OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment is 34. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Studies on geotechnical properties of Prosopis juliflora ash treated black cotton soil	90
Dispersion, mechanical, hydrophysical properties and mechanistic analysis of improved dispersive soil using guar gum	88
Experimental and numerical investigation on internal erosion induced by infiltration of defective buried pipe	81
An investigation of aggregate breakup of structured soft clay under one-dimensional compression based on FESEM images	77
The modified Grasselli's morphology parameter and its contribution to shear strength of rock joints	76
Experimental investigation on impact fragmentation and deposit characteristics of rockslides	64
Shear contraction mechanism and mechanical behavior of shear-induced rock bridge fractures under constant normal stiffness conditions	58
Study of the initiating and resisting mechanisms of toppling deformations in anti-inclined rock slopes	57
Spatial patterns and influencing factors of debris flows in the middle Yarlung Zangbo River on the Tibetan Plateau	51
Flexural toppling characteristics of anti-dip soft rock slope with base friction test	50
Numerical modeling and damage evolution research on the effect of joint geometrical parameters in nonpersistent jointed rock masses	49
Forecasting reservoir-induced landslide deformation using genetic algorithm enhanced multivariate Taylor series Kalman filter	49
Under and post-construction probabilistic static and seismic slope stability analysis of Barmshour Landfill, Shiraz City, Iran	48
Experimental study on identification of layered rock mass interface along the borehole while drilling	47
Investigation of desiccation cracking in unsaturated clays improved by recycled micro-concrete particles	47
Investigation of the rock failure effect on overcoring stress relief test in deep hard rock	45
Prediction of landslide susceptibility in Wenchuan County based on pixel-level samples	45
Study of the fracture instability and fault slip risk of overlying strata during mining near faults	44
Development characteristics and dynamic mechanisms of tectonic ground fissures in Weihe Basin, China	44
Shear strength-dilation characteristics of coral sand contained fines	42
A quantitative study on the characteristics of desiccation cracks and their effect on the shear failure characteristics of granite red soil	42
Effect of electrolysis desaturation treatment on micro-structure of liquefiable silica sands	39
Effect of Xanthan Gum on the mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced sandy soil	38
Two-surface progressive failure mechanism and stability quantitative evaluation of water-induced weakening retrogressive landslides: case study for clay landslides, China	37
Secondary-factor division optimization based on ET-GA to improve the accuracy of LSA obtained using SSA-DBN compared to the original division method: a case study in southern Sichuan, China	37

Structural and stress heterogeneities along the 1997 Zirkuh earthquake fault, Eastern Iran	36
Laboratory characterization of soft clay mixed with EPS, lime, fly ash, and sodium silicate	36
Retraction Note: Relationship between water content, shear deformation, and elastic wave velocity through unsaturated soil slope	36
Retraction Note: Prediction of aggregate modified index (AMI) using geomechanical properties of limestones	36
Weathering patterns of the hard grey-striped limestone in the typical Mediterranean climate of northeastern Algeria at the Roman city of Djemila	36
Proposed vulnerability assessment model for masonry buildings on slow-moving landslides based on physical models and field observations	36
Analyzing grain size distributions with the modal decomposition method: literature review and procedures	35
Necessity of cooling methods for transportation infrastructure construction in permafrost regions of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	35
Influence of high-temperature thermal cycles on the pore structure of red sandstone	34
Progressive deformation and failure mechanism of loess fill slopes induce by rainfall: insights from flume model tests	34
A Python-based optimization method to define the trajectory of rockfalls: a case study of Malshej Ghat, India	34
Time series modelling: applications for groundwater control in urban tunnelling	34
A generalized regression neural network–based method for predicting cumulative infiltration volume in shallow slopes	34
Experimental study on the shear characteristics and weakening mechanism of water-bearing rock joints	34
Identification of unstable bedrock promontory on steep slope based on UAV photogrammetry	34
Characterization of the mechanical behavior of the fine soil of railway subgrade under heavy train loading	34