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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Localisation of Ultrasonic NDT Data Using Hybrid Tracking of Component and Probe	44
Cut-Off Thickness Identification of Defects with Single and Two-Step Geometries Using SH1 Mode Conversion	43
Use of Passive Thermography to Detect Detachment and Humidity in Façades Clad with Ceramic Materials of Differing Porosities	36
Evaluation of RGB-D Image for Counting Exposed Aggregate Number on Pavement Surface Based on Computer Vision Technique	32
Photothermal NDE of UD/Epoxy-Based Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates for Quantitative Porosity Analysis	31
Visually Encoded Contact Inspection System for EMATs	29
Impact-Delamination Detection in Repaired-Composite Laminates Using Numerical and Ultrasonic Method	26
Unsupervised Enhancement of Ultrasonic Sequential Images Based on High-Frequency Feature Extraction and Bi-ConvLSTM	22
Simulation-Trained Neural Networks for Automatable Crack Detection in Magnetic Field Images	20
MLP ANN Equipped Approach to Measuring Scale Layer in Oil-Gas-Water Homogeneous Fluid by Capacitive and Photon Attenuation Sensors	18
Prediction of Residual Strains Due to In-Plane Fibre Waviness in Defective Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymers Using Ultrasound Data	18
Classification of Time–Frequency Maps of Guided Waves Using Foreground Extraction	17
Methodology for Mapping the Residual Stress Field in Serviced Rails Using LCR Waves	17
A Comparison Among Some Non-linear Prediction Tools on Indirect Determination of Uniaxial Compressive Strength and Modulus of Elasticity of Basalt	17
Practical Part-Specific Trajectory Optimization for Robot-Guided Inspection via Computed Tomography	17
Quality Assessment of Artocarpus heterophyllus Log Using Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques	16
Inline Pipeline Inspection Using Hybrid Deep Learning Aided Endoscopic Laser Profiling	16
3D Remote Assistance for NDT Inspections	16
Modeling and Analysis of Ellipticity Dispersion Characteristics of Lamb Waves in Pre-stressed Plates	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
Non-Destructive Evaluation and Damage Determination of Fiber-Reinforced Composites by Digital Image Correlation	14
Infrared Thermal Imaging-Based Turbine Blade Crack Classification Using Deep Learning	14
Bayesian-Network-Based Evaluation for Corrosion State of Reinforcements Embedded in Concrete by Multiple Electrochemical Indicators	14
A Vision-Based Displacement Measurement Method of Wind Turbine Blades in Biaxial Fatigue Testing	14

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	13
Nondestructive Evaluation of Banana Maturity Using NIR AS7263 Sensor	13
Flaw Detection and Localization in Curing Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites Using Infrared Thermography and Kalman Filtering: A Simulation Study	12
Highlighting Concealed Features in Welding X-ray Radiography	12
Reconstruction of the Ferromagnetic Hysteresis in the Rayleigh Regime by Means of Impedance Analysis of the Excitation Coil	12
Nonlinear Ultrasonic Inspection of the Effect of Contaminants on Material Properties of Epoxy-Adhesive	12
Missing Rail Fastener Detection Based on Laser Doppler Vibrometer Measurements	11
Propagation of Low Frequency Ultrasonic Guided Waves Through Welded Lap Joint	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	11
Rupture Disc Monitoring Using Electro-mechanical Impedance (EMI): A Feasibility Study	11
Analysis of the Microstructure and Hardness of Flake Graphite Cast Iron Using the Barkhausen Noise Method and Conventional Techniques	11
Evaluation of Welding Imperfections with X-ray Computed Laminography for NDT Inspection of Carbon Steel Plates	11
Implementation of the Magnetic Barkhausen Noise Technique for Microstructural Characterization of Rail Steel	11
Micro Drill Resistance Instrument Measurements at Different Feed Speeds: Novel Conversion Algorithm for Enhanced Accuracy	11
Smart Estimation of Sandstones Mechanical Properties Based on Thin Section Image Processing Techniques	10
Acoustic Emission Signal Feature Extraction for Bearing Faults Using ACF and GMOMEDA	10
