OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Tribology Transactions 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
Study on Work Roll Vertical Vibration Under Periodic Spalling of the Oxide Film	45
Comparative Analysis of Tribological Behavior in Aluminum Matrix Composites Incorporating Fe ₇₅ Si ₁₅ Zr ₅	33
Investigation on the Dynamic Pressure Effect of Clearance Oil Film at a Stepped Hydrostatic Thrust Bearing Working in Heavy Loading Duty	29
Tribological Properties of Recycled Polyvinyl Butyral (rPVB) and Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide Blends in Dry and Microabrasive Contacts	27
Hitherto Unexplored Three-Membered Heterocyclic Rings Favorably Alter Tribological Properties of Fatty Acid Linear Esters	25
Lubrication Performance Distribution of Large Aspect Ratio Water-Lubricated Bearings Considering Deformation and Shaft Bending	24
Effect of Erucamide as Polyurea Grease Additive on Tribological Properties of GCr15 Steel	24
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Porous Tilting Pad Gas Bearings with Hermetic Squeeze Film Dampers Based on Multilayer Diaphragm Structure	24
Tribological Behaviors of OA-ZIF-8/GO as Additives of the Lubricating Oil	19
In Situ Visualization and Analysis of Oil Starvation in Ball Bearing Cages	19
Research on Rotating Machinery Fault Diagnosis Based on Multi-Strategy Feature Extraction	18
Experimental Study of the Effect of Thickener on the Film Thickness in the Contacts of a Grease-Lubricated Ball Bearing at Low Speed	16
Experimental Study of Surface Asperity Deformation in the Running-In of Rolling Contacts	16
Influence of Pits on the Tribological Properties and Friction-Induced Vibration Noise of Textured Tapered Roller Bearings	16
Grease Performance in Ball and Roller Bearings for All-Steel and Hybrid Bearings	15
Effect of Molybdenum Bisulfide (MoS ₂ ) Particle Size on Tribological and Vibration Reduction Properties of Thermoplastic Polyurethane	15
Assessing the Influence of Micro Lubricant Additives on Worm Gearbox Power Consumption: A Tribological Investigation Utilizing Hazelnut Oil-Based Lubricants	13
Microstructure, Mechanical, and Wear Properties of Al-Alloyed Austempered Ductile Irons	13
The Effect of Heat Treatment on the Performance of Antiwear Steel Coatings Deposited on AISI 1015 Steel Substrates	13
Bearing Models for Advanced Ball Bearing Simulation	13
Tribological Properties and Mechanism of Rice Husk Carbon Reinforced Non-Asbestos Organic Braking Composite Material	13
Tribological Properties of Laminate Composite Brake Material for High-Speed Trains	12
Tribological and Anticorrosion Properties of N-Heterocyclic-Organophosphonic Acid Ionic Liquids as Water-Based Lubricant Additives	12
Wer Debris Recognition and Quantification in Ferrography Images by Instance Segmentation	12
Fretting Damage Evolution of Copper-Magnesium Alloy in Mixed Fretting Regime	11

Comparative Wear Test of Journal Sliding Bearings with Sintered Bronze and Babbitt Alloy Bushes Lubricated by Environmentally Acceptable/Adapted Lubricants (EAL)	11
Cavitation Erosion Investigations of Hard Carbide and Nitride Based Novel Coatings Manufactured by Plasma Spraying	11
Enhancing Cavitation Erosion Resistance of 316L Stainless Steel through Simultaneous Microstructure Modification during Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF)	10
Effect of Iron Powder Type on Friction and Wear Properties of Copper-Based Friction Powder Metallurgy Material	10
Measuring Film Thickness in Starved Grease-Lubricated Ball Bearings: An Improved Electrical Capacitance Method	10
Evaluation of Hydrogen Permeation in Fretting Corrosion Interfaces with Ti-6Al-4V Alloy and Varying Lubricants Using a Modified Devanathan-Stachurski Cell	10
Film Thickness in Grease-Lubricated Deep Groove Ball Bearings—A Master Curve	10
