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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Filter paper method for suction measurement using electrical resistivity	30
Auxiliary plastic potential approach in elastoplasticity for soils	19
Award-winning paper in 2022	16
A new method for storage of block samples: a pilot study	15
Impact of chemical weathering on microstructures and mechanical properties of karstic limestone	14
Undrained trapdoor and tunnel face stability revisited	13
Intrinsic permeabilities of transparent soil under various aqueous environmental conditions	13
A modified state parameter for identifying flow liquefaction in aeolian sand	12
Shear creep behaviour of soil–structure interfaces under thermal cyclic loading	12
Laboratory assessment of rubber grid-reinforced ballast under impact testing	12
A mixed formulation of limit analysis for seismic slope stability	11
Rate-dependency of residual shear strength of soils: implications for landslide evolution	11
Adaptivity of plate anchors to restrain the impact of seabed trenching	11
si-PiNet: a novel stress integration method for elastoplastic models	10
Structure evaluation of a tropical residual soil under wide range of compaction conditions	10
Non-destructive assessment of sample homogeneity in resedimented fine-grained soils by low-field NMR-spectroscopy	9
Effect of eccentricity on ultimate lateral unit earth pressure of tetrapod piles in clay	9
Application of the unified CPT method for driven piles to layered deposits	8
Experimental investigation of the effect of train load on mechanical properties of rock	8
Sulfoaluminate cement-based double-liquid material grouting in fractured rock	8
Effects of ultrasonic oscillations on permeability of rocks during the paraffinic oil flow	8
X-ray microstructural insight into the mechanical behaviour of ligth-weight cemented soils	8
Optimising an output of a slip line field using a chaotic swamp optimisation algorithm	7
Rigorous lower and upper bounds for the generalised failure loads of pile groups	7
Failure mechanism of joint-separated granite reinforced by three-dimensional printed bolt	7

Investigation on the attractive forces controlling clay particles' interactions	7
Novel procedure for measuring the saturation of the pore-pressure system in piezocone tips	7
An energy-based damage model for red-bed sandstones subjected to drying–wetting cycles	6
Theoretical model for the effect of porosity on correlations of point load tests of rocks	6
Géotechnique Letters: Referees 2022	6
A two-scale study on the influence of biopolymer enhancement on drying granular materials	6
A novel fibre-optic pore pressure sensor for soil element testing	6
Coupled effects of stress state and void ratio on thermal conductivity of saturated soils	5
Using discrete-element method hindcasting of screw pile performance for practical design	5
Effect of interface conditions on mudmat bearing capacity under V–H–M loading	5
Low-carbon erosion mitigation using bio-stimulating MICP	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
Effect of initial normal stress on shear-induced non-linear fluid flow through fractures	4
Particle shape descriptors as a tool for classification of grain breakage	4
Numerical analysis of the deep soil failure mechanism for perimeter pile groups	4
Seismic stability charts for three-dimensional rock slopes using Hoek–Brown criterion	4
Three-dimensional dynamic behaviour of embankments on liquefiable ground	4
Further modification of a generalised 3D Hoek–Brown criterion: the GZZ criterion	4
Simplified DEM approach for complex reef limestone structures and pore characteristics	4
Géotechnique Letters: Referees 2021	4
Relating cone penetration resistance to sand state using the material point method	3
A study of the multi-scale compression behaviour of a sand immersed in a viscous liquid	3
Small-strain stiffness and dynamic properties of well-graded gravel–rubber mixtures	3
Static response of vertically loaded pile in inhomogeneous soil	3
Strength and stiffness anisotropy of 3D-printed coarse root analogues for small-scale physical modelling	3
Development and application of indoor digital drilling test systems	3
Effects of particle morphology on pore structure and SWRC of granular soils	3
Permeability of polymer-modified kaolinite and fly ash–kaolinite mixtures	3
Cyclic failure of interfaces between sand and snakeskin-inspired surfaces	3
Multi-scale damage mechanisms of siltstone under combined dry–wet cycling and cyclic loading	3
A simple procedure for freezing triaxial test specimens and determining the final moisture content after liquefaction	3
A new grouting cable without a core tube used for reinforcement of fractured rock mass	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
Snakeskin-inspired patterns for frictional anisotropic behaviour of split set rock bolts	3
Optimised screw pile design for offshore jacket foundations in medium–dense sand	3
