OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation is 5. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
A Physics-informed Wave Tomography Framework for Defect Reconstruction: A Collaborative Network Scheme	43
Prediction of Residual Strains Due to In-Plane Fibre Waviness in Defective Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymers Using Ultrasound Data	37
Computer Vision-Based Quantitative Detection of Bolt Loosening Using Two-Stage Perspective Distortion Correction Method	33
Avalanche-Like Dynamics of Indentation-Induced Plastic Deformation in AZ31 Revealed by Acoustic Emission	24
Evaluation of RGB-D Image for Counting Exposed Aggregate Number on Pavement Surface Based on Computer Vision Technique	23
Visually Encoded Contact Inspection System for EMATs	22
Photothermal NDE of UD/Epoxy-Based Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates for Quantitative Porosity Analysis	22
Unsupervised Enhancement of Ultrasonic Sequential Images Based on High-Frequency Feature Extraction and Bi-ConvLSTM	21
Surface Extraction for Industrial CT Based on Surface Tracking	21
A Thickness Measurement Method Immune to Lift-Off Fluctuation Using Sweep-Frequency Eddy Current Testing	20
Localisation of Ultrasonic NDT Data Using Hybrid Tracking of Component and Probe	20
Eddy Current Method in Non-Magnetic Aluminide Coating Thickness Assessment	20
Cut-Off Thickness Identification of Defects with Single and Two-Step Geometries Using SH1 Mode Conversion	18
Simulation-Trained Neural Networks for Automatable Crack Detection in Magnetic Field Images	18
Use of Passive Thermography to Detect Detachment and Humidity in Façades Clad with Ceramic Materials of Differing Porosities	18
MLP ANN Equipped Approach to Measuring Scale Layer in Oil-Gas-Water Homogeneous Fluid by Capacitive and Photon Attenuation Sensors	17
Impact-Delamination Detection in Repaired-Composite Laminates Using Numerical and Ultrasonic Method	17
A Comparison Among Some Non-linear Prediction Tools on Indirect Determination of Uniaxial Compressive Strength and Modulus of Elasticity of Basalt	16
Determination of Thermal Parameters using Thermography and Data Assimilation and its Application to the Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient	16
Classification of Time–Frequency Maps of Guided Waves Using Foreground Extraction	16
Practical Part-Specific Trajectory Optimization for Robot-Guided Inspection via Computed Tomography	15
The Application, Challenge, and Developing Trends of Non-destructive Testing Technique for Large-scale and Complex Engineering Components Fabricated by Metal Additive Manufacturing Technology in Aeros	15
Assessment of TSA Technique for the Estimation of CFRP T-Joint Debonding	15
A Vision-Based Displacement Measurement Method of Wind Turbine Blades in Biaxial Fatigue Testing	15
3D Remote Assistance for NDT Inspections	15

Inline Pipeline Inspection Using Hybrid Deep Learning Aided Endoscopic Laser Profiling	14
Infrared Thermal Imaging-Based Turbine Blade Crack Classification Using Deep Learning	14
Modeling and Analysis of Ellipticity Dispersion Characteristics of Lamb Waves in Pre-stressed Plates	13
Experimental Study on Monitoring and Prediction of Earth-rockfill Dam Leakage Based on Infrared Thermography	13
Bayesian-Network-Based Evaluation for Corrosion State of Reinforcements Embedded in Concrete by Multiple Electrochemical Indicators	13
Methodology for Mapping the Residual Stress Field in Serviced Rails Using LCR Waves	13
X-ray Inspection Model Validation with Physical Dosimetry	13
The Detection of Local Impact Fatigue Damage on Metal Materials by Combining Nonlinear Acoustic Modulation and Coda Wave Interferometry	12
Nondestructive Evaluation of Banana Maturity Using NIR AS7263 Sensor	12
Enhancing Limited-Sample Probability of Detection Estimation Using Models and Advanced Regression Techniques	12
Highlighting Concealed Features in Welding X-ray Radiography	12
Non-Destructive Evaluation and Damage Determination of Fiber-Reinforced Composites by Digital Image Correlation	12
A New Dual-Mode Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer for Preload Measurement of Superalloy Bolts	12
Micro Drill Resistance Instrument Measurements at Different Feed Speeds: Novel Conversion Algorithm for Enhanced Accuracy	11
Implementation of the Magnetic Barkhausen Noise Technique for Microstructural Characterization of Rail Steel	11
Reconstruction of the Ferromagnetic Hysteresis in the Rayleigh Regime by Means of Impedance Analysis of the Excitation Coil	11
Analysis of the Microstructure and Hardness of Flake Graphite Cast Iron Using the Barkhausen Noise Method and Conventional Techniques	11
