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Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Fracture 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fracture toughness characterization of 3D-printed advanced structured specimens by digital image correlation	36
Enhanced resistance of mode II fracture by nonlocal interactions in 2D locally resonant elastic wave metamaterials	32
Transient heat conduction in the cracked medium by Guyer–Krumhansl model	30
Influence of self-weight on size effect of quasi-brittle materials: generalized analytical formulation and application to the failure of irregular masonry arches	28
Modelling of ductile fracture considering the effect of stress triaxiality and the energy partition theory in thin high-strength steel sheets	27
Simulation of dynamic brittle and quasi-brittle fracture: a revisited local damage approach	27
Investigation on the dynamic fracture behavior of A508-III steel based on Johnson–Cook model	25
Study on the whole dynamical fracture process of sandstone samples	23
Isogeometric multilayer thin-shell analysis of failure in composite structures with hygrothermal effects	23
Crack growth behavior of U71MnG rail steel under overload conditions described using a dislocation correction model	22
Improved cohesive zone model: integrating strain rate, plastic strain, variable damping, and enhanced constitutive law for fracture propagation	15
Energy release rate of a mode-I crack in pure shear specimens subjected to large deformation	15
Interaction of crack and hole: effects on crack trajectory, crack driving force and fracture toughness	15
Incremental closure method to estimate changes in contact stress distributions for partially closed fatigue cracks in mode I loading	15
Adaptive method for phase-field fracture using a volume weighted Quickselect algorithm	15
Revisiting facet nucleation under mixed mode I + III loading with T-stress and mode-dependent fracture properties	14
A phase-field approach to pneumatic fracture with anisotropic crack resistance	14
Gradient damage model for ductile fracture introducing degradation of damage hardening modulus: implementation and experimental investigations	13
Theoretical and experimental studies of spring-buffer chip peeling technology for electronics packaging	13
Correction to: Fatigue fracture characterization by cyclic material forces in viscoelastic solids at small strain	13
Experimental determination of 3D crack propagation scenario in resistance spot welds of a martensitic stainless steel	13
A non-iterative parameter identification procedure for the non-local Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman model based on standardized experiments	13
Enhanced solid element model with embedded strong discontinuity for representation of mesoscale quasi-brittle failure	12
Theoretical analysis of self-similar crack propagation along viscoelastic and elasto–viscoplastic interface in a double cantilever beam test	12
Identifying simple shear in plane stress states	12

An auxiliary crack approach for efficient approximative crack tip loading analyses	12
The revisited phase-field approach to brittle fracture: application to indentation and notch problems	11
Crack roughness of high-speed fracture in brittle single crystalline material	11
Evolution and control technology of energy aggregation and dissipation of a high hard roof during breakage and destabilization	10
Material informatics and impact of multicollinearity on regression model for fatigue strength of steel	10
Interpreting test temperature and loading rate effects on the fracture toughness of polymer-metal interfaces via time–temperature superposition	10
Assessing complex protein-solvent interactions using environment-controlled crack-growth experiments	10
The study on the high cycle fatigue performance and life prediction of Ti–6Al–4V alloy fabricated by laser engineered net shaping	10
Wave interactions and fracture evolution in a thin glass plate under impact: a combined experimental and peridynamic analysis	10
A dynamic coupling model of peridynamics and finite elements for progressive damage analysis	10
Applications of a micro-structured brittle damage model to laboratory tests on rocks	10
Editorial: Fracture of soft materials	9
The essential work of fracture in peridynamics	9
Experimental fracture mechanics analysis of tearing in oriented polyethylene films using digital image correlation and full-field solid mechanics post-processing	9
Strain based finite fracture mechanics for fatigue life prediction of additively manufactured samples	8
