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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A comparison of mechanical responses for microbial- and enzyme-induced cemented sand	41
Hysteresis of soil water retention and shrinkage characteristics for various molar concentrations	26
A simple method to reduce mesh dependency in modelling landslides involving brittle soils	23
Simplified effective stress simulation of shear wave propagation in saturated granular soils	23
Thermally induced deformation of coarse-grained soils under nearly zero vertical stress	22
Desiccation cracking at field scale on a vegetated infrastructure embankment	20
Development of inter-particle friction in a railway ballast	20
Behaviour of piled embankment with multi-interaction arching model	20
Cone penetration testing on silty tailings using a new small calibration chamber	18
Earthworm-inspired robotic locomotion in sand: an experimental study using x-ray tomography	15
Performance of tripod foundations for offshore wind turbines: a numerical study	14
Episodic direct simple shear tests to measure changing strength for whole-life geotechnical design	13
Stability of rectangular tunnel in Hoek–Brown rocks under steady-state groundwater flow	12
Relating physical properties to temperature-induced damage in carbonate rocks	12
Failure envelopes of pile groups under inclined and eccentric load	11
Relating cone penetration resistance to sand state using the material point method	11
Effect of fines content on onset of internal instability and suffusion of sand mixtures	9
Intrinsic permeabilities of transparent soil under various aqueous environmental conditions	9
Effects of particle breakage on the compression behaviour of gap graded carbonate sand–silt mixtures	8
Fish anchor diving behaviour: confirmation through field tests in the Swan River	7
Dynamic properties of Toyoura sand in reliquefaction tests	7
Interpretation of state parameter in partially drained tailings: a case history examination	7
Coupled effects of stress state and void ratio on thermal conductivity of saturated soils	7
Cone penetration test-based load-transfer formulations for driven piles in sand	7
A mixed formulation of limit analysis for seismic slope stability	7

Liquefaction triggering of non-saturated sandy soils	7
An energy-based damage model for red-bed sandstones subjected to drying–wetting cycles	6
A crack theory-based bonded-particle model for rock particles considering size effects	6
Elastic stiffness of circular footings on clay overlying sand under general loading	6
Assessing the undrained strength cross-anisotropy of three tailings types	6
Flow dependent constriction-size distribution in gap-graded soils: a statistical inference	6
Snakeskin-inspired patterns for frictional anisotropic behaviour of split set rock bolts	6
The use of x-ray tomography to investigate soil deformation around growing roots	6
Computation of local permeability in gap-graded granular soils	6
Efficient determination of aqueous-phase gas diffusion coefficients and tortuosity in soil	5
Earth pressures mobilised in dry sand with active rigid retaining wall movement	5
Laboratory assessment of rubber grid-reinforced ballast under impact testing	5
Impact of chemical weathering on microstructures and mechanical properties of karstic limestone	5
Colloidal-induced permeability degradation assessment of porous media	5
Optimised screw pile design for offshore jacket foundations in medium–dense sand	5
Effects of wetting/drying cycles on pore characteristics in sandstone from Wanzhou, China	4
Effects of ultrasonic oscillations on permeability of rocks during the paraffinic oil flow	4
Rate-dependency of residual shear strength of soils: implications for landslide evolution	4
Analysis of the added mass term in soil bearing capacity problems	4
A novel formula for the prediction of swelling pressure of compacted expansive soils	4
Three-dimensional dynamic behaviour of embankments on liquefiable ground	4
Improving microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation effects by nacre extractions	4
Effect of saturation confining pressure on accessible density and shear behaviour of sandy silt tailings	4
Evaluation of microstructural strength of bio-cemented sand crust using rheometry	4
Shear of bolted non-persistent joints: role of bolting conditions and joint persistency	4
An innovative method to simulate stress-induced velocity changes in anisotropic rocks	4
Strength characteristics of brittle rocks under multi-stage intermediate principal stress loading	4
Simulation on heterogeneous rocks with a flaw using grain-based discrete-element method	3
Further modification of a generalised 3D Hoek–Brown criterion: the GZZ criterion	3
Predictive model for water retention curve of water-absorbing polymer amended soil	3
Modulus weighting method for stiffness estimations of suction caissons in layered soils	3
Development and application of indoor digital drilling test systems	3
Factors that influence the terminal grading of sands	3
Evolution of the optimum ultrasonic testing frequency of alkali-activated soil–ash	3
Relationship between pore-size distribution and compressibility of a lateritic soil	3
Mechanical behaviour of rock samples containing multiple parallel joints during shearing	3
Cyclically thermally-activated pile under combined axial/horizontal loads in clay	3
Splitting tensile mechanical behavior and failure characteristics of thermally-damaged rock	3
Pore-size evolution of a hydraulically deposited silty sand due to drying and rewetting	3
Investigation of high damping predicted by kinematic hardening soil models during strong earthquake motions	2
Application of the unified CPT method for driven piles to layered deposits	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
Upper bounds for the three-dimensional seismic active earth pressure coefficients	2
Effect of sorption on the active concentration of polymer support fluids	2
Experiments and modelling of horizontal loading tests on small-scale foundations in sand	2
Theoretical model for the effect of porosity on correlations of point load tests of rocks	2
Failure mechanism of joint-separated granite reinforced by three-dimensional printed bolt	2
Small-strain, non-linear elastic Winkler models for uniaxial loading of suction caisson foundations	2
Effect of preloaded micropiles on the performance of foundation underpinning by centrifuge experiments	2

A new method to obtain the dynamic tensile stress-strain curve of rocks	2
Shear creep behaviour of soil–structure interfaces under thermal cyclic loading	2
Novel evaluation of mass polar moment of inertia of the drive plate in resonant column	2
Coupling of hydraulic loading and surcharge pressure during suffusion in sandy gravels	2
A new grouting cable without a core tube used for reinforcement of fractured rock mass	2
Determining Bishop's parameter χ based on pore size distribution	2
Effects of particle morphology on pore structure and SWRC of granular soils	2
Loading transfer mechanism of a piled raft subjected to normal faulting in sand	2
Undrained trapdoor and tunnel face stability revisited	2
Performance of a cyclic miniature cone penetration test in dry granular soil: experimental approaches	2