OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Geotechnique Letters 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Award-winning paper in 2022	35
A modified state parameter for identifying flow liquefaction in aeolian sand	20
Retreat to advance: self-blocking enables efficient mineral replacement	17
Intrinsic permeabilities of transparent soil under various aqueous environmental conditions	16
Undrained trapdoor and tunnel face stability revisited	15
Laboratory assessment of rubber grid-reinforced ballast under impact testing	15
Shear creep behaviour of soil–structure interfaces under thermal cyclic loading	15
Scalp-and-replacement of oversize particles on internal stability erosion assessment	15
A mixed formulation of limit analysis for seismic slope stability	13
si-PiNet: a novel stress integration method for elastoplastic models	13
Rate-dependency of residual shear strength of soils: implications for landslide evolution	13
Adaptivity of plate anchors to restrain the impact of seabed trenching	13
Effect of eccentricity on ultimate lateral unit earth pressure of tetrapod piles in clay	12
Long-term creep and permeability evolution of tailings sand at elevated stresses	12
An original machine for dynamic pull-out tests: design, operation and testing	11
Structure evaluation of a tropical residual soil under wide range of compaction conditions	9
Non-destructive assessment of sample homogeneity in resedimented fine-grained soils by low-field NMR-spectroscopy	8
Sulfoaluminate cement-based double-liquid material grouting in fractured rock	8
Experimental investigation of the effect of train load on mechanical properties of rock	8
Application of the unified CPT method for driven piles to layered deposits	7
X-ray microstructural insight into the mechanical behaviour of ligth-weight cemented soils	7
Effects of ultrasonic oscillations on permeability of rocks during the paraffinic oil flow	6
Novel procedure for measuring the saturation of the pore-pressure system in piezocone tips	6
Rigorous lower and upper bounds for the generalised failure loads of pile groups	6
Optimising an output of a slip line field using a chaotic swamp optimisation algorithm	5

Influence of pore fluid on P-wave velocity in unsaturated sands at low effective stresses	5
Effect of drag rates on drag embedment anchor penetration for cable burial risk assessment	5
Editorial	5
Theoretical model for the effect of porosity on correlations of point load tests of rocks	5
New opportunities for characterising flow channelisation in fractured media across scales	4
Géotechnique Letters: Referees 2022	4
A novel methodology for bridging the gap between laboratory and field scales in geological CO2 storage	4
Discrete element method based analysis of soil disturbance induced by different penetration devices	4
Effect of initial normal stress on shear-induced non-linear fluid flow through fractures	4
Coupled effects of stress state and void ratio on thermal conductivity of saturated soils	4
A two-scale study on the influence of biopolymer enhancement on drying granular materials	4
Effect of interface conditions on mudmat bearing capacity under V–H–M loading	4
Seismic stability charts for three-dimensional rock slopes using Hoek–Brown criterion	4
Particle shape descriptors as a tool for classification of grain breakage	4
A novel fibre-optic pore pressure sensor for soil element testing	4
Assessing temperature dependence of soil water adsorption strength by molecular simulation	4
Microstructural imaging of simple shear deformation through synchrotron tomography	4
A study of the multi-scale compression behaviour of a sand immersed in a viscous liquid	3
Analytical solutions for head-anchored piles for landslide stabilisation	3
A new grouting cable without a core tube used for reinforcement of fractured rock mass	3
Terminal density of granular materials due to thermal cycling	3
Static response of vertically loaded pile in inhomogeneous soil	3
Cyclic failure of interfaces between sand and snakeskin-inspired surfaces	3
Relating cone penetration resistance to sand state using the material point method	3
Further modification of a generalised 3D Hoek–Brown criterion: the GZZ criterion	3
Simplified DEM approach for complex reef limestone structures and pore characteristics	3
A simple discrete approach to explore the response of swelling and softening particles	3
A new random field finite-element limit analysis approach for undrained soils	3
Development and application of indoor digital drilling test systems	3
Snakeskin-inspired patterns for frictional anisotropic behaviour of split set rock bolts	3
Stress-dependent irreversible volumetric contraction of sand due to thermal cycles	3
Low-carbon erosion mitigation using bio-stimulating MICP	3
Effects of particle morphology on pore structure and SWRC of granular soils	3
