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Papers

(The median citation count of Geotechnical Testing Journal is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Development of Direct Shear Apparatus and Liquefaction Strength Tests	37
Second Discussion of “Determining Soil Plasticity Utilizing Manafi Method and Apparatus” by Masoud S. G. Manafi, An Deng, Abbas Taheri, Mark B. Jaksa, and Nagaraj HB, Published in Geotechnical Test	36
Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Failure Modes of Layered Shale in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Brazilian Splitting Tests	20
Relationship between a Layered Geomembrane–Geotextile System and Constituent Materials in a Multiaxial Tension Test	18
pH-Dependent Leaching Characteristics of Steel Slag Mitigated with Water Treatment Residual	18
Experimental Study on Working Performance of Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall under Vehicle Dynamic Load	18
Calibration and Validation of S3F Sensor for Measuring Normal and Shear Stresses in Soil	16
Influence of Pre-existing Flaws and Moisture Content on Damage Characteristics of Sandstone in Uniaxial Compression Experiments	15
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The Manometer Sedimentation (m-Sed) System for Particle Size Distribution of Sand	15
CPT+NMR Technology for On-Land and Offshore Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Applications	13
Mix Ratio Inversion of Geomechanical Model Materials Considering Shear Strength Parameters	13
Resonant Column Testing Procedure for Microbial-Induced Carbonate-Precipitated Sands	12
Peak and Differential Temperature Estimation in Drilled Shafts Using Thermal Gradient Measurements	11
Laboratory Testing of Ferrochrome Slag as an Aggregate in Porous Pavements	11
Developing Soil Internal Erosion Indicator to Quantify Soil Internal Erosion around Defective Buried Pipes under Water Exfiltration	10
Editorial: Special Issue on Shear Testing of Soils, Part 2	9
Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Stabilized Soft Clays with Recycled Binders	9
Development of a Three-Dimensional Visual Simulation Test and Experiment on Water Inrush Evolution in the Floor Area	9
Experimental Investigation of Shear Behavior at the Pile–Soil Interface for Distributed Post-grouted Piles in Cohesive Soil	8
A Combined Slump-Sliding Test for Dredged Fine Sediments	8
Micrometer-Scale Profile Test of Rock Fracture Surface Based on Spectral Confocal Displacement Sensor	8
Application of Asaoka’s Method in Multistage Triaxial Compression Testing of Normally Consolidated Soils	8
A True Triaxial Apparatus for Soil Testing with Three-Dimensional Rigid Boundary	8
Mesostructural Mechanism of Hydraulic Gradient Fluctuations Affecting Internal Instability Using Transparent Soil	8

Stress-Dependent Behavior of Lightly Stabilized Industrial Waste Subbase Using Falling Weight Deflectometer	7
Influence and Mechanisms of Suspending Agents on the Injectability of Cement Grouts in Fractures	7
Determination of the Coefficient of Consolidation Using the Inflection Point on the Pore Pressure Dissipation Curve	7
Development of a Laboratory Test Apparatus for Simulating Core Drilling under High In Situ Stress	7
Development of Tools for the Direct Measurement of Shear Stress and Shear Strain within a Soil Mass	6
Full-Scale Field Test and Application of Long Servo Steel Struts for Deep Excavation	6
Quantification of Gypsum in Soils via Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry	6
Stabilization Tests for Deep Mixing—Round-Robin Tests in Eight Finnish Laboratories	6
Recommendations on Use of DIC in Experimental Geotechnics	6
Centrifuge Model Design for Axially Loaded Structures under Large Ground Movements	6
An Innovative Experimental Methodology for Testing Anisotropic Permeabilities of Formation Rocks	6
Development of Cyclic Interface Shear Test Device and Testing Procedure to Measure the Response of Cohesive Soil-Structure Interface	6
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Compression Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste in Temperature-Controlled Isotropic Condition	6
