| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1999 | 5,036 |
| 2 | Gmsh: A 3‐D finite element mesh generator with built‐in pre‐ and post‐processing facilities | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2009 | 4,970 |
| 3 | Element-free Galerkin methods | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1994 | 4,723 |
| 4 | The method of moving asymptotes—a new method for structural optimization | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1987 | 3,935 |
| 5 | Elastic crack growth in finite elements with minimal remeshing | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1999 | 3,758 |
| 6 | A simple error estimator and adaptive procedure for practical engineerng analysis | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1987 | 2,077 |
| 7 | THE PARTITION OF UNITY METHOD | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1997 | 1,923 |
| 8 | The superconvergent patch recovery anda posteriori error estimates. Part 1: The recovery technique | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1992 | 1,719 |
| 9 | Thermodynamically consistent phase‐field models of fracture: Variational principles and multi‐field FE implementations | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2010 | 1,672 |
| 10 | A class of mixed assumed strain methods and the method of incompatible modes | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1990 | 1,378 |
| 11 | Analysis of functionally graded plates | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2000 | 1,375 |
| 12 | On the use of isoparametric finite elements in linear fracture mechanics | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1976 | 1,289 |
| 13 | Cracking particles: a simplified meshfree method for arbitrary evolving cracks | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2004 | 1,272 |
| 14 | Reduced integration technique in general analysis of plates and shells | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1971 | 1,247 |
| 15 | Finite-deformation irreversible cohesive elements for three-dimensional crack-propagation analysis | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1999 | 1,175 |
| 16 | Analysis of thick and thin shell structures by curved finite elements | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1970 | 1,131 |
| 17 | A stabilized conforming nodal integration for Galerkin mesh-free methods | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2001 | 1,119 |
| 18 | GRADIENT ENHANCED DAMAGE FOR QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1996 | 1,073 |
| 19 | The extended/generalized finite element method: An overview of the method and its applications | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2010 | 1,039 |
| 20 | Extended finite element method for three-dimensional crack modelling | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2000 | 1,011 |
| 21 | A method of finite element tearing and interconnecting and its parallel solution algorithm | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1991 | 998 |
| 22 | A-posteriori error estimates for the finite element method | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1978 | 984 |
| 23 | Achieving minimum length scale in topology optimization using nodal design variables and projection functions | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2004 | 976 |
| 24 | A novel finite difference formulation for differential expressions involving both first and second derivatives | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1972 | 966 |
| 25 | Finite element interface models for the delamination analysis of laminated composites: mechanical and computational issues | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2001 | 961 |
| 26 | Crack tip finite elements are unnecessary | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1975 | 960 |
| 27 | Arbitrary discontinuities in finite elements | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2001 | 922 |
| 28 | A four-node plate bending element based on Mindlin/Reissner plate theory and a mixed interpolation | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1985 | 880 |
| 29 | The superconvergent patch recovery anda posteriori error estimates. Part 2: Error estimates and adaptivity | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1992 | 875 |
| 30 | A uniform strain hexahedron and quadrilateral with orthogonal hourglass control | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1981 | 862 |
| 31 | A point interpolation meshless method based on radial basis functions | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2002 | 859 |
| 32 | Filters in topology optimization | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2001 | 852 |
| 33 | Finite element method for piezoelectric vibration | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1970 | 841 |
| 34 | A frontal solution program for finite element analysis | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1970 | 805 |
| 35 | Arbitrary branched and intersecting cracks with the extended finite element method | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2000 | 792 |
| 36 | Gradient-dependent plasticity: Formulation and algorithmic aspects | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1992 | 787 |
| 37 | Generalization of selective integration procedures to anisotropic and nonlinear media | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1980 | 766 |
| 38 | A new method for modelling cohesive cracks using finite elements | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2001 | 765 |
| 39 | A Taylor-Galerkin method for convective transport problems | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1984 | 725 |
| 40 | Finite element formulations for large deformation dynamic analysis | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1975 | 720 |
| 41 | A study of three-node triangular plate bending elements | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1980 | 719 |
| 42 | An analysis of a new class of integration algorithms for elastoplastic constitutive relations | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1986 | 704 |
| 43 | Reproducing kernel particle methods for structural dynamics | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1995 | 701 |
| 44 | A formulation of general shell elements—the use of mixed interpolation of tensorial components | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1986 | 700 |
| 45 | Finite rotation effects in numerical integration of rate constitutive equations arising in large-deformation analysis | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1980 | 688 |
| 46 | A point interpolation method for two-dimensional solids | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2001 | 681 |
| 47 | Rational approach for assumed stress finite elements | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1984 | 670 |
| 48 | Geometrically non-linear enhanced strain mixed methods and the method of incompatible modes | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1992 | 665 |
| 49 | A FINITE POINT METHOD IN COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS. APPLICATIONS TO CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT AND FLUID FLOW | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1996 | 664 |
| 50 | Modelling crack growth by level sets in the extended finite element method | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2001 | 663 |
