OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Superhard Materials is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Phenomenon of Lagging in the Values of Grinding Wheel Performance Characteristics Due to the Radial Transformation of the Cutting Surface of a Wheel under Abrasive Diamond Treatment	17
Using Diamond Grinding Powders with Combined Coatings on Diamond Grain Surfaces in Abrasive Tools	17
High-Pressure High-Temperature Crystallization of GaN: Modeling and Experimental Studies	15
Hard WС–(Ті,W)C–10Со Alloy with Increased Hardness and Strength	15
Diamond Grinding of Ceramic Balls Based in a Groove with Circular Feed under Oscillation	14
Methodological Features of Quantitative Analysis for the Characteristics of the Cutting Edges of High-Strength Grinding Powders of Synthetic Diamond	13
Study on PCD Tool Wear in Hard Milling of Fully-Sintered 3Y-TZP Ceramics	12
Effect of Al2O3 and Yb2O3 on Mechanical Performances and Thermal Shock Behaviors of Zirconia Composites Prepared by SPS	12
Effect of the Granular Composition of Diamond Powder Synthesized in the Mg–Zn–C System on the Structure, Physicomechanical Properties, and Performance Characteristics of Crystals Sintered from It unde	12
Technological and Innovative Features of the Electroconsolidation Method as a Kind of Plasma Sintering for Refractory Compounds	10
Evaluation of Powder Mixing Uniformity in Abrasives Industry	10
Investigation of Diamond/Metallic Film Interface and Valence Electron Structure Analysis of Diamond Growth	10
Effect of Sintering Pressure on the Properties of PcBN Carbide Inserts	8
Synthesis and Performance Study of Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride Using WC–B4C–Al2O3 as a Binder	8
Impact of Nanomontmorillonite on the Properties of Vitrified Bonded Diamond Grinding Wheels	8
Content and Composition of Intracrystalline Inclusions and Impurities in Low-Strength Diamond Grinding Powders	8
Performance Characteristics of Diamond-Powder Grinder Tools Obtained through Adhesive–Magnetic Sorting in Liquid	8
Physicomechanical Properties of the Matrix Material of Сdiamond–(Fe–Cr–Cu–Ni–Sn) Composite Materials Formed by Spark Plasma Sintering	7
Body Center Tetragonal Pseudo-Diamond C20: Crystal Chemistry and First Principles Investigations of Physical Properties	7
Effect of wSiC and wSi3N4 Whiskers on the Ultimate Dynamic Tensile Strength of cBN Composites from the BL Group	7
Analyzing the Polyhedral Shape of Mineral Inclusions in Diamond Crystals Using Goniometric Data	7
On the Nature of Oscillations in the Forces Observed in the Processes of Intermitted Cutting and on the Dynamic Calibration, Green’s Function Method, Direct and Inverse Problems of an Oscillatory Syst	7
Use of Hafnium as a Sintering Activator of BL Group Composites in the cBN–HfC System	6
Effect of Titanium Coating Modification of Diamond Powder Grains on the Formation of a Polycrystalline Composite under High Pressure and High Temperature	6
Analyzing the Goniometry of Sculptures on the Faces of Natural Diamond Crystals	6

Thermodynamics of the Formation of Bi-Mesostructures in Composite Materials	6
Effect of Silicon Carbide Content on Bulk Electrical Resistance of Free-Sintered AlN–SiC Composites	6
Effect of Carbon Content near the Decarbonization Phase Boundary on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of WC–6% Co Cemented Carbides	6
Mechanism of Polishing Aluminum Optical Components	5
Methodology for Studying Brittle Fracture of HTHP Diamond Single Crystals by Crack Propagation Analysis under Shock Load	5
Facile Preparation of Vanadium Carbide Nanoparticles by a Thermal Reduction Method	5
Material Removal Rate in Polishing Polymethylmethacrylate Parts	5
Scattering of Polishing Powder Wear Nanoparticles on Sludge Nanoparticles during the Polishing of Polymer Optical Materials	5
Anisotropic Charge Transport in HPHT Diamonds	4
New Patterns of Polishing Surfaces of Parts Made of Nonmetallic Materials	4
Structure and Mechanical Properties of Thick Vacuum TiC Condensates Obtained by Electron Beam Evaporation	4
High-Density Ultrahard Novel Orthorhombic Carbon Allotropes C12 and C16 with Physical Properties Close to Diamond: Structural and DFT Investigations	4
Novel Ultrahard Monoclinic Carbon Allotropes from Crystal Structure Engineering and First Principles	4
Promising Binders of Complex Oligophenylenes Compounds with Metals for Creating Composites Based on Adaptive Hybrid-Structured Polymer Systems	4
A Review on Ternary Compounds of High Boron Transition Metals as Hardness Materials	4
Recent Advances in Diamond-Abrasive Machining of Hard and Brittle Materials (Review)	4
Optimizing the Cooling Process of Pressure Punches in a Six-Punch Press for Single-Crystal Diamond Growth	4
Effect of Sintering Parameters and Liquid Phase Content on the Properties of Fe-Rich Based Impregnated Diamond Bit Matrix	4
The Effect of Holding Time on the Properties of N-Vacancy Diffused High-Entropy Nitride Ceramics (Ti0.25V0.25Cr0.25Nb0.25)N0.825	3
Formation of Elongated Inclusions of a New Phase W2.3TiC2.6 in the Structure of W–(Ti,Ta,W)–Co Cemented Carbides after Solid-Phase Annealing	3
Investigation of the Effect of Cutting Speed on the Force Components and Cutting Temperature, Roughness and Waviness of the Machined Surface on the Finishing Turning of Hardened KhVG Steel with PcBN C	3
An Efficient Model of Thermal Processes during Friction Stir Welding of Heat-Resistant Alloys with a Superhard Material Tool	3
The Impact of the Hydrogen Index of the Process Fluid on Diamond Abrasive Wheel Performance	3
A Study of the Effect of the Method of Matching the Actual Geometric Parameters of the Grain to the Parameters of Its Adopted 3D Model on the Error of Determining the Thickness of the Diamond Powder C	3
Effect of the CrB2 Additive Content on the Structure, Mechanical Properties, and Performance Characteristics of Diamond-Containing Cdiamond–(WC–Co) Composite Materials Formed by Spark Plasma Sintering	3
Studying the Performance Features of Drilling Rock Destruction and Technological Tools	3
Sintering of BL Group Ceramic-Matrix Composites in cBN–TiC–ZrN–Me Systems (Me–Co, Hf, W)	3
Rapid synthesis of Nanodiamond/rGO Composites by Utilizing the Explosive Characteristics of Graphene Oxide	3
Energy Transfer during the Polishing of Metal Optic Parts with Disperse Systems of Copper Metaborate Micro- and Nanopowders	3
Performance Indicators of Grinding Tools with Cubic Boron Nitride Grains with Combined Wear-Resistant Coatings	3
On Hardness of Boron Subarsenide B12As2	3