OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Geotechnique Letters is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Award-winning paper in 2022	36
A modified state parameter for identifying flow liquefaction in aeolian sand	18
Scalp-and-replacement of oversize particles on internal stability erosion assessment	17
Intrinsic permeabilities of transparent soil under various aqueous environmental conditions	16
Shear creep behaviour of soil–structure interfaces under thermal cyclic loading	16
Laboratory assessment of rubber grid-reinforced ballast under impact testing	14
Retreat to advance: self-blocking enables efficient mineral replacement	14
Undrained trapdoor and tunnel face stability revisited	14
Adaptivity of plate anchors to restrain the impact of seabed trenching	13
si-PiNet: a novel stress integration method for elastoplastic models	13
A mixed formulation of limit analysis for seismic slope stability	13
Rate-dependency of residual shear strength of soils: implications for landslide evolution	13
Long-term creep and permeability evolution of tailings sand at elevated stresses	9
Effect of eccentricity on ultimate lateral unit earth pressure of tetrapod piles in clay	9
Experimental investigation of the effect of train load on mechanical properties of rock	8
Non-destructive assessment of sample homogeneity in resedimented fine-grained soils by low-field NMR-spectroscopy	8
An original machine for dynamic pull-out tests: design, operation and testing	8
Effects of ultrasonic oscillations on permeability of rocks during the paraffinic oil flow	8
X-ray microstructural insight into the mechanical behaviour of ligth-weight cemented soils	7
Sulfoaluminate cement-based double-liquid material grouting in fractured rock	6
Application of the unified CPT method for driven piles to layered deposits	6
Editorial	5
Effect of drag rates on drag embedment anchor penetration for cable burial risk assessment	5
Influence of pore fluid on P-wave velocity in unsaturated sands at low effective stresses	5
Rigorous lower and upper bounds for the generalised failure loads of pile groups	5

Theoretical model for the effect of porosity on correlations of point load tests of rocks	5
Novel procedure for measuring the saturation of the pore-pressure system in piezocone tips	5
Géotechnique Letters: Referees 2022	5
Effect of interface conditions on mudmat bearing capacity under V–H–M loading	4
Suction approximation modelling gases in deep geological repositories	4
Low-carbon erosion mitigation using bio-stimulating MICP	4
A two-scale study on the influence of biopolymer enhancement on drying granular materials	4
Discrete element method based analysis of soil disturbance induced by different penetration devices	4
Effect of initial normal stress on shear-induced non-linear fluid flow through fractures	4
Microstructural imaging of simple shear deformation through synchrotron tomography	4
A novel fibre-optic pore pressure sensor for soil element testing	4
A novel methodology for bridging the gap between laboratory and field scales in geological CO2 storage	4
Particle shape descriptors as a tool for classification of grain breakage	4
Seismic stability charts for three-dimensional rock slopes using Hoek–Brown criterion	4
A simple discrete approach to explore the response of swelling and softening particles	3
New opportunities for characterising flow channelisation in fractured media across scales	3
A study of the multi-scale compression behaviour of a sand immersed in a viscous liquid	3
Particle breakage and gradation evolution in ballast-rubber mixture under impact loading	3
Pore size distribution of granular bentonite using MIP and micro-CT	3
Characteristic time and length scales for subsurface mineralisation	3
Static response of vertically loaded pile in inhomogeneous soil	3
Analytical solutions for head-anchored piles for landslide stabilisation	3
A new grouting cable without a core tube used for reinforcement of fractured rock mass	3
Effects of particle morphology on pore structure and SWRC of granular soils	3
Terminal density of granular materials due to thermal cycling	3
A simple procedure for freezing triaxial test specimens and determining the final moisture content after liquefaction	3
Chemical weathering, carbonate alkalinity and geologic carbon cycle	3
Development and application of indoor digital drilling test systems	3
Stress-dependent irreversible volumetric contraction of sand due to thermal cycles	3
Further modification of a generalised 3D Hoek–Brown criterion: the GZZ criterion	3
Simplified DEM approach for complex reef limestone structures and pore characteristics	3
Small-strain stiffness and dynamic properties of well-graded gravel–rubber mixtures	3
Permeability of polymer-modified kaolinite and fly ash–kaolinite mixtures	3
A new random field finite-element limit analysis approach for undrained soils	3
Cyclic failure of interfaces between sand and snakeskin-inspired surfaces	3
Pore-space characterisation of Tamusu mudstone based on FIB-SEM	2
Géotechnique Letters : Reviewers 2025	2
Critical state shear strength at concrete–sand–bentonite slurry interfaces: mix proportions and rate effects	2
Sand improvement by microbial-induced carbonate precipitation with casein micelles	2
Development of a centrifuge device to model submarine gravity flow and seabed response	2