Design of Concrete Mock-Ups with Complex Defect Scenarios Using Numerical Simulations	10
Bedrock Identification and Bedrock Depth Prediction in Asphalt Pavements Using Pavement System Transfer Function	10
Titanium Alloy Weld Time-of-Flight Diffraction Image Denoising Based on a Wavelet Feature Fusion Deep-Learning Model	10
Segmentation of Inner Surface Defects of Stainless Steel Pipes Based on Semi-bilateral Efficient Self-Attention Network	9
Investigation of the Influence of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Laminate Composites During Progressive Tensile Damage Using Acoustic Emission	9
Non-Contact Inspection Methods for Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance: Techno–Economic Review of Techniques for Integration with Industry 4.0	9
Improved Thermal Signature of Composite Beams with GNP Smart Skin for Defect Investigation	9
A Multi-Sensor Detection Method Based on WGAN-GP and Attention-Bi-GRU for Well Control Pipeline Defects	9
Adaptive and High-Precision Isosurface Meshes from CT Data	9
Impact of Wind Speed on the Use of Active Infrared Thermography	8
Intelligent Defect Detection Method for Additive Manufactured Lattice Structures Based on a Modified YOLOv3 Model	8
Resonant Ultrasonic Testing can Quantitatively Assess the Microscopic Porosity of Complex-Shaped Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Components	8
Ultrasonic Phased Array Imaging for Defects in Angle Blind Spots Based on the Solid Directivity Function	8
A Novel Method for Enhancing the Image Quality of Neutron Projection Image	8
Depth Accurate Prediction and Kerf Quality Improvement of CFRP Through-Hole Laser Cutting via Acoustic Emission Nondestructive Monitoring Technology	8
Magnetostrictive Guided Wave Transducer with Semicircular Structure for Defect Detection of Semi-Exposed Pipe	8
Theoretical Analysis on the Distribution of Eddy Current in Motion-Induced Eddy Current Testing and High-Speed MFL Testing	8
Eigen Background Subtraction for Industrial Flaw Detection: Application to High-Pressure Turbine Blade CT Scans	7
Assessing the Influence of Welded Joint on Health Monitoring of Rail Sections: An Experimental Study Employing SVM and ANN Models	7
Adaptive Ultrasonic Imaging Total Focusing Method Based on Covariance Correlation Weighting Factor	7
Structural Health Assessment of Timber Utility Poles Using Stress Wave Propagation and Artificial Neural Network Techniques	7
Detection of Delaminations in Concrete Plates Using a Laser Ablation Impact Echo Technique	7
Nondestructive Characterization of Multiscale Defects in an Aluminum Alloy After Cold Spray Repair	7
Innovative IoT-Integrated Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring of Chloride Penetration in Concrete Structures	7
Analysis of a Prototype Multi-Detector Fast-Neutron Radiography Panel	7
Eddy Current Testing in the Quantitive Assessment of Degradation State in MAR247 Nickel Superalloy with Aluminide Coatings	7
High Energy X-Ray Source Characterization at 0.450, 3, 6, 9, and 15 MVp	7
Debond Identification in GFRP Strengthened RC Beam Using Surface Guided Wave Mode Generated by Angle Beam Transducer	7
Determination of Thermal Parameters of Concrete by Active Thermographic Measurements	7
Non-Destructive Measurement of Chloride Profiles in Cementitious Materials Using NMR	7
Progress and Trends in Non-destructive Testing for Thermal Barrier Coatings Based on Infrared Thermography: A Review	7
Conductivity Measurement of Non-magnetic Material Using the Phase Feature of Eddy Current Testing	7
Thermographic Estimation of the Area and Depth of Buried Heat Sources for Nondestructive Characterization of Horizontal Defects	6

Application of Dual-target Computed Tomography for Material Decomposition of Low-Z Materials	6
A Novel Quantitative Detection Model Based on Scanning Mode of Planar Double-Electrode Sensor	6
Reduced Training Data for Laser Ultrasound Signal Interpretation by Neural Networks	6
Multilevel Kernel Degeneration–Adaptive Cross Approximation Method to Model Eddy Current NDE Problems	6
Particle Filter-Based Fault Prognosis of Live XLPE Insulated Aerial Bundled Cables Installed at Coastal Regions Using Historical Infrared Thermography Data	6
Identification of Structural Damage Severity Using an Inverse Wave Analysis	6
