OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Bionic Engineering is 32. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Liftoff of a New Hovering Oscillating-wing Micro Aerial Vehicle	448
Design and Experimental Study of Special Elastic Leg Joint for Quadruped Robots	83
Preparation and Mechanical Properties of Bionic Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Resin Composites Inspired by Owl Feather	82
A Spinal Bistable Oscillator for Autonomous Actuation and Tunable Frequency on Crawling Robot	75
DFNet: A Differential Feature-Incorporated Residual Network for Image Recognition	71
Generalized Oppositional Moth Flame Optimization with Crossover Strategy: An Approach for Medical Diagnosis	68
Review: Advanced Drive Technologies for Bionic Soft Robots	68
Actuation of Liquid Flow by Guided Acoustic Waves on Punched Steel Tapes with Protruding Loops	57
Research Progress on Corrosion Resistance of Magnesium Alloys with Bio-inspired Water-repellent Properties: A Review	54
Study of the Classical Cassie Theory and Wenzel Theory Used in Nanoscale	54
Adaptive Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control Applied to the Pitch Motion of a Micro Air Vehicle with Flapping Wings	53
Antibacterial Properties of Carbon Fiber/Polyether Ether Ketone Artificial Bone Composites Modified by Black Phosphorus Coating Assisted by Wet Chemical Nitration Surface Treatment	51
A Biomimetic Stress Field Modulation Strategy Inspired by Scorpion Compound Slit Sensilla Enabled High-Accuracy and Low-Power Positioning Sensor for Identifying the Load Incident Angles	51
Inspired by Tree Frog: Bionic Design of Tread Pattern and Its Wet Friction Properties	47
Gait Optimization of a Quadruped Robot Using Evolutionary Computation	45
Analysis of Bio-inspired Fishbone Based Corrugated Rib for Adaptive Camber Morphing	43
An Improved Whale Algorithm and Its Application in Truss Optimization	43
Metal-Doped Brushite Cement for Bone Regeneration	42
Intrinsic Kinematics of the Tibiotalar and Subtalar Joints during Human Walking based on Dynamic Biplanar Fluoroscopy	41
Expansion of Self-assembled Structures of Heteroarray NdFeB Semicircular Arc Magnetic Minirobots	40
Fast and Accurate Pupil Localization in Natural Scenes	39
Improved Dwarf Mongoose Optimization Algorithm for Feature Selection: Application in Software Fault Prediction Datasets	39
Bio-inspired Design and Inverse Kinematics Solution of an Omnidirectional Humanoid Robotic Arm with Geometric and Load Capacity Constraints	38
Soft Actuator with Integrated and Localized Sensing Properties through Parameter-Encoded 4D Printing	38
Recent Progress in Bionic Hydrogels for Articular Cartilage: Tribological and Mechanical Characteristics	37

Potential Application of Entangled Porous Titanium Alloy Metal Rubber in Artificial Lumbar Disc Prostheses	36
Preparation, Mechanical and Biological Properties of Inkjet Printed Alginate/Gelatin Hydrogel	35
Slippery Photothermal Trap for Outstanding Deicing Surfaces	35
Kinematic Modeling for Biped Robot Gait Trajectory Using Machine Learning Techniques	34
Whole-Body Hybrid Torque-Position Control for Balancing with a New Wheeled Bipedal Robot	34
Erratum to: An Optimised Surface Structure for Passive, Unidirectional Fluid Transport Bioinspired by True Bugs	33
A Biomimetic Wheel-Track Wall-Climbing Robot Based on Rolling Adsorption Mechanism	32