Application of Magnetic and Eddy-Current Methods to Assess the Thickness of the Hardened Layer on the Surface of AISI 321 Metastable Austenitic Steel Subjected to Frictional Treatment	10
Ultrasonic Imaging Technique for NDE: Arbitrary Virtual Array Source Aperture with using Sign Coherence Factor	10
Prediction of Micro-Cracks in Steel Structures Subjected to Fatigue by Means of Acoustic Emission	10
Nonlinear Ultrasonic Inspection of the Effect of Contaminants on Material Properties of Epoxy-Adhesive	10
Evaluation Metrics for Comparison between Virtual and Industrial XCT	10
Missing Rail Fastener Detection Based on Laser Doppler Vibrometer Measurements	10
Rupture Disc Monitoring Using Electro-mechanical Impedance (EMI): A Feasibility Study	10
Investigation of the Influence of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Laminate Composites During Progressive Tensile Damage Using Acoustic Emission	9
Design of Concrete Mock-Ups with Complex Defect Scenarios Using Numerical Simulations	9
Improved Thermal Signature of Composite Beams with GNP Smart Skin for Defect Investigation	9
A New Method for the Microfocus X-ray Computed Tomography Visualization and Quantitative Exploration of Reinforcement Particles in Additively Manufactured Superalloy IN718	9
Acoustic Emission Signal Feature Extraction for Bearing Faults Using ACF and GMOMEDA	9
Bedrock Identification and Bedrock Depth Prediction in Asphalt Pavements Using Pavement System Transfer Function	9
Intelligent Defect Detection Method for Additive Manufactured Lattice Structures Based on a Modified YOLOv3 Model	9
CNN-CHD: Combining Clustering Hierarchical Divisive and CNN for Enhanced Weld Defect Detection	9
Enhancing Computed Tomography-Based Pore Mesh Models Through Matching with Microscope Cross-Section Images	8
Titanium Alloy Weld Time-of-Flight Diffraction Image Denoising Based on a Wavelet Feature Fusion Deep-Learning Model	8
Depth Accurate Prediction and Kerf Quality Improvement of CFRP Through-Hole Laser Cutting via Acoustic Emission Nondestructive Monitoring Technology	8
A Multi-Sensor Detection Method Based on WGAN-GP and Attention-Bi-GRU for Well Control Pipeline Defects	8
Smart Estimation of Sandstones Mechanical Properties Based on Thin Section Image Processing Techniques	8
Theoretical Analysis on the Distribution of Eddy Current in Motion-Induced Eddy Current Testing and High-Speed MFL Testing	8
Segmentation of Inner Surface Defects of Stainless Steel Pipes Based on Semi-bilateral Efficient Self-Attention Network	8
Evaluation of Welding Imperfections with X-ray Computed Laminography for NDT Inspection of Carbon Steel Plates	8
Adaptive and High-Precision Isosurface Meshes from CT Data	8
Non-Contact Inspection Methods for Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance: Techno–Economic Review of Techniques for Integration with Industry 4.0	8
Magnetostrictive Guided Wave Transducer with Semicircular Structure for Defect Detection of Semi-Exposed Pipe	7
Point-to-Point Dispersion Estimation of Lamb Waves	7
Adaptive Ultrasonic Imaging Total Focusing Method Based on Covariance Correlation Weighting Factor	7
Ultrasonic Phased Array Imaging for Defects in Angle Blind Spots Based on the Solid Directivity Function	7
Resonant Ultrasonic Testing can Quantitatively Assess the Microscopic Porosity of Complex-Shaped Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Components	7
Innovative IoT-Integrated Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring of Chloride Penetration in Concrete Structures	7
Debond Identification in GFRP Strengthened RC Beam Using Surface Guided Wave Mode Generated by Angle Beam Transducer	7
Impact of Wind Speed on the Use of Active Infrared Thermography	7

Correction: MLP ANN Equipped Approach To Measuring Scale Layer in Oil-Gas-Water Homogeneous Fluid by Capacitive and Photon Attenuation Sensors	7
Structural Health Assessment of Timber Utility Poles Using Stress Wave Propagation and Artificial Neural Network Techniques	7
Determination of Thermal Parameters of Concrete by Active Thermographic Measurements	7
A Novel Method for Enhancing the Image Quality of Neutron Projection Image	7
Non-Destructive Measurement of Chloride Profiles in Cementitious Materials Using NMR	6
Progress and Trends in Non-destructive Testing for Thermal Barrier Coatings Based on Infrared Thermography: A Review	6
Assessing the Influence of Welded Joint on Health Monitoring of Rail Sections: An Experimental Study Employing SVM and ANN Models	6
