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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Development of Direct Shear Apparatus and Liquefaction Strength Tests	30
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	30
pH-Dependent Leaching Characteristics of Steel Slag Mitigated with Water Treatment Residual	17
Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Failure Modes of Layered Shale in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Brazilian Splitting Tests	17
Experimental Study on Working Performance of Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall under Vehicle Dynamic Load	17
Relationship between a Layered Geomembrane–Geotextile System and Constituent Materials in a Multiaxial Tension Test	15
Calibration and Validation of S3F Sensor for Measuring Normal and Shear Stresses in Soil	14
Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Stabilized Soft Clays with Recycled Binders	14
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Influence of Pre-existing Flaws and Moisture Content on Damage Characteristics of Sandstone in Uniaxial Compression Experiments	13
Developing Soil Internal Erosion Indicator to Quantify Soil Internal Erosion around Defective Buried Pipes under Water Exfiltration	12
Mix Ratio Inversion of Geomechanical Model Materials Considering Shear Strength Parameters	11
The Manometer Sedimentation (m-Sed) System for Particle Size Distribution of Sand	11
Resonant Column Testing Procedure for Microbial-Induced Carbonate-Precipitated Sands	10
Laboratory Testing of Ferrochrome Slag as an Aggregate in Porous Pavements	10
CPT+NMR Technology for On-Land and Offshore Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Applications	10
A True Triaxial Apparatus for Soil Testing with Three-Dimensional Rigid Boundary	9
Mesostructural Mechanism of Hydraulic Gradient Fluctuations Affecting Internal Instability Using Transparent Soil	8
Experimental Investigation of Shear Behavior at the Pile–Soil Interface for Distributed Post-grouted Piles in Cohesive Soil	8
Editorial: Special Issue on Shear Testing of Soils, Part 2	8
Development of a Three-Dimensional Visual Simulation Test and Experiment on Water Inrush Evolution in the Floor Area	8
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Determination of the Coefficient of Consolidation Using the Inflection Point on the Pore Pressure Dissipation Curve	7
Micrometer-Scale Profile Test of Rock Fracture Surface Based on Spectral Confocal Displacement Sensor	7
Development of a Laboratory Test Apparatus for Simulating Core Drilling under High In Situ Stress	7

A Combined Slump-Sliding Test for Dredged Fine Sediments	7
Quantification of Gypsum in Soils via Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry	7
Stress-Dependent Behavior of Lightly Stabilized Industrial Waste Subbase Using Falling Weight Deflectometer	7
Application of Asaoka’s Method in Multistage Triaxial Compression Testing of Normally Consolidated Soils	7
Compression Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste in Temperature-Controlled Isotropic Condition	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
Stabilization Tests for Deep Mixing—Round-Robin Tests in Eight Finnish Laboratories	6
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
Recommendations on Use of DIC in Experimental Geotechnics	5
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Dialysis Leaching Test Method for Measuring Solute Diffusion in Bentonites	5
Reliability of Chilled-Mirror Hygrometer (WP4C) for Soil Total Suction Measurement	5
How to Correctly Interpret Strange Data for Field Permeability (Slug) Tests in Monitoring Wells or between Packers	5
The Influence of Surface Characteristics on Cohesive Soils–Structure Interface Monotonic Shear Response	5
Geotechnical Characterization of Laponite as Transparent Clay Surrogate	5
Laboratory Investigation of Nanomaterial-Enhanced Electro-osmotic Chemical Consolidation for Stabilizing Soft Clayey Soils	5
Application of Experimental Design to Study the Fully Softened Shear Strength	5
The Use of Steel Slags in Transport Infrastructures: A Critical Review	5
Experimental Study on Stability Analysis of Shallow-Buried Metro Station Hard Rock Excavation under Blasting Vibration Effect	5
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Micropile Group Slope Protection Bearing Test	4
Strength and Deformation Behavior of Equestrian Riding Surfaces Improved with Recycled Geosynthetics	4
Grouting Spread and Sealing Mechanisms in Rough-Walled Fractures under Flowing Water: A Visual Experimental Investigation	4
Experimental Investigations on Noncoaxiality of Unsaturated Weathered Red Mudstone Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Simple Shearing	4
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Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Rocks under Triaxial Loading Conditions	4
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	4
Influence of Stress State on the Expected Behavior of Filtered Iron Ore Tailings for Compacted Stacking Disposal	4
Optimizing Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation from In Situ Measurements Using Artificial Data	4
Characterization of Partial Drainage during Medusa Flat Dilatometer Testing	4
A Convenient Device to Measure the Permeability of Intact Rock (Heterogeneity and Anisotropy)	4
Study on the Damage Evolution of Weathered Granite under Different Confining Pressure Based on Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion and Acoustic Emission Parameters	4
Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling of Creep Behavior of HDPE Geomembranes under Multistage Loading	4
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Experimental Studies and Sustainability Assessments of Quarry Dust for Chemical Treatment of Expansive Soils	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
Transient Seepage Analysis for Flood Control Embankments	3
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	3
Establishing a Relationship between Falling Weight Deflectometer Field Deflections and Nonlinear Parameters to Quantify Stress State for Recycled and Virgin Aggregate Bases	3
Performance Evaluation of Coal Gangue-GGBS–Based Geopolymer for Treating Black Cotton Soil	3
Experimental Investigation on the Post-liquefaction Behavior of Sands in Simple Shear Conditions	3
A New Tool to Effectively Control Groove Dimensions in Low-Plasticity Soils during the Casagrande Cup Liquid Limit Test	3
Strength-Deformation Characteristics of Two Different Foamed Glass Aggregates under a Static Design Load	3
A Tool for Processing and Inversion of MASW Data and a Study of Inter-session Variability of MASW	3
Measuring Fully Softened Shear Strength of Clay Mineral Mixtures–Comparison with Testing Methods: Direct Simple Shear and Direct Shear	3
Laboratory Devices and Methods for the Study of Processes in Rock Fractures: Fracture Generation, Characterization, and Process Monitoring	3
A Shear Device with Controlled Boundary Conditions for Very Large Nonplanar Rock Discontinuities	3
An NMR-Based Procedure for Evaluating the Apparent Surface Relaxivity and Pore Size Distribution of Soils	3

Resonant Column Calibration and Dynamic Torsional Shear Testing Using Stepped Frequency Sweeps	3
Tensile Strength of Cement-Treated Sand at Different Loading Rates	3
Large-Scale Plate Load Tests of Geogrid-Stabilized Aggregate Layers over Weak Clayey Subgrade	3
Recent and New Information from the Slug Test Data of Ferris and Knowles (1954)	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
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
A Servo-control Relative Humidity System for Imposing Very High Soil Suctions	3
Triaxial Tensile Strength Measurement of Compacted Clayey Soils	3
Isotropic Pressure Membrane Sensor to Establish Shrinkage Stress Evolution in Clayey Soil	3
Effects of Geometry and Forms of Recycled Plastics on Strength Properties of Silty Soils	3
Specific Storage or Elastic Modulus of Solid Matrix in Aquifers and Aquitards—Results from Slug Tests: A Review and a Clarification	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
Effects of Carbonation and Saturation on the Leaching Characteristics of Recycled Concrete Aggregates	3
Field Performance Evaluation of Base Course Constructed with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Virgin Aggregate Blends	3