Evaluation of microstructural strength of bio-cemented sand crust using rheometry	3
A new method for producing uniform, loose, initially unsaturated specimens	2
Energy pile skin friction at interface in clays under temperature cycles	2
Fish anchor diving behaviour: confirmation through field tests in the Swan River	2
Insights into void ratio redistribution during undrained monotonic shearing of Malaysian kaolin	2
Dynamic properties of Toyoura sand in reliquefaction tests	2
Effect of saturation confining pressure on accessible density and shear behaviour of sandy silt tailings	2
Effects of initial water content on compression behaviour of municipal sewage sludge	2
Finite-element analysis of ultimate lateral pressure of snowflake pile in undrained clay	2
Cyclically thermally-activated pile under combined axial/horizontal loads in clay	2
An innovative method to simulate stress-induced velocity changes in anisotropic rocks	2
Liquefaction triggering of non-saturated sandy soils	2
Coriolis effect mitigation for single particle motion in centrifugal hypergravity field	2

Pipe piles and split-cables: reinforcing weak mine pits	2
Site response analysis of liquefiable soil employing continuous wavelet transforms	2
Three-dimensional limit analysis with Lade–Duncan criterion	2
Critical state shear strength at concrete–sand–bentonite slurry interfaces: mix proportions and rate effects	2
Sand improvement by microbial-induced carbonate precipitation with casein micelles	2
Sustainable pervious concrete pile for liquefaction and reliquefaction mitigation	2
Variation of the mass susceptibility of sandstone after high-temperature heating	2
Microscale investigation of bentonite distribution in pore spaces of sand after infiltration of stabilising solution	2
Pore-space characterisation of Tamusu mudstone based on FIB-SEM	2
Numerical study on the damage evolution of UHPC lining in LRC gas storage	1
Elastoplastic solution for cylindrical cavity contraction in unsaturated soils	1
Energy-based criterion for slope failure considering groundwater and impact loading	1
Failure envelopes of pile groups under inclined and eccentric load	1
Growth, trends and prevalent topics in geotechnical engineering (1998–2022) using topic modelling	1
Bender-element-based penetrometers for measuring shear wave velocity and shear strength	1
Numerical investigation on influence of dispersed rock particles on bimslope stability	1
Saturated hydraulic conductivity of construction wastes for potential replacement of sand blanket	1
Award-winning paper in 2021	1
Influence of the Poisson effect on the stress dependence of the elastic moduli of soil	1
Coupling of hydraulic loading and surcharge pressure during suffusion in sandy gravels	1
A simple method to reduce mesh dependency in modelling landslides involving brittle soils	1
Assessing the undrained strength cross-anisotropy of three tailings types	1
An energy-based criterion for defining slope failure considering the coupling effect of groundwater table and impact loading	1
Effect of biochar on water permeability and cracking behaviour of granite residual soil	1
Earth pressures mobilised in dry sand with active rigid retaining wall movement	1
Vertical non-linear Darcy seepage characteristics of coarse upper and fine lower saturated sand	1
Composite ellipsoids to model charge anisotropy in particle-scale simulations of kaolinite	1
Novel experimental method for rate-independent triaxial tests under partial drainage condition	1
Flow path tortuosity in saturated porous media comprising idealised spherical particles	1
Award-winning paper in 2020	1
Suppression of surface charge and its effect on sedimentation and fabric of kaolinite clay	1
Performance of tripod foundations for offshore wind turbines: a numerical study	1
Distributed acoustic sensing in soil for infrastructure monitoring	1
Autogenous sealing of a cavity in bentonite clay: an x-ray computerised tomography study	1
Earth Pressures Mobilised in Dry Sand with Active Rigid Retaining Wall Movement	1
Laboratory large-scale pullout investigation of the twisted steel strip reinforcement system	1
Cyclic mobility following plastic strain accumulation in sand	1
Comparing laboratory and field samples of lime–cement-improved Norwegian clay	1
Effect of base roughness on flow behaviour and size segregation in dry granular flows	1
Competing effects of wetting and volume change on G₀ in compacted loess	1
The morphological characteristics of caved strata in an abandoned gob under multiseam	1
Rapid freezing of saturated clays under large thermal gradients	1
Predictive model for water retention curve of water-absorbing polymer amended soil	1
Elemental mapping by micro X-ray fluorescence to assess binder distribution of improved soils	1
Experiments and modelling of horizontal loading tests on small-scale foundations in sand	1
Modulus weighting method for stiffness estimations of suction caissons in layered soils	1
Role of the particle size and shape dispersion on stress transmission and strain energy storage	1