OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cement and Concrete Research is 72. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Influence of water-soluble leachates from natural fibers on the hydration and microstructure of cement paste studied by nuclear magnetic resonance	412
Environmental impact of extrusion-based additive manufacturing: generic model, power measurements and influence of printing resolution	266
Numerical approach to pipe flow of fresh concrete based on MPS method	175
Encapsulation of iodine-loaded adsorbents in blended Portland cement and geopolymer wasteforms	175
Editorial Board	174
The nanomechanical properties of non-crosslinked calcium aluminosilicate hydrate: The influences of tetrahedral Al and curing age	172
Hydration and strength of cement paste containing metastable vaterite derived from recycled concrete fines and CO2	171
A multi-species reactive transport model based on ion-solid phase interaction for saturated cement-based materials	168
On the moisture migration of concrete subject to high temperature with different heating rates	165
Resilient crystalline admixture in ultra-high performance self-healing concrete under cyclic freeze-thaw with de-icing salts	159
Forming zeolites and calcium silicate hydrates in Fe-rich, slag-based, porous inorganic polymers	159
Assessment of the reactivity and hydration of Portland cement clinker phases from atomistic simulation: A critical review	151
Microstructural developments of limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) pastes after long-term (3 years) hydration	148
Surface area development of Portland cement paste during hydration: Direct comparison with 1H NMR relaxometry and water vapor/nitrogen sorption	147
Mechanisms of internal curing water release from retentive and non-retentive superabsorbent polymers in cement paste	143
Exploring machine learning to predict the pore solution composition of hardened cementitious systems	140
Do superplasticizers work the way we think? New insights from their effect on the percolation threshold of limestone pastes	135
Effect of NaOH content on the fluidizing effect of PCEs with different structures in NaOH-activated slag	134
Phase evolution, micromechanical properties, and morphology of calcium (alumino)silicate hydrates C-(A-)S-H under carbonation	132
Carbonation of blast furnace slag concrete at different CO2 concentrations: Carbonation rate, phase assemblage, microstructure and thermodynamic modelling	129
Effect of high-volume substituted nanosilica on the hydration and mechanical properties of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC)	125
A continuous hydration model for cement paste with realistic CT image-based particles and simulation of microstructural evolution	123
The impact of mechanochemical activation on the physicochemical properties and pozzolanic reactivity of kaolinite, muscovite and montmorillonite	121
Shrinkage mitigation of metakaolin-based geopolymer activated by sodium silicate solution	114
Evaluating the effects of porosity on the mechanical properties of extrusion-based 3D printed concrete	112

Effect of temperature gradients on the microstructural characteristics and mechanical properties of concrete	112
Editorial Board	111
Effect of different ions on dissolution rates of silica and feldspars at high pH	111
Physical and mineralogical properties of calcined common clays as SCM and their impact on flow resistance and demand for superplasticizer	111
Shrinkage and carbonation of alkali-activated calcined clay-ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) concrete	108
Bio-inspired self-prestressing concrete (SPC) involving basalt fibers and expansive agent	106
Aluminate 2K systems in digital concrete: Process, design, chemistry, and outlook	105
Cement hydration kinetics followed by electron spin resonance	102
Distribution and dynamics of water in the blended pastes unraveled by thermoporometry and dielectric properties	101
Moisture sorption behaviour, microstructural changes and macroscopic deformation of hardened cement pastes during the first three drying–resaturation cycles	98
A damage constitutive model for concrete under uniaxial compression capturing strain localization	98
An insight on the effect of sodium and silicon on microstructure and crystallography of high alumina cements	97
Insights on the mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of calcium silicate hydrates based on deep-learning potential molecular dynamics	96
On the significance of interfacial chemistry on the strength of fly ash-cement composites	95
Quantification of nano-crystalline C-S-H in hydrated tricalcium silicate, Portland cement and fly ash cement using PONKCS method	95
Nanostructural evolution of Al(OH)3 gel formed by the cubic and orthorhombic ye'elimite clinkers of calcium sulfoaluminate cements in an ultra-wide hydration temperature range	95
Pumping of concrete: Understanding a common placement method with lots of challenges	94
Factors influencing the hydration kinetics of ye'elimite; effect of free lime	93
Introducing Particle Shape Metric (PSM): A fundamental parameter that encapsulates role of aggregate shape in enhancing packing and performance	91
Towards performance-based specifications for fly ash and natural pozzolans – Insights from a Monte-Carlo based thermodynamic modeling framework	90
Characterisation and hydration kinetics of β-C2S synthesised with K2SO4 as dopant	90
High early pozzolanic reactivity of alumina-silica gel: A study of the hydration of composite cements with carbonated recycled concrete paste	88
Low clinker systems - Towards a rational use of SCMs for optimal performance	88
Effect of alkali hydroxide on calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H)	88
Development of more accurate methods for determining carbonation depth in cement-based materials	85
New findings on the contribution of Mg-Al-NO3 layered double hydroxides to the hydration and chloride binding capacity of cement pastes	85
New insights in the adsorption behavior of triethanolamine on OPC by experimental and theoretical study	83
On the origins of anisotropy of extrusion-based 3D printed concrete: The roles of filament skin and agglomeration	83
Heating cement to slow down its hydration: The unexpected role of PCE interpolymer bridge formation	80
Corrigendum to “Solubility and speciation of iron in cementitious systems”	80
Chemical degradation of magnesium potassium phosphate cement pastes during leaching by demineralized water: Experimental investigation and modeling	80
Editorial Board	80
Strain-rate sensitivity of cement composites: Insights from field's metal nano-inclusions	79
Time-dependent water vapor desorption isotherm model of hardened cement paste	79
Incorporating elastic and creep deformations in modelling the three-dimensional autogenous shrinkage of cement paste	79
Enhanced alite dissolution by CAH10 addition	79
Early structural build-up, setting behavior, reaction kinetics and microstructure of sodium silicate-activated slag mixtures with different retarder chemicals	79
CCR digital concrete 2022 SI: Editorial	77
New insight into self-antifoaming effect of entrained CO2 bubbles in fresh cement paste	76
Experimental investigation of the short-term creep recovery of hardened cement paste at micrometre length scale	76
Dissolution-precipitation reactions of silicate mineral fibers at alkaline pH	75
Properties and hydration characteristics of an iron-rich sulfoaluminate cementitious material under cold temperatures	75
Theoretical model for the coupling effect of moisture transport on chloride penetration in concrete	75
Accelerated carbonation of recycled concrete aggregate in semi-wet environments: A promising technique for CO2 utilization	74
An experimental review of the reaction paths followed by alkali-activated slag pastes	74
Morphology-structural change of C-A-S-H gel in blended cements	74
Dissolution and early hydration of tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF) in water and in aqueous sulfate solutions	73
Continuous optical in-situ pH monitoring during early hydration of cementitious materials	72