OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geotechnical Testing Journal is 3. 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
Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Failure Modes of Layered Shale in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Brazilian Splitting Tests	20
Suggested Method of Specimen Preparation for Triaxial Tests on Partially Saturated Sand	20
Second Discussion of “Determining Soil Plasticity Utilizing Manafi Method and Apparatus” by Masoud S. G. Manafi, An Deng, Abbas Taheri, Mark B. Jaksa, and Nagaraj HB, Published in Geotechnical Test	16
pH-Dependent Leaching Characteristics of Steel Slag Mitigated with Water Treatment Residual	14
Monitoring Flexure Behavior of Compacted Clay Beam Using High-Resolution Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensors	12
Developing Soil Internal Erosion Indicator to Quantify Soil Internal Erosion around Defective Buried Pipes under Water Exfiltration	12
Development of Direct Shear Apparatus and Liquefaction Strength Tests	12
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Laboratory Testing of Ferrochrome Slag as an Aggregate in Porous Pavements	10
Calibration and Validation of S3F Sensor for Measuring Normal and Shear Stresses in Soil	10
Resonant Column Testing Procedure for Microbial-Induced Carbonate-Precipitated Sands	10
Relationship between a Layered Geomembrane–Geotextile System and Constituent Materials in a Multiaxial Tension Test	10
Experimental Investigation of Shear Behavior at the Pile–Soil Interface for Distributed Post-grouted Piles in Cohesive Soil	9
Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Stabilized Soft Clays with Recycled Binders	9
A True Triaxial Apparatus for Soil Testing with Three-Dimensional Rigid Boundary	8
Development of a Laboratory Testing System to Study the Effect of Frost Heave on a Steel Pile	8
Mesostructural Mechanism of Hydraulic Gradient Fluctuations Affecting Internal Instability Using Transparent Soil	8
Numerical Simulation Analysis of Real-Time High-Temperature Impact Test Technique of Rock Materials	8
Development of a Three-Dimensional Visual Simulation Test and Experiment on Water Inrush Evolution in the Floor Area	8
Simulation Test System for Coal and Gas Outburst Triggered by Tunneling under Gas-Filling Condition and Its Application	8
Optical and Physical Properties of Laponite for Use as Clay Surrogate in Geotechnical Models	7
Reappraisal of Fall-Cone Flow Curve for Soil Plasticity Determinations	7
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Application of Asaoka’s Method in Multistage Triaxial Compression Testing of Normally Consolidated Soils	6
Determination of the Coefficient of Consolidation Using the Inflection Point on the Pore Pressure Dissipation Curve	6

A Combined Slump-Sliding Test for Dredged Fine Sediments	6
Development of a Laboratory Test Apparatus for Simulating Core Drilling under High In Situ Stress	6
Stress-Dependent Behavior of Lightly Stabilized Industrial Waste Subbase Using Falling Weight Deflectometer	6
Micrometer-Scale Profile Test of Rock Fracture Surface Based on Spectral Confocal Displacement Sensor	6
Centrifuge Model Design for Axially Loaded Structures under Large Ground Movements	5
Evaluation of the Penetration Behavior of Viscous Fluids into Porous Media in the Context of Volume Determination	5
Compression Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste in Temperature-Controlled Isotropic Condition	5
Stabilization Tests for Deep Mixing—Round-Robin Tests in Eight Finnish Laboratories	5
Development of Tools for the Direct Measurement of Shear Stress and Shear Strain within a Soil Mass	5
Study on the Damage Evolution of Weathered Granite under Different Confining Pressure Based on Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion and Acoustic Emission Parameters	5
Quantification of Gypsum in Soils via Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry	5
An Innovative Experimental Methodology for Testing Anisotropic Permeabilities of Formation Rocks	5
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Development of Cyclic Interface Shear Test Device and Testing Procedure to Measure the Response of Cohesive Soil-Structure Interface	5
Recommendations on Use of DIC in Experimental Geotechnics	5
How to Correctly Interpret Strange Data for Field Permeability (Slug) Tests in Monitoring Wells or between Packers	4
