International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is 7. 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.)
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The velocity of roof deflection as an indicator of underground workings stability – Case study from polish deep copper mines111
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Experimental analysis of rock mass transport during dolomite and gas outburst102
Carbon negative backfill mining in coal mines for carbon neutralization: Chemical carbon fixation performances with mineralized gangue100
Quantitative estimation of potential rockburst pit depths during blasting excavation in deep tunnels97
Quantifying fines migration in block caving through 3D experiments97
Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part A: Analysis of satellite data related to the movement of the surface95
Hard Rock Fragmentation in Percussion Drilling Considering Confining Pressure: Insights from an Experimental Study88
3D in-situ stress prediction for shale reservoirs based on the CapsNet-BiLSTM hybrid model88
Improving uniaxial compressive strength estimation of carbonate sedimentary rocks by combining minimally invasive and non-destructive techniques83
A local surface roughness mapping method for post-failure interpretation of brittle fracture propagation81
Study of Cerchar abrasive parameters of monomineralic rocks and its application for evaluating cutting efficiency78
Modeling the orientation- and stress-dependent permeability of anisotropic rock with particle-based discrete element method77
Development of a computer program from photogrammetry for assisting Q-system rating70
A stacked deep multi-kernel learning framework for blast induced flyrock prediction70
A new Hoek-Brown-Matsuoka-Nakai failure criterion for rocks68
Experimental study on the role of clay mineral and water saturation in ultrasonic P-wave behaviours across individual filled rock joints68
Failure in rock with intersecting rough joints under uniaxial compression65
Experimental investigation of failure process and characteristics in circular tunnels under different stress states and internal unloading conditions64
Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading64
On tensile fracture of a brittle rock62
Experimental investigation of borehole breakout formation in Gosford sandstone61
A novel in-situ stress measurement method incorporating non-oriented core ground re-orientation and acoustic emission: A case study of a deep borehole60
Characterisation of fracture evolution of a single cemented brittle grain using in-situ X-ray computed tomography60
Is the widely used relation between mechanical and hydraulic apertures reliable? Viewpoints from laboratory experiments59
Three-dimensional surface deformation from multi-track InSAR and oil reservoir characterization: A case study in the Liaohe Oilfield, northeast China57
Poroelastic effects on gas transport mechanisms and influence on apparent permeability in shale57
Efficient implicit methods for wellbore shear failure analysis during drilling and production in coalbeds56
Freezing deformation of saturation-dependent porous media considering interface energy and microstructure effects: From thermodynamics-based macroscopic constitutive relation to micromechanical upscal55
Experimental observations on the effect of strain rate on rock tensile fracturing55
Small scale laboratory monotonic and cyclic pull out testing on grout and resin encapsulated cable bolts53
Implicit hydromechanical representation of fractures using a continuum approach53
A novel semi-analytical model for pore volume compressibility in oil-bearing sandstone formations51
Experimental study of the inrush of fines events in caving mining49
Comprehensive in-situ stress estimation in a fractured geothermal reservoir in Pohang, South Korea using drilling data, hydraulic stimulations, and induced seismicity49
Characteristics of carbon dioxide fracturing in comparison to conventional water hydraulic fracturing: Evidence from acoustic emission monitoring of small-scale field experiments48
Estimation of proppant embedment from laboratory instrumented indentation tests on Montney formation in Western Canada48
A fast permeability measurement method based on congenetic bilateral pulse decay47
Probabilistic stability analysis of failed and stable cases of coal pillars47
Numerical investigation of spatiotemporal flowing and blocking characteristics for grouting in multi karst conduits47
Deep learning-based adaptive denoising method for prediction of crack opening displacement of rock from noisy strain data46
Stress-sensitivity analysis of geological confined pores with ultrasonics45
Experimental study on creep of double-rock samples disturbed by dynamic impact44
A novel method for evaluating stability and mechanism of flexural toppling based on energy conservation principle and numerical simulation44
Calibrating high-dimensional rock creep constitutive models for geological disaster prevention: An application of data assimilation methods44
Multitask intelligent early warning of rockbursts based on classification-regression cascaded network model44
Study on the mechanism of a new fully mechanical mining method for extremely thick coal seam43
Damage constitutive model of brittle rock under uniaxial compression based on linear energy dissipation law42
