OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geotechnique is 11. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial	101
Influence of air entrainment and gas kinetics on liquefaction triggering during tsunami loading	80
Michele Jamiolkowski	74
Coupled hydromechanical modelling of cone penetration in layered liquefiable soils	64
An experimental study on factors affecting the ageing of shaft friction on steel displacement piles in sand	57
Causes of the high friction angle of diatomaceous soil: microscale and nanoscale insights	56
Small-strain shear modulus and yielding characteristics of compacted high-plasticity clay	50
Effects of vegetation growth on soil microstructure and hydro-mechanical behaviour	50
A complete analytical solution for axial pipeline walking considering seabed resistance as rigid plastic behaviour	48
Editorial: linear infrastructure and slopes	46
The impact of thermal–hydraulic variation on tunnel long-term performance: a tale of two tunnels	45
On the influence of the shearing rate on the monotonic and cyclic response of Malaysian kaolin	44
Editorial	42
Announcement: Award-winning papers in 2021	39
Cavity expansion in cohesive-frictional soils with limited dilation	36
Quantitative shear strength–consolidation stress–void ratio interrelations for reconstituted clays	35
Editorial	35
Direct estimation of shear-wave velocity profiles from surface wave investigation of geotechnical sites	33
DEM modelling of mini-triaxial test based on one-to-one mapping of sand particles	32
A bounding surface plasticity model for cemented sand under monotonic and cyclic loading	31
Spudcan–pile interaction in sand-over-clay: centrifuge modelling	30
Innovative methods of ground improvement for railway embankment peat fens foundation soil	30
Stress field on intermediate length scales during triaxial compression	29
Observed behaviour of old railway embankments formed of ash and dumped clay fill	29
Interaction domains of pile groups in cohesive soils under generalised loads	29

Experimental study of the performance of a 32 m deep excavation in the suburbs of Paris	29
Interaction between tunnel-boring machines and heavily squeezing purely cohesive grounds	28
Numerical simulation of underground excavations in an indurated clay using non-local regularisation. Part 1: formulation and base case	28
Interfacial resistance model for electro-osmotic system	28
On swelling behaviours of a bentonite under different water contents	28
Investigation of the hydraulic conductivity of an unsaturated compacted bentonite/claystone mixture	27
Using geophysical data to quantify stress transmission in gap-graded granular materials	26
Void states perspective for critical hydraulic gradient of internally unstable non-cohesive soils	26
Anisotropic hydraulic conductivity of as-compacted, bare and vegetated soils	25
Aquathermal effect of anomalous pressure generation in consolidating minefill	25
Hyperbolic spiral model for predicting reverse fault ruptures in sand based on centrifuge tests	25
Global and local sand–geosynthetic interface behaviour	24
Constitutive model for monotonic and cyclic loading on anisotropic clays	24
Progressive development of soil arching and deformations in two- and three-dimensional trapdoor tests	24
On the reliability assessment of a controlled dyke failure	24
On the mechanical behaviour of a coral silt from the South China Sea	24
PredictingV_pand constrained modulus reduction curve based onV_sand shear modulus reduction curve in accordance with poroelastic theory	22
Mechanical behaviour of a weakly structured soil at low confining stress	22
Experimental observations from cyclic cone penetrometer testing in clay	22
How energy is consumed in vacuum preloading treatment of soft ground	21
A simplified theoretical model to predict the shear behaviour of concrete–rock joints with Gaussian irregularities	21
A practical two-parameter model of pile–soil gapping for prediction of monopile offshore wind turbine dynamics	21
Time-lapsed in situ monitoring of mechanical property in deep soil mixing with surface wave	21
Editorial	20
A hydrodynamic model for chemo-mechanics of poroelastic materials	20
Numerical modelling of a tunnel adjacent to a surface structure in liquefiable ground	20
Non-dimensional solutions for the stabilising piles in landslides in layered cohesive soils considering non-linear soil–pile interactions	19
Influence of failure mechanism on seismic bearing capacity factors for shallow foundations near slopes	19
Evolution of surface roughness of single sand grains with normal loading	19
An analytical solution for self-weight consolidation based on one-dimensional small-strain consolidation wave theory	19
Laboratory investigation on the single particle crushing strength of carbonate gravel incorporating size and shape effects	19
Controlling factors for post-failure evolution of subaqueous landslides	19
Centrifuge modelling on monotonic and cyclic lateral behaviour of monopiles in kaolin clay	19
On the development of effective heave pressure in deep excavations	19
Strength and dilatancy of sand before and after stabilisation with colloidal-silica gel	18
Effect of mean grain size on shear modulus degradation and damping ratio curves of sands	18
Effect of strain-softening and strength anisotropy on the undrained bearing capacity of non-associated clay	18
Use of fall-cone flow index for soil classification: a new plasticity chart	18
Application of Carrillo's method in unsaturated soil consolidation	18
Deformation and failure mechanisms of granular soil around pressurised shallow cavities	18