Comparative Study on the Wear Characteristic and Control Method of Rail Corrugation in Typical Fastener Sections	10
Reciprocating Wear Behavior of Noncoated and Polymer/Composite Coated AISI 316L Steel: Role of Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment	9
Optimization Numerically for Five-Pad Tilting-Pad Journal Bearings Design Based on Particle Swarm	9
Enhancement in the Friction and Wear Resistance of Low Carbon Chromium Steel and Load Carrying Capability of MIL-PRF-23699 Grade Lubricant Using h-BN Nanoadditives for Aerospace Applications	9
Impact Wear of Flash- and Aluminothermic-Welded Hypereutectoid Steel Rail Joints	9
Torsion Wear Behavior of PEEK-on-UHMWPE as an All-Polymer Joint Combination in Total Knee Replacement	9
The Grease Worker and Its Applicability to Study Mechanical Aging of Lubricating Greases for Rolling Bearings	9
Two-Body and Three-Body Abrasive Wear Behaviors of Fe-2wt%B Alloy Modified With Various K ₂ SO ₄ Additions	9
Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Wear Rates on the Basis of Friction Noise	8
Rheological and Tribological Properties of Zirconium Phosphate (ZrP) Intercalation Compounds as Lubricating Grease Thickener	8
Citric Acid-Based Esters as Potential Synthetic Lubricants: A Study of Their Synthesis, Rheological Properties and Thermal Stability	8
Investigation of Tribological Properties of Different Slipper/Swashplate Pair Materials under Start–Stop Operating Conditions	8
Braking Performance of Copper-Based Friction Materials Reinforced by AlCoCrFeNi High-Entropy Alloy	8
An Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Steel A105 Friction Coefficient Using Different Lubricants at High Temperature	8
Rolling Element Bearing Damage in the Presence of Applied Electric Current	8
Optimisation of Electric Vehicle Drivetrain Fluid With a New System-Level Approach	8
Influence of Rotational Speed on Subsurface Microstructure and Wear Property of D2/U71Mn Wheel-Rail Steel	8
The Computational Approach to Predicting Wear: Comparison of Wear Performance of CFR-PEEK and XLPE Liners in Total Hip Replacement	8
Numerical Simulation Method of Grease Flow in a Grease Groove with Experimental Validation	8
Influence of operating parameters on the temperature rise of the wheel tread of a freight wagon when braking on a long downhill ramp	8
Study of the Tribological Properties of Nano-TiO ₂ Additive Water-Based Lubricants in Microrolling of Ultrathin Stainless Steel Strips	7
Oil-Loaded Mesoporous Silica to Enhance the Lubrication of Polypropylene Resin Composite Materials	7
Simplified Wear Model for Power Cylinder under Engine Operating Conditions	7
The Influence of the Chemical Composition on the Microstructural Changes and on the Resistance to Abrasion of Low-Alloy Casting Steels	7
Load-Independent Power Losses of Fully Flooded Lubricated Tapered Roller Bearings: Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Operating Temperature and Housing Wall Distances	7
Significant Tribological Enhancement and Mechanical Property Maintenance in Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) Matrix Composites With Minimal Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Incorporation	7
Mechanical Properties of Coupled Bending and Contact to Hollow Cylindrical Roller Contacts	7
Numerical Simulation on Lubrication and Experiment Study on Tribology Improvement of Slipper Pair at Low Speeds	7
An Investigation on Phase Transitions in a Supercritical CO₂ Dry Gas Seal	7
Abrasive Wear Behaviors of 4145H Drilling Tool Steel in Water-Based Slurries of Different Sands	7
Fabrication and Tribological Properties of Nickel-Based Cellular Structure Self-Lubricating Composites by Selective Laser Melting and Metal Infiltration	6
Effect of Damping Components With Slotted Structures on the Instability Induced by Sliding Friction	6