Particle breakage and gradation evolution in ballast-rubber mixture under impact loading	3
Characteristic time and length scales for subsurface mineralisation	3
Chemical weathering, carbonate alkalinity and geologic carbon cycle	3
Small-strain stiffness and dynamic properties of well-graded gravel–rubber mixtures	3
Variation of the mass susceptibility of sandstone after high-temperature heating	2
Development of a centrifuge device to model submarine gravity flow and seabed response	2
Strength and stiffness anisotropy of 3D-printed coarse root analogues for small-scale physical modelling	2
A simple procedure for freezing triaxial test specimens and determining the final moisture content after liquefaction	2
Sustainable pervious concrete pile for liquefaction and reliquefaction mitigation	2
Liquefaction triggering of non-saturated sandy soils	2
Mechanical behaviour of sand in simple shear at low stress levels and small strains	2
Laboratory study on the anisotropic behaviour of extremely thin-layered rocks	2
Effect of saturation confining pressure on accessible density and shear behaviour of sandy silt tailings	2
Development and field evaluation of a novel liquid CO2 artificial ground freezing system	2
Permeability of polymer-modified kaolinite and fly ash–kaolinite mixtures	2
Sand improvement by microbial-induced carbonate precipitation with casein micelles	2
Pipe piles and split-cables: reinforcing weak mine pits	2

Effects of initial water content on compression behaviour of municipal sewage sludge	2
Three-dimensional limit analysis with Lade–Duncan criterion	2
Optimised screw pile design for offshore jacket foundations in medium–dense sand	2
Coriolis effect mitigation for single particle motion in centrifugal hypergravity field	2
Multi-scale damage mechanisms of siltstone under combined dry–wet cycling and cyclic loading	2
Insights into void ratio redistribution during undrained monotonic shearing of Malaysian kaolin	2
Carbon nanotube char from hydrogen production as binder for stabilised soft sensitive clay	2
Critical state shear strength at concrete–sand–bentonite slurry interfaces: mix proportions and rate effects	2
Saturated hydraulic conductivity of construction wastes for potential replacement of sand blanket	1
Cyclic mobility following plastic strain accumulation in sand	1
Suppression of surface charge and its effect on sedimentation and fabric of kaolinite clay	1
Morphology-driven saturated hydraulic conductivity in hydrophobised sands	1
Numerical study on the damage evolution of UHPC lining in LRC gas storage	1
A simple method to reduce mesh dependency in modelling landslides involving brittle soils	1
Pore-space characterisation of Tamusu mudstone based on FIB-SEM	1
A new method for producing uniform, loose, initially unsaturated specimens	1
Microscale investigation of bentonite distribution in pore spaces of sand after infiltration of stabilising solution	1
Modulus weighting method for stiffness estimations of suction caissons in layered soils	1
On the effectiveness of elastic wave measurements for monitoring the response of caprocks	1
An energy-based criterion for defining slope failure considering the coupling effect of groundwater table and impact loading	1
Award-winning paper in 2021	1
Thermo-elasto-plasticity and thermo-mechanical creep for energy pile systems	1
Salt weathering effects induced by sodium sulfate crystallisation on biocemented materials	1
Influence of load idealisation on strain and pore pressure accumulation in clay	1
Theoretical Vp prediction model for saturated soil and rock	1
Energy pile skin friction at interface in clays under temperature cycles	1
Géotechnique Letters : Reviewers 2025	1
Effects of cross-correlations between soil properties on pullout capacity of strip anchors	1
Role of the particle size and shape dispersion on stress transmission and strain energy storage	1
Thermal effects on behaviour of clay–structure interface under partial drainage	1
Micromechanical analysis of volume change behaviour due to cyclic temperature variations in sands	1
A simple approach for assessing the quality of bender elements	1
Predicting the time–swell relationship of an unsaturated highly expansive clay using the heat equation	1
Cornell University’s vision for district heating with an enhanced geothermal system	1
Distributed acoustic sensing in soil for infrastructure monitoring	1
Coupling of hydraulic loading and surcharge pressure during suffusion in sandy gravels	1
Laboratory large-scale pullout investigation of the twisted steel strip reinforcement system	1
Cyclically thermally-activated pile under combined axial/horizontal loads in clay	1
Finite-element analysis of ultimate lateral pressure of snowflake pile in undrained clay	1
Elemental mapping by micro X-ray fluorescence to assess binder distribution of improved soils	1