3D DEM simulations of the variability of rock mechanical behaviour based on random rock microcracks42
A rigorous multiscale random field approach to generate large scale rough rock surfaces42
Cracking mechanism and strength criteria evaluation of granite affected by intermediate principal stresses subjected to unloading stress state42
Causal mechanism of Gotthard Base Tunnel-induced ground deformation: Insights from 3D fully-coupled hydro-mechanical simulation and comparison to field measurements41
An experimental study of the contact mechanical behaviour of marble spheres under cyclic loading41
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Rock shear creep modelling: DEM – Rate process theory approach40
Ultrasonic and NMR-based estimation of the microstructure at ice-rock interface40
An experimental investigation of the effect of long-term, time-dependent proppant embedment on fracture permeability and fracture aperture reduction40
Mechanical response and strain localization in coal under uniaxial loading, using digital volume correlation on X-ray tomography images40
Field validation of a detectable, magnetic, cementitious grout for rock fracture grouting40
An adjusted analytical solution for thermal design in artificial ground freezing39
Digital image correlation–based analysis of hygroscopic expansion in Herrnholz granite39
An integrated field scale computational model for hydraulic conductivity of high energy explosive driven fracturing39
Influence of thin spray-on layer (TSL) wrapping support on the spalling failure characteristics of sandstone39
Evaluating the deformation modulus at representative elementary volume using electrical resistivity tomography39
Effects of time-dependent deformation of shale on the integrity of a geological nuclear waste repository39
Experimental insights into coupled hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical behaviors of granite fractures: Implications for indirect estimation of crustal permeability changes39
Comparison of high-frequency components in acoustic emissions from rock fracture under Mode Ⅰ and Mode Ⅱ dominated loading39
The movement process and length optimization of deep-hole blasting stemming structure38
Experimental study on dilatancy behavior of soft rock under dynamic loading38
Creep characteristics of a fracturing fluid-softened shale investigated by microindentation38
Fractal contact and asperities coalescence of rock joints under normal loading: Insights from pressure-sensitive film measurement38
Influence of joint inclination on mechanical behaviors of shales during unloading-induced slip processes37
Statistical study of squeezing for soft rocks based on factor and regression analyses of effective parameters37
The correlation between blockiness and the existence of a hydraulic conductivity representative elementary volume of fractured rocks37
Numerical analysis for rock cutting force prediction in the tunnel boring process37
Time-dependent cracking and brittle creep in macrofractured sandstone37
Mechanisms of stress- and fluid-pressure-driven fault reactivation in Gonghe granite: Implications for injection-induced earthquakes36
Grain-scale analysis of fracture paths from high-cycle hydraulic fatigue experiments in granites and sandstone36
Discing behavior and mechanism of cores extracted from Songke-2 well at depths below 4,500 m36
New criterion for the spalling failure of deep rock engineering based on energy release36
Characterizing the cracking process of various rock types under Brazilian loading based on coupled Acoustic Emission and high-speed imaging techniques36
Anisotropic behavior and mechanical characteristics of the Montney Formation35
Study on the mechanism of displacement mutation for jointed rock slopes during blasting excavation35
Effect of liquid nitrogen cooling on mechanical characteristics and fracture morphology of layer coal under Brazilian splitting test35
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Enhancing fracture conductivity in carbonate formations through mineral alteration35
Modeling the behavior of a coal pillar rib using Bonded Block Models with emphasis on ground-support interaction35
Upscaling the creep behavior of clay-rich and quartz-rich shales from nanoindentation measurements: Application to the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale, China35
A new approach to improve the assessment of rock mass discontinuity spacing using image analysis technique35
Open-pit slope design using a DtN-FEM: Parameter space exploration35
Numerical analysis of hydro-thermal fracturing in saturated rocks by considering material anisotropy and micro-structural heterogeneity34
Ground surface uplift during hardcoal longwall mining34
On the stress dependency of sand production coefficient in hydro-dynamical sanding criteria33
A micromechanical thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling model for fractured rocks based on multi-scale structures variations33
Fracture mechanism and energy evolution of sandstone with a circular inclusion33
Modeling of thermally driven longitudinal fractures along a vertical well33
Rockfall in open pit mines: management of the pit geometry and protection measures design33
Unsupervised clustering of mining-induced microseismicity provides insights into source mechanisms32
Experimental study on the effective stress law and permeability of damaged sandstone under true triaxial stress32