Reliability of Chilled-Mirror Hygrometer (WP4C) for Soil Total Suction Measurement	4
Experimental Study on Measurement of Interfacial Pressure in Granular Materials	4
Influence of Stress State on the Expected Behavior of Filtered Iron Ore Tailings for Compacted Stacking Disposal	4
Experimental Study of the Crack Propagation and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Red Sandstone under Cyclic Loading	4
An Improved Apparatus for Testing the Friction Variation of Soil-Structure Interface Induced by One-Dimensional Vibration	4
Dialysis Leaching Test Method for Measuring Solute Diffusion in Bentonites	4
The Use of Steel Slags in Transport Infrastructures: A Critical Review	4
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Micropile Group Slope Protection Bearing Test	4
Experimental Studies and Sustainability Assessments of Quarry Dust for Chemical Treatment of Expansive Soils	4
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Geotechnical Characterization of Laponite as Transparent Clay Surrogate	4
Application of Experimental Design to Study the Fully Softened Shear Strength	4
Experimental Study on Stability Analysis of Shallow-Buried Metro Station Hard Rock Excavation under Blasting Vibration Effect	4
Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling of Creep Behavior of HDPE Geomembranes under Multistage Loading	4
Characterization of Partial Drainage during Medusa Flat Dilatometer Testing	4
Strength and Deformation Behavior of Equestrian Riding Surfaces Improved with Recycled Geosynthetics	4
Effects of Carbonation and Saturation on the Leaching Characteristics of Recycled Concrete Aggregates	3
Soil Structure in Volcanic Pumice Soil of Dozou-sawa River Evaluated from In Situ and Laboratory Tests	3
Effects of Geometry and Forms of Recycled Plastics on Strength Properties of Silty Soils	3
Field Performance Evaluation of Base Course Constructed with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Virgin Aggregate Blends	3
Establishing a Relationship between Falling Weight Deflectometer Field Deflections and Nonlinear Parameters to Quantify Stress State for Recycled and Virgin Aggregate Bases	3
On the Development of a Self-Sealing Experimental Setup for Natural Claystones Considered as Potential Host Rocks for Radioactive Waste Disposal: Application to the Sandy Opalinus Clay	3
Isotropic Pressure Membrane Sensor to Establish Shrinkage Stress Evolution in Clayey Soil	3
Determination of Dispersive Erosion Resistance in Fine-Grained Soils with Newly Developed Test Equipment	3
A New Apparatus for Shear-Seepage Testing at the Clayey Soil-Structure Interface	3
Performance Evaluation of Coal Gangue-GGBS–Based Geopolymer for Treating Black Cotton Soil	3
Recent and New Information from the Slug Test Data of Ferris and Knowles (1954)	3
A New Tool to Effectively Control Groove Dimensions in Low-Plasticity Soils during the Casagrande Cup Liquid Limit Test	3
A Tool for Processing and Inversion of MASW Data and a Study of Inter-session Variability of MASW	3
Triaxial Tensile Strength Measurement of Compacted Clayey Soils	3
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A Shear Device with Controlled Boundary Conditions for Very Large Nonplanar Rock Discontinuities	3
Resonant Column Calibration and Dynamic Torsional Shear Testing Using Stepped Frequency Sweeps	3
Tensile Strength of Cement-Treated Sand at Different Loading Rates	3

New Approach to Concurrent VS and VP Measurements Using Bender Elements	3
Peak Friction Angle of Sand at a Wide Range of Effective Stresses from Drained Direct Shear, Triaxial, and Plane-Strain Tests for the Design of Retaining Structures	3
Specific Storage or Elastic Modulus of Solid Matrix in Aquifers and Aquitards—Results from Slug Tests: A Review and a Clarification	3
Strength-Deformation Characteristics of Two Different Foamed Glass Aggregates under a Static Design Load	3
Transient Seepage Analysis for Flood Control Embankments	3
Experimental Investigation on the Post-liquefaction Behavior of Sands in Simple Shear Conditions	3
Residual Strength of Liquefied Soil: The Effect of Induced Partial Saturation	3
A Convenient Device to Measure the Permeability of Intact Rock (Heterogeneity and Anisotropy)	3
An NMR-Based Procedure for Evaluating the Apparent Surface Relaxivity and Pore Size Distribution of Soils	3
A New True Triaxial Apparatus for Finite Deformation with a Novel Rigid–Flexible Loading Device	3