OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cement and Concrete Research is 71. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Extrusion-based additive manufacturing with cement-based materials – Production steps, processes, and their underlying physics: A review	302
Predicting concrete compressive strength using hybrid ensembling of surrogate machine learning models	250
Inhibition mechanisms of steel slag on the early-age hydration of cement	224
Advances in alkali-activation of clay minerals	207
Limestone calcined clay cement and concrete: A state-of-the-art review	204
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC): Dispersion, mechanical properties, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effectiveness (SE)	185
On the emergence of 3D printable Engineered, Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC)	159
A review of mechanical properties of fibre reinforced concrete at elevated temperatures	156
Eco-friendly high strength, high ductility engineered cementitious composites (ECC) with substitution of fly ash by rice husk ash	155
The reaction between metakaolin and limestone and its effect in porosity refinement and mechanical properties	154
Improving printability of limestone-calcined clay-based cementitious materials by using viscosity-modifying admixture	149
Seawater sea-sand engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC): Assessment and modeling of crack characteristics	147
A process classification framework for defining and describing Digital Fabrication with Concrete	144
Towards ternary binders involving limestone additions — A review	139
Prediction of surface chloride concentration of marine concrete using ensemble machine learning	134
Mechanisms of autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag and fly ash pastes	128
Mapping and holistic design of natural hydraulic lime mortars	126
Effect of relative humidity on the carbonation rate of portlandite, calcium silicate hydrates and ettringite	126
Characterization of interfacial transition zone in concrete prepared with carbonated modeled recycled concrete aggregates	125
Modified Lucas-Washburn function of capillary transport in the calcium silicate hydrate gel pore: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics study	125
Setting on demand for digital concrete – Principles, measurements, chemistry, validation	122
Effect of carbonated cement paste on composite cement hydration and performance	121
Fiber orientation effects on ultra-high performance concrete formed by 3D printing	120
3-D printing of concrete: Beyond horizons	117
Elastic buckling and plastic collapse during 3D concrete printing	117

Opportunities and challenges for structural engineering of digitally fabricated concrete	117
Multiscale micromechanical analysis of alkali-activated fly ash-slag paste	111
Influence of process parameters on the interlayer bond strength of concrete elements additive manufactured by Shotcrete 3D Printing (SC3DP)	111
The role of zinc in metakaolin-based geopolymers	108
Meso-scale modelling of compressive fracture in concrete with irregularly shaped aggregates	103
Belite cements and their activation	99
Kinetics of enforced carbonation of cement paste	98
3D-printable engineered cementitious composites (3DP-ECC): Fresh and hardened properties	96
Rheological and pumping behaviour of 3D printable cementitious materials with varying aggregate content	96
Effect of NaOH content on hydration, mineralogy, porosity and strength in alkali/sulfate-activated binders from ground granulated blast furnace slag and phosphogypsum	91
Technology readiness: A global snapshot of 3D concrete printing and the frontiers for development	90
Towards a further understanding of cement hydration in the presence of triethanolamine	90
Effect of supplementary cementitious materials on carbonation of cement pastes	90
Interlayer reinforcement of 3D printed concrete by the in-process deposition of U-nails	90
A review of recent advances in the science and technology of seawater-mixed concrete	90
Rheology control of ultra-high-performance concrete made with different fiber contents	89
Modelling of 3D concrete printing based on computational fluid dynamics	88
Stability of hydrotalcite (Mg-Al layered double hydroxide) in presence of different anions	88
Recent advances in the use of inhibitors to prevent chloride-induced corrosion in reinforced concrete	88
edxia: Microstructure characterisation from quantified SEM-EDS hypermaps	88
A chemo-transport-damage model for concrete under external sulfate attack	87
Strength, shrinkage and creep and durability aspects of concrete including CO2 treated recycled fine aggregate	87
Comparison on the properties of ITZs in fly ash-based geopolymer and Portland cement concretes with equivalent flowability	86
Durability of phosphogypsum-based supersulfated cement mortar against external attack by sodium and magnesium sulfate	86
Carbon sequestration of steel slag and carbonation for activating RO phase	86
Recent progress in superabsorbent polymers for concrete	85
A novel method for semi-quantitative analysis of hydration degree of cement by 1H low-field NMR	84
The realities of additively manufactured concrete structures in practice	84
Effects of activator properties and GGBFS/FA ratio on the structural build-up and rheology of AAC	83
Mechanisms of carbonation hydration hardening in Portland cements	82
Mechanical and electromagnetic performance of cement based composites containing different replacement levels of ground granulated blast furnace slag, fly ash, silica fume and rice husk ash	82
Clinkerless ultra-high strength concrete based on alkali-activated slag at high temperatures	81
Effect of yield stress development on the foam-stability of aerated geopolymer concrete	81
On the use of limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) in high-strength strain-hardening cement-based composites (HS-SHCC)	81
Layer-interface properties in 3D printed concrete: Dual hierarchical structure and micromechanical characterization	79
Factors influencing the sulfate balance in pure phase C3S/C3A systems	79
Investigation of interlayer adhesion of 3D printable cementitious material from the aspect of printing process	78
Fracture properties and microstructure formation of hardened alkali-activated slag/fly ash pastes	78
Pathways towards sustainable concrete	77
Impact of limestone fineness on cement hydration at early age	77
Fibrillar calcium silicate hydrate seeds from hydrated tricalcium silicate lower cement demand	75
Effects of alkali dosage and silicate modulus on autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag cement paste	73
Internal curing by superabsorbent polymers in alkali-activated slag	72
Experimental study on the stability of C-S-H nanostructures with varying bulk CaO/SiO2 ratios under cryogenic attack	71
Creep behavior of C-S-H under different drying relative humidities: Interpretation of microindentation tests and sorption measurements by multi-scale analysis	71
Early reactivity of sodium silicate-activated slag pastes and its impact on rheological properties	71