Development and field evaluation of a novel liquid CO2 artificial ground freezing system	2
Strength and stiffness anisotropy of 3D-printed coarse root analogues for small-scale physical modelling	2
Mechanical behaviour of sand in simple shear at low stress levels and small strains	2
Finite-element analysis of ultimate lateral pressure of snowflake pile in undrained clay	2
Laboratory large-scale pullout investigation of the twisted steel strip reinforcement system	2
Carbon nanotube char from hydrogen production as binder for stabilised soft sensitive clay	2
Insights into void ratio redistribution during undrained monotonic shearing of Malaysian kaolin	2
Physical modelling of cyclically thermally-activated helical piles under tensile loading	2
Sustainable pervious concrete pile for liquefaction and reliquefaction mitigation	2
Coriolis effect mitigation for single particle motion in centrifugal hypergravity field	2

Pipe piles and split-cables: reinforcing weak mine pits	2
Laboratory study on the anisotropic behaviour of extremely thin-layered rocks	2
A new method for producing uniform, loose, initially unsaturated specimens	2
Energy pile skin friction at interface in clays under temperature cycles	2
Cyclically thermally-activated pile under combined axial/horizontal loads in clay	2
Variation of the mass susceptibility of sandstone after high-temperature heating	2
Multi-scale damage mechanisms of siltstone under combined dry–wet cycling and cyclic loading	2
Effect of saturation confining pressure on accessible density and shear behaviour of sandy silt tailings	2
Liquefaction triggering of non-saturated sandy soils	2
Microscale investigation of bentonite distribution in pore spaces of sand after infiltration of stabilising solution	2
Effect of principal stress angle on the critical stress ratio of a silty sand tailings	1
Influence of load idealisation on strain and pore pressure accumulation in clay	1
Morphology-driven saturated hydraulic conductivity in hydrophobised sands	1
Modulus weighting method for stiffness estimations of suction caissons in layered soils	1
Competing effects of wetting and volume change on G in compacted loess	1
Composite ellipsoids to model charge anisotropy in particle-scale simulations of kaolinite	1
Numerical investigation on influence of dispersed rock particles on bimslope stability	1
Study on the operating pressure for the first lined rock hydrogen storage cavern in China	1
Thermo-elasto-plasticity and thermo-mechanical creep for energy pile systems	1
Elastoplastic solution for cylindrical cavity contraction in unsaturated soils	1
Suppression of surface charge and its effect on sedimentation and fabric of kaolinite clay	1
A Damköhler number criterion for reaction-driven cracking in hydration experiments	1
Cornell University’s vision for district heating with an enhanced geothermal system	1
Coupling of hydraulic loading and surcharge pressure during suffusion in sandy gravels	1
A simple method to reduce mesh dependency in modelling landslides involving brittle soils	1
Characteristic collapse domain of pile groups under eccentric vertical loads	1
Effects of cross-correlations between soil properties on pullout capacity of strip anchors	1
A simple approach for assessing the quality of bender elements	1
An energy-based criterion for defining slope failure considering the coupling effect of groundwater table and impact loading	1
The morphological characteristics of caved strata in an abandoned gob under multiseam	1
Novel experimental method for rate-independent triaxial tests under partial drainage condition	1
Effect of base roughness on flow behaviour and size segregation in dry granular flows	1
Salt weathering effects induced by sodium sulfate crystallisation on biocemented materials	1
Flow path tortuosity in saturated porous media comprising idealised spherical particles	1
Predicting the time–swell relationship of an unsaturated highly expansive clay using the heat equation	1
On the effectiveness of elastic wave measurements for monitoring the response of caprocks	1
Elemental mapping by micro X-ray fluorescence to assess binder distribution of improved soils	1
Numerical study on the damage evolution of UHPC lining in LRC gas storage	1
Theoretical Vp prediction model for saturated soil and rock	1
Role of the particle size and shape dispersion on stress transmission and strain energy storage	1
Thermal effects on behaviour of clay–structure interface under partial drainage	1
Multi-axial creep testing of multi-axial geogrids	1
Micromechanical analysis of volume change behaviour due to cyclic temperature variations in sands	1
Geochemical calibration for carbonate clay caprock under acidic conditions: experimental and numerical insights	1
Saturated hydraulic conductivity of construction wastes for potential replacement of sand blanket	1
Vertical non-linear Darcy seepage characteristics of coarse upper and fine lower saturated sand	1
Award-winning paper in 2021	1
Growth, trends and prevalent topics in geotechnical engineering (1998–2022) using topic modelling	1
Editorial: Advances in subsurface geotechnology for decarbonisation	1
Cyclic mobility following plastic strain accumulation in sand	1
Distributed acoustic sensing in soil for infrastructure monitoring	1