OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Geotechnica is 41. 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
Identification of the optimal ground motion intensity measure and input parameters for assessing liquefaction-induced lateral spreading based on the generalized additive method	146
Theoretical solutions of lateral response of a scoured fixed-head pile in elastoplastic soil considering plastic hinging	129
Risk assessment of seepage failure in deep excavations based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and cloud model	117
Passive earth pressure in sand on inclined walls with negative wall friction based on a statically admissible stress field	107
Lessons in geomechanics of deep foundations from nature	105
Pullout responses of root-inspired anchors in transparent soil: visualizing anchor-soil interaction and correlation analysis	90
A three-dimensional multi-surface plasticity soil model for seismically-induced liquefaction and earthquake loading applications	85
How particle breakage affects the critical state line of silty-sand iron ore tailings	85
Compacted red soil-bentonite liners: effect of compactive effort, wet-dry cycles and chemical contamination	73
Effects of concave facing profile on the internal stability of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls	72
Near-surface inhomogeneity effect on the dynamic axial frictionless interaction of a rigid plate and a two-layered transversely isotropic medium	70
Mechanical behaviors and reinforcement mechanisms of engineering waste mud reinforced with industrial by-product lignocellulosic fiber and hydrophobic polymer	66
Effects of initial shear stress on the hydromechanical behavior of collapsible soils	63
A novel temperature-controlled apparatus for testing unsaturated/saturated soil–structure interfaces	63
Strengthening mechanism of plum blossom pile composite foundation	61
Analysis of a deep excavation project on gravelly cobble formation in Taichung based on feedback of reliable field data	58
Effects of soil properties and geomorphic parameters on the breach mechanisms of landslide dams and prediction of peak discharge	58
Engineering and leachability behavior of lime-treated highly compressible soil amended with nano-clay	54
Spatiotemporal settlement deformation characteristics analysis of rockfill dam with anti-impact FBG sensing array	54
Analytical study on multiple-mode deformation behaviors of tunnels subjected to asymmetric loading in composite strata	52
Enhancing performance of quasi-rectangular pipe jacking: the role of static and dynamic stirring rod configurations on RTBM via a discrete-continuum coupling analysis	51
Experimental validation of block filtration mechanisms governing slurry penetration and filter cake formation in slurry shield TBM excavation	51
Modelling anchor chain behaviour for pile-type anchors in sand seabed	50
On the particle morphology characterization of granular geomaterials	50
Role of soil type in geotechnical damage observed in Gölbaşı during the 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence	50

Monotonic and cyclic triaxial testing of untreated and polyurethane-treated soil and soil–rubber mixtures	49
Back-analysis of one-dimensional consolidation settlement	48
Deep learning-based calibration of resistance factors for pile groups with load tests	47
Slurry pressure transmission in saturated sand during shield tunneling: expanding from infiltration tests to realistic scale simulation	47
Stress–strain–strength behavior of geosynthetic reinforced rubber–sand mixtures	46
A weight combination anisotropic strength criterion considering the effect of joint orientation	46
Evaluation of liquefaction resistance for single- and multi-phase SICP-treated sandy soil using shaking table test	45
Experimental study of horizontal displacement monitoring based on a distributed piezoelectric inclinometer tube	44
Stabilization of compacted kaolin against wetting-induced collapse under field conditions by geopolymerization-assisted sand columns matrix	44
Thermally induced volume change behavior of sand–clay mixtures	43
Macro and mesoscopic shear behavior of interface between sand and concrete with different JRC under cyclic load	43
Fatigue behaviour of a rubber–coal wash mixture based on cyclic triaxial shearing	43
Effects of biostimulation treatment methods on mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics of biocemented soil	42
A bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical model of transport, strength and deformation for bio-cementation applications	42
Microstructure, strength and durability of nano-cemented soils under different seawater conditions: laboratory study	42
Discussion to the article Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands, by J. Duque $$\cdot$$ M. Yang $$\cdot$$ W. Fuentes $$\cdot$$ D. Maš’i	41
Hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of polyanionic cellulose-modified sand-calcium bentonite slurry trench cutoff wall materials	41
Comment on “Experimental study on the thixotropic mechanism of deep-sea clay from the perspective of microstructure and bound water” by Ren et al. (2023), Acta Geotechnica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11	41
Insight into durability characteristics and pore structure evolution of biomimetic cemented soil	41
Reply to discussion on “3D image-based method to measure soil stiffness in triaxial tests” Zewen Wang, Wenhan Du and B.M. Lehane	41
Water–heat–vapor–salt–mechanics coupling mechanism in unsaturated freezing sulfate saline soil: insights from theory and experiment	41