OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Geotechnics is 6. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Award-winning paper in 2020	71
Regional stability and adaptation measures slope failures due to rainfall in Singapore	55
Editorial: New threats, new solutions: tackling emerging contaminants	36
Sustainable approaches for brownfield revitalisation & rehabilitation: a case in São Paulo	33
Performance of loose sand with different waste materials in stone columns in North Cyprus	30
Numerical investigation on the mechanical behaviour of karst sinkholes	27
A case study on the applicability of elastic velocity models to hydrate-bearing sediments	26
Swelling and consolidation behaviour of polymerised bentonites with cation solutions	22
Two-stage wetting deformation behaviour of rock-fill material	21
Environmental impacts of landfills: perspectives on bio-monitoring	20
Compressibility and shear strength behaviour of fresh and aged municipal solid wastes	19
Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy	19
Editorial	16
The effect of soil–vegetation–atmosphere interaction on slope stability: a numerical study	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	16
Polymer-enhanced soil mixtures for potential use as covers or liners in landfill systems	15
Effect of drying–wetting cycles on the hydromechanical behaviour of compacted coal gangue	15
Study of hydraulic fracturing for gas drainage in a coal mine in Iran	15
Review: Complexation mechanism of organic matter and arsenic on iron-containing minerals	13
Geochemical modelling of multimineral evolution for a 15-month experiment	13
Sorption and economic viability of peat, compost and biochar for zinc-contaminated site	13
Occurrence and ecotoxicological effects of fires at municipal solid waste landfills	13
Effect of stress history of saturated clay on engineering behaviour of an energy pile	12
Dynamic properties of high-density polyethylene–sand by large-scale direct shear experiments	12

Mitigating deterioration of cement-treated clay by microbe-based calcite precipitation	12
Degradation of urban soil quality due to air and road traffic: relevant info and research	12
A review analysis of gas hydrate tests: engineering progress and policy trend	12
Dynamic deformation characteristics of lightweight soil based on Davidenkov model	11
Shear strength of the geomembrane–subgrade interface in heap leaching applications	10
Monitoring infiltration of capillary barrier with actively heated fibre Bragg gratings	10
The influence of waste composition on biogas generation model parameters	10
Municipal solid waste management under Covid-19: challenges and recommendations	10
Numerical investigation of hydrolysis failure of aggregates in loess	10
Unsaturated characteristics and transport of hydrated chromium ore processing residue	9
An improved quantification method for characterisation of clay microstructure using SEM	9
Use of lignocellulose-degrading enzyme bio-cemented soils in the construction industry	9
Environmental and economical assessment of earth-retaining walls for design optimisation	9
Microplastics in soils: an environmental geotechnics perspective	9
Characteristics of gas hydrate reservoir from resistivity image in the Shenhu area, China	8
Grading curve relations for saturated hydraulic conductivity of granular materials	8
A numerical approach to modelling biodegradable vertical drains	8
Dry shrinkage cracking and permeability of biopolymer-modified clay under dry–wet cycles	8
Lime stabilisation of highly compressible surface from soils in ex-Lake Texcoco, Mexico	8
Effect of acid on the hydrophysical properties of red clay	8
Prediction of hydraulic conductivity of sodium bentonite GCLs by machine learning approaches	8
Editorial: Use of biopolymers in environmental geotechnics	8
Preliminary test results on gas permeability of soils and geosynthetic clay liners	8
Effect of pore fluid pH on the collapse behaviour and microstructural evolution of a loess	8
Behaviour of energy piles under climate-change scenarios: a case study in Southern Italy	8
Solidify/stabilise a heavy metal-contaminated soil using a novel steel slag-based binder	8
Casein as a foaming agent in cement-treated soil for lightweight embankments	7
Long-term environmental impact of an artificial island of solidified dredged marine silt	7
Laboratory investigation on the longitudinal dispersivity of sand–illite mixtures	7
Editorial	7
Editorial: Interventions into soil can amelliorate its properties	7
Editorial: Physical–chemical coupling in environmental geotechnics	7
Botanical and geotechnical characteristics of blanket peat at three Irish bogflows	7
Editorial	6
Introduction to anion-exchange membranes and their use in electro-osmotic consolidation	6
Briefing: Water content determinations of peaty soils using the oven-drying method	6
Environmental Geotechnics: Referees 2022	6
Experimental investigation of gas migration behaviour in unsaturated sand–clay mixtures	6
Real-time monitoring of pH and dissolved oxygen during disturbances in polluted sediments	6
Editorial	6
Deterioration of the performance of cement mortar lining due to sulfate attack	6