OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources is 26. 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 process of surrounding rock with preset cracks after excavating a circular cavern based on a continuum-discontinuum method	66
The impact of bedding planes on microwave-induced damage in rock at the field scale: a numerical model	58
Fracture propagation characteristics of layered shale oil reservoirs with dense laminas under cyclic pressure shock fracturing	55
Numerical investigation of vertical borehole heat exchanger heat transfer under coupled conditions of groundwater seepage and layered subsurface	53
Experimental study on joint sensing and early warning method of landslide disaster based on NPR-OFST	50
Research process and hotspot prediction of deep-hole presplitting blasting technology in China’s mines	45
Identifying payable cluster distributions for improved reservoir characterization: a robust unsupervised ML strategy for rock typing of depositional facies in heterogeneous rocks	41
Evaluation of excavation method on point load strength of rocks with poor geological conditions in a deep metal mine	39
Critical damage threshold of brittle rock failure based on Renormalization Group theory	39
Compaction, strain, and stress anisotropy in porous rocks	39
Effect of adsorption of different types of surfactants on conglomerate reservoir minerals on chemical oil recovery efficiency	38
Contribution of the artificial neural network (ANN) method to the interpolation of the Bouguer gravity anomalies in the region of Lom-Pangar (East-Cameroon)	38
Cyclical hydraulic pressure pulses reduce breakdown pressure and initiate staged fracture growth in PMMA	35
Dynamic failure characteristics of surrounding rocks under different lateral pressure coefficients in deep tunnel transient excavation	33
Mass-loss effects on the non-Darcy seepage characteristics of broken rock mass with different clay contents	33
A criterion of rockburst in coal mines considering the influence of working face mining velocity	32
An accurate identification and spatial characterization method for the development degree of preferential flow paths in water-flooded reservoir	32
Microscopic deformation mechanism and characteristics of carbonaceous slate during the creep process	29
Analysis of geological factors affecting propagation behavior of fracture during hydraulic fracturing shale formation	29
Mechanism of the delayed coal–gas outburst caused by creep instability of the ‘‘barrier layer and tectonic coal’’ combination	29
Simulation of borehole shrinkage in shale based on the triaxial fractional constitutive equation	28
Experimental investigation on deformation and failure mechanism of waste dump with partial-weak basement	27
Characteristics of soil moisture transport in the aeration zone of subsidence areas under the disturbance of coal seam mining	27
Proposing an approach for geomechanical model construction based on laboratory and wellbore test results and wellbore instability assessment in the Kangan and Dalan formations	26
The effects of sedimentary facies and diagenesis on pore structure: in the sandstones of Paleogene Formation of Nanpu Sag, China to be more representative to the results and discussion	26

Study on the mechanical properties of stratified rock mass based on 3D printing technology and FDEM algorithm	26
In situ stress determination in isotropic and anisotropic rocks and its application to a naturally fractured reservoir	26
A case study on time-dependent bedding plane failure	26