Upper-bound solutions for inclined capacity of suction caissons in a trenched seabed	18
Application of ray methods to one-dimensional site response of inhomogeneous soil deposits	18
A bio-hydro-chemical model for gas pressure development in municipal solid waste landfills	17
K₀determination using improved experimental technique	17
Effect of embedding depth on the monotonic lateral response of monopiles in sand: centrifuge and numerical modelling	17
Numerical assessment of the effects of end-restraints and a pre-existing fissure on the interpretation of triaxial tests on stiff clays	17
Centrifuge modelling of the use of discretely spaced energy pile row to reinforce unsaturated silt	16
Experimental investigation of the seismic performance of caisson foundations supporting bridge piers	16
Influence of particle size on the small-strain stiffness in granular soils: experimental observations and micromechanical interpretation	16
Scale effects during cone penetration in spatially variable clays	16

A model for hydraulic conductivity of compacted bentonite – inclusion of microstructure effects under confined wetting	16
Probabilistic failure envelopes of strip foundations on soils with non-stationary characteristics of undrained shear strength	16
The effect of surface roughness and shear rate during fall-cone calibration	16
From cyclic sand ratcheting to tilt accumulation of offshore monopiles: 3D FE modelling using SANISAND-MS	16
The interaction between the SEIS seismometer of the InSight Martian mission and a regolith simulant	16
Modelling unsaturated silty tailings and the conditions required for static liquefaction	15
Impact behaviour of dry granular flow against baffle structure: coupled effect of Froude and particle characteristics	15
Predictive modelling of thermo-active tunnels in London Clay	15
Reliability of CPT measurements in sand – influence of spacing	15
A multiaxial constitutive model for fibre-reinforced sand	15
Cyclic liquefaction of granular materials with varied forms under multidirectional loads	15
A multi-phase, multi-component model for coupled processes in anaerobic landfills: theory, implementation and validation	15
Characterisation of interface friction strain-rate dependency of soft sediments at low stresses using a ring penetrometer	14
Weather-driven deterioration processes affecting the performance of embankment slopes	14
An experimental study into the ultimate capacity of an ‘impression’ pile in clay	14
SANISAND-MSf: a sand plasticity model with memory surface and semifluidised state	14
Distributed fibre optic sensing for sinkhole early warning: experimental study	14
Frost heave in coarse-grained soils: experimental evidence and numerical modelling	14
Particle-scale observation of seepage flow in granular soils using PIV and CFD	14
Frequency dependence of acoustic emission with particle interaction and failure process in dry sands during triaxial compression	14
On the fundamental nature of the state parameter	14
Thermo-mechanical behaviour of peats under one-dimensional compression	13
Load–deflection of flexible ring-net barrier in resisting debris flows	13
Progressive internal erosion during triaxial shearing: an X-ray micro-computed tomography study	13
Géotechnique reviewers	13
Two-phase MPM modelling of debris flow impact against dual rigid barriers	13
Announcement: Award-winning papers in 2020	13
Géotechnique reviewers	13
A machine learning-based strategy for experimentally estimating force chains of granular materials using X-ray micro-tomography	13
A micromechanical model for estimating the shear modulus and damping ratio of loose sands under low stresses: application to a Mars regolith simulant	13
David Greenwood	13
Géotechnique reviewers	12
Updating model parameters and predictions in SEM tunnelling using a surrogate-based Bayesian approach	12
Equivalent state theory for mixtures of sand with non-plastic fines: a DEM investigation	12
Editorial	12
Non-stationary anisotropy-dependent critical state for clays	12
Instability of iron ore tailings–geotextile interface: a direct simple shear study	12
Pore changes in an illitic clay during one-dimensional compression	12
The role of abrasion in cyclically sheared soil–structure interfaces	12
Hysteretic water-retention behaviour of unsaturated hydrophobised soils	12
Influence of grading in compacted tailings behaviour: towards resilient design	12
Transitioning from the funicular to the pendular regime in granular soils	11
Géotechnique reviewers	11
Experimental study on critical state behaviour of unsaturated silty sand under constant matric suctions	11
Shear strength anisotropy of rooted soils	11
Peridynamic modelling of clay erosion	11
An extended kinematic hardening constitutive model to include unsaturated behaviour for the prediction of soil deterioration	11
Lateral load response of large-diameter monopiles in sand	11
DEM modelling of root circumnutation-inspired penetration in shallow granular materials	11
The first microcapsule-based self-healing cement–bentonite cut-off wall materials	11
Drying effect on the microstructure of compacted salted silt	11
Monotonic and cyclic lateral loading of piles in low- to medium-density chalk	11
Coupled THM analysis of a full-scale test for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel disposal under actual repository conditions during 18 years of operation	11
Drained and undrained behaviour of a sandy silt gold tailings under general multiaxial conditions	11
A new framework for quantifying the structure of undisturbed and artificially cemented alluvium	11