OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Geotechnique Letters 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Intrinsic permeabilities of transparent soil under various aqueous environmental conditions	30
Laboratory assessment of rubber grid-reinforced ballast under impact testing	17
Auxiliary plastic potential approach in elastoplasticity for soils	16
A new method for storage of block samples: a pilot study	15
A modified state parameter for identifying flow liquefaction in aeolian sand	14
Filter paper method for suction measurement using electrical resistivity	13
Undrained trapdoor and tunnel face stability revisited	13
Award-winning paper in 2022	12
Adaptivity of plate anchors to restrain the impact of seabed trenching	11
Impact of chemical weathering on microstructures and mechanical properties of karstic limestone	11
Shear creep behaviour of soil–structure interfaces under thermal cyclic loading	11
A mixed formulation of limit analysis for seismic slope stability	10
Rate-dependency of residual shear strength of soils: implications for landslide evolution	10
si-PiNet: a novel stress integration method for elastoplastic models	9
Effect of eccentricity on ultimate lateral unit earth pressure of tetrapod piles in clay	9
Structure evaluation of a tropical residual soil under wide range of compaction conditions	9
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	8
X-ray microstructural insight into the mechanical behaviour of ligth-weight cemented soils	8
Sulfoaluminate cement-based double-liquid material grouting in fractured rock	8
Rigorous lower and upper bounds for the generalised failure loads of pile groups	8
Non-destructive assessment of sample homogeneity in resedimented fine-grained soils by low-field NMR-spectroscopy	8
Effects of ultrasonic oscillations on permeability of rocks during the paraffinic oil flow	7
Optimising an output of a slip line field using a chaotic swamp optimisation algorithm	7
Investigation on the attractive forces controlling clay particles' interactions	7

An energy-based damage model for red-bed sandstones subjected to drying–wetting cycles	6
Novel procedure for measuring the saturation of the pore-pressure system in piezocone tips	6
Theoretical model for the effect of porosity on correlations of point load tests of rocks	6
Géotechnique Letters: Referees 2022	6
Failure mechanism of joint-separated granite reinforced by three-dimensional printed bolt	6
Coupled effects of stress state and void ratio on thermal conductivity of saturated soils	5
Seismic stability charts for three-dimensional rock slopes using Hoek–Brown criterion	5
A two-scale study on the influence of biopolymer enhancement on drying granular materials	5
Effect of initial normal stress on shear-induced non-linear fluid flow through fractures	5
Simplified DEM approach for complex reef limestone structures and pore characteristics	5
Assessing temperature dependence of soil water adsorption strength by molecular simulation	5
Numerical assessment of effects of strain rate on the critical state of crushable sand	5
Particle shape descriptors as a tool for classification of grain breakage	4
A study of the multi-scale compression behaviour of a sand immersed in a viscous liquid	4
A new grouting cable without a core tube used for reinforcement of fractured rock mass	4
Three-dimensional dynamic behaviour of embankments on liquefiable ground	4
Effects of particle morphology on pore structure and SWRC of granular soils	4
Using discrete-element method hindcasting of screw pile performance for practical design	4
Further modification of a generalised 3D Hoek–Brown criterion: the GZZ criterion	4
Géotechnique Letters: Referees 2021	4
Evaluation of microstructural strength of bio-cemented sand crust using rheometry	3
A simple procedure for freezing triaxial test specimens and determining the final moisture content after liquefaction	3
Coriolis effect mitigation for single particle motion in centrifugal hypergravity field	3
A simple discrete approach to explore the response of swelling and softening particles	3
The pyrite heave problem: new insights from trace-element analysis	3
Development and application of indoor digital drilling test systems	3
Strength and stiffness anisotropy of 3D-printed coarse root analogues for small-scale physical modelling	3
Static response of vertically loaded pile in inhomogeneous soil	3
Numerical analysis of the deep soil failure mechanism for perimeter pile groups	3
Small-strain stiffness and dynamic properties of well-graded gravel–rubber mixtures	3
Snakeskin-inspired patterns for frictional anisotropic behaviour of split set rock bolts	3
Cyclic failure of interfaces between sand and snakeskin-inspired surfaces	3
Sustainable pervious concrete pile for liquefaction and reliquefaction mitigation	3
Relating cone penetration resistance to sand state using the material point method	3
Permeability of polymer-modified kaolinite and fly ash–kaolinite mixtures	3
Liquefaction triggering of non-saturated sandy soils	2
Effect of saturation confining pressure on accessible density and shear behaviour of sandy silt tailings	2
Critical state shear strength at concrete–sand–bentonite slurry interfaces: mix proportions and rate effects	2
Role of the particle size and shape dispersion on stress transmission and strain energy storage	2
Microscale investigation of bentonite distribution in pore spaces of sand after infiltration of stabilising solution	2
Finite-element analysis of ultimate lateral pressure of snowflake pile in undrained clay	2
Effects of initial water content on compression behaviour of municipal sewage sludge	2
Variation of the mass susceptibility of sandstone after high-temperature heating	2
Optimised screw pile design for offshore jacket foundations in medium–dense sand	2
An innovative method to simulate stress-induced velocity changes in anisotropic rocks	2
Pipe piles and split-cables: reinforcing weak mine pits	2
Three-dimensional limit analysis with Lade–Duncan criterion	2
Pore-space characterisation of Tamusu mudstone based on FIB-SEM	2
Fish anchor diving behaviour: confirmation through field tests in the Swan River	2
Sand improvement by microbial-induced carbonate precipitation with casein micelles	2

Dynamic properties of Toyoura sand in reliquefaction tests	2
Site response analysis of liquefiable soil employing continuous wavelet transforms	2
Cyclically thermally-activated pile under combined axial/horizontal loads in clay	2
Energy pile skin friction at interface in clays under temperature cycles	2
A new method for producing uniform, loose, initially unsaturated specimens	2