OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Geotechnics is 5. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial: New threats, new solutions: tackling emerging contaminants	83
Award-winning paper in 2020	57
Sustainable approaches for brownfield revitalisation & rehabilitation: a case in São Paulo	43
Regional stability and adaptation measures slope failures due to rainfall in Singapore	26
Study on mechanical properties and microscopic mechanism of MICP-modified expansive soil	23
Removal of salinity from soil using the electrokinetic treatment method	23
A case study on the applicability of elastic velocity models to hydrate-bearing sediments	21
Compressibility and shear strength behaviour of fresh and aged municipal solid wastes	20
Two-stage wetting deformation behaviour of rock-fill material	18
Environmental impacts of landfills: perspectives on bio-monitoring	18
Swelling and consolidation behaviour of polymerised bentonites with cation solutions	18
Study of hydraulic fracturing for gas drainage in a coal mine in Iran	16
Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy	16
The strength and durability of steel fibre recycled concrete in chloride environments	16
Influence of boundary conditions on initiation of gas blowout in permeable rock	15
Polymer-enhanced soil mixtures for potential use as covers or liners in landfill systems	15
Review: Complexation mechanism of organic matter and arsenic on iron-containing minerals	15
Geochemical modelling of multimineral evolution for a 15-month experiment	14
Effect of drying–wetting cycles on the hydromechanical behaviour of compacted coal gangue	14
Mitigating deterioration of cement-treated clay by microbe-based calcite precipitation	14
The effect of soil–vegetation–atmosphere interaction on slope stability: a numerical study	14
Experimental study of thermal behaviour of energy tunnels at the entrance in cold regions	14
Degradation of urban soil quality due to air and road traffic: relevant info and research	13
Dynamic properties of high-density polyethylene–sand by large-scale direct shear experiments	13
Sorption and economic viability of peat, compost and biochar for zinc-contaminated site	12

Occurrence and ecotoxicological effects of fires at municipal solid waste landfills	12
Dynamic deformation characteristics of lightweight soil based on Davidenkov model	11
Effect of stress history of saturated clay on engineering behaviour of an energy pile	11
A review analysis of gas hydrate tests: engineering progress and policy trend	11
The influence of waste composition on biogas generation model parameters	10
Shear strength of the geomembrane–subgrade interface in heap leaching applications	10
Use of lignocellulose-degrading enzyme bio-cemented soils in the construction industry	10
Monitoring infiltration of capillary barrier with actively heated fibre Bragg gratings	10
Numerical investigation of hydrolysis failure of aggregates in loess	10
Characteristics of gas hydrate reservoir from resistivity image in the Shenhu area, China	9
An improved quantification method for characterisation of clay microstructure using SEM	9
Unsaturated characteristics and transport of hydrated chromium ore processing residue	9
Impact of groundwater level and soil air entry suction on energy tunnels’ thermal performance	9
A unit series–parallel electrical conductivity model of soil under environmental loads	9
Microplastics in soils: an environmental geotechnics perspective	9
Effect of pore fluid pH on the collapse behaviour and microstructural evolution of a loess	8
Effect of acid on the hydrophysical properties of red clay	8
Preliminary test results on gas permeability of soils and geosynthetic clay liners	8
Immobilisation of soil cadmium and lead by an integrated approach of SICP and absorbent additives	8
Experimental investigation of durability and mechanical properties of EICP treated raw earth	8
A numerical approach to modelling biodegradable vertical drains	8
Grading curve relations for saturated hydraulic conductivity of granular materials	8
Environmental and economical assessment of earth-retaining walls for design optimisation	8
Editorial: Use of biopolymers in environmental geotechnics	7
Dry shrinkage cracking and permeability of biopolymer-modified clay under dry–wet cycles	7
Solidify/stabilise a heavy metal-contaminated soil using a novel steel slag-based binder	7
Publisher’s note	7
Behaviour of energy piles under climate-change scenarios: a case study in Southern Italy	7
Laboratory investigation on the longitudinal dispersivity of sand–illite mixtures	6
Prediction of hydraulic conductivity of sodium bentonite GCLs by machine learning approaches	6
Editorial	6
Botanical and geotechnical characteristics of blanket peat at three Irish bogflows	6
Editorial: Physical–chemical coupling in environmental geotechnics	6
Long-term environmental impact of an artificial island of solidified dredged marine silt	6
Casein as a foaming agent in cement-treated soil for lightweight embankments	6
Introduction to anion-exchange membranes and their use in electro-osmotic consolidation	6
Synthesis of alkali-activated mortar using phosphogypsum-neutralised bauxite residue	5
Improving erosion resistance of sandy soils using zein biopolymer	5
Experimental investigation of gas migration behaviour in unsaturated sand–clay mixtures	5
Editorial	5
Real-time monitoring of pH and dissolved oxygen during disturbances in polluted sediments	5