OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geotechnical Testing Journal is 3. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Tensile Strength of Compacted Clays during Desiccation under Elevated Temperatures	21
Laboratory Tests on Mitigation of Soil Liquefaction Using Microbial Induced Desaturation and Precipitation	20
Salinity Assessment for Salted Soil Considering Both Dissolved and Precipitated Salts	17
Quantifying Polymer Loading in Bentonite-Polymer Composites Using Loss on Ignition and Total Carbon Analyses	16
The Hydraulic Properties of Aquabeads Considering Forchheimer Flow and Local Heterogeneity	15
Reappraisal of Fall-Cone Flow Curve for Soil Plasticity Determinations	15
Developing a Sample Preparation Approach to Study the Mechanical Behavior of Unsaturated Fine/Coarse Soil Mixture	13
Fiber Bragg Grating–Based Flume Test to Study the Initiation of Landslide-Debris Flows Induced by Concentrated Runoff	12
Experimental Techniques for the Study of the Cracking Mechanisms in Drying Clays	11
Development and Application of a New Triaxial Testing System for Subzero Rocks	11
Vertical Load Transfer Behavior of Composite Foundation and Its Responses to Adjacent Excavation: Centrifuge Model Test	11
A New Method to Simultaneously Measure the Soil–Water Characteristic Curve and Hydraulic Conductivity Function Using Filter Paper	10
Tensile Strength of Cemented Paste Backfill	10
Impacts of Fixed-End and Flexible Boundary Conditions on Seismic Response of Shallow Foundations on Saturated Sand in 1-g Shaking Table Tests	10
A Unified Approach for Establishing Soil Water Retention and Volume Change Behavior of Soft Soils	10
New Osmotic Tensiometer Development	9
Drained Residual Shear Strength Power Function Coefficients a and b	9
Suggested Method of Specimen Preparation for Triaxial Tests on Partially Saturated Sand	9
Determining Soil Plasticity Utilizing Manafi Method and Apparatus	8
Physical Modeling of Coupled Thermohydraulic Behavior of Compacted MX80 Bentonite during Heating	8
Measurement of Suction Stress and Soil Deformation at High Suction Range	8
Deep, In Situ Nonlinear Dynamic Testing of Soil with Controlled Blasting: Instrumentation, Calibration, and Application to a Plastic Silt Deposit	8
Roller-Integrated Compaction Assessment of Earth-Rock Dam Materials Considering Operation Modes	7
Piezoelectric Ring-Actuator Technique: In-Depth Scrutiny of Interpretation Method	7
A Large-Scale High-Pressure Erosion Apparatus for Studying Internal Erosion in Gravelly Soils under Horizontal Seepage Flow	7

New Approach to Concurrent VS and VP Measurements Using Bender Elements	7
Shake Table Testing: A High-Resolution Vertical Accelerometer Array for Tracking Shear Wave Velocity	7
Assessment of Several Interpreted Pile Capacity Criteria for Large-Diameter Open-Ended Piles	7
Suction Bucket Foundations under Cyclic Tensile Loading—Physical and Numerical Modeling	7
Specific Surface Area by Colorimetry and Image Analysis	7
Selecting an Appropriate Shear Plate Configuration to Measure Elastic Wave Velocities	7
Performance of the Tensiometer Method for the Determination of Soil-Water Retention Curves in Various Soils	7
A Column-Type Experimental Device for Investigating Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behavior of Expansive Soils	6
Comparison of Hydrometer Analysis and Laser Diffraction Method for Measuring Particle and Floc Size Distribution Applied to Fine Coal Refuse	6
Effect of Suction and Confining Pressure on Shear Strength and Dilatancy of Highly Compacted Silty Sand: Single-Stage versus Multistage Triaxial Testing	6
Specific Surface Area of Plastic Clays from Equilibrium Sediment Volume under Salt Environment	6
