OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Geotechnics 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Microplastics in soils: an environmental geotechnics perspective	45
Stability analysis of vegetated residual soil slope in Thailand under rainfall conditions	38
Mechanical behaviours of gas-hydrate-bearing clayey sediments of the South China Sea	37
Remediation of heavy-metal-contaminated soils by biochar: a review	30
Post Covid-19 water and waste water management to protect public health and geoenvironment	28
Municipal solid waste management under Covid-19: challenges and recommendations	25
Environmental geotechnics: challenges and opportunities in the post-Covid-19 world	22
Potential CO₂ leakage from geological storage sites: advances and challenges	21
State of the in situ Febex test (GTS, Switzerland) after 18 years: a heterogeneous bentonite barrier	21
Heavy metals contamination within restored landfill site in Poland	20
Evaluation of MICP treatment through EC and pH tests in urea hydrolysis process	18
Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy	17
An analytical model for contaminant transport in cut-off wall and aquifer system	16
Long-term thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy piles in clay	15
Geothermal potential of the NE extension Warsaw (Poland) metro tunnels	14
Effects of unsaturated properties on stability of slope covered with Caesalpinia crista in Singapore	14
Creep behaviours of methane hydrate-bearing sediments	14
Synthesis of alkali-activated mortar using phosphogypsum-neutralised bauxite residue	14
Effect of chemico-osmosis on solute transport in clay barriers	13
Biological soil improvement using new environmental bacteria isolated from northern Iran	13
Polymer-enhanced soil mixtures for potential use as covers or liners in landfill systems	13
Submarine slope failure due to overpressure fluid associated with gas hydrate dissociation	13
Effect of climate change on earthen embankments in Southern Ontario, Canada	12
Size effect on mudstone strength during the freezing–thawing cycle	12
Technical aspects of mercury intrusion porosimetry for clays	12

Analytical solution for transport of degradable contaminant in cut-off wall and aquifer	12
A comparison between Fe⁰/pumice and Fe⁰/lapillus mixtures in permeable reactive barriers	12
Compressibility and shear strength behaviour of fresh and aged municipal solid wastes	12
A review analysis of gas hydrate tests: engineering progress and policy trend	11
Effect of temperature on the strength of lime-stabilised fly ash	11
Visualising fluid migration due to hydrate dissociation: implications for submarine slides	10
Extraction, characterisation and remediation of microplastics from organic solid matrices	10
Compositional and geoenvironmental factors in microbially induced partial saturation	10
City-scale analysis of subsoil thermal conditions due to geothermal exploitation	10
Wetting–drying response of an unsaturated pyroclastic soil vegetated with long-root grass	10
Numerical investigation on the mechanical behaviour of karst sinkholes	10
On the performance of energy walls by monitoring assessment and numerical modelling: a case in Italy	10
Briefing: Water content determinations of peaty soils using the oven-drying method	10
Bagasse ash–fly ash-geopolymer-treated soft Bangkok clay as subgrade material	10
The effect of soil–vegetation–atmosphere interaction on slope stability: a numerical study	9
Waste-composition-dependent ‘HBM’ model parameters based on degradation experiments	9
Impact of transient seepage on slope stability of earth-rock dams with geomembrane barrier defects	9
Further development of a laboratory procedure to assess the mechanical performance of cob	9
Improving dust resistance of mine tailings using green biopolymer	9
Desiccation crack formation and prevention in thin bentonite layers	8
Effect of stress history of saturated clay on engineering behaviour of an energy pile	8
Thermo-elasto-plastic analysis of geosynthetic clay liners exposed to thermal dehydration	8
Barrier performance of geosynthetic clay liners to copper (II) chloride solutions	8
Chemical clogging of granular media under acidic groundwater conditions	8
Characterising sediment physical property variability for bench-scale dewatering purposes	8
Mechanical behaviour of soil under drying–wetting cycles and vertical confining pressures	8
Soil properties affecting erosion induced by saltating particles	7
Two-stage wetting deformation behaviour of rock-fill material	7
Solidify/stabilise a heavy metal-contaminated soil using a novel steel slag-based binder	7
Possibility of impervious coating for the geotechnical reuse of soil and solid waste	7
Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering education during the pandemic	7
Steady-state analysis of pollutant transport to assess landfill liner performance	7
Effects of air-injection pressure on airflow pattern of air sparging	6
Performance of loose sand with different waste materials in stone columns in North Cyprus	6
A practical bio-based reversible permeability control for saturated sands	6
Experimental study on the monotonic shear strength of GM/CCL composite liner interface	6
Monitoring infiltration of capillary barrier with actively heated fibre Bragg gratings	6
Solidification and stabilisation of metal plating sludge with fly ash geopolymers	6
The permeability of composite soils	6
Heat energy from a shallow geothermal system in Glasgow, UK: performance evaluation design	6
A biomediated deterioration mitigation method for cement-treated soil	6
Synthesis of a benchmark exercise for geotechnical analysis of a thermoactive pile	6
Remediation of acid mine drainage with recycled concrete aggregates and fly ash	5
Seasonal deformations under a road embankment on degrading permafrost in Northern Canada	5
Botanical and geotechnical characteristics of blanket peat at three Irish bogflows	5
A numerical approach to modelling biodegradable vertical drains	5
Geotechnical properties of compacted biosolids for monofill design, As-Samra, Jordan	5
DEM simulation of coexistence type methane hydrate bearing sediments	5
Role of vegetation in improving the stability of a tropical hill slope in Guam	5
Multicomponent landfill gas transport in soil cover: column tests and numerical modelling	5

Mechanical and microstructural properties of iron tailings	5
Lime stabilisation of highly compressible surface from soils in ex-Lake Texcoco, Mexico	5
