OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is 45. 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
Editorial Board	150
Editorial Board	150
Editorial Board	116
The velocity of roof deflection as an indicator of underground workings stability – Case study from polish deep copper mines	111
Editorial Board	104
Experimental analysis of rock mass transport during dolomite and gas outburst	102
Carbon negative backfill mining in coal mines for carbon neutralization: Chemical carbon fixation performances with mineralized gangue	100
Quantifying fines migration in block caving through 3D experiments	97
Quantitative estimation of potential rockburst pit depths during blasting excavation in deep tunnels	97
Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part A: Analysis of satellite data related to the movement of the surface	95
3D in-situ stress prediction for shale reservoirs based on the CapsNet-BiLSTM hybrid model	88
Hard Rock Fragmentation in Percussion Drilling Considering Confining Pressure: Insights from an Experimental Study	88
Improving uniaxial compressive strength estimation of carbonate sedimentary rocks by combining minimally invasive and non-destructive techniques	83
A local surface roughness mapping method for post-failure interpretation of brittle fracture propagation	81
Study of Cerchar abrasive parameters of monomineralic rocks and its application for evaluating cutting efficiency	78
Modeling the orientation- and stress-dependent permeability of anisotropic rock with particle-based discrete element method	77
A stacked deep multi-kernel learning framework for blast induced flyrock prediction	70
Development of a computer program from photogrammetry for assisting Q-system rating	70
A new Hoek-Brown-Matsuoka-Nakai failure criterion for rocks	68
Experimental study on the role of clay mineral and water saturation in ultrasonic P-wave behaviours across individual filled rock joints	68
Failure in rock with intersecting rough joints under uniaxial compression	65
Experimental investigation of failure process and characteristics in circular tunnels under different stress states and internal unloading conditions	64
Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading	64
On tensile fracture of a brittle rock	62
Experimental investigation of borehole breakout formation in Gosford sandstone	61

A novel in-situ stress measurement method incorporating non-oriented core ground re-orientation and acoustic emission: A case study of a deep borehole	60
Characterisation of fracture evolution of a single cemented brittle grain using in-situ X-ray computed tomography	60
Is the widely used relation between mechanical and hydraulic apertures reliable? Viewpoints from laboratory experiments	59
Three-dimensional surface deformation from multi-track InSAR and oil reservoir characterization: A case study in the Liaohe Oilfield, northeast China	57
Poroelastic effects on gas transport mechanisms and influence on apparent permeability in shale	57
Efficient implicit methods for wellbore shear failure analysis during drilling and production in coalbeds	56
Freezing deformation of saturation-dependent porous media considering interface energy and microstructure effects: From thermodynamics-based macroscopic constitutive relation to micromechanical upscal	55
Experimental observations on the effect of strain rate on rock tensile fracturing	55
Small scale laboratory monotonic and cyclic pull out testing on grout and resin encapsulated cable bolts	53
Implicit hydromechanical representation of fractures using a continuum approach	53
A novel semi-analytical model for pore volume compressibility in oil-bearing sandstone formations	51
Comprehensive in-situ stress estimation in a fractured geothermal reservoir in Pohang, South Korea using drilling data, hydraulic stimulations, and induced seismicity	49
Experimental study of the inrush of fines events in caving mining	49
Characteristics of carbon dioxide fracturing in comparison to conventional water hydraulic fracturing: Evidence from acoustic emission monitoring of small-scale field experiments	48
Estimation of proppant embedment from laboratory instrumented indentation tests on Montney formation in Western Canada	48
Numerical investigation of spatiotemporal flowing and blocking characteristics for grouting in multi karst conduits	47
A fast permeability measurement method based on congenetic bilateral pulse decay	47
Probabilistic stability analysis of failed and stable cases of coal pillars	47
Deep learning-based adaptive denoising method for prediction of crack opening displacement of rock from noisy strain data	46
Stress-sensitivity analysis of geological confined pores with ultrasonics	45