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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Award-winning paper in 2022	35
Retreat to advance: self-blocking enables efficient mineral replacement	19
Intrinsic permeabilities of transparent soil under various aqueous environmental conditions	16
Laboratory assessment of rubber grid-reinforced ballast under impact testing	16
A modified state parameter for identifying flow liquefaction in aeolian sand	15
Undrained trapdoor and tunnel face stability revisited	14
Shear creep behaviour of soil–structure interfaces under thermal cyclic loading	14
Scalp-and-replacement of oversize particles on internal stability erosion assessment	14
A mixed formulation of limit analysis for seismic slope stability	13
Rate-dependency of residual shear strength of soils: implications for landslide evolution	13
si-PiNet: a novel stress integration method for elastoplastic models	13
Adaptivity of plate anchors to restrain the impact of seabed trenching	13
Long-term creep and permeability evolution of tailings sand at elevated stresses	12
Effect of eccentricity on ultimate lateral unit earth pressure of tetrapod piles in clay	11
An original machine for dynamic pull-out tests: design, operation and testing	10
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
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
Effects of ultrasonic oscillations on permeability of rocks during the paraffinic oil flow	6
Rigorous lower and upper bounds for the generalised failure loads of pile groups	6
Application of the unified CPT method for driven piles to layered deposits	6
Non-destructive assessment of sample homogeneity in resedimented fine-grained soils by low-field NMR-spectroscopy	6
Novel procedure for measuring the saturation of the pore-pressure system in piezocone tips	5
Géotechnique Letters: Referees 2022	5

Effect of drag rates on drag embedment anchor penetration for cable burial risk assessment	5
Theoretical model for the effect of porosity on correlations of point load tests of rocks	5
Optimising an output of a slip line field using a chaotic swamp optimisation algorithm	5
Editorial	5
Assessing temperature dependence of soil water adsorption strength by molecular simulation	4
A novel fibre-optic pore pressure sensor for soil element testing	4
Coupled effects of stress state and void ratio on thermal conductivity of saturated soils	4
Effect of interface conditions on mudmat bearing capacity under V–H–M loading	4
A two-scale study on the influence of biopolymer enhancement on drying granular materials	4
Discrete element method based analysis of soil disturbance induced by different penetration devices	4
A novel methodology for bridging the gap between laboratory and field scales in geological CO2 storage	4
A study of the multi-scale compression behaviour of a sand immersed in a viscous liquid	3
Relating cone penetration resistance to sand state using the material point method	3
Static response of vertically loaded pile in inhomogeneous soil	3
A new random field finite-element limit analysis approach for undrained soils	3
Small-strain stiffness and dynamic properties of well-graded gravel–rubber mixtures	3
Seismic stability charts for three-dimensional rock slopes using Hoek–Brown criterion	3
Microstructural imaging of simple shear deformation through synchrotron tomography	3
Analytical solutions for head-anchored piles for landslide stabilisation	3
Effect of initial normal stress on shear-induced non-linear fluid flow through fractures	3
Snakeskin-inspired patterns for frictional anisotropic behaviour of split set rock bolts	3
Characteristic time and length scales for subsurface mineralisation	3
A simple discrete approach to explore the response of swelling and softening particles	3
Particle shape descriptors as a tool for classification of grain breakage	3
New opportunities for characterising flow channelisation in fractured media across scales	3
Simplified DEM approach for complex reef limestone structures and pore characteristics	3
Effects of particle morphology on pore structure and SWRC of granular soils	3
Development and application of indoor digital drilling test systems	3
Particle breakage and gradation evolution in ballast-rubber mixture under impact loading	3
Further modification of a generalised 3D Hoek–Brown criterion: the GZZ criterion	3
A new grouting cable without a core tube used for reinforcement of fractured rock mass	3
Low-carbon erosion mitigation using bio-stimulating MICP	3
Stress-dependent irreversible volumetric contraction of sand due to thermal cycles	3
Cyclic failure of interfaces between sand and snakeskin-inspired surfaces	2
Coriolis effect mitigation for single particle motion in centrifugal hypergravity field	2
Development of a centrifuge device to model submarine gravity flow and seabed response	2
Optimised screw pile design for offshore jacket foundations in medium–dense sand	2
Microscale investigation of bentonite distribution in pore spaces of sand after infiltration of stabilising solution	2
Critical state shear strength at concrete–sand–bentonite slurry interfaces: mix proportions and rate effects	2
Carbon nanotube char from hydrogen production as binder for stabilised soft sensitive clay	2
Variation of the mass susceptibility of sandstone after high-temperature heating	2
Permeability of polymer-modified kaolinite and fly ash–kaolinite mixtures	2
Strength and stiffness anisotropy of 3D-printed coarse root analogues for small-scale physical modelling	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
Cyclically thermally-activated pile under combined axial/horizontal loads in clay	2
Effects of initial water content on compression behaviour of municipal sewage sludge	2
Pipe piles and split-cables: reinforcing weak mine pits	2
Mechanical behaviour of sand in simple shear at low stress levels and small strains	2
Chemical weathering, carbonate alkalinity and geologic carbon cycle	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
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
Three-dimensional limit analysis with Lade–Duncan criterion	2
Sand improvement by microbial-induced carbonate precipitation with casein micelles	2
Liquefaction triggering of non-saturated sandy soils	2
Coupling of hydraulic loading and surcharge pressure during suffusion in sandy gravels	1
Influence of load idealisation on strain and pore pressure accumulation in clay	1
Energy pile skin friction at interface in clays under temperature cycles	1
Modulus weighting method for stiffness estimations of suction caissons in layered soils	1
A simple approach for assessing the quality of bender elements	1
Micromechanical analysis of volume change behaviour due to cyclic temperature variations in sands	1
Thermo-elasto-plasticity and thermo-mechanical creep for energy pile systems	1
Morphology-driven saturated hydraulic conductivity in hydrophobised sands	1
Distributed acoustic sensing in soil for infrastructure monitoring	1
Role of the particle size and shape dispersion on stress transmission and strain energy storage	1
Laboratory large-scale pullout investigation of the twisted steel strip reinforcement system	1
Numerical study on the damage evolution of UHPC lining in LRC gas storage	1
Pore-space characterisation of Tamusu mudstone based on FIB-SEM	1
Saturated hydraulic conductivity of construction wastes for potential replacement of sand blanket	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
Award-winning paper in 2021	1
A simple method to reduce mesh dependency in modelling landslides involving brittle soils	1
Géotechnique Letters : Reviewers 2025	1
A new method for producing uniform, loose, initially unsaturated specimens	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
An energy-based criterion for defining slope failure considering the coupling effect of groundwater table and impact loading	1
Suppression of surface charge and its effect on sedimentation and fabric of kaolinite clay	1
Salt weathering effects induced by sodium sulfate crystallisation on biocemented materials	1
Effects of cross-correlations between soil properties on pullout capacity of strip anchors	1