Dialysis Leaching Test Method for Measuring Solute Diffusion in Bentonites	5
Laboratory Investigation of Nanomaterial-Enhanced Electro-osmotic Chemical Consolidation for Stabilizing Soft Clayey Soils	5
The Use of Steel Slags in Transport Infrastructures: A Critical Review	5
A Revision to the Minimum Required Specimen Width to Maximum Particle Size Ratio in ASTM D3080/D3080M for Direct Shear Testing of Coarse Granular Materials	5
Geotechnical Characterization of Laponite as Transparent Clay Surrogate	5
Application of Experimental Design to Study the Fully Softened Shear Strength	5
Reliability of Chilled-Mirror Hygrometer (WP4C) for Soil Total Suction Measurement	5
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Study on the Damage Evolution of Weathered Granite under Different Confining Pressure Based on Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion and Acoustic Emission Parameters	5
Experimental Study on Stability Analysis of Shallow-Buried Metro Station Hard Rock Excavation under Blasting Vibration Effect	5
How to Correctly Interpret Strange Data for Field Permeability (Slug) Tests in Monitoring Wells or between Packers	4
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Micropile Group Slope Protection Bearing Test	4
Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Rocks under Triaxial Loading Conditions	4
Experimental Studies and Sustainability Assessments of Quarry Dust for Chemical Treatment of Expansive Soils	4
Isotropic Pressure Membrane Sensor to Establish Shrinkage Stress Evolution in Clayey Soil	4
Experimental Investigations on Noncoaxiality of Unsaturated Weathered Red Mudstone Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Simple Shearing	4
Optimizing Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation from In Situ Measurements Using Artificial Data	4
Influence of Stress State on the Expected Behavior of Filtered Iron Ore Tailings for Compacted Stacking Disposal	4
Strength and Deformation Behavior of Equestrian Riding Surfaces Improved with Recycled Geosynthetics	4
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A Convenient Device to Measure the Permeability of Intact Rock (Heterogeneity and Anisotropy)	4
An NMR-Based Procedure for Evaluating the Apparent Surface Relaxivity and Pore Size Distribution of Soils	4
The Influence of Surface Characteristics on Cohesive Soils–Structure Interface Monotonic Shear Response	4
Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling of Creep Behavior of HDPE Geomembranes under Multistage Loading	4
Grouting Spread and Sealing Mechanisms in Rough-Walled Fractures under Flowing Water: A Visual Experimental Investigation	4
Characterization of Partial Drainage during Medusa Flat Dilatometer Testing	4
On the Development of a Self-Sealing Experimental Setup for Natural Claystones Considered as Potential Host Rocks for Radioactive Waste Disposal: Application to the Sandy Opalinus Clay	4
Design and Functionality Analysis of the High-Stress Permeameter (HSP), a Device Developed for Measuring Mechanical and Hydraulic Properties of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Pressure Core	4
Experimental Investigation on the Post-liquefaction Behavior of Sands in Simple Shear Conditions	3
Triaxial Tensile Strength Measurement of Compacted Clayey Soils	3
Resonant Column Calibration and Dynamic Torsional Shear Testing Using Stepped Frequency Sweeps	3
Performance Evaluation of Coal Gangue-GGBS–Based Geopolymer for Treating Black Cotton Soil	3
Tensile Strength of Cement-Treated Sand at Different Loading Rates	3
A New Tool to Effectively Control Groove Dimensions in Low-Plasticity Soils during the Casagrande Cup Liquid Limit Test	3
Compaction-Induced Particle Breakage of Recycled Concrete Aggregate	3
Soil Structure in Volcanic Pumice Soil of Dozou-sawa River Evaluated from In Situ and Laboratory Tests	3

A Servo-control Relative Humidity System for Imposing Very High Soil Suctions	3
Transient Seepage Analysis for Flood Control Embankments	3
Effects of Geometry and Forms of Recycled Plastics on Strength Properties of Silty Soils	3
