OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology is 2. 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
Review of groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling approaches for the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer, UK; insights from analogous successions worldwide	31
The temperature of Britain's coalfields	19
Natural Source Zone Depletion (NSZD): from process understanding to effective implementation at LNAPL-impacted sites	18
Reply to discussion on ‘Review of groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling approaches for the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer, UK; insights from analogous successions worldwide’ by Medici and W	18
Drilling into mines for heat: geological synthesis of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow and implications for mine water heat resources	15
Why the future of rock mass classification systems requires revisiting their empirical past	15
Experimental study of the mechanism of grouting colloidal nano-silica in over-broken coal mass	15
Using landslide-inventory mapping for a combined bagged-trees and logistic-regression approach to determining landslide susceptibility in eastern Kentucky, USA	13
A comparison of three methods to assess natural source zone depletion at paved fuel retail sites	12
A sensitivity analysis of a single extraction well from deep geothermal aquifers in the Cheshire Basin, UK	10
Impact liquefaction mechanism of sandy silt with a change in impact energy	8
Developing a landslide vulnerability assessment for the national road network in Laos	8
Anisotropy in ultrasonic pulse velocity and dynamic elastic constants of laminated sandstone	6
Novel approach to predicting the spatial distribution of the hydraulic conductivity of a rock mass using convolutional neural networks	6
Effect of chemical stabilization on index and engineering properties of a remoulded expansive soil	5
The influence of weathering on index properties and undrained shear strength for the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the Lias Group at a site near Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK	5
Rock joint detection from borehole imaging logs based on grey-level co-occurrence matrix and Canny edge detector	5
Digital drilling-based determination of rock anisotropy and anisotropic effect on cutter wear	5
Similarity simulation study on displacement and stress changes response to coal mining in Longdong coal mine, China	5
Microscale evidence of the role of water during the emplacement of mass flows in glacial environments	5
Buried (drift-filled) hollows in London – a review of their location and key characteristics	5
Evaluation of measures to improve the performance of an open loop ground source heat pump system in the chalk aquifer: a case study	5
Laboratory simulation of gypsum rock dissolution at different pressures, water-flow velocities and pH ranges	5
The role of engineering geology in delivering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals	5
A method to determine the relative importance of geological parameters that control the hydraulic erodibility of rock	5

Landslide costs on the national road network of Laos, with some regional implications	5
Engineering geomorphology of HS2: management of geohazards	5
An assessment of different alkali-activated cements as stabilizers of sulfate-bearing soils	4
Electrokinetic-enhanced removal of toluene from physically heterogeneous granular porous media	4
Construction geological logging of the Thames Tideway Tunnel beneath central London: unearthing the ground truth	4
Geological structures beneath the River Thames in London: findings from the Thames Tideway Tunnel investigations	4
Liquefaction susceptibility maps for the Aqaba–Elat region with projections of future hazards with sea-level rise	4
Bearing capacity and geotechnical properties of sandy soil substrate contaminated with oil derivatives (diesel fuel and kerosene)	4
Uncertainty assessment applied to marine subsurface datasets	4
Feasibility study of collective heating and cooling based on foundation pile heat exchangers in Vejle (Denmark)	4
Scale effect on the anisotropy characteristics of rock joint roughness	4
Experimental study of the effect of bound water on the shear strength and structural units of Malan loess	4
Deformation and stability analyses of a near-dam rocky slope and its potential landslide-generated wave threats	4
Rock joint detection from 3D point clouds based on colour space	4
Preliminary investigation of emerging suburban landsliding in Gisborne, New Zealand	4
Susceptibility assessment of landslides caused by snowmelt in a typical loess area in the Yining County, Xinjiang, China	4