Frictional Vibration Performances of Dry Gas Seal Rings with DLC Film Textured Surface via Chaos Theory	6
Effect of Grp on Microstructure and Properties of SiCp/Al Composites for Brake Discs	6
A Novel Test Rig for the Investigation of Ball Bearing Cage Friction	6
Effect of Operating Speed on Turbocharger Compressor Blade Wear	6
Effect of Elastic Contact Force on Tribological Characteristics of Current-carrying Roll Rings in Rotating Conductive Joints	6
Exploring Tribological Behaviors of Profile-Shifted Spur Gears: An Experimental Investigation	6
Power Losses of Oil-Jet Lubricated Ball Bearings With Limited Applied Load: Part 2—Experiments and Model Validation	6
Comparison of the Braking Behavior Among Cast Steel, Carbon/Carbon (C/C) and Carbon/Carbon-Silicon Carbide (C/C-SiC) Materials Mated with Copper-Based Composites	6
A Deposition Rate-Based Index of Debris Concentration and its Extraction Method for Online Image Visual Ferrography	5
Thermal Simulation of Ventilated Brake Disc Based on Complex Multifield Coupled Method	5
Theoretical and Experimental Study on a Novel Porous Tilting Pad Gas Thrust Bearing with Umbrella-Type Dampers	5

Study on Wheel Polygonal Wear of Metro Trains Caused by Frictional Self-Excited Oscillation	5
Effects of Impact Energy, Impact Frequency, and Test Time on Impact Wear Characteristics of Zirconia-Toughened Alumina Particles-Iron (ZTAp-Fe) Composites Using Response Surface Methodology	5
A Method to Predict the Durability of Friction Materials Applied on Drum Brakes Based on the Dissipation of Braking Energy	5
Practical Implementation of the Sensory Utilization of Rolling Bearing Impedance Measurement: A Case Study in Machine Tool Spindle Bearings	5
In Memoriam: Minel J. Braun, Distinguished Professor Emeritus October 7, 1947–November 26, 2021	5
Numerical and Experimental Investigation on the Performance of Backflow Channel Aerostatic Bearings with Shunt Injection	5
Optimization of Textured Parameters to Improve the Tribological Behavior of TC4-Based Bionic Coating Using RSM	5
The Effects of Die Temperature and Cooling Condition on Friction Behavior of Bare 22MnB5 Boron Steel in Hot Stamping	5
Tribological Performance of Copper-Based Composites as Tribopairs of Piston Pumps	5
Barefoot Slip Risk in Indian Bathrooms: A Pilot Study	5
Improving Performance of Water-Lubricated Thrust Bearings through Self-Adaptive Structural Compliance	5
Friction and Wear Behavior of SiCp/Al Brake Disk Sliding Against Semimetallic Brake Pad under the Braking Condition of Urban Rail Vehicles	5
Tribological Characteristics and Residual Tensile Strength of Wire Rope with Different Composite Greases at Normal and Low Temperatures	5
Temperature Field Characteristics of Limited Slip Clutch under Various Condition Parameters	5
Numerical Investigation on Churning Loss Torque and Oil Distribution of Reducer Based on Lattice Boltzmann Method	5
Experimental Study of Converging Ferrofluid Seal With Small Clearance and Double Magnetic Sources	5
Tribological Behavior of Two High Performance Railway Wheel Steels Paired with a Brake Block Cast Iron	5
TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF A SELECTIVE LASER MELTED CoCrMo ALLOY UNDER DIFFERENT HEAT TREATMENT, LOADING AND SLIDING CONDITIONS	5
Study of Rotor Dynamics of Micro Gas Turbine Supported by Air Foil Bearings	5
A Near-Frictionless Sealing Approach with Innovative, Gas-Lubricated Shaft Seals Made of Elastomer	5
Improvement of the Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Water-Lubricated Bearings With Integrated Halbach Magnet Arrays	5
Study of Effect of Graphite Based Magnetorheological Fluids on Braking Performance and Rotor Surface of Magnetorheological Disk Brake Using Full-Scale Brake Inertia Dynamometer	5
Effect of Ni Content on Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Abrasion Behavior of Fe-B-C Alloy	5