Shear behaviour of Canadian marine clay/geomembrane interface under freeze–thaw cycles	5
Long-term assessment of thermal sustainability of thermoactive geostructures	5
Combined method limiting shrinkage–swelling behaviours of expansive soils in Huai’an, China	5
Behaviour of energy piles under climate-change scenarios: a case study in Southern Italy	5
Design of mass burial sites for safe and dignified disposal of pandemic fatalities	5
Anchorage and stability of tree root–soil plates	4
Optimisation of microbially induced calcite precipitation protocol against erosion	4
Leadership for management of high-level radioactive waste in Japan	4
Investigation of methane fluxes from temporary cover of Xi’an Jiangcungou landfill, China	4
Index tests for geosynthetic clay liners containing bentonite–polymer composites	4
Response of granular iron tailings to laboratory-induced environmental stressing	4
Coupling effect on shallow slope stability under infiltration	4
Contribution to the geotechnical classification of municipal waste landfills in Serbia	4
Hydraulic and environmental compatibility of RCA with filters and subgrades in highways	4
Surfactant flow and transport in the vadose zone: a numerical experiment	4
A thermo-hydro-mechanical finite-element model with freezing processes in saturated soils	4
Effects of organic content on soil-water characteristic curve and soil shrinkage	4
Mathematical and numerical modelling of limestone dissolution	4
Efficiency of sophorolipids for arsenic removal from mine tailings	4
The strength and durability of steel fibre recycled concrete in chloride environments	4
Effect of pore fluid pH on the collapse behaviour and microstructural evolution of a loess	4
Deterioration of marine soft clay at east China solidified by cement–metakaolin composite	3
Shear strength of the geomembrane–subgrade interface in heap leaching applications	3
Influence of stress field anisotropy on drilling-induced tensile fracture	3
Simulation of gas production from hydrate reservoirs (AT1) of Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan	3
Environmental impact and mechanical improvement of microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation-treated coal fly ash–soil mixture	3
Fate of bentonite in slag–cement–bentonite slurry trench cut-off walls for polluted sites	3
Simulation of water storage in a reclamation cover incorporating tailings consolidation	3
Laboratory study of interactions between copper and microorganisms in oxic groundwater	3
Effect of thermal loads on pre-cast concrete thermopile in Valencia, Spain	3
Occurrence and ecotoxicological effects of fires at municipal solid waste landfills	3
Ecotoxicity assessment of hydrophobised soils	3
Effect of drying–wetting cycles on the hydromechanical behaviour of compacted coal gangue	3
Coupled effects of matric suction and temperature on the compression behaviour of loess	3
Reusing abandoned natural gas storage sites for compressed air energy storage	3
Evolution of municipal solid waste structure over time: compaction and settlement effects	3
Development of a pressure-retained transfer system of seafloor natural gas hydrates	3
An expression for irregularly distributed hydrocarbon volume using exponential decay method	3
Relationship between dielectric constant of soils with clay content and dry unit weight	3
Optimising geosynthetic clay liner overlaps: implications on hydraulic performance	3
Review: Complexation mechanism of organic matter and arsenic on iron-containing minerals	3
Electrical resistivity and elastic wave velocity of sand–cement–inorganic binder mixture	3
Investigation on thermo-mechanical response of energy piles in saturated clay	2
Hydrogen gas transfer between a borehole and claystone: experiment and geochemical model	2
Rheological model of viscoelastic–plastic geogrid-reinforced tailings	2
Editorial: Geoenvironmental issues related to gas hydrates, part II	2
Mitigating deterioration of cement-treated clay by microbe-based calcite precipitation	2
Recent peat slide in Co. Antrim extends the known range of weak basal peat across Ireland	2
Swelling pressures and hydration times in a clay seal	2
The particle-size sieving technique to remediate Pb- and Cu-contaminated agricultural soil	2
A case study on the applicability of elastic velocity models to hydrate-bearing sediments	2
Low-frequency seismic responses during microbial biofilm formation in sands	2
Fate and impact of nano/microplastic in the geoenvironment — ecotoxicological perspective	2
Hydromechanical modelling of CO₂ sequestration using a component-based multiphysics code	2
Hydraulic conductivity of tyre-derived aggregate for leachate collection and removal	2
Paradigm shifts in incinerator ash, sediment material recovery and landfill monitoring	2
Bentonite buffer blocks manufactured by isostatic compression	2
Simulation of observed temperature field below a building in Bologna, Italy	2
Solidification/stabilisation of Zn-contaminated soils using cement and soda residue	2
Additives based on vegetable biomass to improve the stabilisation of expansive clay soil	2
Optimal ranges of soil index properties for diesel containment using compacted barriers	2
Monitoring of electrokinetic treatment of landfill leachate-contaminated clay in Portugal	2
Swelling and consolidation behaviour of polymerised bentonites with cation solutions	2
Analytical solution to axisymmetric consolidation under surcharge–vacuum–electro-osmosis	2
Prediction of hydraulic conductivity of sodium bentonite GCLs by machine learning approaches	2
Morphological controls on flow conductivity and viscosity of bentonite–polymer composites	2
Environmental assessment of underground coal gasification in deep-buried seams	2
Ultralightweight foundation system for peaty ground	2
A bounding surface model of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments	2
Determination of heat generation due to organic degradation in a double-layered bioreactor	2
Power-law correlations of mine subsidence for a metal mine in China	2
Portland cement stabilisation of Canadian mature fine oil sands tailings	2
Study of hydraulic fracturing for gas drainage in a coal mine in Iran	2
Editorial: Geoenvironmental issues related to gas hydrates, part I	2
THCM numerical simulations of the engineered barrier system for radioactive waste disposal	2
Long-term behaviour of coir-fibre-reinforced soils	2
Regional stability and adaptation measures slope failures due to rainfall in Singapore	2