OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is 47. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Study of Cerchar abrasive parameters of monomineralic rocks and its application for evaluating cutting efficiency	97
Experimental analysis of rock mass transport during dolomite and gas outburst	91
Development of a computer program from photogrammetry for assisting Q-system rating	89
Microwave-induced strength reduction and weakening mechanisms of basic rocks	85
3D in-situ stress prediction for shale reservoirs based on the CapsNet-BiLSTM hybrid model	81
Multiscale analysis of mechanical properties of sandstone: Integrating advanced microscopic characterizations and shape-factor-modified upscaling approach	78
A novel multi-scale structural equivalent method for jointed rock masses and its application to slope stability analysis	78
Integrating 3D Point Cloud analysis for potentially unstable rock blocks characterization: a method for assessing size and shape distribution	72
A local surface roughness mapping method for post-failure interpretation of brittle fracture propagation	71
Is the widely used relation between mechanical and hydraulic apertures reliable? Viewpoints from laboratory experiments	70
Experimental investigation of borehole breakout formation in Gosford sandstone	70
A new Hoek-Brown-Matsuoka-Nakai failure criterion for rocks	69
Experimental study on the role of clay mineral and water saturation in ultrasonic P-wave behaviours across individual filled rock joints	68
A stacked deep multi-kernel learning framework for blast induced flyrock prediction	67
Three-dimensional surface deformation from multi-track InSAR and oil reservoir characterization: A case study in the Liaohe Oilfield, northeast China	66
Hydro-mechanical coupling in fractured rocks: A numerical study using the implicit joint-continuum model	66
Quantitative estimation of potential rockburst pit depths during blasting excavation in deep tunnels	63
Carbon negative backfill mining in coal mines for carbon neutralization: Chemical carbon fixation performances with mineralized gangue	62
Experimental investigation of failure process and characteristics in circular tunnels under different stress states and internal unloading conditions	62
Deep learning-based adaptive denoising method for prediction of crack opening displacement of rock from noisy strain data	61
Editorial Board	61

Automatic extraction of rock discontinuity orientations from 3D point clouds via an adaptive clustering and surface fitting approach	60
Fracture Displacement Basis Function (FDBF) method for efficient geomechanical calculations of fractured rock	57
Experimental study of the inrush of fines events in caving mining	57
Cyclic fatigue effect on mechanical property change of hot dry rock in wellbores of enhanced geothermal systems	56
Stress migration and failure mechanisms of rocks with holes under gradient stress conditions	55
Modelling rockbursts around a deep tunnel based on the particle finite element method: From progressive degradation to catastrophic ejection	54
Study on mechanical properties of coal under microbial fluid and ScCO2 coupling action	54
Characteristics of carbon dioxide fracturing in comparison to conventional water hydraulic fracturing: Evidence from acoustic emission monitoring of small-scale field experiments	54
A novel method for evaluating stability and mechanism of flexural toppling based on energy conservation principle and numerical simulation	53
Experimental observations on the effect of strain rate on rock tensile fracturing	53
3D DEM simulations of the variability of rock mechanical behaviour based on random rock microcracks	53
Numerical modeling of rock spalling around a tunnel using visco-plastic interface elements and a rock removal strategy	52
Stress-sensitivity analysis of geological confined pores with ultrasonics	52
Small scale laboratory monotonic and cyclic pull out testing on grout and resin encapsulated cable bolts	51
Estimation of proppant embedment from laboratory instrumented indentation tests on Montney formation in Western Canada	51
Causal mechanism of Gotthard Base Tunnel-induced ground deformation: Insights from 3D fully-coupled hydro-mechanical simulation and comparison to field measurements	50
Implicit hydromechanical representation of fractures using a continuum approach	50
Freezing deformation of saturation-dependent porous media considering interface energy and microstructure effects: From thermodynamics-based macroscopic constitutive relation to micromechanical upscal	50
Calibrating high-dimensional rock creep constitutive models for geological disaster prevention: An application of data assimilation methods	49
Micromechanics of stick-slip deformation across rough faults	49
A novel semi-analytical model for pore volume compressibility in oil-bearing sandstone formations	49
A fast permeability measurement method based on congenetic bilateral pulse decay	48
Poroelastic effects on gas transport mechanisms and influence on apparent permeability in shale	47
Comprehensive in-situ stress estimation in a fractured geothermal reservoir in Pohang, South Korea using drilling data, hydraulic stimulations, and induced seismicity	47