OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering is 44. 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
Fracture Evolution and Energy Characteristics During Marble Failure Under Triaxial Fatigue Cyclic and Confining Pressure Unloading (FC-CPU) Conditions	132
Experimental Study on Damage and Fracture Characteristics of Beishan Granite Subjected to High-temperature Treatment with DIC and AE Techniques	122
Automated Recognition Model of Geomechanical Information Based on Operational Data of Tunneling Boring Machines	112
Numerical Simulation of Water–Silt Inrush Hazard of Fault Rock: A Three-Phase Flow Model	98
Effect of Unloading Rate on the Mechanical Behavior and Fracture Characteristics of Sandstones Under Complex Triaxial Stress Conditions	97
Study on a Damage Model and Uniaxial Compression Simulation Method of Frozen–Thawed Rock	94
Influences of Loading Method and Notch Type on Rock Fracture Toughness Measurements: From the Perspectives of T-Stress and Fracture Process Zone	94
Experimental Study on Rock Strength and Deformation Characteristics Under Triaxial Cyclic Loading and Unloading Conditions	80
Dynamic Cracking Behaviors and Energy Evolution of Multi-flawed Rocks Under Static Pre-compression	76
Underlying Mechanisms of Crack Initiation for Granitic Rocks Containing a Single Pre-existing Flaw: Insights From Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Analysis	73
Deformation Behaviors and Mechanical Mechanisms of Double Primary Linings for Large-Span Tunnels in Squeezing Rock: A Case Study	70
Study on the Triaxial Unloading Creep Mechanical Properties and Damage Constitutive Model of Red Sandstone Containing a Single Ice-Filled Flaw	62
Frequency Characteristics of Acoustic Emissions Induced by Crack Propagation in Rock Tensile Fracture	60
Three-Dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis of Failure Mechanisms and Movement Characteristics of Slope Rockfalls	58
Changes in Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Low-Permeability Coal Induced by Pulsating Nitrogen Fatigue Fracturing Tests	57
Mechanical Properties and Energy Damage Evolution Characteristics of Coal Under Cyclic Loading and Unloading	57
Influence of Water on the Mechanical Properties and Failure Behaviors of Sandstone Under Triaxial Compression	57
New Detecting Method on the Connecting Fractured Zone Above the Coal Face and a Case Study	56
Experimental Investigation on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Granite Subjected to Cyclic Heating and Liquid Nitrogen Cooling	55
Fatigue Damage Mechanism and Deformation Behaviour of Granite Under Ultrahigh-Frequency Cyclic Loading Conditions	55
A Plastic Strain-Induced Damage Model of Porous Rock Suitable for Different Stress Paths	55
Closed-Form Equation for Estimating Unconfined Compressive Strength of Granite from Three Non-destructive Tests Using Soft Computing Models	53
Effect of Confining Pressure and Strain Rate on Mechanical Behaviors and Failure Characteristics of Sandstone Containing a Pre-existing Flaw	53
Analysis of the Microscopic Evolution of Rock Damage Based on Real-Time Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	52
Macro–Meso Fracture and Instability Behaviors of Hollow-Cylinder Granite Containing Fissures Subjected to Freeze–Thaw–Fatigue Loads	51

Characterization of Joint Roughness Heterogeneity and Its Application in Representative Sample Investigations	50
Effects of Confining Pressure and Temperature on the Energy Evolution of Rocks Under Triaxial Cyclic Loading and Unloading Conditions	49
Machine Learning Techniques to Predict Rock Strength Parameters	49
Novel Three-dimensional Rock Dynamic Tests Using the True Triaxial Electromagnetic Hopkinson Bar System	48
Progressive Damage Behaviours of Triaxially Confined Rocks under Multiple Dynamic Loads	48
Effect of Grain Size on the Mechanical Behaviour of Granite Under High Temperature and Triaxial Stresses	48
Correlation Between the Constant mi of Hoek–Brown Criterion and Porosity of Intact Rock	48
Size Effect and Anisotropy in a Transversely Isotropic Rock Under Compressive Conditions	48
A New Theoretical Method to Predict Strata Movement and Surface Subsidence due to Inclined Coal Seam Mining	48
Effect of Cyclic Wetting–Drying Treatment on Strength and Failure Behavior of Two Quartz-Rich Sandstones Under Direct Shear	47
Effect of Filling on Failure Characteristics of Diorite with Double Rectangular Holes Under Coupled Static–Dynamic Loads	47
The Dynamic Mechanical Properties of a Hard Rock Under True Triaxial Damage-Controlled Dynamic Cyclic Loading with Different Loading Rates: A Case Study	47
Evaluation Method of Rock Brittleness under True Triaxial Stress States Based on Pre-peak Deformation Characteristic and Post-peak Energy Evolution	47
Experimental Investigation of Spalling Failure of D-Shaped Tunnel Under Three-Dimensional High-Stress Conditions in Hard Rock	46
Evaluating the Microstructure Evolution Behaviors of Saturated Sandstone Using NMR Testing Under Uniaxial Short-Term and Creep Compression	46
Experimental Investigation on the Mechanical Behavior and Damage Evolution Mechanism of Water-Immersed Gypsum Rock	46
A Novel In-Seam Borehole Discontinuous Hydraulic Flushing Technology in the Driving Face of Soft Coal Seams: Enhanced Gas Extraction Mechanism and Field Application	45
Introduction of a Scaling Factor for Fracture Toughness Measurement of Rocks Using the Semi-circular Bend Test	44
On the Mechanism of High-Voltage Pulsed Fragmentation from Electrical Breakdown Process	44
A DEM-Based Approach for Modeling the Damage of Rock Under Freeze–Thaw Cycles	44