Effect of porewater pressure on the mechanical properties of red sandstone with different unloading rates	3
Engineering geomorphological reconnaissance of the December 2018 Waimata Valley mud volcano eruption, Gisborne, New Zealand	3
Sandstone-body geometry and hydrostratigraphy of the northern High Plains Aquifer system, USA	3
Conceptual modelling for the design of groundwater control systems	3
Comparative experimental study on the physical and mechanical properties of quartz sandstone after water-cooling and natural-cooling under high temperature	3
Structural damage to carbonate pillar hazardous rock masses subject to long-term water-level fluctuations in the Three Gorges reservoir area, China	3
Strength and permeability properties of sodium silicate–glyoxal-stabilized silt and fine sand	3
Effects of fracture-system geometrical parameters on the inflow rate into a tunnel in rock: a numerical modelling experiment	3
Mapping the Geology and Topography of the European Seas (European Marine Observation and Data Network, EMODnet)	3
Predicting tunnel-boring machine penetration rate utilizing geomechanical properties	3
A new calculation method for hydrogeological parameters from unsteady-flow pumping tests with a circular constant water-head boundary of finite scale	3
Parameters updating and calibrated double-yield model methods to simulate the compaction behaviour of waste rock backfill materials in coal mine gob	3
Field measurements on a large natural sand boil along the river Po, Italy	3
Strength damage mechanism and pore structure evolution of modified Pisha sandstone cement soil with metakaolin	3
Rock mass deterioration model of bank slope based on high-precision 3D multiperiod point clouds in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China	3
Prediction of strength of rock after thermal treatment through dielectric property	2
Geological and geotechnical evaluation of the tunnel site of the Koto Hydropower Project, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	2
Geophysical research on the interplays between soil–rock variability and hydrogeological structures: a case study	2
Developing an in situ , hydromechanical coupling, true triaxial rock compression tester and investigating the deformation patterns of reservoir bank slopes	2
Hydrogeochemical indications of regional flow in the Lower Greensand aquifer of the London Basin	2
Bioventing revisited: efficacy of enhanced biodegradation for sites with mobile LNAPL	2
High-resolution 3D geological modelling of heterogeneity in poorly exposed glacial deposits using sedimentary and glaciotectonic architectural element analysis: a case example from Sellafield in west	2
Thermal damage and acoustic emission characteristics of granite based on Brazilian splitting test	2
Some of the geological challenges and opportunities associated with the dynamics of the Cenozoic East African Rift System	2
EMODnet collation of geological events data provides evidence of their mutual relationships and connections with underlying geology: a few examples from Italian seas	2
Investigating seepage paths at the Golfaraj earthen dam, NW Iran	2
Stability analysis before and after support of a multi-stage structural surfaces landslide mass	2
A cluster-based multiparametric similarity test for the compartmentalization of crystalline rocks into structural domains	2
Editorial 2021	2
Litho-structural control on rock slope failures at Garmaksla, Billefjorden coastline, Svalbard	2
The impact of facies variability within the Harwich Formation on ground engineering in the London area, UK	2
Measuring ground surface elevation changes in a slow-moving colluvial landslide using combinations of regional airborne lidar, UAV lidar and UAV photogrammetric surveys	2
Mechanical degradation mechanism of rock under seismic disturbance stress	2
Subaqueous landslides associated with historical road improvements in steep glaciated terrain, Loch Lomond, western Scotland	2

Analysis of buckling failure process for the Xiaguiwa landslide in southeastern Tibetan Plateau	2
Swelling damage evolution of argillaceous slate in a water-rich environment	2
Natural and anthropogenic halite karst subsidence in north Cheshire, UK; comparison of Rostherne Mere, Melchett Mere, Tatton Mere and their surroundings	2
Stability analysis of an unsaturated clay slope based on the coupled effect of temperature and saturation	2
The effect of weathering on the variation of geotechnical properties of a granitic rock from Chile	2
Contribution of temperature measurements to the hydrogeological model in the Snowy 2.0 deep tunnels	2
Multi-scale investigation on the stability of soil–gravel mixture slopes using imaging analyses	2