Model tests on dynamic responses of surrounding rock and support structure on underground tunnel under combined dynamic and static loading32
Dynamic mechanical behaviours of frozen rock under sub-zero temperatures and dynamic loads32
Investigating the use of polymer-modified cementitious thin spray-on liners as stope face support32
Effects of thermal treatment on acoustic waves in Carrara marble31
Development of empirical model for strength estimation of irregular-shaped-heightened-rib/snook for mechanised depillaring31
Feature extraction and classification for induced microseismic signals during hydraulic fracturing: Implication for coalbed methane reservoir stimulation31
Comparison of contact treatment methods for rigid polyhedral discrete element models31
Mechanical performance of a 3D printed scaled mine roadway model31
Enhanced discontinuity characterization in hard rock pillars using point cloud completion and DBSCAN clustering31
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A new methodology inspired from the Theory of Critical Distances for determination of inherent tensile strength and fracture toughness of rock materials30
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Theory and analytical solutions to wellbore problems with hardening/softening Drucker-Prager models30
A novel graph-based 3D breakage method for angular particles with an image-based DEM30
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Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part B: Framework to understand and explain uplift29
Progressive damage and fracture of biaxially-confined anisotropic coal under repeated impact loads29
Stress modelling using cellular automata for block caving applications29
Permeability prediction for porous sandstone using digital twin modeling technology and Lattice Boltzmann method29
Hydraulic fractures evaluation of the glutenite and the effects of gravel heterogeneity based on cores29
A twisted yieldable rock bolt as a tool for dissipation of the ground pressure energy28
Experimental study of poromechanical behavior of Callovo-Oxfordian claystone in undrained triaxial compression and extension tests28
Numerical simulation of mixed aseismic/seismic fault-slip induced by fluid injection using coupled X-FEM analysis28
Three-dimensional cracking and coalescence of two spatial-deflection joints in rock-like specimens under uniaxial compression28
A novel approach to determine rock mechanical parameters using non-invasive geophysical methods28
Influence of coupling and properties of encapsulating mortars on the anchoring capacity of rock bolts28
Subsidence above irregular-shaped reservoirs28
Monitoring stress-induced brittle rock mass damage for preventative support maintenance28
Statistical analysis of the impact of ore draw strategies on wet inrush hazard susceptibility in a panel cave mine28
Deep transfer learning for P-wave arrival identification and automatic seismic source location in underground mines27
Salt-induced structure damage and permeability enhancement of Three Gorges Reservoir sandstone under wetting-drying cycles27
The physical meaning of Grasselli's morphology parameters and its correlations with several other 2D fracture roughness parameters27
A 2D adaptive finite-discrete element method for simulating fracture and fragmentation in geomaterials27
Cracking of granitic rock by high frequency-high voltage-alternating current actuation of piezoelectric properties of quartz mineral: 3D numerical study27
Effects of high-power microwave irradiation on tar-rich coal for realising in situ pyrolysis, fragmentation, and low-carbon utilisation of tar-rich coal27
Mechanical properties of α-quartz using nanoindentation tests and molecular dynamics simulations27
Thermal-mechanical modelling on cumulative freeze-thaw deformation of porous rock in elastoplastic state based on Drucker-Prager criterion considering dilatancy27
Experimental study of rock fragmentation under different stemming conditions in model blasting27
Detection of hidden mining-induced ground fissures via unmanned aerial vehicle infrared system and ground-penetrating radar27
A study on influential rock properties for predicting the longitudinal wave velocity in a rock bolt: Numerical and machine learning approaches26
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A phase transition model for acid dissolution along a rough-walled carbonate fracture26
An experimental investigation on fatigue characteristics of granite under repeated dynamic tensions26
Impact of computer-controlled drill carriage's position deviation on automated hole positioning in underground roadways26
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Numerical investigation of progressive damage and associated seismicity on a laboratory fault26
A three-phase coupled numerical model for the hydraulic fracturing of rock25
Application of artificial neural network for determining elastic constants of a transversely isotropic rock from a single-orientation core25
Numerical simulation on multi-well fracturing considering multiple thin layers in vertical direction25
Overview and comprehensive performance description of a new Micro Turbine Drilling - MTD technology for drilling laterals into hard reservoir rock25
Changes in the nanomechanical properties of the constituent minerals in the ductile fauske marble and the brittle kuru granite during progressive failure25
