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Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Fracture is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fracture toughness characterization of 3D-printed advanced structured specimens by digital image correlation	70
Influence of self-weight on size effect of quasi-brittle materials: generalized analytical formulation and application to the failure of irregular masonry arches	37
A novel model for corrosion-induced cracking and spalling in reinforced concrete structures	34
Enhanced resistance of mode II fracture by nonlocal interactions in 2D locally resonant elastic wave metamaterials	27
Investigation on the dynamic fracture behavior of A508-III steel based on Johnson–Cook model	20
Modelling of ductile fracture considering the effect of stress triaxiality and the energy partition theory in thin high-strength steel sheets	20
Transient heat conduction in the cracked medium by Guyer–Krumhansl model	18
Energy release rate of a mode-I crack in pure shear specimens subjected to large deformation	18
Isogeometric multilayer thin-shell analysis of failure in composite structures with hygrothermal effects	17
Adaptive method for phase-field fracture using a volume weighted Quickselect algorithm	17
Improved cohesive zone model: integrating strain rate, plastic strain, variable damping, and enhanced constitutive law for fracture propagation	16
Incremental closure method to estimate changes in contact stress distributions for partially closed fatigue cracks in mode I loading	16
The effect of residual stress on the fracture toughness of Ti–6Al–4V produced by laser-based powder bed fusion	16
Crack growth behavior of U71MnG rail steel under overload conditions described using a dislocation correction model	16
Revisiting facet nucleation under mixed mode I + III loading with T-stress and mode-dependent fracture properties	15
Study on the whole dynamical fracture process of sandstone samples	15
Less is more: removing a single bond increases the toughness of elastic networks	15
Gradient damage model for ductile fracture introducing degradation of damage hardening modulus: implementation and experimental investigations	14
Dominique Leguillon obituary—A passionate scientist, a humble and kind person, a friend	14
A non-iterative parameter identification procedure for the non-local Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman model based on standardized experiments	14
Damage-mechanics insights into the relationship between upper-shelf Charpy testing and J-integral testing considering varying tensile test properties	14
Crystal plasticity-based intergranular facture simulation of AA 5083 aluminum alloy for tri-junction grain boundary	14
Influence of partial separation between rock specimen and loading device on determination of Mode II fracture toughness by shear-box test	13
Identifying simple shear in plane stress states	13
Crack roughness of high-speed fracture in brittle single crystalline material	12

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
Efficient SPH-PD FSI model for blast-induced crack initiation and propagation in rocks	12
A novel phase-field damage model coupled with Timoshenko beam kinematics to simulate localized fracture in brittle architected lattice material	12
The study on the high cycle fatigue performance and life prediction of Ti–6Al–4V alloy fabricated by laser engineered net shaping	11
Material informatics and impact of multicollinearity on regression model for fatigue strength of steel	11
A dynamic coupling model of peridynamics and finite elements for progressive damage analysis	11
An analytical evaluation of T-stress influence in the process zone modelling for the interface crack kinking	10
An energy-based analytical model for adhesively bonded stepped and simple-lap joined CFRP laminates	10
Assessing complex protein-solvent interactions using environment-controlled crack-growth experiments	10
Evolution and control technology of energy aggregation and dissipation of a high hard roof during breakage and destabilization	10
The essential work of fracture in peridynamics	9
Editorial: Fracture of soft materials	9
Impact of Poisson’s ratio and interfacial fracture toughness on glass matrix particulate composite fracture	9
Interpreting test temperature and loading rate effects on the fracture toughness of polymer-metal interfaces via time–temperature superposition	9
Wave interactions and fracture evolution in a thin glass plate under impact: a combined experimental and peridynamic analysis	9
Strain based finite fracture mechanics for fatigue life prediction of additively manufactured samples	9
Analysis of mode II fracture speeds in dry snow slab avalanche weak layers	8
Numerical prediction of fatigue crack growth based on cumulative plastic strain versus experimental results for AA6082-T6	8
A long crack in a long clamped strip	8
The adaptive coupling of dual-horizon peridynamic element and finite element for the progressive failure of materials	8
A cohesive phase-field method for seamlessly modelling intergranular and transgranular fracture in polycrystalline materials	8
Three-dimensional constraint-based void-growth model for high temperature hydrogen attack	8
Characteristics of crack growth in brittle solids with the effects of material heterogeneity and multi-crack interaction	8
Differential compliance from time domain vibration waveform fit and its application to fatigue crack growth rate testing	7
Discrete crack mechanics of disk compression for measurement of low fracture toughness	7
The tearing energy threshold of crack growth in rubber exposed to ozone: an experimental–numerical approach	7
Crack propagation in the presence of multiple holes: phase field modelling supported by photoelasticity	7
A novel model for corrosion-induced cracking and spalling in reinforced concrete structures	7
Enhanced fracture toughness of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V ELI	7
A position-based FEM approach for modeling mixed-mode cracks in concrete	7
A coupled axisymmetric peridynamics with correspondence material model for thermoplastic and ductile fracture problems	7
Fatigue life prediction of 4130 alloy based on Kriging method	7
A semi-empirical model for fracture energy evaluation of a Ni2MnGa magnetic shape memory alloy	6
Tearing a neo-Hookean sheet. Part II: asymptotic analysis for crack tip fields	6
The role of β-phase on crack nucleation and propagation in dual phase zirconium polycrystals: a crystal plasticity finite element modeling	6
Investigation of microdamage and failure of metastable austenitic steel AISI 321 by changes in elastic moduli and content of strain-induced martensite	6
A 3D numerical study of mixed-mode (I and II) stationary notch tip fields in shape memory alloys	6
Direct tension test on large concrete specimens - Part I: Tensile strength, fracture properties and size effect	6
Cleavage fracture of high strength tempered martensite and mixed tempered martensite + upper bainite medium carbon steel	6
A variational formulation of Griffith phase-field fracture with material strength	6
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	6
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics	6
A smeared crack modeling framework accommodating multi-directional fracture at finite strains	6
Fatigue life prediction method based on polynomial chaotic expansion and Weibull distribution	6
Publisher Correction: Articles incorrectly assigned to Volume 250, Issue 1	6
3D characterization of kinematic fields and poroelastic swelling near the tip of a propagating crack in a hydrogel	6
Contact problem of two punches in an elastic coating attached to a porous material	6
Finite element modeling of the distribution of hydrogen atoms at a dent on pipelines for hydrogen transport under cyclic loading	6
X-ray microtomography investigation of damage fields ahead of cracks in CT and SENT C-Mn steel samples	6

Hydrogen embrittlement characteristics of the hot- and cold-stamped 22MnB5 steel