Research on Ultrasonic NDT of Wire to Terminal Joints: Comparison of Combinations of Various CNNs and Signal Processing Technologies	6
Acoustic Emission Waveform Analysis for Instability and Failure Evaluation of Snow	6
Air-Coupled Broadband Impact-Echo Actuation Using Supersonic Jet Flow	6
Use of Impedance Spectroscopy for the Characterization of the Microstructure of Alkali Activated SiMn Slag: Influence of Activator and Time Evolution	6
Nondestructive Evaluation of the Isolated Pore Spatial Distribution State in a Special-Shaped C/SiC Composite Component	6
Instance Segmentation XXL-CT Challenge of a Historic Airplane	6
Delamination Defect Evaluation in CFRP Composite Patches by the Use of Active Thermography	6
A Review of the Applicability of Non-destructive Testing for the Determination of the Fire Performance of Reused Structural Timber	6
Ultrasonic Lamb Wave Damage Detection of CFRP Composites Using the Bayesian Neural Network	6
Automated Detection of Delamination Defects in Composite Laminates from Ultrasonic Images Based on Object Detection Networks	6
The Analysis of High Sensitivity Time–Frequency Spectral Parameters in Magnetic Barkhausen Noise for the Characterization of Mechanical Properties	6
Detecting Defects in Composites Using Combined Heating/Cooling: Theory and Experiments	6
Micromagnetic and Quantitative Prediction of Surface Hardness in Carbon Steels Based on a Joint Classification-Regression Method	6
The Detection of Impact Damage to the Edges of CFRP Plates Using Extensional Ultrasonic Edge Waves	6
Ultrasonic Testing of Corrosion in Aircraft Rivet Using Spiking Neural Network	6
Reduction of Layered Dead Zone in Time-of-Flight Diffraction (TOFD) for Pipeline with Spectrum Analysis Method	6
Characterization of Ultrasonic Transducer Response Using Laser Doppler Interferometer in kHz-Range for Civil Engineering Applications	6
Image Analysis of the Automatic Welding Defects Detection Based on Deep Learning	6
Quantifying the Effects of Carbides and Pores on Fatigue Damages of Ni-Based Single Crystal Superalloys at Elevated Temperature Using X-Ray CT Scans	5
Investigation of Stress Concentration and Microdefect Identification in Ferromagnetic Materials within a Geomagnetic Field	5
Approach for Automatic Defect Detection in Aluminum Casting X-Ray Images Using Deep Learning and Gain-Adaptive Multi-Scale Retinex	5
Depth Evaluation of Curvilinear Cracks in Metal Using Multi-speed Laser Lock-in Thermography Method	5
Continuous High-Temperature Thermoelectric Power Monitoring of Thermal Embrittlement	5
Application of Pulsed Thermography and Post-processing Techniques for CFRP Industrial Components	5
Automated Defect Recognition of Castings Defects Using Neural Networks	5
Intelligent Extraction of Surface Cracks on LNG Outer Tanks Based on Close-Range Image Point Clouds and Infrared Imagery	5
Advanced Faster-RCNN Model for Automated Recognition and Detection of Weld Defects on Limited X-Ray Image Dataset	5
Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Structural Health Monitoring of Carbon Composites with Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings	5
Evaluation of Mode II Delamination Area by Non-destructive Techniques: Accuracy and Influence on Fracture Toughness Calculation	5
NDE Data Correlation Using Encoder–Decoder Networks with Wavelet Scalogram Images	5
Multi-frequency Fused Lock-in Thermography in Detecting Defects at Different Depths	5
Defects Imaging in Corner Part with Surface Adaptive Ultrasonic and Focusing in Receiving (FiR) Strategy	5
Interpretable Dimensionality Reduction in 3D Image Recognition with Small Sample Sizes	5
Evaluating the Probability of Detection Capability of Permanently Installed Sensors Using a Structural Integrity Informed Approach	5
Influence of Defects on Stress Detection by Magnetic Barkhausen Noise	5
Analysis of Reliability and Effectiveness of Repeated Inspections Based on Correlated Probability of Detection	5
Nondestructive Evaluation of Postfire Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Frames: Field Tests	5
Feature-Sensitive Ring Artifact Correction for Computed Tomography	5
Cyber-Physical Loops as Drivers of Value Creation in NDE 4.0	5