The Physical Reasons to Have Underdamped or Oscillating Variable-Head (Slug) Tests: A Review and a Clarification	6
A Hollow Cylinder Torsional Shear Device to Explore Behavior of Soils Subjected to Complex Rotation of Principal Stresses	6
A New Direct Tension Test Method for Soils and Soft Rocks	6
Drained Shear Displacement Rates in Fully Softened Strength Torsional Ring Shear Testing	6
Effects of Confining Pressure on Mechanical Properties and Damage Evolution of Granite under Cyclic Impact Loading	5
An Apparatus to Measure Gas Diffusion and Gas Permeability of Unsaturated Cap Barriers Subjected to Distortion	5
Experimental Studies and Sustainability Assessments of Quarry Dust for Chemical Treatment of Expansive Soils	5
A Large-Scale True Triaxial Apparatus with Rigid-Flexible-Flexible Boundary for Granular Materials	5
Mechanical Properties and Stabilization Mechanism of Steel Slag-Rice Husk Ash Solidified High Plasticity Clay	5
Centrifuge Modeling Methodology for Energy Pile Pullout from Saturated Soft Clay	5
Barometric Fluctuations and Duration of Variable-Head (Slug) Field Permeability Tests	5
Field Rebound and Recompression Curve of Soft Clay	5
Performance Characterization of Unsaturated Granular Soils Using Static and Dynamic Plate Load Test	5
A Rapid Method of Determination of Swell Potential and Swell Pressure of Expansive Soils Using Constant Rate of Strain Apparatus	5
Coupled Effect of Soil’s Acidity and Saturation on Pitting Corrosion of Buried Cast Iron	5
An Improved Apparatus for Testing the Friction Variation of Soil-Structure Interface Induced by One-Dimensional Vibration	5
Effects of Oven Temperature and Addition of Ethanol on Measurement of Water Content and Specific Gravity of Cement-Stabilized Soft Clay	4
Triaxial Shear Test for Strength Behavior of Saturated Sand–Steel Interface Based on Preformed Failure Plane	4
A Large-Scale True Triaxial Seepage Apparatus for Evaluating Impact under High Stress State and High Hydraulic Heads	4
Experimental Wave-Based Assessment of Liquefaction Resistance for Different Degrees of Saturation	4
A Novel Apparatus for Dynamic-Static Coupling Tests on Gas-Adsorbed Coal	4
On Cohesive Soil Damping Estimation by Free Vibration Method in Resonant Column Test	4
Development of Cyclic Interface Shear Test Device and Testing Procedure to Measure the Response of Cohesive Soil-Structure Interface	4
Evaluation of a Simple and Affordable Image-Based Procedure to Measure Particle Size Distribution	4
Numerical Simulation Analysis of Real-Time High-Temperature Impact Test Technique of Rock Materials	4
Monitoring Flexure Behavior of Compacted Clay Beam Using High-Resolution Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensors	4
Laboratory Small-Strain Stiffness Measurement Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing	4
How to Correctly Interpret Strange Data for Field Permeability (Slug) Tests in Monitoring Wells or between Packers	4
Internal Erosion of a 0–5 mm Crushed Sand in a Rigid Wall-Permeameter: Experimental Methods and Results	4
Optimizing the Arrangement of Strain Gauges in Pile Load Testing	4
Mesostructural Mechanism of Hydraulic Gradient Fluctuations Affecting Internal Instability Using Transparent Soil	4
Development and Evaluation of Preconditioning Protocols for Sand Specimens in Constant-Volume Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Tests	4
Design and Development of Tilt Table-Based In-Flight Simulator for Pseudostatic Loading in a Geotechnical Centrifuge	4
Laboratory Model Test of Fully Buried Portal Frame-Shaped Slope-Stabilizing Piles	3
Recent and New Information from the Slug Test Data of Ferris and Knowles (1954)	3
Staged Embankment Construction in Geotechnical Centrifuges	3