Measuring Fully Softened Shear Strength of Clay Mineral Mixtures–Comparison with Testing Methods: Direct Simple Shear and Direct Shear	3
Effects of Carbonation and Saturation on the Leaching Characteristics of Recycled Concrete Aggregates	3
Recent and New Information from the Slug Test Data of Ferris and Knowles (1954)	3
Field Performance Evaluation of Base Course Constructed with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Virgin Aggregate Blends	3
Specific Storage or Elastic Modulus of Solid Matrix in Aquifers and Aquitards—Results from Slug Tests: A Review and a Clarification	3
Laboratory Devices and Methods for the Study of Processes in Rock Fractures: Fracture Generation, Characterization, and Process Monitoring	3
Establishing a Relationship between Falling Weight Deflectometer Field Deflections and Nonlinear Parameters to Quantify Stress State for Recycled and Virgin Aggregate Bases	3
Large-Scale Plate Load Tests of Geogrid-Stabilized Aggregate Layers over Weak Clayey Subgrade	3
Strength-Deformation Characteristics of Two Different Foamed Glass Aggregates under a Static Design Load	3
Peak Friction Angle of Sand at a Wide Range of Effective Stresses from Drained Direct Shear, Triaxial, and Plane-Strain Tests for the Design of Retaining Structures	3
A Tool for Processing and Inversion of MASW Data and a Study of Inter-session Variability of MASW	3
Development of an Arduino-Based Flow Control System for Precision Rainfall Simulation and Its Application to Experimental Study on Seepage Failure of Braced Excavation in Sandy-Gravel Mixed Strata	3
Comparative Evaluation of the Long-Term Filtration Performance of Recycled Materials in Highway Drainage Systems	2
Calibration of Boundary-Type Earth Pressure Cells with Sand	2
The Permeafor: A Rapid Tool for Field Hydraulic Conductivity Testing in Granular Soils	2
Study on Uplift Characteristics and Bearing Capacity Calculation Method of Grouted Prefabricated Steel Pipe Piles	2
Use of Bender Elements to Evaluate Linkages between Thermal Volume Changes and Shear Modulus Hardening in Drained and Undrained Thermal Triaxial Tests	2
Measurement of External and Internal Cation Exchange Capacity and Implications to Expansive Soil Classification	2
Experimental Setup to Measure the Development of Shear Bands in Transparent Sand	2
Local Experimental Approach to the Progression of Backward Erosion Piping	2
Influence of Boundary Conditions on Undrained Simple Shear Tests	2
Closure to “Third Discussion of ‘Determining Soil Plasticity Utilizing Manafi Method and Apparatus,’ by M. S. G. Manafi, A. Deng, A. Taheri, M. B. Jaksa, and H. B. Nagaraj”	2
Prediction of Soil Moisture Content through Photographs of Cobalt Chloride Filter Paper in Contact with Soil Specimens	2
Experimental Wave-Based Assessment of Liquefaction Resistance for Different Degrees of Saturation	2
Application of Particle Image Velocimetry for the Visualization of Soil Deformation Processes due to Cyclic Lateral Loading of Rigid Piles	2
Development of a Novel Laboratory Rotating Surface Erosion Apparatus for Cohesive or Stabilized Soils	2
Editorial: Special Issue on Recycled Materials for Sustainable Geotechnical Construction	2
Direct Simple Shear Tests on Specimens with Thick Rings	2
Importance of Sample Height–Diameter Ratio in Triaxial Testing with Free Ends for Determination of the Critical State of Sands	2
Experimental Investigation on Shear Behavior of Partially Saturated Silty Soil under Constant Water Content and Constant Void Ratio Conditions	2
Analysis of the Disc Cutter Cutting Load and Performance during TBM Tunneling in Soft-Hard Varied Strata through Laboratory Cutting Test	2
A Multidirectional Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Device for Characterizing Dynamic Soil Behavior	2
Design and Fabrication of a Multiple Lever-Arm Creep Testing Setup for Rocks	2
Method for Preparing Hollow Cylindrical Specimens of Natural Granite Residual Soil	2
Infrared Drying for Water Content Measurements of Soils	2
Determination of the Water Occlusion Point of Structured Engineered Media Based on Air Permeability Testing	2
