OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering is 49. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Axially Loaded Bored Piles Socketed in a Conglomerate Rock Mass	150
On the Interpretability of Machine Learning Using Input Variable Selection: Forecasting Tunnel Liner Yield	124
Experimental Investigation of Saturation Effect on the Mechanical Behaviour of Château-Landon Chalk	100
Experimental Investigation on Strength and Failure Characteristics of Composite Rock in Contact Zone under Biaxial Compression	97
A Regularised Anisotropic Elastoplastic Damage and Viscoplastic Model and Its Hydromechanical Application to a Meuse/Haute-Marne URL Drift	92
Effects of Seepage Pressure and Erosion Solution on the Permeability Characteristics of a Single Granite–Concrete Fracture	92
Surface Subsidence Observations and Strata Breaking Activity Inversion from Underground Coal Mining: A Case Study in Western China	88
Numerical and Experimental Investigation on the Wellbore Stability for Horizontal Drilling in Deep Coal Seams with Partings	86
Mechanical Behavior and Crack Propagation Mechanism of Sandstone Containing a Pre-existing Flaw Under Combined Compression–Shear Loading	80
Investigation of Borehole Pressures and Rise Times for Coupled and Decoupled Blasting in Different Rock Types	79
Research on Seismic Performance Evaluation Method of NPR Anchor Cables for Tunnel Crossing Fault Seismic Zones	79
Analysis of In-Situ Dynamic Ground Support Test Results with Insights Revealed by Time-Dependent Terms of Power and Strain Rate	79
An Experimental Investigation into the Effect of Heating on the Swelling of Rock Containing Anhydrite	76
Face Failure Mechanism of Fault Tunnels in High-Energy Environments Based on 3D DFN-DEM Considering Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupling Model	73
Mechanical Properties of Shale After CO2 and CO2-Based Fluids Imbibition: Experimental and Modeling Study	70
Experimental and Numerical Research on the Mechanism of Hydraulic Fracture Growth for the Multi-Lithology and Multi-Layered Shale Reservoirs	70
Seismic Dynamic Response Analysis Method of Tunnel Considering Coseismic Dislocation	69
Influence of Initial Oil Saturation, Injection Velocity and Wettability on Microscopic Characteristics in CO2-Oil–Water Displacement System	68
Influence of Slot Width in Cartridge on Crack Propagation and Energy Concentration Under Explosion Load	68
Effect of an Isolation Layer on the Seismic Vulnerability of a Shield Tunnel and Validation Through Shaking Table Tests	67
Research and Application of the Calculation Method for Vertical Stress of Interlayer Rock in Coal Mining Under Pillar Goaf	64
Thermal Impact on the Excavation Damage Zone Around a Supported Drift Using the 2nd Gradient Model	63
A Novel Simulation Approach for Seismic Activation of Concealed Faults in Underground Caverns Using a 3D Non-uniform Spherical Source Model	62
Experimental Investigation of Incompatible Deformation Characteristics of Ultra-Deep Composite Rock Salt	62
Investigation on Damage and Failure Mechanisms of Roadway Surrounding Rock Triggered by Dynamic–Static Combined Loads	61

Effects of Wet–Dry Cycles and Acidic Environments on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Silty Mudstone	60
Permeability Evolution in a Fracture in Granite During Isotropic Compression	58
Dynamic Shear Fracture Behaviour of Granite Under Axial Static Pre-force by 3D High-Speed Digital Image Correlation	57
Large Deformation Characteristics and Mechanisms of Deep-Buried Foliated Basalt Tunnel: A Case Study of the Haba Snow Mountain Tunnel	56
Permeability and Stress Sensitivity of Coals with Different Fracture Directions Under Cyclic Loading–Unloading Conditions: A Case Study of the Xutuan Coal Mine in Huaibei Coalfield, China	56
Wear of Cutting Tools in Hard Rock Excavation Process: A Critical Review of Rock Abrasiveness Testing Methods	55
Regression Analysis and Parameter Optimization of a Ground Vibration Velocity Model for Supercritical CO2 Blasting	54
Analysis of the Deformation Characteristics of the Surrounding Rock Mass of a Deep Tunnel During Excavation Through a Fracture Zone	54
Assessment of Microseismic Events via Moment Tensor Inversion and Stress Evolution to Understand the Rupture of a Hard–Thick Rock Stratum	53
Spatial–Temporal Evolution and Countermeasures for Coal and Gas Outbursts Represented as a Dynamic System	52
Numerical Simulation on Cross-Layer Propagation of Hydraulic Fracture in Sand–mud Interbedded Layers: Taking the Shahejie Formation in BZ 25–1 Offshore Oilfield as an Example	52
Rock Engineering Systems for Quantifying Risks and Controls for the Resilient Design and Optimisation of Long and Ultra-long Ore Passes	52
Rockburst Intensity Grade Prediction Based on Data Preprocessing Techniques and Multi-model Ensemble Learning Algorithms	52
Numerical Investigation of Hydro-Mechanical (HM) Effect on Meso-Failure Properties of Granite Using Improved HM Grain-Based Model	51
Influence of Mineral Veins on Hydraulic Fracture Propagation	51
Modeling Brazilian Tensile Strength Tests on a Brittle Rock Using Deterministic, Semi-deterministic, and Voronoi Bonded Block Models	51
A Simplified Approach to Estimate Anchoring Capacity of Blocky Rock Mass with Pressure Arch Theory	51
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Initial Irreversible Critical Damage State of Red Mudstone	51
An Improved Discontinuous Deformation Analysis to Solve Numerical Creep Problem in Shear Direction	51
A 3D Subspring Network Breakable Voronoi Model for Rock	51
Fracture Activation and Induced Seismicity During Long-Term Heat Production in Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs	50
Study on the Influence of Geological Fault Structure on the Energy Evolution of Rockbursts	50
Effects of Complex Triaxial Unloading Confining Stress Conditions on the Mechanical Behaviour and Fracture Mechanism of Sandstone	49
Stability Analysis and Deformation Control of Tunnel with Extremely Weak Surrounding Rocks Caused by Strike-Slip Fault Activity	49
Evaluating the Anisotropy of Drilling Mechanical Characteristics of Rock in the Process of Digital Drilling	49