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 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
State of the in situ Febex test (GTS, Switzerland) after 18 years: a heterogeneous bentonite barrier	21
Potential CO₂ leakage from geological storage sites: advances and challenges	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
Synthesis of alkali-activated mortar using phosphogypsum-neutralised bauxite residue	14
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
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 chemico-osmosis on solute transport in clay barriers	13
Biological soil improvement using new environmental bacteria isolated from northern Iran	13
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

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
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
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
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
Further development of a laboratory procedure to assess the mechanical performance of cob	9
Improving dust resistance of mine tailings using green biopolymer	9
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
Characterising sediment physical property variability for bench-scale dewatering purposes	8
Mechanical behaviour of soil under drying–wetting cycles and vertical confining pressures	8
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
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
Soil properties affecting erosion induced by saltating particles	7
Two-stage wetting deformation behaviour of rock-fill material	7
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
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
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
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