OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cement and Concrete Research is 74. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Predicting concrete compressive strength using hybrid ensembling of surrogate machine learning models	294
Limestone calcined clay cement and concrete: A state-of-the-art review	261
Inhibition mechanisms of steel slag on the early-age hydration of cement	247
The reaction between metakaolin and limestone and its effect in porosity refinement and mechanical properties	183
Eco-friendly high strength, high ductility engineered cementitious composites (ECC) with substitution of fly ash by rice husk ash	178
Seawater sea-sand engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC): Assessment and modeling of crack characteristics	178
A review of mechanical properties of fibre reinforced concrete at elevated temperatures	174
Towards ternary binders involving limestone additions — A review	161
Mapping and holistic design of natural hydraulic lime mortars	160
Prediction of surface chloride concentration of marine concrete using ensemble machine learning	155
Mechanisms of autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag and fly ash pastes	148
Effect of relative humidity on the carbonation rate of portlandite, calcium silicate hydrates and ettringite	147
Fiber orientation effects on ultra-high performance concrete formed by 3D printing	143
Characterization of interfacial transition zone in concrete prepared with carbonated modeled recycled concrete aggregates	138
Elastic buckling and plastic collapse during 3D concrete printing	134
Modified Lucas-Washburn function of capillary transport in the calcium silicate hydrate gel pore: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics study	133
Multiscale micromechanical analysis of alkali-activated fly ash-slag paste	128
Meso-scale modelling of compressive fracture in concrete with irregularly shaped aggregates	123
Technology readiness: A global snapshot of 3D concrete printing and the frontiers for development	117
The role of zinc in metakaolin-based geopolymers	115
Rheological and pumping behaviour of 3D printable cementitious materials with varying aggregate content	115
The realities of additively manufactured concrete structures in practice	114
3D-printable engineered cementitious composites (3DP-ECC): Fresh and hardened properties	114
A review of recent advances in the science and technology of seawater-mixed concrete	111
Belite cements and their activation	105

Stability of hydrotalcite (Mg-Al layered double hydroxide) in presence of different anions	105
edxia: Microstructure characterisation from quantified SEM-EDS hypermaps	105
Recent progress in superabsorbent polymers for concrete	104
Recent advances in the use of inhibitors to prevent chloride-induced corrosion in reinforced concrete	104
Effect of supplementary cementitious materials on carbonation of cement pastes	103
A novel method for semi-quantitative analysis of hydration degree of cement by 1H low-field NMR	103
Modelling of 3D concrete printing based on computational fluid dynamics	102
Layer-interface properties in 3D printed concrete: Dual hierarchical structure and micromechanical characterization	101
Pathways towards sustainable concrete	100
Strength, shrinkage and creep and durability aspects of concrete including CO2 treated recycled fine aggregate	100
Mechanisms of carbonation hydration hardening in Portland cements	100
Interlayer reinforcement of 3D printed concrete by the in-process deposition of U-nails	98
Effect of temperature on CO2 curing, compressive strength and microstructure of cement paste	97
Durability of phosphogypsum-based supersulfated cement mortar against external attack by sodium and magnesium sulfate	97
Comparison on the properties of ITZs in fly ash-based geopolymer and Portland cement concretes with equivalent flowability	96
Effects of activator properties and GGBFS/FA ratio on the structural build-up and rheology of AAC	96
Carbon sequestration of steel slag and carbonation for activating RO phase	96
Rheology control of ultra-high-performance concrete made with different fiber contents	94
Fracture properties and microstructure formation of hardened alkali-activated slag/fly ash pastes	94
On the use of limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) in high-strength strain-hardening cement-based composites (HS-SHCC)	94
Phase assemblance evolution during wet carbonation of recycled concrete fines	93
Investigation of interlayer adhesion of 3D printable cementitious material from the aspect of printing process	93
Effect of yield stress development on the foam-stability of aerated geopolymer concrete	92
Impact of limestone fineness on cement hydration at early age	92
Clinkerless ultra-high strength concrete based on alkali-activated slag at high temperatures	90
Effects of alkali dosage and silicate modulus on autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag cement paste	90
Mechanical and electromagnetic performance of cement based composites containing different replacement levels of ground granulated blast furnace slag, fly ash, silica fume and rice husk ash	89
Evaluating the effects of porosity on the mechanical properties of extrusion-based 3D printed concrete	88
Future and emerging supplementary cementitious materials	87
Properties and reaction mechanism of phosphoric acid activated metakaolin geopolymer at varied curing temperatures	87
40 years of PCE superplasticizers - History, current state-of-the-art and an outlook	86
Strain-hardening alkali-activated fly ash/slag composites with ultra-high compressive strength and ultra-high tensile ductility	84
Experimental study on the stability of C-S-H nanostructures with varying bulk CaO/SiO2 ratios under cryogenic attack	84
Microstructure of thermoactivated recycled cement pastes	83
Effects of pH on the nano/micro structure of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) under sulfate attack	81
Characterization of amorphous and crystalline ASR products formed in concrete aggregates	80
Microstructural changes of hydrated cement blended with fly ash upon carbonation	80
Air entraining admixtures: Mechanisms, evaluations, and interactions	79
Unraveling disadhesion mechanism of epoxy/CSH interface under aggressive conditions	78
Early reactivity of sodium silicate-activated slag pastes and its impact on rheological properties	78
Mechanisms dominating thixotropy in limestone calcined clay cement (LC3)	78
Effect of alkali hydroxide on calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H)	78
Fibrillar calcium silicate hydrate seeds from hydrated tricalcium silicate lower cement demand	78
Internal curing by superabsorbent polymers in alkali-activated slag	77
Microstructural developments of limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) pastes after long-term (3 years) hydration	77
Effect of carbon nanotube and graphite nanoplatelet on composition, structure, and nano-mechanical properties of C-S-H in UHPC	76
Electromagnetic wave absorption of multifunctional cementitious composites incorporating polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers and fly ash: Effects of microstructure and hydration	75
3D printing of calcined clay-limestone-based cementitious materials	75
Experimental investigation and prediction of elastic modulus of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) based on its composition	74