OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering is 40. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
A review of experimental and theoretical research on the deformation and failure behavior of rocks subjected to cyclic loading	135
Innovation and future of mining rock mechanics	120
Spatial gradient distributions of thermal shock-induced damage to granite	119
Improved prediction of slope stability using a hybrid stacking ensemble method based on finite element analysis and field data	115
Rock brittleness indices and their applications to different fields of rock engineering: A review	100
Slope stability prediction using ensemble learning techniques: A case study in Yunyang County, Chongqing, China	96
Application of artificial intelligence to rock mechanics: An overview	84
Real-time prediction of rock mass classification based on TBM operation big data and stacking technique of ensemble learning	71
Clayey soil stabilization using alkali-activated volcanic ash and slag	71
Landslide susceptibility prediction using slope unit-based machine learning models considering the heterogeneity of conditioning factors	65
A state-of-the-art review of automated extraction of rock mass discontinuity characteristics using three-dimensional surface models	61
Prediction of blasting mean fragment size using support vector regression combined with five optimization algorithms	61
Stabilization of expansive soils using chemical additives: A review	58
Analytical computation of support characteristic curve for circumferential yielding lining in tunnel design	57
Predicting roof displacement of roadways in underground coal mines using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system optimized by various physics-based optimization algorithms	57
Application of microbially induced carbonate precipitation to form bio-cemented artificial sandstone	57
Prediction of rockhead using a hybrid N-XGBoost machine learning framework	55
Experimental investigations on effects of gas pressure on mechanical behaviors and failure characteristic of coals	55
Rockburst characteristics of several hard brittle rocks: A true triaxial experimental study	53
Comparison of machine learning methods for ground settlement prediction with different tunneling datasets	53
Evaluation of new Austrian tunnelling method applied to Bolu tunnel's weak rocks	51
Face stability of shield tunnels considering a kinematically admissible velocity field of soil arching	50
Prediction of geological characteristics from shield operational parameters by integrating grid search and K-fold cross validation into stacking classification algorithm	50
Excavation-induced deep hard rock fracturing: Methodology and applications	49
Principles and methods of rock support for rockburst control	48

Evaluation of empirical estimation of uniaxial compressive strength of rock using measurements from index and physical tests	48
Determination of full-scale pore size distribution of Gaomiaozi bentonite and its permeability prediction	47
Analytical algorithm for longitudinal deformation profile of a deep tunnel	46
Mesoscale fracture behavior of Longmaxi outcrop shale with different bedding angles: Experimental and numerical investigations	46
An analytical solution of equivalent elastic modulus considering confining stress and its variables sensitivity analysis for fractured rock masses	46
Numerical modeling for rockbursts: A state-of-the-art review	45
Rock-like behavior of biocemented sand treated under non-sterile environment and various treatment conditions	44
Real-time rock mass condition prediction with TBM tunneling big data using a novel rock–machine mutual feedback perception method	44
Strength properties of xanthan gum and guar gum treated kaolin at different water contents	43
Editorial for Advances and applications of deep learning and soft computing in geotechnical underground engineering	42
Tunnel boring machine vibration-based deep learning for the ground identification of working faces	42
Physico-mechanical properties of granite after cyclic thermal shock	42
Dynamic compression characteristics of layered rock mass of significant strength changes in adjacent layers	41
A review of rockburst: Experiments, theories, and simulations	40
Investigation of feature contribution to shield tunneling-induced settlement using Shapley additive explanations method	40
GPGPU-parallelised hybrid finite-discrete element modelling of rock chipping and fragmentation process in mechanical cutting	40