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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Phase Formation and Physicomechanical Properties of WC–Co–CrB2 Composites Sintered by Vacuum Hot Pressing for Drill Tools	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
Using Diamond Grinding Powders with Combined Coatings on Diamond Grain Surfaces in Abrasive Tools	14
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	12
Effect of Al2O3 and Yb2O3 on Mechanical Performances and Thermal Shock Behaviors of Zirconia Composites Prepared by SPS	11
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	11
Comparative Evaluation of the Performance of Drill Bits with a Diamond-Containing Matrix and Inserts Made of Diamond-Containing Composites	11
Evaluation of Powder Mixing Uniformity in Abrasives Industry	10
Study on PCD Tool Wear in Hard Milling of Fully-Sintered 3Y-TZP Ceramics	10
Methodological Features of Quantitative Analysis for the Characteristics of the Cutting Edges of High-Strength Grinding Powders of Synthetic Diamond	9
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
Investigation of Diamond/Metallic Film Interface and Valence Electron Structure Analysis of Diamond Growth	8
Directionally Crystallized Ternary Eutectic Composite of the B4C–TaB2–SiC System	8
Technological and Innovative Features of the Electroconsolidation Method as a Kind of Plasma Sintering for Refractory Compounds	8
Effect of wSiC and wSi3N4 Whiskers on the Ultimate Dynamic Tensile Strength of cBN Composites from the BL Group	7
Content and Composition of Intracrystalline Inclusions and Impurities in Low-Strength Diamond Grinding Powders	7
Performance Characteristics of Diamond-Powder Grinder Tools Obtained through Adhesive–Magnetic Sorting in Liquid	7
Effect of Sintering Pressure on the Properties of PcBN Carbide Inserts	7
Body Center Tetragonal Pseudo-Diamond C20: Crystal Chemistry and First Principles Investigations of Physical Properties	6
Effect of Titanium Coating Modification of Diamond Powder Grains on the Formation of a Polycrystalline Composite under High Pressure and High Temperature	6
Physicomechanical Properties of the Matrix Material of Сdiamond–(Fe–Cr–Cu–Ni–Sn) Composite Materials Formed by Spark Plasma Sintering	6
Thermodynamics of the Formation of Bi-Mesostructures in Composite Materials	6
Analyzing the Goniometry of Sculptures on the Faces of Natural Diamond Crystals	6

Use of Hafnium as a Sintering Activator of BL Group Composites in the cBN–HfC System	6
Effect of Silicon Carbide Content on Bulk Electrical Resistance of Free-Sintered AlN–SiC Composites	5
Effect of Carbon Content near the Decarbonization Phase Boundary on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of WC–6% Co Cemented Carbides	5
Facile Preparation of Vanadium Carbide Nanoparticles by a Thermal Reduction Method	5
Analyzing the Polyhedral Shape of Mineral Inclusions in Diamond Crystals Using Goniometric Data	5
Scattering of Polishing Powder Wear Nanoparticles on Sludge Nanoparticles during the Polishing of Polymer Optical Materials	5
Evaluation of Polycrystalline Diamond Tools in Milling of Pre-Sintered and Fully-Sintered Zirconia Ceramics	5
Anisotropic Charge Transport in HPHT Diamonds	4
Mechanism of Polishing Aluminum Optical Components	4
Material Removal Rate in Polishing Polymethylmethacrylate Parts	4
Transfer Energy in the Interaction of an Optical Surface with a Polishing Disperse System	4
Reaction of Zirconium Diboride with Iron and Kh18N10T Stainless Steel	4
New Patterns of Polishing Surfaces of Parts Made of Nonmetallic Materials	4
Recent Advances in Diamond-Abrasive Machining of Hard and Brittle Materials (Review)	4
Methodology for Studying Brittle Fracture of HTHP Diamond Single Crystals by Crack Propagation Analysis under Shock Load	4
Novel Ultrahard Monoclinic Carbon Allotropes from Crystal Structure Engineering and First Principles	3
Rapid synthesis of Nanodiamond/rGO Composites by Utilizing the Explosive Characteristics of Graphene Oxide	3
Structure and Mechanical Properties of Thick Vacuum TiC Condensates Obtained by Electron Beam Evaporation	3
Surface Modification of Carbon Fibers as Fillers of Composite Materials Based on Phthalonitrile Binders	3
High-Density Ultrahard Novel Orthorhombic Carbon Allotropes C12 and C16 with Physical Properties Close to Diamond: Structural and DFT Investigations	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
Effect of Sintering Parameters and Liquid Phase Content on the Properties of Fe-Rich Based Impregnated Diamond Bit Matrix	3
Promising Binders of Complex Oligophenylenes Compounds with Metals for Creating Composites Based on Adaptive Hybrid-Structured Polymer Systems	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
The Effect of Holding Time on the Properties of N-Vacancy Diffused High-Entropy Nitride Ceramics (Ti0.25V0.25Cr0.25Nb0.25)N0.825	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
Optimizing the Cooling Process of Pressure Punches in a Six-Punch Press for Single-Crystal Diamond Growth	3
A Review on Ternary Compounds of High Boron Transition Metals as Hardness Materials	3
HP-HT Treatment of Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Higher Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants	3
Performance Indicators of Grinding Tools with Cubic Boron Nitride Grains with Combined Wear-Resistant Coatings	3