OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Geotechnics is 5. 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
Editorial: New threats, new solutions: tackling emerging contaminants	86
Award-winning paper in 2020	57
Regional stability and adaptation measures slope failures due to rainfall in Singapore	44
Sustainable approaches for brownfield revitalisation & rehabilitation: a case in São Paulo	28
Study on mechanical properties and microscopic mechanism of MICP-modified expansive soil	24
Removal of salinity from soil using the electrokinetic treatment method	21
A case study on the applicability of elastic velocity models to hydrate-bearing sediments	20
Swelling and consolidation behaviour of polymerised bentonites with cation solutions	19
Environmental impacts of landfills: perspectives on bio-monitoring	18
Compressibility and shear strength behaviour of fresh and aged municipal solid wastes	17
Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy	16
Two-stage wetting deformation behaviour of rock-fill material	16
Study of hydraulic fracturing for gas drainage in a coal mine in Iran	15
The strength and durability of steel fibre recycled concrete in chloride environments	15
Review: Complexation mechanism of organic matter and arsenic on iron-containing minerals	14
Effect of drying–wetting cycles on the hydromechanical behaviour of compacted coal gangue	14
Experimental study of thermal behaviour of energy tunnels at the entrance in cold regions	14
Influence of boundary conditions on initiation of gas blowout in permeable rock	14
Mitigating deterioration of cement-treated clay by microbe-based calcite precipitation	13
Dynamic properties of high-density polyethylene–sand by large-scale direct shear experiments	13
Geochemical modelling of multimineral evolution for a 15-month experiment	13
Degradation of urban soil quality due to air and road traffic: relevant info and research	12
Dynamic deformation characteristics of lightweight soil based on Davidenkov model	12
Sorption and economic viability of peat, compost and biochar for zinc-contaminated site	12
A review analysis of gas hydrate tests: engineering progress and policy trend	11

Effect of stress history of saturated clay on engineering behaviour of an energy pile	11
Occurrence and ecotoxicological effects of fires at municipal solid waste landfills	11
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
Shear strength of the geomembrane–subgrade interface in heap leaching applications	10
Monitoring infiltration of capillary barrier with actively heated fibre Bragg gratings	9
The influence of waste composition on biogas generation model parameters	9
Microplastics in soils: an environmental geotechnics perspective	9
Numerical investigation of hydrolysis failure of aggregates in loess	9
Effect of pore fluid pH on the collapse behaviour and microstructural evolution of a loess	8
Characteristics of gas hydrate reservoir from resistivity image in the Shenhu area, China	8
Experimental investigation of durability and mechanical properties of EICP treated raw earth	8
Grading curve relations for saturated hydraulic conductivity of granular materials	8
Unsaturated characteristics and transport of hydrated chromium ore processing residue	8
A unit series–parallel electrical conductivity model of soil under environmental loads	8
Preliminary test results on gas permeability of soils and geosynthetic clay liners	8
Environmental and economical assessment of earth-retaining walls for design optimisation	8
An improved quantification method for characterisation of clay microstructure using SEM	8
Editorial: Use of biopolymers in environmental geotechnics	7
Immobilisation of soil cadmium and lead by an integrated approach of SICP and absorbent additives	7
Effect of acid on the hydrophysical properties of red clay	7
Publisher’s note	7
Prediction of hydraulic conductivity of sodium bentonite GCLs by machine learning approaches	6
Laboratory investigation on the longitudinal dispersivity of sand–illite mixtures	6
A numerical approach to modelling biodegradable vertical drains	6
Dry shrinkage cracking and permeability of biopolymer-modified clay under dry–wet cycles	6
Long-term environmental impact of an artificial island of solidified dredged marine silt	6
Behaviour of energy piles under climate-change scenarios: a case study in Southern Italy	6
Botanical and geotechnical characteristics of blanket peat at three Irish bogflows	6
Solidify/stabilise a heavy metal-contaminated soil using a novel steel slag-based binder	6
Editorial	5
Introduction to anion-exchange membranes and their use in electro-osmotic consolidation	5
Environmental Geotechnics: Referees 2022	5
Editorial: Physical–chemical coupling in environmental geotechnics	5
Experimental investigation of gas migration behaviour in unsaturated sand–clay mixtures	5
Real-time monitoring of pH and dissolved oxygen during disturbances in polluted sediments	5
Casein as a foaming agent in cement-treated soil for lightweight embankments	5
Briefing: Water content determinations of peaty soils using the oven-drying method	5
Improving erosion resistance of sandy soils using zein biopolymer	5