OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment is 20. 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
Cracking of unsaturated clays using a newly developed small-beam bending apparatus and analysis by digital image correlation	43
Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing	40
Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite	40
The impacts of scaled capillary pressure combined with coupled flow and geomechanics on gas hydrate deposits	33
Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review	32
Field tests on the prediction of heating power requirements for deicing in Jiangyin, China	31
Hydromechanical simulation of argillaceous rocks: From laboratory tests to drift excavation	30
Experimental study on seepage–corrosion coupling characteristics of a single fracture in limestone subjected to acid mine drainage	29
Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests	28
Effects of rate-dependent behavior of sandstone on performance of gas storage in aquifer	28
How geomechanical attributes control the morphology of stylolites in carbonate sequences? A case from Permian–Triassic gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf	26
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	25
Comparative analysis of quasi-static penetration characteristics of slotted granite and intact granite	25
Post-mining related reactivation potential of faults hosted in tight reservoir rocks around flooded coal mines, eastern Ruhr Basin, Germany	24
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	22
Temperature- and Displacement-Dependent Model for unsaturated Earth pressures behind thermo-active retaining walls	22
AC-assisted microbially induced carbonate precipitation for sand reinforcement: An experimental study	22
Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays	21
Single fluid-driven crack propagation in analogue rock assisted by chemical environment	21
Effects of thermophysical parameters of fracturing fluid on hot dry rock damage in hydraulic fracturing	20
Coupling of a water permeability function with a bounding surface hydromechanical model for unsaturated soils	20
Influence of stress-level due to self-weight on the hydraulic conductivity of permeable concrete for geotechnical applications	20
Effects of supercritical CO2 based fluids imbibition on the mechanical properties of shale: An experimental study at high-temperature and high-pressure condition	20
Novel and simplified method of producing microbial calcite powder for clayey soil stabilization	20