Integration of automatic discontinuity identification and multi-scale hierarchical modeling for stability analysis of highly-jointed rock slopes24
Comparison of subcritical crack growth and dynamic fracture propagation in rocks under double-torsion tests24
Bayesian inference of rock strength anisotropy: Uncertainty analysis of the Hoek–Brown failure criterion24
A meso-mechanical approach to time-dependent deformation and fracturing of partially saturated sandstone24
A true triaxial compression-induced microcracking model for evaluating short-term progressive and long-term creep failures of brittle rock24
The influence of morphology and the loading-unloading process on discontinuity stress states observed via photoelastic technique and its inspiration to induced seismicity24
Characteristics of fractures stimulated by supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing in shale based on acoustic emission monitoring24
Formulation, calibration, and applications of disk-based discontinuous deformation analysis for rock failure simulation24
Effects of sandstone mineral composition heterogeneity on crack initiation and propagation through a microscopic analysis technique24
Induced and triggered seismicity by immediate stress transfer and delayed fluid migration in a fractured geothermal reservoir at Pohang, South Korea24
Thermal-mechanical modelling of rock response and damage evolution during excavation in prestressed geothermal deposits24
Strain rate effect on mixed mode I/II fracture toughness of sandstone and its micromechanism23
Study of contact pressure distribution between cutter and rock surface using the discrete element method23
High pre-tension reinforcing technology and design for ultra-shallow buried large-span urban tunnels23
Laboratory characterization of cyclic hydraulic fracturing for deep shale application in Southwest China23
Characteristics of SH-wave propagation during oil reservoir excitation using BEM formulation in half-plane model representation23
The susceptibility to degradation of stone materials used in the built heritage of the Ortygia island (Syracuse, Italy): A laboratory study23
Meso-mechanical mechanism of ordered mica alignment on the progressive failure process of granite under different lateral stress directions23
Study of cutting forces acting on a disc cutter and impact of variable penetration measured by full scale linear cutting tests23
Feature extraction, recognition, and classification of acoustic emission waveform signal of coal rock sample under uniaxial compression23
Modelling the loosening of rock in the experimental rock mining method23
Experimental study and model improvement on coal permeability: The influence of effective stress, slip effect, and water content23
A new coupled depth-integrated model incorporating 3D DDA on debris flow with large boulders23
A wing-crack extension model for tensile response of saturated rocks under coupled static-dynamic loading23
Numerical electric breakdown model of heterogeneous granite for electro-pulse-boring23
Experimental study on response and precursor of pressure stimulated currents of combined coal-rock under cycling stress23
A novel Tree-augmented Bayesian network for predicting rock weathering degree using incomplete dataset23
Extension of reliability information of Z-numbers and fuzzy cognitive map: Development of causality-weighted rock engineering system to predict and risk assessment of blast-induced rock size distribut23
Developments to the Bonded Block Modeling technique for Discrete Element simulation of transversely isotropic rocks23
A general equivalent continuum model and elastic wave velocity analysis of jointed rock masses23
Frictional properties of the rupture surface of a carbonate rock avalanche23
An inversion for asymmetric hydraulic fracture growth and fracture opening distribution from tilt measurements23
Rock mass characteristics model for TBM penetration rate prediction– an updated version23
A wellbore-fracture coupled fracturing model to simulate non-uniform fracture propagation under multiple clusters of fracturing22
Evolution and evaluation of the non-Darcy effects for partially filled fractures22
The mechanical creep property of shale for different loads and temperatures22
Experimental investigation on the influence of NaCl concentration on triaxial mechanical behaviors of a low-clay shale22
Investigating the cutting force of disc cutter in multi-cutter rotary cutting of sandstone: Simulations and experiments22
Modelling the relationship between oversize fragments and nature of rock mass for a sublevel caving operation22
Effect of hydro-chemical corrosion on mechanical properties of red sandstone under uniaxial and triaxial compression22
A novel approach for fracture skeleton extraction from rock surface images22
Mechanical model for the calculation of stress distribution on fault surface during the underground coal seam mining22
Characterization of mechanical discontinuities based on data-driven classification of compressional-wave travel times22
Roles of heat and stress transfer in triggering fault instability in conjugate faulted reservoirs21
A geomechanical method for predicting the height of a water-flowing fractured zone in a layered overburden of longwall coal mining21
Grain size heterogeneity controls strengthening to weakening of granite over high-temperature treatment21
