OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Crashworthiness is 2. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Development of impact characteristics response model for combined tube expansion axial splitting module	46
Crashworthy subfloor structure with shock absorbers using fixed-to-hinged transforming joints and inward-folding composite tube filled with foam	41
Correction	31
Vehicle collisions analysis on highways based on multi-user driving simulator and multinomial logistic regression model on US highways in Michigan	25
Dynamic response of large PEM fuel cell stacks to the impact load based on a novel simplified finite element model	23
Pedestrian safety at urban intersections: lighting conditions is the question	22
A non-linear and interaction effect analysis of various risk factors influencing mobile phone use while driving among long-haul truck drivers travelling across India	16
Investigate the elastoplastic deformation behaviour of a motorcycle frame under different mechanical load configurations	16
A machine learning based optimisation method to evaluate the crushing behaviours of square tubes with rectangular-hole-type initiators	15
Angle-side impact velocity of the car based on impact deformation analysis	14
A comparative analysis of factors affecting injury severity in speeding-related crashes on rural and urban roads	14
Product performance prediction and optimisation based on generative design: a case study of the collision of automotive front bumper beam	13
Crashworthiness analysis and uncertainty optimization of novel multi-wall tube	13
Correction	11
An organized review of micromobility factors contributing to accidents, market and service trend, and related mishaps	10
Evaluation of risk injury in pedestrians’ head and chest region during collision with an autonomous bus	10
Effectiveness analysis of a foldable booster safety seat with integrated seatbelt buckle for reducing children’s vehicle accident injury risk	10
Axial crashworthiness performance of bionic multi-cell tubes with variable thickness	10
Numerical study on the injury mechanism of blunt aortic rupture of the occupant in frontal and side-impact	9
Design and optimization of anti-climber device for light rail transit crash energy management system	9
Longitudinal collision instability behaviour of rail vehicles on long ramps	8
Study on the crashworthiness of bio-inspired spiderweb multicellular tube under axial crushing	8
A numerical study on axial compression of double-walled cylinders with variable interior flat rings parameters	7
An improved XGBoost model to predict the injury severity of person in road crash	7
Safety of children in commercial aircraft: a review	7

Study of thermal load-induced supersonic aeroelasticity in a foam-filled corrugated sandwich plate using refined shear deformation theory	7
Improvements aiming at a safer living environment by analyzing crash severity through the use of boosting-based ensemble learning techniques	7
A comprehensive review of human body model in different crash scenarios: active and passive models	7
Pedestrian-ground contact injury protection method under the constraint of the vehicle-front end shape and its robust analysis	7
Analyzing factors and interaction terms affecting urban fatal crash types based on a hybrid framework of econometric model and machine learning approaches	7
Evaluating bicycle lanes and stations safety in Barcelona: a Bayesian network approach to analyse injury severity	7
Effects of impact angles and shapes on CAI strength of composite honeycomb structure	7
In-plane crushing of a novel sinusoid-curved honeycomb under static and dynamic loadings	7
Road safety using time-series classification algorithms	7
Air cargo container experimental characterisation and finite element modelling under crash related loads	7
Crashworthiness performance of thin-walled structures towards design configuration in vehicle crash boxes application: a review	6
A study on the cyclist lower extremity injury risk by using German in-depth accident data	6
Performance design, development and verification of honeycomb aluminium barrier for vehicle side impact	6
Road crash analysis and countermeasures on hilly roads in a developing country using iRAP	6
Head and neck injury risk resulting from impact with small unmanned aerial vehicles: effect of impact speed, angle, and location	6
Developing a crash severity model based on multi objective evolutionary feature selection approaches	6
Investigating the impact of pavement condition and weather characteristics on road accidents (Review paper)	6
Network space analysis–based identification of road traffic accident hotspots: a case study	6
Optimisation of crashworthy passenger train seat structure to reduce injury risks	6
Cork/aluminium double-layer sandwich panels under impact loading for lightweight ship structures	6
Predictive analysis of injury severity of person across angle crashes using machine learning models	6
Design principles of energy absorbing structures subjected to combined shear-compression loading	6
Incorporating risky driving behaviour in the injury severity analysis of at-fault and not-at-fault novice driver involved crashes: a correlated random parameters logit model with heterogeneity in mean	5
An efficient material selection method driven by structural crashworthiness for lightweight design of vehicle parts	5
A novel adaptive dynamic weight distribution (ADWD) strategy applied to support vector regression (SVR)-based framework for dynamic load identification problems	5
How does the safety performance of different vehicle types and weights affect the severity of a driver’s injury?	5
Risk of head and neck injuries to passengers in rollover crashes of military armoured vehicles	5
On the response of re-entrant auxetic structures under dynamic crushing: analytical approach and finite element simulations	5
An empirical analysis on the effects of alcohol-impairment in injury severities of motorcyclists	5
Design and evaluation of compressive properties of 3D-printed PLA stochastic open-cell foam	5
From crash data to a ”virtual injury assessment”	5
Axial crashworthiness of double-hat beams with various ribs	5
Differences in society’s acceptance of automobile intelligent protection technologies for pedestrians/occupants and the influence of empathy	5