A theory of viscoelastic crack growth: revisited	8
The adaptive coupling of dual-horizon peridynamic element and finite element for the progressive failure of materials	8
Numerical prediction of fatigue crack growth based on cumulative plastic strain versus experimental results for AA6082-T6	8
Effects of diffusion and primary creep on intergranular cavitation at high temperatures	8
Characteristics of crack growth in brittle solids with the effects of material heterogeneity and multi-crack interaction	8
An energy-based analytical model for adhesively bonded stepped and simple-lap joined CFRP laminates	8
Electrical and mechanical behaviour of metal thin films with deformation-induced cracks predicted by computational homogenisation	8
Discrete crack mechanics of disk compression for measurement of low fracture toughness	7
A coupled axisymmetric peridynamics with correspondence material model for thermoplastic and ductile fracture problems	7
Evaluating the validity of the cohesive zone model in mixed mode I + III fracture of Al-alloy 2024-T3 adhesive joints using DBM-DCB tests	7
Contact problem of two punches in an elastic coating attached to a porous material	7
Three-dimensional constraint-based void-growth model for high temperature hydrogen attack	7
Tearing a neo-Hookean sheet. Part II: asymptotic analysis for crack tip fields	7
Enhanced fracture toughness of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V ELI	7
The tearing energy threshold of crack growth in rubber exposed to ozone: an experimental–numerical approach	7
A semi-empirical model for fracture energy evaluation of a Ni2MnGa magnetic shape memory alloy	7
A variational formulation of Griffith phase-field fracture with material strength	7
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics	6
Publisher Correction: Articles incorrectly assigned to Volume 250, Issue 1	6
Miniature impact test technique to evaluate the orientation dependence of impact toughness of hydrided Zr–2.5%Nb alloy	6
Fatigue life prediction method based on polynomial chaotic expansion and Weibull distribution	6
The effects of the microstructural characteristics of Fe–0.33C–1.2Mn–xNb–xMo steels on hydrogen embrittlement fracture	6
The role of β-phase on crack nucleation and propagation in dual phase zirconium polycrystals: a crystal plasticity finite element modeling	6
X-ray microtomography investigation of damage fields ahead of cracks in CT and SENT C-Mn steel samples	6
Finite element modeling of the distribution of hydrogen atoms at a dent on pipelines for hydrogen transport under cyclic loading	6
3D characterization of kinematic fields and poroelastic swelling near the tip of a propagating crack in a hydrogel	6
A smeared crack modeling framework accommodating multi-directional fracture at finite strains	6
A 3D numerical study of mixed-mode (I and II) stationary notch tip fields in shape memory alloys	6
Changes in bone’s micromechanical properties caused by fatigue fracture	6
A node-splitting lattice spring model coupled with a J-integral formulation as a fracture criterion	5
Energetically motivated crack orientation vector for phase-field fracture with a directional split	5
Damage evolution in unfilled EPDM during various types of repeated hydrogen high-pressure cycles	5
Hydrogen embrittlement characteristics of the hot- and cold-stamped 22MnB5 steel	5
Introduction to the special issue on structural integrity	5
Multi-phase-field approach to fracture demonstrating the role of solid-solid interface energy on crack propagation	5

Crack tip shielding and size effect related to parallel edge cracks under uniaxial tensile loading	5
The systematic nature of regularization error in phase field modeling: implications for crack nucleation and propagation	5
Length scales in the tear resistance of soft tissues and elastomers: a comparative study based on computational models	5
Experimental investigation of the alternate recurrence of quasi-static and dynamic crack propagation in PMMA	5
Influence of post-heat treatment with super β transus temperature on the fatigue behaviour of LPBF processed Ti6Al4V	5
Calculating energy release rates of MD non-symmetric laminate MMELS and C-ELS specimens	5
A two-dimensional non-ordinary state-based peridynamic model based on three-body potential for elastic brittle fracture analysis	5
Fatigue fracture characterization by cyclic material forces in viscoelastic solids at small strain	5
The strain gradient viscoelasticity full field solution of mode-III crack problem	5