Experimental Investigation on Shear Behavior of Partially Saturated Silty Soil under Constant Water Content and Constant Void Ratio Conditions	3
Determination of Dispersive Erosion Resistance in Fine-Grained Soils with Newly Developed Test Equipment	3
A Multi-orientation System for Determining Angular Distributions of Shear Wave Velocity in Soil Specimens	3

Long-Term Cyclic Loading Tests for Offshore Pile Foundations Based on Hydraulic Gradient Modeling	3
Stabilization of Soft Clay with Sustainable Binders for Dry Deep Mixing Design	3
Triaxial Tensile Strength Measurement of Compacted Clayey Soils	3
Design and Development of an In-Flight Actuator for Modeling Dynamic Compaction in a Geotechnical Centrifuge	3
Estimation of Damage Evolution within an In Situ Rock Mass Using the Acoustic Emissions Technique under Incremental Cyclic Loading	3
Novel Large-Scale Three-Dimensional Fracturing Experimental Apparatus and Application to Vertical-Well Hydraulic Fracturing of Hard Roof	3
A Modified Triaxial Apparatus for Soils under High-Frequency, Low-Amplitude Vibrations	3
Experimental Study on the Influence of Fast Cooling on the Mechanical Properties of Heated Granite	3
Variability in Particle Size Distribution Due to Sampling	3
Estimation of Undrained Shear Strength of Overconsolidated Clay Using a Maximum Excess Pore Pressure Method Based on Piezocone Penetration Test (CPTU)	3
Investigation to Quantify Suction Characteristics of Marine Soil during Drying and Wetting Cycles	3
Modified Direct Shear Test for Determining Shear Strength of Rock and Concrete	3
Integrated Interpretation of Electrical Conductivity Changes, Heat Generation, and Strength Development in the First Week in Cemented Paste Backfill	3
A Shear Device with Controlled Boundary Conditions for Very Large Nonplanar Rock Discontinuities	3
Compression and Shear Strength Characteristics of Unsaturated Intact Loess in True Triaxial Tests	3
Cemented Paste Backfill Hydraulic Conductivity Evolution from 30 Minutes to 1 Week	3
Redesigned Filter Paper Method: Protocol and Assessment Using Reconstituted Samples	3
Seismic Centrifuge Modeling of a Gentle Slope of Layered Clay, Including a Weak Layer	3
Experimental Study on Progressive Damage Evolution in Rocks Subjected to Post-peak Cyclic Loading History	3
Test Apparatus for Rapid Determination of Soil-Water Retention Curve under Isotropic Loading Condition	3
Mechanical Consequence Observation and Microscopic Visualization of Internal Erosion Using Developed Plane Strain Erosion Apparatus	3
Predictive Model for Soil Shrinkage Characteristic Curve of High Plastic Soils	3
A New Measurement Method of the Erodibility of Soil	3
A New Experimental Technique to Investigate the Load-Bearing Mechanisms of Smeared Rock-Socketed Piles Using In Situ X-ray CT Imaging	3
Stress-Dependent Behavior of Lightly Stabilized Industrial Waste Subbase Using Falling Weight Deflectometer	3
Effects of Camera Lens Distortion on Particle Size and Shape Characterizations	3
Evaluation of Millability and Recyclability of Asphalt with Paving Interlayers	3
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 Testing Journa	3
Simple Testing Method for Measuring the Triaxial Stress-Strain Relations of Unsaturated Soils at High Suctions	3
Thermal Triaxial Tests to Evaluate Improvement of Soft Marine Clay through Thermal Consolidation	3
Acoustic Emission of Sand during Creep under Oedometric Compression	3
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Test for Evaluating Loose Sands on a Wide Strain Range—Application to the InSight Mission on Mars	3
The Sed360 Test for Rapid Sand Particle Size Distribution Determination	3
Visualization of Localized Deformations of Sand in Drained Triaxial Compression Using Digital Image Correlation	3