Application of a deep neural network for the response characteristics of a hydrostatic buffer	5
Experimental study on the impact resistance of hollow thin-walled aluminum alloy tubes and foam-filled aluminum tubes (6063-T5)	5
Crashworthiness design of additively manufactured lattice-reinforced sandwich tube	5
Controlling aeroplane crashing through aviation infrastructure using multi-agent technology	4
Evaluating constitutive models of smoothed particle hydrodynamics for bird-strike simulation	4
Role of ABS and EPS foams in determining the performance of motorcyclist helmet during impact loading	4
Identifying snowplow truck crash hotspots and spatial analysis of crashes in the mountainous roadways	4
Using automatically generated submodels in vehicle body crash optimization	4
Impact resistance and structural optimization of POZD coated composite plates	4
Safety of active pre-collision seat rotation strategies for autonomous vehicles: injury risk evaluation of occupant’s neck	4
Driving choices and behaviours of young male drivers at strategic and tactical levels	4
Investigation of powder mixing methods on the energy absorption performance of graphene-reinforced cylindrical composite tubes	4
Comparison of injury severity level involving drivers with and without commercial driver’s licence involved in small vehicle crashes	4
Multi-objective optimization design of post-soil system for enhanced W-beam guardrail containment performance	4
The multi-objective reliability-based design optimisation of buffering characteristics of airbag seat in manned airdrop	4
Experimental and numerical modeling of the static and dynamic properties of sandwich plate structures with composite faces	4
Comparison of human injury differences in vehicle-riding/pushing bicycle accidents	4

Prediction of pedestrian injuries in motorcycle-pedestrian crashes using THUMS FE-HBM	3
Evaluation of a novel head and neck restraint for harness-restrained children	3
Correction	3
Damage mechanisms and analytical model of CFRP laminate under low-velocity normal and oblique impacts	3
Study of failure mode and failure load of a civil aircraft pylon double-layer fuse pin	3
Numerical simulation and experimental validation of human head thermoregulation under motorbike helmet	3
Experimental study on the crashworthiness performance of rectangular and square tubes with and without bio-inspired ribs	3
Combining Virtual CRASH and MADYMO to reconstruct motor vehicle collision dynamics and assess injury risk to occupants	3
Mechanical performance of multi-cell thin-walled tubes under static and dynamic axial loading	3
Impact of traffic and road infrastructural design variables on road user safety – a systematic literature review	3
Application of machine learning techniques for driving errors analysis: systematic literature review	3
Crashworthiness evaluation of urban air mobility vehicle configurations using a simplified finite element modelling approach	3
Effects of tube design on crashworthiness of CFRP thin-walled square beams filled with aluminium honeycomb under axial impact	3
Impact responses and injury analyses of a three-year-old occupant seating in forward and rearward facing CRSs using different computational models	3
Optimization of the crashworthiness design of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer bumper beam	3
Optimisation of Occupant Restraint Systems for Autonomous Vehicles in Reclined Postures	2
Artificially smart optimization of crash cushion device sustained by experimental and numerical study of re-entrant auxetic honeycomb	2
Ductile failure behaviour characterisation of HRT with GISSMO and crashworthiness optimisation design of VRB-HRT	2
On the pacifying influence of an elastomeric foam core on the failure mechanism of sandwich composites with various skin layups	2
Time series and forecasting analysis of road traffic crashes in Rwanda	2
Inclined battery cells for mitigating damage in undercarriage collision	2
Research on the cushioning and energy absorption characteristics of gradient sinusoidal negative Poisson’s ratio honeycomb structures	2
Study on the head and neck injury risk impacted by UAV: effect of impact velocity, angle, location, and mass	2
Edgewise compression behaviour of 3D woven honeycomb composites	2
Development of a Crash Cushion Utilising Waste Tires as an Impact Absorber	2
Optimization of crashworthiness of CFRP thin-walled beams filled with aluminium honeycomb based on surrogate model	2
Numerical modelling of different airbag folding patterns and their influence on occupant responses in frontal vehicle impact	2
Identification of material parameters for the Vawter-Fung lung tissue constitutive model and assessment in human body model for impact loading	2
Tailoring the impact response of a spaceframe vehicle structure towards optimum crashworthiness	2
Study on impact performance and optimisation of the CRH380 high-speed train traction converter cooling unit	2
Technology roadmap of risk identification and collision avoidance decision-making in autonomous vehicles for domestic animals	2
BConvLSTM: a deep learning-based technique for severity prediction of a traffic crash	2
Lateral placement distribution of vehicles at horizontal curves on two-way undivided roads	2
Research on out-of-plane impact characteristics of self-similar gradient hierarchical quasi-honeycomb structure	2
Finite element modelling of a small-size motorcycle for frontal crashes	2
A human body model based method for injury risk prediction considering occupant stature and posture	2
Verification test of the structural integrity of an external fuel tank for aircraft under slosh and vibration conditions	2
Experimental & numerical study on hybrid aluminium/GFRP thin-walled column under quasi-static axial loading	2
Load-limiting in the lap belt reduces injury risks associated with new seating positions	2
Interpretable ensemble-imbalance learning strategy on dealing with imbalanced vehicle-bicycle crash data: A case study of Ningbo, China	2
Comparative study of statistical and machine learning methods for streetcar incident duration analysis	2
Analysis of the impact performance of the aircrew helmet shell using inter-intra-layer hybrid laminates	2
Research on the axial energy-absorbing characteristics of CFRP thin-walled tubes based on material modification	2