OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cold Regions Science and Technology is 28. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	93
An initial study of interference coloration for quantifying the texture and fabric of ice	88
Evaluating the performance of a novel ventilated embankment structure in warm permafrost regions by numerical simulation	66
Seismic ground motion study of layered site of saturated frozen soil under P-wave incidence	60
Measurement and estimation of temporal variations of roof snow load on semi-full-scale building model	58
Effect of the experimental parameters on the ice-asphalt adhesion strength and corresponding theoretical model based on the energy-balanced principle	51
Failure mechanism and treatment measures for expansive soil canals in cold regions: A case study of the Xinjiang Water Conveyance Canal in China	48
The effect of hull angles on ice loads, based on the measured shell plate deformations of a detachable bow on lake Saimaa	44
Hydro-thermal-mechanical characteristics and sustainability of geopolymer solidified soils incorporating nano-silica in cold regions	42
Vibration-based ice monitoring of composite blades using artificial neural networks under different icing conditions	40
Editorial Board	37
Distribution characteristics of snow and evaluation of snowdrift susceptibility along the Xinku section of Yining-Aksu Railway in China	37
An investigation of stress analysis via finite element methods on compacted snow runways	36
Thermo-mechanical assessment of heated bridge deck under internal cyclic thermal loading from various heating elements: pipe, cable, rebar	35
Strength and durability of flyash, GGBS and cement clinker stabilized dispersive soil	34
A new approach for improving lateral performance of pile foundations in seasonally frozen regions	34
Multiparameter monitoring of crevasses on an Alpine glacier to understand formation and evolution of snow bridges	34
A test apparatus used to simulate the dual effects of freeze-thaw and dynamic load on subgrade in cold regions	34
Experimental study of dynamic biaxial compressive properties of full grade aggregate concrete after freeze thaw cycles	33
Freezing front evolution in chloride soils under unidirectional freezing conditions and the characterization via electrical conductivity	33
Experimental analysis of the thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) coupling in freezing vertical shafts of unsaturated sandy soil	33
Editorial Board	32
Editorial Board	30
Tracking changes in the fjord environment over a winter season using ice bulk salinity and δ18O	30
Editorial Board	30

Critical values of the microstructural parameters at the first critical density of the densification of polar firn	29
Editorial Board	29
Considering snow depositions and transport mechanisms in meteorological analysis of predicting snow loads on buildings	28
Can big data and random forests improve avalanche runout estimation compared to simple linear regression?	28
Editorial Board	28
Editorial Board	28