OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering is 47. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Experimental Investigation of Saturation Effect on the Mechanical Behaviour of Château-Landon Chalk	146
Correction to: Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Axially Loaded Bored Piles Socketed in a Conglomerate Rock Mass	124
On the Interpretability of Machine Learning Using Input Variable Selection: Forecasting Tunnel Liner Yield	120
Seismic Dynamic Response Analysis Method of Tunnel Considering Coseismic Dislocation	90
Experimental Investigation and Semi-Analytical Simulation of Instantaneous and Time-Dependent Damage Behaviors of Beishan Granite	86
A 3D Subspring Network Breakable Voronoi Model for Rock	85
Experimental Investigation on Strength and Failure Characteristics of Composite Rock in Contact Zone under Biaxial Compression	85
Numerical Investigation of Hydro-Mechanical (HM) Effect on Meso-Failure Properties of Granite Using Improved HM Grain-Based Model	82
Investigation into the Rock-Breaking Forces of TBM Disc Cutters with Diverse Edge Shapes	81
Prediction of Uniaxial Strength of Rocks Using Relevance Vector Machine Improved with Dual Kernels and Metaheuristic Algorithms	75
Role of Rock Sections in Intermittent Joints in Controlling Rock Mass Strength and Failure Modes	73
Petrophysical and Mechanical Properties of Complex Structure Coalbed Methane Reservoir: A Laboratory Investigation	70
Mechanical and Fracture Behaviors of Brittle Material with a Circular Inclusion: Insight from Infilling Composition	69
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Initial Irreversible Critical Damage State of Red Mudstone	69
Comprehensive 3-D Modeling of Mining-Induced Fault Slip: Impact of Panel Length, Panel Orientation and Far-Field Stress Orientation	68
Wear of Cutting Tools in Hard Rock Excavation Process: A Critical Review of Rock Abrasiveness Testing Methods	66
Assessment of Microseismic Events via Moment Tensor Inversion and Stress Evolution to Understand the Rupture of a Hard–Thick Rock Stratum	65
Effects of Wet–Dry Cycles and Acidic Environments on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Silty Mudstone	64
Mechanical Behavior and Crack Propagation Mechanism of Sandstone Containing a Pre-existing Flaw Under Combined Compression–Shear Loading	64
Experimental Study on the Fracture Process Zones and Fracture Characteristics of Coal and Rocks in Coal Beds	64
Influence of Mineral Veins on Hydraulic Fracture Propagation	63
Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study on Rock Fragmentation and Crack Propagation Characteristics with Hole Enlargement Under Impact Load	62
Modeling Brazilian Tensile Strength Tests on a Brittle Rock Using Deterministic, Semi-deterministic, and Voronoi Bonded Block Models	62
Surface Subsidence Observations and Strata Breaking Activity Inversion from Underground Coal Mining: A Case Study in Western China	58
Effects of Complex Triaxial Unloading Confining Stress Conditions on the Mechanical Behaviour and Fracture Mechanism of Sandstone	57

Large Deformation Characteristics and Mechanisms of Deep-Buried Foliated Basalt Tunnel: A Case Study of the Haba Snow Mountain Tunnel	56
Loading/Unloading Response of Crystalline Rocks with Varied Thermal-Damaged Degrees to Cyclic Compression Using a Grain-Based Model	56
Permeability Evolution in a Fracture in Granite During Isotropic Compression	56
Heterogeneous Swelling of an Isotropically Compacted Bentonite-Based Material: Experimental Observations and Modelling	55
Influence of Slot Width in Cartridge on Crack Propagation and Energy Concentration Under Explosion Load	55
Bentonite Swelling into Voids: Different Modelling Approaches for Hydration with Technological Gaps	53
A Simplified Approach to Estimate Anchoring Capacity of Blocky Rock Mass with Pressure Arch Theory	53
Influence of Initial Oil Saturation, Injection Velocity and Wettability on Microscopic Characteristics in CO2-Oil–Water Displacement System	53
Numerical Simulation on Cross-Layer Propagation of Hydraulic Fracture in Sand–mud Interbedded Layers: Taking the Shahejie Formation in BZ 25–1 Offshore Oilfield as an Example	52
Effect of an Isolation Layer on the Seismic Vulnerability of a Shield Tunnel and Validation Through Shaking Table Tests	52
Experimental Investigation of Incompatible Deformation Characteristics of Ultra-Deep Composite Rock Salt	51
Analysis of In-Situ Dynamic Ground Support Test Results with Insights Revealed by Time-Dependent Terms of Power and Strain Rate	51
Experimental and Numerical Research on the Mechanism of Hydraulic Fracture Growth for the Multi-Lithology and Multi-Layered Shale Reservoirs	51
Investigation of Borehole Pressures and Rise Times for Coupled and Decoupled Blasting in Different Rock Types	51
Permeability and Stress Sensitivity of Coals with Different Fracture Directions Under Cyclic Loading–Unloading Conditions: A Case Study of the Xutuan Coal Mine in Huaibei Coalfield, China	50
Research and Application of the Calculation Method for Vertical Stress of Interlayer Rock in Coal Mining Under Pillar Goaf	49
Study on the Influence of Geological Fault Structure on the Energy Evolution of Rockbursts	48
Rock Engineering Systems for Quantifying Risks and Controls for the Resilient Design and Optimisation of Long and Ultra-long Ore Passes	48
Research on Seismic Performance Evaluation Method of NPR Anchor Cables for Tunnel Crossing Fault Seismic Zones	48
A Numerical Analysis of Coal Burst Potential After the Release of the Fault-Slip Energy	47
A Displacement Discontinuity Approach to Simulate Pillar Stress in Multi-Reef Hard Rock Mining Layouts with a Small Middling	47
Analysis of the Deformation Characteristics of the Surrounding Rock Mass of a Deep Tunnel During Excavation Through a Fracture Zone	47
An Experimental Investigation into the Effect of Heating on the Swelling of Rock Containing Anhydrite	47
Stability Analysis and Deformation Control of Tunnel with Extremely Weak Surrounding Rocks Caused by Strike-Slip Fault Activity	47
Face Failure Mechanism of Fault Tunnels in High-Energy Environments Based on 3D DFN-DEM Considering Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupling Model	47