OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Geotechnics is 6. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Sustainable approaches for brownfield revitalisation & rehabilitation: a case in São Paulo	81
Editorial: New threats, new solutions: tackling emerging contaminants	57
Award-winning paper in 2020	41
Regional stability and adaptation measures slope failures due to rainfall in Singapore	23
Compressibility and shear strength behaviour of fresh and aged municipal solid wastes	23
Numerical investigation on the mechanical behaviour of karst sinkholes	23
Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy	20
A case study on the applicability of elastic velocity models to hydrate-bearing sediments	20
Environmental impacts of landfills: perspectives on bio-monitoring	18
Two-stage wetting deformation behaviour of rock-fill material	17
Performance of loose sand with different waste materials in stone columns in North Cyprus	16
Swelling and consolidation behaviour of polymerised bentonites with cation solutions	16
Polymer-enhanced soil mixtures for potential use as covers or liners in landfill systems	15
The effect of soil–vegetation–atmosphere interaction on slope stability: a numerical study	15
Effect of drying–wetting cycles on the hydromechanical behaviour of compacted coal gangue	15
Study of hydraulic fracturing for gas drainage in a coal mine in Iran	15
Review: Complexation mechanism of organic matter and arsenic on iron-containing minerals	14
The strength and durability of steel fibre recycled concrete in chloride environments	14
Influence of boundary conditions on initiation of gas blowout in permeable rock	14
Occurrence and ecotoxicological effects of fires at municipal solid waste landfills	13
Geochemical modelling of multimineral evolution for a 15-month experiment	13
Dynamic properties of high-density polyethylene–sand by large-scale direct shear experiments	13
A review analysis of gas hydrate tests: engineering progress and policy trend	13
The influence of waste composition on biogas generation model parameters	11
Sorption and economic viability of peat, compost and biochar for zinc-contaminated site	11

Shear strength of the geomembrane–subgrade interface in heap leaching applications	11
Mitigating deterioration of cement-treated clay by microbe-based calcite precipitation	11
Degradation of urban soil quality due to air and road traffic: relevant info and research	11
Monitoring infiltration of capillary barrier with actively heated fibre Bragg gratings	11
Dynamic deformation characteristics of lightweight soil based on Davidenkov model	11
Effect of stress history of saturated clay on engineering behaviour of an energy pile	11
Microplastics in soils: an environmental geotechnics perspective	10
Experimental investigation of durability and mechanical properties of EICP treated raw earth	10
Numerical investigation of hydrolysis failure of aggregates in loess	10
Use of lignocellulose-degrading enzyme bio-cemented soils in the construction industry	10
Impact of groundwater level and soil air entry suction on energy tunnels’ thermal performance	10
Characteristics of gas hydrate reservoir from resistivity image in the Shenhu area, China	10
Effect of pore fluid pH on the collapse behaviour and microstructural evolution of a loess	9
A unit series–parallel electrical conductivity model of soil under environmental loads	9
An improved quantification method for characterisation of clay microstructure using SEM	9
Immobilisation of soil cadmium and lead by an integrated approach of SICP and absorbent additives	9
Environmental and economical assessment of earth-retaining walls for design optimisation	9
Preliminary test results on gas permeability of soils and geosynthetic clay liners	9
Grading curve relations for saturated hydraulic conductivity of granular materials	9
Unsaturated characteristics and transport of hydrated chromium ore processing residue	9
A numerical approach to modelling biodegradable vertical drains	8
Solidify/stabilise a heavy metal-contaminated soil using a novel steel slag-based binder	8
Publisher’s note	8
Lime stabilisation of highly compressible surface from soils in ex-Lake Texcoco, Mexico	8
Dry shrinkage cracking and permeability of biopolymer-modified clay under dry–wet cycles	8
Effect of acid on the hydrophysical properties of red clay	8
Botanical and geotechnical characteristics of blanket peat at three Irish bogflows	7
Editorial	7
Editorial: Use of biopolymers in environmental geotechnics	7
Editorial: Physical–chemical coupling in environmental geotechnics	7
Behaviour of energy piles under climate-change scenarios: a case study in Southern Italy	7
Casein as a foaming agent in cement-treated soil for lightweight embankments	7
Prediction of hydraulic conductivity of sodium bentonite GCLs by machine learning approaches	7
Editorial	6
Environmental Geotechnics: Referees 2022	6
Long-term environmental impact of an artificial island of solidified dredged marine silt	6
Improving erosion resistance of sandy soils using zein biopolymer	6
Laboratory investigation on the longitudinal dispersivity of sand–illite mixtures	6
Introduction to anion-exchange membranes and their use in electro-osmotic consolidation	6
Deterioration of the performance of cement mortar lining due to sulfate attack	6