OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Underground Space is 27. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Soft computing approach for prediction of surface settlement induced by earth pressure balance shield tunneling	126
Estimation of the TBM advance rate under hard rock conditions using XGBoost and Bayesian optimization	120
Deformation analysis and safety assessment of existing metro tunnels affected by excavation of a foundation pit	78
Underground space use of urban built-up areas in the central city of Nanjing: Insight based on a dynamic population distribution	69
Systems approaches to urban underground space planning and management – A review	62
Stability analysis of underground mine hard rock pillars via combination of finite difference methods, neural networks, and Monte Carlo simulation techniques	59
Developments and research directions in pipe jacking and microtunneling	52
Future cities, resilient cities – The role of underground space in achieving urban resilience	52
Centrifuge modelling of tunnelling below existing twin tunnels with different types of support	51
Assessment of basal heave stability for braced excavations in anisotropic clay using extreme gradient boosting and random forest regression	50
Rockburst in underground excavations: A review of mechanism, classification, and prediction methods	48
Scientific problems and research proposals for Sichuan–Tibet railway tunnel construction	46
Use of soft computing techniques for tunneling optimization of tunnel boring machines	43
Tunneling and deep excavations in spatially variable soil and rock masses: A short review	42
Prediction of lining response for twin tunnels constructed in anisotropic clay using machine learning techniques	42
Design equation for stability of a circular tunnel in anisotropic and heterogeneous clay	41
Long rectangular box jacking project: A case study	38
Variation of hydro-environment during past four decades with underground sponge city planning to control flash floods in Wuhan, China: An overview	38
TBM penetration rate prediction based on the long short-term memory neural network	38
Evaluation of the propensity of strain burst in brittle granite based on post-peak energy analysis	38
Unpacking data-centric geotechnics	32
Effect of rock bolt support mechanism on tunnel deformation in jointed rockmass: A numerical approach	32
Intelligent rockburst prediction model with sample category balance using feedforward neural network and Bayesian optimization	32
Numerical simulation and analysis of the pile underpinning technology used in shield tunnel crossings on bridge pile foundations	30
Analysis of a tunnel failure caused by leakage of the shield tail seal system	30

Effects of underground explosions on soil and structures	28
Novel SfM-DLT method for metro tunnel 3D reconstruction and Visualization	28
Stability of active trapdoors in axisymmetry	27