OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geotechnical Testing Journal is 4. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Development of Direct Shear Apparatus and Liquefaction Strength Tests	25
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	17
Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Failure Modes of Layered Shale in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Brazilian Splitting Tests	16
pH-Dependent Leaching Characteristics of Steel Slag Mitigated with Water Treatment Residual	13
Relationship between a Layered Geomembrane–Geotextile System and Constituent Materials in a Multiaxial Tension Test	12
Monitoring Flexure Behavior of Compacted Clay Beam Using High-Resolution Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensors	12
Suggested Method of Specimen Preparation for Triaxial Tests on Partially Saturated Sand	12
Laboratory Testing of Ferrochrome Slag as an Aggregate in Porous Pavements	11
Calibration and Validation of S3F Sensor for Measuring Normal and Shear Stresses in Soil	11
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Developing Soil Internal Erosion Indicator to Quantify Soil Internal Erosion around Defective Buried Pipes under Water Exfiltration	10
Resonant Column Testing Procedure for Microbial-Induced Carbonate-Precipitated Sands	10
Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Stabilized Soft Clays with Recycled Binders	9
A True Triaxial Apparatus for Soil Testing with Three-Dimensional Rigid Boundary	9
Experimental Investigation of Shear Behavior at the Pile–Soil Interface for Distributed Post-grouted Piles in Cohesive Soil	8
Development of a Laboratory Testing System to Study the Effect of Frost Heave on a Steel Pile	8
Stress-Dependent Behavior of Lightly Stabilized Industrial Waste Subbase Using Falling Weight Deflectometer	7
Mesostructural Mechanism of Hydraulic Gradient Fluctuations Affecting Internal Instability Using Transparent Soil	7
Determination of the Coefficient of Consolidation Using the Inflection Point on the Pore Pressure Dissipation Curve	7
Development of a Three-Dimensional Visual Simulation Test and Experiment on Water Inrush Evolution in the Floor Area	7
Micrometer-Scale Profile Test of Rock Fracture Surface Based on Spectral Confocal Displacement Sensor	7
An Innovative Experimental Methodology for Testing Anisotropic Permeabilities of Formation Rocks	6
A Combined Slump-Sliding Test for Dredged Fine Sediments	6
Development of Tools for the Direct Measurement of Shear Stress and Shear Strain within a Soil Mass	6
Recommendations on Use of DIC in Experimental Geotechnics	6

Quantification of Gypsum in Soils via Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry	6
Application of Asaoka’s Method in Multistage Triaxial Compression Testing of Normally Consolidated Soils	6
Centrifuge Model Design for Axially Loaded Structures under Large Ground Movements	6
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Development of a Laboratory Test Apparatus for Simulating Core Drilling under High In Situ Stress	6
Geotechnical Characterization of Laponite as Transparent Clay Surrogate	5
Compression Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste in Temperature-Controlled Isotropic Condition	5
The Use of Steel Slags in Transport Infrastructures: A Critical Review	5
Reliability of Chilled-Mirror Hygrometer (WP4C) for Soil Total Suction Measurement	5
Strength and Deformation Behavior of Equestrian Riding Surfaces Improved with Recycled Geosynthetics	5
The Influence of Surface Characteristics on Cohesive Soils–Structure Interface Monotonic Shear Response	5
Development of Cyclic Interface Shear Test Device and Testing Procedure to Measure the Response of Cohesive Soil-Structure Interface	5
Application of Experimental Design to Study the Fully Softened Shear Strength	5
Study on the Damage Evolution of Weathered Granite under Different Confining Pressure Based on Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion and Acoustic Emission Parameters	5
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Micropile Group Slope Protection Bearing Test	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	5
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Stabilization Tests for Deep Mixing—Round-Robin Tests in Eight Finnish Laboratories	5
Dialysis Leaching Test Method for Measuring Solute Diffusion in Bentonites	5
Evaluation of the Penetration Behavior of Viscous Fluids into Porous Media in the Context of Volume Determination	5
Characterization of Partial Drainage during Medusa Flat Dilatometer Testing	4
Experimental Study on Measurement of Interfacial Pressure in Granular Materials	4
Experimental Study of the Crack Propagation and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Red Sandstone under Cyclic Loading	4
A Convenient Device to Measure the Permeability of Intact Rock (Heterogeneity and Anisotropy)	4
Tensile Strength of Cement-Treated Sand at Different Loading Rates	4
Influence of Stress State on the Expected Behavior of Filtered Iron Ore Tailings for Compacted Stacking Disposal	4
An Improved Apparatus for Testing the Friction Variation of Soil-Structure Interface Induced by One-Dimensional Vibration	4
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Residual Strength of Liquefied Soil: The Effect of Induced Partial Saturation	4
Experimental Studies and Sustainability Assessments of Quarry Dust for Chemical Treatment of Expansive Soils	4
Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling of Creep Behavior of HDPE Geomembranes under Multistage Loading	4
Experimental Investigations on Noncoaxiality of Unsaturated Weathered Red Mudstone Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Simple Shearing	4
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Isotropic Pressure Membrane Sensor to Establish Shrinkage Stress Evolution in Clayey Soil	4