OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment is 20. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Cracking of unsaturated clays using a newly developed small-beam bending apparatus and analysis by digital image correlation	43
Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing	40
Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite	40
The impacts of scaled capillary pressure combined with coupled flow and geomechanics on gas hydrate deposits	33
Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review	32
Field tests on the prediction of heating power requirements for deicing in Jiangyin, China	31
Hydromechanical simulation of argillaceous rocks: From laboratory tests to drift excavation	30
Experimental study on seepage–corrosion coupling characteristics of a single fracture in limestone subjected to acid mine drainage	29
Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests	28
Effects of rate-dependent behavior of sandstone on performance of gas storage in aquifer	28
How geomechanical attributes control the morphology of stylolites in carbonate sequences? A case from Permian–Triassic gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf	26
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	25
Comparative analysis of quasi-static penetration characteristics of slotted granite and intact granite	25
Post-mining related reactivation potential of faults hosted in tight reservoir rocks around flooded coal mines, eastern Ruhr Basin, Germany	24
Temperature- and Displacement-Dependent Model for unsaturated Earth pressures behind thermo-active retaining walls	22
AC-assisted microbially induced carbonate precipitation for sand reinforcement: An experimental study	22
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	22
Single fluid-driven crack propagation in analogue rock assisted by chemical environment	21
Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays	21
Coupling of a water permeability function with a bounding surface hydromechanical model for unsaturated soils	20
Influence of stress-level due to self-weight on the hydraulic conductivity of permeable concrete for geotechnical applications	20
Effects of supercritical CO2 based fluids imbibition on the mechanical properties of shale: An experimental study at high-temperature and high-pressure condition	20
Novel and simplified method of producing microbial calcite powder for clayey soil stabilization	20
Effects of thermophysical parameters of fracturing fluid on hot dry rock damage in hydraulic fracturing	20