OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Civil Engineering is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Pak Kok Pier, Hong Kong – first in Pier Improvement Programme	9
Railway embankment failure trends and monitoring – lessons learned from the Anglia route	9
Sustainable hydrocarbon remediation using solar power at Redheugh gasworks, UK	8
Civil engineers must embrace innovation to ensure hospitals keep pace with demand	6
The blueprint of digital advancement: a study of construction technology implementation	6
Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous: the new world facing civil engineers	6
Books	6
Proposed guidance for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Middle Eastern construction	5
Feilong Bridge, China: a super-long-span composite bridge with corrugated steel webs	5
Briefing: How do we adapt to the new hot reality?	5
Books	5
Energy performance indicators in a multi-year review of municipal systems in Goiás, Brazil	5
Introduction	4
Improving the collection, governance and use of spatial data for infrastructure in Africa	4
ICE Proceedings	4
Editorial	4
Espérance Bridge, London, UK	4
Soft touch temporary works: Westminster Hall roof lantern freestanding access, UK	3
Weather-related fragility modelling of critical infrastructure: a power and railway case study	3
Deploying human and non-human ecosystem engineers to rebuild nature for people	3
Nature-based solutions	3
Combining small-scale sustainable drainage systems with real-time control systems	3
Briefing: The rain to drain approach of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) design and monitoring	3
Portable ultrasonic air-leak detectors can help to ensure fire door compartmentation	3
Innovative design of a suspended large-span exhibition hall roof in Wuzhen, China	3

Xiong’an station, China – how the largest station in Asia was built in just 2 years	3
Developing permeable pavements for a more sustainable built environment	3
Briefing: Vertical vibration control of over-track buildings: information for practitioners	3
Establishing a statement of principles for community engagement with civil engineering	3
Estimates of the useful lifetime of bridges using a generated database	3
Briefing: Redefining competency in fire-safe design	3
Eye in the sky: condition monitoring of transportation infrastructure using drones	3
Replacement Pooley Bridge in Cumbria: the UK’s ﬁrst stainless-steel road bridge	2
UK’s first heathland green bridge	2
Introduction	2
Briefing: Lessons to learn from Welsh roads policy	2
Hybrid surrogate models of quay walls	2
Briefing: Balance – tall buildings, old, new and carbon dioxide: a London perspective	2
A new strategy for securing the future of the engineering profession	2
Danjiangkou Reservoir Bridge, China: a new record for earth-anchored cable-stayed bridges	2
Design and BIM-based technology on a new cross-sea bridge in Xiamen, China	2
Delivering a new helicopter base at Kai Tak for the Hong Kong Government Flying Service	2
Accelerated construction and geometry control of cable-stayed bridge: cable crane method	2
North West Transport Hub: a new life for Derry∼Londonderry’s 150-year-old Waterside Station	2
Battersea Power Station – regeneration of an icon	2
Time to get serious about digitalisation of the built environment	2
Briefing: Welsh 20 mile per hour (mph) speed limits: implementation, public perception and how is it working	2
Thames Tideway Tunnel: beneath the Thames tunnelling challenges and achievements	2
Corrigendum	2
Award-winning papers in 2022	2
Briefing: Closing the climate resilience infrastructure gap	2
Stability analysis of deep cemented backfill with a vertical single exposure	2
ICE report confirms that systems thinking is improving the delivery of major projects	2
Using nature-based solutions to improve coastal resilience	2
Tees Tidelands, UK – restore, reconnect, realign	2
Algorithmic thinking and agile delivery in linear infrastructure	2
Surface settlement analysis of deep pit in soft plastic loess under fluid–solid coupling	2
New global young engineers working group starts drive towards net-zero emissions	2
Engineering knowledge: the Institution of Civil Engineers and the UN Sustainable Development Goals	2
Three-dimensional analysis of a prefabricated subway station during construction	2
Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway: a new paradigm for China’s cross-sea railways	2
All civil engineers need to step up and engage with climate change	2
Briefing: Designing for the mind: a first standard for neurodiversity and the built environment	1
Infrastructure resilience under a changing climate: the urgent need for engineers to act	1
