OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Geotechnica is 39. 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
Effects of initial shear stress on the hydromechanical behavior of collapsible soils	134
Generalised ultimate loads for pile groups	126
Mechanical behaviors and reinforcement mechanisms of engineering waste mud reinforced with industrial by-product lignocellulosic fiber and hydrophobic polymer	123
Lessons in geomechanics of deep foundations from nature	95
Microstructure, strength and durability of nano-cemented soils under different seawater conditions: laboratory study	92
A weight combination anisotropic strength criterion considering the effect of joint orientation	89
Monotonic and cyclic triaxial testing of untreated and polyurethane-treated soil and soil–rubber mixtures	83
A bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical model of transport, strength and deformation for bio-cementation applications	82
Effects of soil properties and geomorphic parameters on the breach mechanisms of landslide dams and prediction of peak discharge	81
Effects of biostimulation treatment methods on mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics of biocemented soil	79
Stress–strain–strength behavior of geosynthetic reinforced rubber–sand mixtures	76
Hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of polyanionic cellulose-modified sand-calcium bentonite slurry trench cutoff wall materials	67
Deep learning-based calibration of resistance factors for pile groups with load tests	67
Centrifuge model test on the behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced pile foundations under simulated train loads	64
Effects of concave facing profile on the internal stability of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls	62
Engineering and leachability behavior of lime-treated highly compressible soil amended with nano-clay	55
A three-dimensional multi-surface plasticity soil model for seismically-induced liquefaction and earthquake loading applications	55
Laboratory investigation and constitutive modeling of the mechanical behavior of sand–GRP interfaces	55
Evaluation of liquefaction resistance for single- and multi-phase SICP-treated sandy soil using shaking table test	54
Passive earth pressure in sand on inclined walls with negative wall friction based on a statically admissible stress field	54
Risk assessment of seepage failure in deep excavations based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and cloud model	54
Macro and mesoscopic shear behavior of interface between sand and concrete with different JRC under cyclic load	53
Strengthening mechanism of plum blossom pile composite foundation	52
Thermally induced volume change behavior of sand–clay mixtures	51
Back-analysis of one-dimensional consolidation settlement	51

Theoretical solutions of lateral response of a scoured fixed-head pile in elastoplastic soil considering plastic hinging	48
Identification of the optimal ground motion intensity measure and input parameters for assessing liquefaction-induced lateral spreading based on the generalized additive method	47
Spatiotemporal settlement deformation characteristics analysis of rockfill dam with anti-impact FBG sensing array	46
Water–heat–vapor–salt–mechanics coupling mechanism in unsaturated freezing sulfate saline soil: insights from theory and experiment	46
On the particle morphology characterization of granular geomaterials	45
Investigating the effect of degree of compaction, initial water content, and electric field intensity on electrokinetic remediation of an artificially Cu- and Pb-contaminated loess	45
Analytical study on multiple-mode deformation behaviors of tunnels subjected to asymmetric loading in composite strata	44
Changes in strength, hydraulic conductivity and microstructure of superabsorbent polymer stabilized soil subjected to wetting–drying cycles	44
Discussion to the article Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands, by J. Duque $$\cdot$$ M. Yang $$\cdot$$ W. Fuentes $$\cdot$$ D. Maš’i	43
Deciphering anomalous dielectric traits of nanoconfined water and its roles in modeling crystalline swelling of bentonite	43
Reply to discussion on “3D image-based method to measure soil stiffness in triaxial tests” Zewen Wang, Wenhan Du and B.M. Lehane	42
Temperature- and stress-dependent electrical responses of frozen soils	39
Study on the differential disintegration mechanism of water glass cured sandy soil: analysis from the perspective of the coexistence state of gel and particles	39
Regional landslide susceptibility assessment based on improved semi-supervised clustering and deep learning	39
Behavior of piled rafts in sand under nonuniform and eccentric loads	39
Backfill-geogrid interaction: insights from pullout tests and numerical simulation	39
Evaluating drained shear strength of sands by shear wave velocity from a critical state perspective	39
The study of foaming agent concentration choice in EPB shield soil conditioning	39