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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Failure Modes of Layered Shale in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Brazilian Splitting Tests	17
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
Suggested Method of Specimen Preparation for Triaxial Tests on Partially Saturated Sand	13
Monitoring Flexure Behavior of Compacted Clay Beam Using High-Resolution Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensors	12
Development of Direct Shear Apparatus and Liquefaction Strength Tests	12
pH-Dependent Leaching Characteristics of Steel Slag Mitigated with Water Treatment Residual	11
Calibration and Validation of S3F Sensor for Measuring Normal and Shear Stresses in Soil	10
Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Stabilized Soft Clays with Recycled Binders	9
Resonant Column Testing Procedure for Microbial-Induced Carbonate-Precipitated Sands	9
Developing Soil Internal Erosion Indicator to Quantify Soil Internal Erosion around Defective Buried Pipes under Water Exfiltration	9
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Laboratory Testing of Ferrochrome Slag as an Aggregate in Porous Pavements	9
Simulation Test System for Coal and Gas Outburst Triggered by Tunneling under Gas-Filling Condition and Its Application	8
Development of a Laboratory Testing System to Study the Effect of Frost Heave on a Steel Pile	8
Relationship between a Layered Geomembrane–Geotextile System and Constituent Materials in a Multiaxial Tension Test	8
Development of a Three-Dimensional Visual Simulation Test and Experiment on Water Inrush Evolution in the Floor Area	8
Experimental Investigation of Shear Behavior at the Pile–Soil Interface for Distributed Post-grouted Piles in Cohesive Soil	7
Mesostructural Mechanism of Hydraulic Gradient Fluctuations Affecting Internal Instability Using Transparent Soil	7
A Combined Slump-Sliding Test for Dredged Fine Sediments	6
Application of Asaoka’s Method in Multistage Triaxial Compression Testing of Normally Consolidated Soils	6
Reappraisal of Fall-Cone Flow Curve for Soil Plasticity Determinations	6
Optical and Physical Properties of Laponite for Use as Clay Surrogate in Geotechnical Models	6
Development of a Laboratory Test Apparatus for Simulating Core Drilling under High In Situ Stress	6
Micrometer-Scale Profile Test of Rock Fracture Surface Based on Spectral Confocal Displacement Sensor	6

Stress-Dependent Behavior of Lightly Stabilized Industrial Waste Subbase Using Falling Weight Deflectometer	6
Numerical Simulation Analysis of Real-Time High-Temperature Impact Test Technique of Rock Materials	6
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An Innovative Experimental Methodology for Testing Anisotropic Permeabilities of Formation Rocks	5
Development of Cyclic Interface Shear Test Device and Testing Procedure to Measure the Response of Cohesive Soil-Structure Interface	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
Quantification of Gypsum in Soils via Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry	5
Centrifuge Model Design for Axially Loaded Structures under Large Ground Movements	5
Compression Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste in Temperature-Controlled Isotropic Condition	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
Experimental Study on Stability Analysis of Shallow-Buried Metro Station Hard Rock Excavation under Blasting Vibration Effect	4
Geotechnical Characterization of Laponite as Transparent Clay Surrogate	4
Application of Experimental Design to Study the Fully Softened Shear Strength	4
Experimental Study on Measurement of Interfacial Pressure in Granular Materials	4
The Use of Steel Slags in Transport Infrastructures: A Critical Review	4
Reliability of Chilled-Mirror Hygrometer (WP4C) for Soil Total Suction Measurement	4
Dialysis Leaching Test Method for Measuring Solute Diffusion in Bentonites	4
Evaluation of the Penetration Behavior of Viscous Fluids into Porous Media in the Context of Volume Determination	4
Strength and Deformation Behavior of Equestrian Riding Surfaces Improved with Recycled Geosynthetics	4
An Improved Apparatus for Testing the Friction Variation of Soil-Structure Interface Induced by One-Dimensional Vibration	4
Study on the Damage Evolution of Weathered Granite under Different Confining Pressure Based on Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion and Acoustic Emission Parameters	4
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Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling of Creep Behavior of HDPE Geomembranes under Multistage Loading	4
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Micropile Group Slope Protection Bearing Test	4
Influence of Stress State on the Expected Behavior of Filtered Iron Ore Tailings for Compacted Stacking Disposal	4
Experimental Studies and Sustainability Assessments of Quarry Dust for Chemical Treatment of Expansive Soils	3
Tensile Strength of Cement-Treated Sand at Different Loading Rates	3
Transient Seepage Analysis for Flood Control Embankments	3
Resonant Column Calibration and Dynamic Torsional Shear Testing Using Stepped Frequency Sweeps	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
Measuring Seismic Shear Strengths for Bootlegger Cove Clay	3
Experimental Study of the Crack Propagation and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Red Sandstone under Cyclic Loading	3
Characterization of Partial Drainage during Medusa Flat Dilatometer Testing	3
An NMR-Based Procedure for Evaluating the Apparent Surface Relaxivity and Pore Size Distribution of Soils	3
A Tool for Processing and Inversion of MASW Data and a Study of Inter-session Variability of MASW	3
Performance Evaluation of Coal Gangue-GGBS–Based Geopolymer for Treating Black Cotton Soil	3
Establishing a Relationship between Falling Weight Deflectometer Field Deflections and Nonlinear Parameters to Quantify Stress State for Recycled and Virgin Aggregate Bases	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
The Block and Cylindrical Punch Tests for Rocks: A Statistical Comparison between the Results	3
A Shear Device with Controlled Boundary Conditions for Very Large Nonplanar Rock Discontinuities	3
Determination of Dispersive Erosion Resistance in Fine-Grained Soils with Newly Developed Test Equipment	3
Effects of Geometry and Forms of Recycled Plastics on Strength Properties of Silty Soils	3
A New True Triaxial Apparatus for Finite Deformation with a Novel Rigid–Flexible Loading Device	3
Triaxial Tensile Strength Measurement of Compacted Clayey Soils	3
A New Apparatus for Shear-Seepage Testing at the Clayey Soil-Structure Interface	3

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Field Collection of Geotechnical Measurements for Remote or Low-Cost Datalogging Requirements	3