Applications of advanced off-site manufacturing for steel modular buildings	1
Maximising the construction waste reduction potential – barriers and catalysts	1
Examples of integrating hydraulic equipment into temporary works	1
Books	1
Overcoming tunnelling challenges on the Mumbai Coastal Road project in India	1
A review of the legacy and achievements of the UK’s Construction Innovation Hub	1
How Engineers for Overseas Development is helping to improve healthcare in Uganda	1
Publisher’s note	1
Briefing: Advancing sustainability practice in geotechnical design and construction	1
Environment, society and governance: why these issues are important for civil engineering	1
Editorial	1

Briefing: How long-term monitoring of SuDS will inform next-generation guidance and modelling tools	1
Making connections for a nature- and people-positive world	1
Briefing: Examining infrastructure investment under the UK Labour government	1
Briefing: The Thames Barrier – an accidental asset in London’s attempts to address climate change	1
Upgrading rural footpaths to motorcycle taxi tracks in rural sub-Saharan Africa	1
Business model innovation of architecture, engineering and construction consultancies in the AI era	1
Nature-based solutions: estuarine restoration for water quality, seagrass and ecological improvement	1
Qinglong Isle Bridge, Yiyang, China: a lightweight composite-girder self-anchored suspension bridge	1
Briefing: Realising Net Zero Liverpool: a state-of-the-art urban decarbonisation initiative	1
The impact of the biodiversity net gain requirement on the cost management of projects	1
Briefing: Groundwater and the subsurface	1
Editorial	1
TBM adaptability analysis in small-radius curved tunnels in Kurkar strata in Israel	1
Briefing: Timber-based solar PV carports – reducing emissions and enabling ultra-fast electric vehicle charging	1
Understanding building information modelling and its use in the Chinese construction industry	1
Thames Tideway Tunnel: Hammersmith Pumping Station – highly constrained working	1
Civil engineers can enhance children’s safety and health with safer routes to school	1
Editorial	1
Groundwater flooding – a hidden hazard	1
Observations from the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence in Türkiye and Syria	1
The built-environment sector needs a whole-life emissions metric to achieve net-zero goals	1
A review of the United Nations’ initiatives to promote more sustainable infrastructure	1
Thames Tideway Tunnel: protecting, using and changing the shape of the River Thames	1
Civil engineers designing buildings need to get up to speed on competencies required	1
Lifting a 183 t concrete digester roof safely and cost-effectively with hydraulic bottle jacks	1
The changing nature of groundwater control for temporary works	1
Briefing: Working across municipal boundaries: lessons from Canadian infrastructure delivery in a global context	1
Examples of carbon dioxide emissions data in the circular economy: highway transport	1
Briefing: The 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy	1
Temporary works for dismantling steel cantilever truss bridges in the USA	1
HS2 Old Oak Common: collaborative delivery of the UK’s largest new-build station	1
Construction engineering to transform the composite frame of YY London	1
The research needed to help society adapt and be more resilient to climate change	1
Civil engineers need to promise not to cause harm to the environment	1
How greater data access will make civil engineering and construction more productive	1
A reminder of the critical importance of competent temporary works coordinators	1
Former IBM building at 76 Southbank, London: a blueprint for adaptive reuse and addressing insurance risks with materials science	1
ICE Proceedings	1
Harnessing offshore wind energy in east Africa: the next big move to lighting up the continent	1
Civil engineers need the right skills and mindset to create sustainable living	1
Thames Tideway Tunnel: purpose, overview, delivery model and financing	1
How radar technology will cut the cost and duration of aerial drone surveys	1
Rapid construction of modular buildings for emergencies: a case study from Hong Kong, China	1
Putting nature at the heart of infrastructure using biodiversity net gain – key insights	1
Briefing: From modern methods of construction to industrialisation: clarity, scale and the next chapter for UK construction	1
Defect detection and service-condition evaluation of subway tunnel lining and track structures during operation	1
Briefing: Role of civil engineers in advancing water and climate adaptation investments globally	1