubber antivibration design with temperature effects	65
Fatigue life study of superelastic NiTi Shape Memory Alloys using self-heating under cyclic loading method	63
Thermomechanical testing and modelling of railway wheel steel	63
Enhancing high-temperature fatigue resistance of TC11 titanium alloy through combined plasma zirconizing and ultrasonic surface rolling	63
Physics-guided machine learning frameworks for fatigue life prediction of AM materials	62
A hybrid ANN-multiaxial fatigue nonlocal model to estimate fretting fatigue life for aeronautical Al alloys	62
Mechanical fatigue of biodegradable polymers: A study on polylactic acid (PLA), polybutylene succinate (PBS) and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)	61
A comparative study using water atomized and gas atomized powder in laser powder bed fusion – Assessment of the fatigue performance	61
The fatigue mechanism and a new defect-based life prediction model for selective laser melted Al-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy	60
Investigation on the fatigue behavior of 7075 aluminum alloy at different aging states	59
Effect of forced assembly gap on the fatigue behavior of aluminium alloy multi-bolted joints under random loading	59
Remaining useful life prediction via a deep adaptive transformer framework enhanced by graph attention network	59
Explainable machine learning-based fatigue assessment of 316L stainless steel fabricated by laser-powder bed fusion	59
Fretting fatigue damage and crack propagation of shot-peening dovetail joints assisted with the U-Net model	59
Experimental evaluation of multiaxial test-tailored specifications based on Fatigue Damage multi-Spectra	57
Fatigue properties and S-N curve estimating of 316L stainless steel prepared by SLM	57
Fatigue performance and failure mechanism of ultrasonic-assisted abrasive-belt-ground Inconel 718	57
Effect of three-stage heat treatment on the composite waveform and variable amplitude fatigue properties of TC4 titanium alloy pulsed laser-arc hybrid welded joints	56