Evolution of water content and suction of Opalinus Clay from recovery at the drilling site to handling in the laboratory21
Automatic fracture characterization in CT images of rocks using an ensemble deep learning approach21
Modeling study of cumulative damage effects and safety criterion of surrounding rock under multiple full-face blasting of a large cross-section tunnel21
Size effects on strength and deformability of artificially jointed hard rock21
Experimental study on dynamic mechanical and failure behavior of a jointed rock mass21
Theoretical and numerical investigation of damage zones in deep tunnels within a layered rock mass under full-face blasting21
Investigation on the coupling response of stress-fracture-seepage field during oil-bearing coal mining21
Geomechanical properties of laminated shale and bedding shale after water absorption: A case study of the Chang 7 shale in Ordos basin, China21
Cross-scale characterization of sandstones via statistical nanoindentation: Evaluation of data analytics and upscaling models21
Investigating the textural and physico-mechanical response of granites to heat treatment21
New micromechanical data and modelling framework for the elastic response of calcareous mudstones21
Fluid-driven micro-cracking behaviour of crystalline rock using a coupled hydro-grain-based discrete element method21
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Assessing the stability of high-level pillars in deeply-buried metal mines stabilized using cemented backfill20
Extending the inclusion-based effective medium model with fluid pressures caused by wave-induced flow20
Experimental validation of a velocity discontinuity model for prediction of the seismic and static shear stiffness of rock joints20
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Evolutions of the unfrozen water content of saturated sandstones during freezing process and the freeze-induced damage characteristics20
Effect of unloading in two directions on the formation of a deep-seated flexural toppling failure20
Anisotropic acoustoelastic effective-medium model for stress-dependent elastic moduli of fractured rocks20
Experimental study of deformation induced by high-pressure methane adsorption and desorption: Insights into anisotropy and hysteresis characteristics20
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Laboratory hydraulic shearing of granitic fractures with surface roughness under stress states of EGS: Permeability changes and energy balance19
A novel system for multivariate analysis of discontinuities in fractured rock masses based on manifold learning and fractal models19
Laboratory observation of shear stress recovery in rock joints considering joint compaction and dilatancy19
A new model for coal gas seepage based on fracture-pore fractal structure characteristics19
Mechanical and fracturing characteristics of defected rock-like materials under biaxial compression19
Improving block caving production by incorporating operational risks in short-term scheduling19
Enhancing the accuracy of the scale of fluctuation estimating for tunnel surrounding rock mass properties19
The effect of strain rate on inelastic strain development in porous sandstones deformed under reservoir conditions19
Mitigation of injection-induced seismicity on undrained faults in granite using cyclic fluid injection: A laboratory study19
Anisotropic failure behaviour and breakdown pressure interpretation of hydraulic fracturing experiments on shale19
Material point method with a strain-softening model to simulate roof strata movement induced by progressive longwall mining19
Supervised domain adaptation in prediction of peak shear strength of rock fractures19
Evaluation of cutting fragments in relation to force dynamics in actuated disc cutting19
Influence of pre-existing crack on rockburst characteristics in coal-rock combination: A laboratory investigation19
A new integral equation method for calculating interacting stress-intensity factors of multiple holed-cracked anisotropic rock under both far-field and arbitrary surface stresses19
Pull-out creep laboratory test for soft rocks19
Drag bit/rock interface laws for the transition between two layers19
Grading scalping and sample size effects on critical shear strength of mine waste rock through laboratory and in-situ testing19
Asymmetric failure mechanisms of anisotropic shale under direct shear19
Reply to comment by Fälth et al. on “Modelling coseismic displacements of fracture systems in crystalline rock during large earthquakes: Implications for the safety of nuclear waste repositories”19
Improved empirical hard rock pillar strength predictions using unconfined compressive strength as a proxy for brittleness19
Water weakening and the compressive brittle strength of carbonates: Influence of fracture toughness and static friction19
Three-dimensional fabric orientation visualisation technique for distributed fractures using X-ray computed tomography18
Non-isothermal consolidation: A systematic evaluation of two implementations based on multiphase and Richards equations18
Automatic identification and interpretation of discontinuities of rock slope from a 3D point cloud based on UAV nap-of-the-object photogrammetry18
Effect of the mineralogical composition on the elastoplastic hydromechanical response of Opalinus Clay shale18
Self-healing behaviors of damaged rock salt under humidity cycling18
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