A Review of the Applicability of Non-destructive Testing for the Determination of the Fire Performance of Reused Structural Timber	6
Nondestructive Evaluation of the Isolated Pore Spatial Distribution State in a Special-Shaped C/SiC Composite Component	6
Ultrasonic Testing of Corrosion in Aircraft Rivet Using Spiking Neural Network	6
Ultrasonic Lamb Wave Damage Detection of CFRP Composites Using the Bayesian Neural Network	6
Reduced Training Data for Laser Ultrasound Signal Interpretation by Neural Networks	6
Conductivity Measurement of Non-magnetic Material Using the Phase Feature of Eddy Current Testing	6
Eddy Current Testing in the Quantitive Assessment of Degradation State in MAR247 Nickel Superalloy with Aluminide Coatings	6
Immersive Inspection: Intuitive Material Analysis using X-Ray Computed Tomography Data in AR	6
High Energy X-Ray Source Characterization at 0.450, 3, 6, 9, and 15 MVp	6
Multilevel Kernel Degeneration–Adaptive Cross Approximation Method to Model Eddy Current NDE Problems	6
The Detection of Impact Damage to the Edges of CFRP Plates Using Extensional Ultrasonic Edge Waves	6
Delamination Defect Evaluation in CFRP Composite Patches by the Use of Active Thermography	6
Analysis of a Prototype Multi-Detector Fast-Neutron Radiography Panel	6
Eigen Background Subtraction for Industrial Flaw Detection: Application to High-Pressure Turbine Blade CT Scans	6
Nondestructive Characterization of Multiscale Defects in an Aluminum Alloy After Cold Spray Repair	6
Research on Ultrasonic NDT of Wire to Terminal Joints: Comparison of Combinations of Various CNNs and Signal Processing Technologies	6
Instance Segmentation XXL-CT Challenge of a Historic Airplane	6
Identification of Structural Damage Severity Using an Inverse Wave Analysis	6
Air-Coupled Broadband Impact-Echo Actuation Using Supersonic Jet Flow	6
Detection of Delaminations in Concrete Plates Using a Laser Ablation Impact Echo Technique	6
Acoustic Emission Waveform Analysis for Instability and Failure Evaluation of Snow	5
Defects Imaging in Corner Part with Surface Adaptive Ultrasonic and Focusing in Receiving (FiR) Strategy	5
A Lightweight RT-DETR Model for Metal Surface Defect Detection Using Multi-Scale Network and Additive Attention Mechanism	5
A Novel Quantitative Detection Model Based on Scanning Mode of Planar Double-Electrode Sensor	5
Interpretable Dimensionality Reduction in 3D Image Recognition with Small Sample Sizes	5
Feature-Sensitive Ring Artifact Correction for Computed Tomography	5
Detecting Defects in Composites Using Combined Heating/Cooling: Theory and Experiments	5
Characterization of Ultrasonic Transducer Response Using Laser Doppler Interferometer in kHz-Range for Civil Engineering Applications	5
LSOD-YOLO: Lightweight Small Object Detection Algorithm for Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection	5
Continuous High-Temperature Thermoelectric Power Monitoring of Thermal Embrittlement	5
Intelligent Extraction of Surface Cracks on LNG Outer Tanks Based on Close-Range Image Point Clouds and Infrared Imagery	5
NDE Data Correlation Using Encoder–Decoder Networks with Wavelet Scalogram Images	5
Automated Detection of Delamination Defects in Composite Laminates from Ultrasonic Images Based on Object Detection Networks	5
Thermographic Estimation of the Area and Depth of Buried Heat Sources for Nondestructive Characterization of Horizontal Defects	5
Multi-frequency Fused Lock-in Thermography in Detecting Defects at Different Depths	5
Particle Filter-Based Fault Prognosis of Live XLPE Insulated Aerial Bundled Cables Installed at Coastal Regions Using Historical Infrared Thermography Data	5
Nondestructive Evaluation of Postfire Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Frames: Field Tests	5
Inductive Thermography and Data Fusion for Enhanced Detection of Tunneling Defects in Friction Stir Welding	5
Automated Defect Recognition of Castings Defects Using Neural Networks	5
The Analysis of High Sensitivity Time–Frequency Spectral Parameters in Magnetic Barkhausen Noise for the Characterization of Mechanical Properties	5
Sensitivity of Barkhausen Noise in Monitoring the Surface Integrity of SAE 4340 Hardened Steel After Turning Process	5
Application of Dual-target Computed Tomography for Material Decomposition of Low-Z Materials	5
Image Analysis of the Automatic Welding Defects Detection Based on Deep Learning	5
Micromagnetic and Quantitative Prediction of Surface Hardness in Carbon Steels Based on a Joint Classification-Regression Method	5
Use of Impedance Spectroscopy for the Characterization of the Microstructure of Alkali Activated SiMn Slag: Influence of Activator and Time Evolution	5