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

Article	Citations
Microplastics in soils: an environmental geotechnics perspective	54
Mechanical behaviours of gas-hydrate-bearing clayey sediments of the South China Sea	45
Remediation of heavy-metal-contaminated soils by biochar: a review	36
Potential CO₂ leakage from geological storage sites: advances and challenges	30
Municipal solid waste management under Covid-19: challenges and recommendations	29
Post Covid-19 water and waste water management to protect public health and geoenvironment	28
Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy	27
Environmental geotechnics: challenges and opportunities in the post-Covid-19 world	24
Evaluation of MICP treatment through EC and pH tests in urea hydrolysis process	22
Synthesis of alkali-activated mortar using phosphogypsum-neutralised bauxite residue	20
Effect of climate change on earthen embankments in Southern Ontario, Canada	17
Creep behaviours of methane hydrate-bearing sediments	17
Submarine slope failure due to overpressure fluid associated with gas hydrate dissociation	15
Biological soil improvement using new environmental bacteria isolated from northern Iran	15
Compressibility and shear strength behaviour of fresh and aged municipal solid wastes	15
Size effect on mudstone strength during the freezing–thawing cycle	14
Analytical solution for transport of degradable contaminant in cut-off wall and aquifer	14
Technical aspects of mercury intrusion porosimetry for clays	14
Numerical investigation on the mechanical behaviour of karst sinkholes	13
Polymer-enhanced soil mixtures for potential use as covers or liners in landfill systems	13
Bagasse ash–fly ash-geopolymer-treated soft Bangkok clay as subgrade material	13
Compositional and geoenvironmental factors in microbially induced partial saturation	13
Mechanical behaviour of soil under drying–wetting cycles and vertical confining pressures	12
A comparison between Fe⁰/pumice and Fe⁰/lapillus mixtures in permeable reactive barriers	12
Extraction, characterisation and remediation of microplastics from organic solid matrices	12

A review analysis of gas hydrate tests: engineering progress and policy trend	11
Wetting–drying response of an unsaturated pyroclastic soil vegetated with long-root grass	10
Visualising fluid migration due to hydrate dissociation: implications for submarine slides	10
Briefing: Water content determinations of peaty soils using the oven-drying method	10
Waste-composition-dependent ‘HBM’ model parameters based on degradation experiments	10
Mechanical and microstructural properties of iron tailings	10
Effect of stress history of saturated clay on engineering behaviour of an energy pile	9
Improving dust resistance of mine tailings using green biopolymer	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	9
Possibility of impervious coating for the geotechnical reuse of soil and solid waste	9
Monitoring infiltration of capillary barrier with actively heated fibre Bragg gratings	8
Soil properties affecting erosion induced by saltating particles	8
Solidify/stabilise a heavy metal-contaminated soil using a novel steel slag-based binder	8
Role of vegetation in improving the stability of a tropical hill slope in Guam	8
The effect of soil–vegetation–atmosphere interaction on slope stability: a numerical study	8
Thermo-elasto-plastic analysis of geosynthetic clay liners exposed to thermal dehydration	8
Desiccation crack formation and prevention in thin bentonite layers	8
Chemical clogging of granular media under acidic groundwater conditions	8
Steady-state analysis of pollutant transport to assess landfill liner performance	8
Performance of loose sand with different waste materials in stone columns in North Cyprus	7
Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering education during the pandemic	7
Lime stabilisation of highly compressible surface from soils in ex-Lake Texcoco, Mexico	7
Two-stage wetting deformation behaviour of rock-fill material	7
Effects of air-injection pressure on airflow pattern of air sparging	7
Experimental study on the monotonic shear strength of GM/CCL composite liner interface	6
Multicomponent landfill gas transport in soil cover: column tests and numerical modelling	6
Combined method limiting shrinkage–swelling behaviours of expansive soils in Huai’an, China	6
Optimisation of microbially induced calcite precipitation protocol against erosion	6
Deterioration of marine soft clay at east China solidified by cement–metakaolin composite	6
Shear behaviour of Canadian marine clay/geomembrane interface under freeze–thaw cycles	6
Effect of drying–wetting cycles on the hydromechanical behaviour of compacted coal gangue	6
Index tests for geosynthetic clay liners containing bentonite–polymer composites	6
Design of mass burial sites for safe and dignified disposal of pandemic fatalities	6
DEM simulation of coexistence type methane hydrate bearing sediments	6
Remediation of acid mine drainage with recycled concrete aggregates and fly ash	6
The strength and durability of steel fibre recycled concrete in chloride environments	6
A practical bio-based reversible permeability control for saturated sands	6
Botanical and geotechnical characteristics of blanket peat at three Irish bogflows	5
Solidification and stabilisation of metal plating sludge with fly ash geopolymers	5
Coupling effect on shallow slope stability under infiltration	5
Hydraulic and environmental compatibility of RCA with filters and subgrades in highways	5
Optimising geosynthetic clay liner overlaps: implications on hydraulic performance	5
A numerical approach to modelling biodegradable vertical drains	5
Simulation of gas production from hydrate reservoirs (AT1) of Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan	5
Prediction of hydraulic conductivity of sodium bentonite GCLs by machine learning approaches	5
A thermo-hydro-mechanical finite-element model with freezing processes in saturated soils	5