OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Fatigue is 51. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Life degradation and damage mechanism of ZL114A aluminum alloy under pre-corrosion fatigue in simulated tropical marine atmospheric environment	219
Effect of peening with fine iron-sulfide particles on the rotating bending fatigue properties of low alloy steel and formation of iron-sulfide layer	147
Nonlocal fretting fatigue assessment for dovetail joints	141
Fatigue crack growth due to spectrum load produced by trains in a bridge	121
Experimental evaluation of multiaxial test-tailored specifications based on Fatigue Damage multi-Spectra	117
An efficient/accurate multi-scale fatigue prediction method for Metal-Polymer hybrid (MPH) interface	108
A comparative study using water atomized and gas atomized powder in laser powder bed fusion – Assessment of the fatigue performance	104
Effect of misalignments and welding penetration on the fatigue strength of a common welded detail: SED method predictions and comparisons with codes	102
Impact of dynamic strain aging on multiaxial low cycle fatigue behavior of nickel-based alloy 690 at 350 °C	99
Thermo-mechanical fatigue deformation and fracture mechanisms of nickel-based powder metallurgy superalloy	96
A hybrid ANN-multiaxial fatigue nonlocal model to estimate fretting fatigue life for aeronautical Al alloys	96
Evaluation of the endurance limit of notch intersections under inner-pressure loading	92
Thermomechanical testing and modelling of railway wheel steel	90
Influence of the loading rate of force on the formation of deformation twins in martensitic stainless steel under repetitive loading–unloading process	87
Life prediction of cord/rubber laminates under multiaxial fatigue	86
Combined loading effect on high cycle fatigue fracture behaviors of a stainless steel welded structure of elbow and socket	86
Editorial Board	84
Corrigendum to “Size effect in fatigue modelling of defective materials: Application of the calibrated weakest-link theory” [Int. J. Fatigue 165 (2022) 107213]	82
Fatigue life study of superelastic NiTi Shape Memory Alloys using self-heating under cyclic loading method	80
Probabilistic flexural fatigue strength of ultra-lightweight cement concrete and high strength lightweight aggregate concrete	79
Bolt fatigue in CFRP joints	78
The microstructure evolution of ballastless track high-strength concrete exposed to compressive and flexural fatigue loads	75
Near-tip residual stress as an independent load interaction mechanism	72
Thermo-mechanical fatigue induced unexpected strain hardening of Cu clip wiring on transfer-mold type EV power modules	72
Variations on a critical distance theme	71

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	71
Fatigue strength evaluation of 5059 aluminum alloy welded joints Considering welding deformation and residual stress	70
Editorial Board	70
Evaluation of crack-closure by second harmonic thermoelastic stress analysis	69
Fatigue crack propagation of planar three-dimensional cracks	67
Internal fatigue crack propagation in a Ti-6Al-4V alloy: An in situ study	66
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	64
Effects of tensile load hold time on the fatigue and corrosion-fatigue behavior of turbine blade materials	64
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	64
The effect of laser shock peening, shot peening and their combination on the microstructure and fatigue properties of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy	64
Defect sensitivity in L-PBF AlSi7Mg0.6 alloy subjected to fatigue load: Effect of load ratio and torsion loading	63
The fatigue mechanism and a new defect-based life prediction model for selective laser melted Al-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy	62
Micro-surface crack inspection with arc-shaped bi-grating laser ultrasound spectroscopy	62
Application of 2D inverse heat transfer to analyze mechanical fatigue	61
Comparison of low cycle fatigue data of X52 pipeline steel in air and gaseous hydrogen using conventional and hollow specimen	61
Investigation on the fatigue behavior of 7075 aluminum alloy at different aging states	57
Self-heating and fatigue crack growth behavior of reinforced NR/BR nanocomposites with different blending ratio	57
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	56
An automated measurement method for the fatigue crack propagation based on decorrelated digital image correlation	56
Fatigue prediction criteria for rubber antivibration design with temperature effects	55
Evaluation of scale invariance in fatigue crack growth in metallic materials	54
Fatigue failure mechanisms and influential factors for aluminum alloy and its welded joint in a high-speed train	54
Physics-guided machine learning frameworks for fatigue life prediction of AM materials	53
Fatigue properties and S-N curve estimating of 316L stainless steel prepared by SLM	52
Remaining useful life prediction via a deep adaptive transformer framework enhanced by graph attention network	52
Mechanical fatigue of biodegradable polymers: A study on polylactic acid (PLA), polybutylene succinate (PBS) and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)	51
Enhancing high-temperature fatigue resistance of TC11 titanium alloy through combined plasma zirconizing and ultrasonic surface rolling	51
Explainable machine learning-based fatigue assessment of 316L stainless steel fabricated by laser-powder bed fusion	51
Molecular dynamics simulation of thermomechanical fatigue properties of Ni-based single crystal superalloys	51