OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cold Regions Science and Technology is 30. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	85
Numerical analyses on the spatial-temporal thermal influence range of embankment in the Qinghai-Tibet Engineering Corridor	79
Editorial Board	59
Insight of key parameters in freeze-thaw damage on the performance of cement-based materials: A comparative study with rapid-freeze method	56
Editorial Board	53
Formulation and validation of resistance prediction scheme for ships in ice regime described in WMO egg code	52
Towards standards in the analysis of wind turbines operating in cold climate. Part B: Methodology for evaluating wind turbine alternative operational strategies	50
Influence of intermediate principal stress ratio on strength and deformation characteristics of frozen sandy soil under different moisture contents	48
Regional freezing index and its frequency calculation considering the certainty effects of elevation and latitude	47
Comprehensive evaluation of thermally conductive functional layer on snow-melting performance for electric heating bridge system	45
Editorial Board	44
Comparative study of different materials for insulated pavement in cold regions	44
Investigation of ice and snow accumulations on the bogie areas of high-speed trains using ice wind tunnel experiments	43
Modeling of frozen soil-structure interface shear behavior by supervised deep learning	42
Enhanced post freeze-thaw stability of Zn/Pb co-contaminated soil through MgO-activated steel slag and fiber treatment	40
Water transfer in building materials over capillary saturation during freezing	38
Numerical simulation of water migration in saturated soft clay induced by horizontal freezing	38
Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) of frozen soil: A model considering temperature, moisture, and strain rate	37
Data-theory driven prediction approach for the residual axial load carrying capacity of RC columns under salt freeze-thaw cycles	37
Hydration investigation of negative temperature concrete at early age based on low-field nuclear magnetic resonance	35
An initial study of interference coloration for quantifying the texture and fabric of ice	35
Experimental study on the effect and influence mechanism of boundary hydraulic pressure on frost heaving	35
Deterioration process and damage constitutive model of concrete under freeze-thaw circumstance of severely cold regions	34
Comparative analysis of nine categories of soil freezing characteristic curve models for simulating frost heave	34
Volumetric behavior of an unsaturated clayey soil-rock mixture subjected to freeze-thaw cycles: A new insight	34

Performance of clay soil reinforced with PET plastic waste subjected to freeze-thaw cycles for pavement subgrade application	33
Probabilistic assessment of first-year ice ridge action on offshore structures	32
Evaluating the importance of footloose-type failure in ice island deterioration modeling	32
Editorial Board	31
Corrigendum to “Peak loads during dynamic ice-structure interaction caused by rapid ice strengthening at near-zero relative velocity” [Cold Regions Science and Technology 211 (2023) 103864]	31
Long-term deformation rules of railway embankments in permafrost regions: Classification and prediction	30
Frost jacking of piles in seasonally and perennially frozen ground	30
River Ice Detection and Classification using Oblique Shore-based Photography	30
Study on water-salt phase transition of saline soils during freezing	30