OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Underground Space is 34. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Fatigue damage analysis of ballastless slab track in heavy-haul railway tunnels	182
Regional characterization of vs30 with hybrid geotechnical and geological data	173
Experimental investigation on rockburst characteristics of highly stressed D-shape tunnel subjected to impact load	123
Face stability analysis of large shield-driven tunnel in rock-soil interface composite formations	118
Numerical prediction of ground vibrations induced by LPG boiling liquid expansion vapour explosion (BLEVE) inside a road tunnel	97
Performance-based three-level fortification goal and its application in anti-dislocation countermeasures: A case study of Shantou Submarine tunnel	88
Analytical solutions of ground settlement induced by yaw in a space curved shield tunnel	76
Experimental study on cyclic deformation properties of saturated Fujian sand at different loading frequencies	75
Seismic response of deep circular tunnels subjected to S-waves: Axial bending	67
Refined model analysis of basement rock degradation mechanism of heavy-haul railway tunnel	65
Study on influencing factors and prediction of peak particle velocity induced by roof pre-split blasting in underground	65
Novel pipe-roof method for a super shallow buried and large-span metro underground station	62
Case study on the seismic response of a subway station combined with a flyover	60
Analysis of the influence of geometrical parameters of circular steel pipe with flange plate on the jacking force	57
Seismic response of tunnel near fault fracture zone under incident SV waves	56
Investigating low-permeability sandstone based on physical experiments and predictive modeling	55
Seismic behaviors of utility tunnel-soil system: With and without joint connections	52
Effect of defects and remediation measures on the internal forces caused by a local thickness reduction in the tunnel lining	52
Tunnels in squeezing clay-rich rocks	50
Field measurement analysis of the influence of simultaneous construction of river channel and bridge on existing double shield tunnels	47
Fractional viscoelastic solution of stratum displacement of a shallow tunnel under the surface slope condition	46
Analytical solutions of limit support pressure and vertical earth pressure on cutting face for tunnels	45
Analysis of energy pile groups subjected to non-uniform thermal loadings	44
Shear behaviour of anchored jointed rock mass under different engineering conditions considering damage and joint surface morphology	42
Assessing clogging potential and optimizing driving parameter of slurry shield tunneling in clay stratum assisted with CFD-DEM modeling	41

Influence of erosion voids and traffic loads on buried large-diameter reinforced concrete pipes	40
Adaptive mutation sparrow search algorithm-Elman-AdaBoost model for predicting the deformation of subway tunnels	38
Performance of double-arch tunnels under internal BLEVE	37
Experimental investigation on damage development and failure mechanism of shield tunnel lining under internal blast considering stratum-structure interaction	36
Evaluation of the effect of using fiber reinforcement in tunnel linings for metro projects	36
Characteristics of deformation and defect of shield tunnel in coastal structured soil in China	35
Book Review	34
Reliability-based robust geotechnical design of braced excavations considering multiple failure modes	34
Pseudo-dynamic analysis of a 3D tunnel face in inclined weak strata	34