OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Impact Engineering is 33. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Dust and atmospheric influence on plasma properties observed in light gas gun hypervelocity impact experiments	96
Impact dynamics of a free-falling reference test mass in space	79
The composite damage effects of explosion after penetration in plain concrete targets	65
Experimental evaluation on the mitigation performance of double-layered Kirigami corrugated cladding against impact load	64
Ground deformation and blast wave propagation in dry sand subjected to buried explosion: A centrifuge modelling study	63
Elastic-plastic response for the foam-filled sandwich circular tube under internal blast loading	63
Enhanced cross laminated timber (ECLT) for ballistic resistant design	55
Material similarity law of blunt projectiles penetrating scaled steel target plates	51
Simulation of PVB-glass adhesion and its influence on the blast protection properties of laminated safety glass	49
Cohesive zone failure modeling of polymeric adhesives used in ceramic/metal armor	49
Editorial Board	49
Blast-resistant design approach for RC bridge piers	46
Preliminary study of radio frequency waves in hypervelocity impact plasma	45
Post repair high velocity impact behaviour of carbon-glass hybrid composite: Experimental and numerical study	45
A novel numerical method for stochastic study of fiber-reinforced composites with nanoparticles under impact loading	45
Transient dynamic response of brick masonry walls under low velocity repeated impact load	44
A dynamic phase field model for predicting rock fracture diversity under impact loading	43
A data-driven procedure for the analysis of high strain rate tensile tests via visible and infrared image processing	42
Research on rockfall impact process based on viscoelastic contact theory	42
Similarity error of scaled model under impact	42
Computational modeling and dynamic response of reinforced concrete shear wall under out-of-plane impact loading	42
Constitutive modelling of AISI 9310 alloy steel and numerical calculation of residual stress after shot peening	39
Experimental investigation of polyisocyanate-oxazodone coated square reinforced concrete slab under contact explosions	39
SHPB experiments and FDM-DEM coupled simulations on calcareous sand under uniaxial to triaxial deformation	38
On the improvement of the ballistic performance of a silicon carbide tile through pre-stress: Experiments and simulations	38

Editorial Board	38
Testing and modelling of aluminium cans for prismatic lithium-ion cells under crash loading	37
Enhancing impact resilience of thermal battery through honeycomb-structured aluminum buffering devices: Insights from large-scale gas-gun tests and simulations	37
Dynamic response characteristics and damage calculation method of fractured rock mass under blasting disturbance	37
Dynamic fracture mechanism and behaviour of V-notch white marble specimens with strain gauge and digital image correlation in three-point bending tests	36
Shear localization as a damage mechanism in pore collapse under shock compression	36
Further study on the dynamic loading transmission in cellular solids based on one-dimensional mass-spring model	35
Impact response of gradient CNT-reinforced epoxy encapsulating materials with a printed circuit board	35
Experimental and numerical investigation on glass panel subjected to pendulum impact	33
Dynamic cumulative damage characteristics of deep-buried granite from Shuangjiangkou hydropower station under true triaxial constraint	33