Experimental Investigation on Deformation Modes of a Cyclically Eccentric Loaded Gravity Foundation in Sand	2
Editorial	1
Thermo-mechanical Calibration of a Temperature-Controlled Oedometer	1
Mechanical Response and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Laminated Gulong Shale under Cyclic Loading	1
Laboratory Fatigue Characterization of Foamed Bitumen Stabilized Granular Base and Recycled Blends for Pavements	1
Measurement of Dynamic and Static Properties of Residual Soil Using a Modified Cyclic Triaxial Apparatus	1
Hole Erosion Test: Techniques for Determining the Post-erosion Diameter and Its Uncertainty	1
An Experimental Study on Excess Pore-Water Pressure Generation of a Poorly Graded Sand Using Combined RCTS Device	1
A Fully-Automated Environmental Chamber to Study the Interplay between Soil Desiccation Cracking, Temperature, and CO2 Concentration	1
Reliable Elastic Parameter Evaluation for Hard Brittle Rocks: A Crack Damage Criterion-Based Tangent 30 Method	1
Geophysics-Based Model for Determining Effective Stress in Soft Soils	1
Study on Monitoring of Vacuum Preloading Process of Soft Soil Based on Electromechanical Impedance Technique	1
Laboratory Study of Interface Friction between Sand and Steel Surfaces	1
Evaluating Cemented Paste Backfill’s Strength Development at Early Age Using the Laboratory Vane Shear Test	1
Editorial: Special Issue on Shear Testing of Soils, Part 1	1
Experimental and Numerical Study on Micro-macroscopic Mechanical Behavior of Frozen Coarse-Grained Soil under Temperature and Gravel Content Effects	1
Experimental Study on Sliding at the Soil-Structure Interface of a Shallow Foundation	1
Thermal Triaxial Tests to Evaluate Improvement of Soft Marine Clay through Thermal Consolidation	1
Particle Size Characterization of Silty-to-Sandy Powders: Laser Transmission Technique	1
Identification of Soil Layers and Properties by Vibration Measurements during Dynamic Penetration Testing	1
Measuring In Situ Unit Weight and Moisture Content Using a Drive Cylinder, a Nuclear Density Gauge, and a Hybrid Nuclear-Electric Density Gauge	1
Cyclic Behaviors of Anisotropically Consolidated Gravelly Soils under Triaxial Condition: Effects of Sand Gradation Part of the Soil	1
Third Discussion of “Determining Soil Plasticity Utilizing Manafi Method and Apparatus” by Masoud S. G. Manafi, An Deng, Abbas Taheri, Mark B. Jaksa, and Nagaraj HB, Published in Geotechnical Testi	1
Calibration Techniques for Improved Moisture Content Measurements Using a Hybrid Nuclear-Electric Density Gauge	1
A Modified Rowe Cell with Bender Elements for Small Strain Shear Modulus Measurements	1
Interpretation of In Situ State Parameters of Piezocone Penetration Tests in High Pile Rebound Soils	1
Studying Bearing Characteristics and Calculation Models of Karst Cave Roof Utilizing Digital Modeling	1
Experimental Investigation to Analyze the Effect of Cementation on the Geomechanical Behavior of Steel Slag Mixtures	1
Effects of Vegetation Diversity and Spatial Distribution on Riverbank Erosion Protection	1
A New Apparatus for Seepage and Internal Erosion Soil Column Tests in Geotechnical Centrifuge	1
The Sed360 Test for Rapid Sand Particle Size Distribution Determination	1
A Cyclic True Triaxial with Rigid-Rigid-Flexible Boundary for Determination of Cross-Anisotropic Nature of Geomaterials	1
Modified Complex Electrical Resistivity Technique: Applications to Saturated and Unsaturated Soils	1
Double Plane Direct Shear Apparatus for Determination of Adhesion Factor in Clays	1
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Model Testing of Rock-Socketed Piles under Combined Vertical–Lateral Loading	1
Closure to “Second Discussion of ‘Determining Soil Plasticity Utilizing Manafi Method and Apparatus’ by M. S. G. Manafi, A. Deng, A. Taheri, M. B. Jaksa, and H. B. Nagaraj”	1
Experimental Investigation on Active Control of Tunnel Structure Deformation Using Capsule Grouting Technique	1
A 4D Soil-Structure Interaction Model Testing Apparatus	1
Assessment of the Applicability of a Constant-Head Borehole Permeameter Test to River Levees	1