OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is 44. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	120
Experimental analysis of rock mass transport during dolomite and gas outburst	107
Modeling the orientation- and stress-dependent permeability of anisotropic rock with particle-based discrete element method	105
A local surface roughness mapping method for post-failure interpretation of brittle fracture propagation	102
Quantitative estimation of potential rockburst pit depths during blasting excavation in deep tunnels	89
Experimental study on the role of clay mineral and water saturation in ultrasonic P-wave behaviours across individual filled rock joints	83
Improving uniaxial compressive strength estimation of carbonate sedimentary rocks by combining minimally invasive and non-destructive techniques	83
Carbon negative backfill mining in coal mines for carbon neutralization: Chemical carbon fixation performances with mineralized gangue	83
A stacked deep multi-kernel learning framework for blast induced flyrock prediction	80
Three-dimensional surface deformation from multi-track InSAR and oil reservoir characterization: A case study in the Liaohe Oilfield, northeast China	79
Experimental investigation of failure process and characteristics in circular tunnels under different stress states and internal unloading conditions	73
Hard Rock Fragmentation in Percussion Drilling Considering Confining Pressure: Insights from an Experimental Study	72
Experimental investigation of borehole breakout formation in Gosford sandstone	70
3D in-situ stress prediction for shale reservoirs based on the CapsNet-BiLSTM hybrid model	67
Microwave-induced strength reduction and weakening mechanisms of basic rocks	66
Study of Cerchar abrasive parameters of monomineralic rocks and its application for evaluating cutting efficiency	66
Is the widely used relation between mechanical and hydraulic apertures reliable? Viewpoints from laboratory experiments	64
Quantifying fines migration in block caving through 3D experiments	64
Development of a computer program from photogrammetry for assisting Q-system rating	63
Editorial Board	62
A new Hoek-Brown-Matsuoka-Nakai failure criterion for rocks	58
Editorial Board	58
Editorial Board	55
A novel in-situ stress measurement method incorporating non-oriented core ground re-orientation and acoustic emission: A case study of a deep borehole	54
Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading	54

Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part A: Analysis of satellite data related to the movement of the surface	54
3D DEM simulations of the variability of rock mechanical behaviour based on random rock microcracks	53
Automatic extraction of rock discontinuity orientations from 3D point clouds via an adaptive clustering and surface fitting approach	53
Causal mechanism of Gotthard Base Tunnel-induced ground deformation: Insights from 3D fully-coupled hydro-mechanical simulation and comparison to field measurements	53
Editorial Board	53
Stress-sensitivity analysis of geological confined pores with ultrasonics	52
Estimation of proppant embedment from laboratory instrumented indentation tests on Montney formation in Western Canada	51
Deep learning-based adaptive denoising method for prediction of crack opening displacement of rock from noisy strain data	50
Experimental study of the inrush of fines events in caving mining	50
Characteristics of carbon dioxide fracturing in comparison to conventional water hydraulic fracturing: Evidence from acoustic emission monitoring of small-scale field experiments	50
Efficient implicit methods for wellbore shear failure analysis during drilling and production in coalbeds	49
A novel semi-analytical model for pore volume compressibility in oil-bearing sandstone formations	49
Experimental observations on the effect of strain rate on rock tensile fracturing	48
Poroelastic effects on gas transport mechanisms and influence on apparent permeability in shale	48
Comprehensive in-situ stress estimation in a fractured geothermal reservoir in Pohang, South Korea using drilling data, hydraulic stimulations, and induced seismicity	47
Stress migration and failure mechanisms of rocks with holes under gradient stress conditions	46
A novel method for evaluating stability and mechanism of flexural toppling based on energy conservation principle and numerical simulation	46
Small scale laboratory monotonic and cyclic pull out testing on grout and resin encapsulated cable bolts	46
Fracture Displacement Basis Function (FDBF) method for efficient geomechanical calculations of fractured rock	45
Cyclic fatigue effect on mechanical property change of hot dry rock in wellbores of enhanced geothermal systems	44
Modelling rockbursts around a deep tunnel based on the particle finite element method: From progressive degradation to catastrophic ejection	44
A fast permeability measurement method based on congenetic bilateral pulse decay	44
Micromechanics of stick-slip deformation across rough faults	44
Freezing deformation of saturation-dependent porous media considering interface energy and microstructure effects: From thermodynamics-based macroscopic constitutive relation to micromechanical upscal	44