Most cited papers in Geotechnical and construction materials studies
What are the most cited papers in Geotechnical and construction materials studies?
The most cited paper in Geotechnical and construction materials studies is "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering" (Allen W. Hatheway, 1997), with 3,809 citations. Next come "On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays" (1,754) and "Theory of Infiltration" (1,558).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 216 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Allen W. Hatheway · Environmental and Engineering Geoscience | Mar 1997 | 3,809 |
| 2 | On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays John Boscawen Burland · Géotechnique | Sep 1990 | 1,754 |
| 3 | Theory of Infiltration J. R. Philip · Advances in hydroscience | 1969 | 1,558 |
| 4 | Materials Today: Proceedings Thy Truc Doan · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2025 | 1,388 |
| 5 | Lime stabilization of clay minerals and soils Fred G. Bell · Engineering Geology | Jul 1996 | 1,377 |
| 6 | XLVI. A theory of the plastic distortion of a polycrystalline aggregate under combined stresses. J.F.W. Bishop, R. Hill · The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science | Apr 1951 | 1,317 |
| 7 | Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. Markus Berli, Dani Or · Vadose Zone Journal | May 2005 | 1,268 |
| 8 | Correlation for Design of Laterally Loaded Piles in Soft Clay Hudson Matlock · Offshore Technology Conference | 21 Apr 1970 | 1,217 |
| 9 | Engineering Geology of Norwegian Normally-Consolidated Marine Clays as Related to Settlements of Buildings Laurits Bjerrum · Géotechnique | Jun 1967 | 930 |
| 10 | Yielding of Clays in States Wetter than Critical K. H. Roscoe, A. N. Schofield, A. Thurairajah · Géotechnique | Sep 1963 | 883 |
| 11 | Exponentially decreasing distributions for the logarithm of particle size Ole Eiler Barndorff-Nielsen · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 25 Mar 1977 | 830 |
| 12 | A review of the use of recycled solid waste materials in asphalt pavements Yue Fei Huang, Roger N. Bird, Oliver Heidrich · Resources Conservation and Recycling | 13 Apr 2007 | 723 |
| 13 | Drained, undrained, consolidating and dynamic behaviour assumptions in soils Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz, C. T. Chang, PETER BETTESS · Géotechnique | Dec 1980 | 679 |
| 14 | Advantages and Limitations of the Observational Method in Applied Soil Mechanics Ralph B. Peck · Géotechnique | Jun 1969 | 678 |
| 15 | Phosphogypsum as a construction material Alaa M. Rashad · Journal of Cleaner Production | 8 Aug 2017 | 662 |
| 16 | Fundamentals of soil stabilization Ali Akbar Firoozi, C. Guney Olgun, Ali Asghar Firoozi et al. · International Journal of Geo-Engineering | Dec 2017 | 640 |
| 17 | Physicochemical and Engineering Behavior of Cement Treated Clays Soo Hong Chew, A. H. M. Kamruzzaman, Fook Hou Lee · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | 18 Jun 2004 | 619 |
| 18 | Generalized plasticity and the modelling of soil behaviour Manuel Pastor, Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz, Andrew H. C. Chan · International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics | Apr 1990 | 618 |
| 19 | A natural compression law for soils (an advance on e –log p ′) Roy Butterfield · Géotechnique | Dec 1979 | 578 |
| 20 | The Strength of Soils as Engineering Materials Alan W. Bishop · Géotechnique | Jun 1966 | 574 |
| 21 | A New Ring Shear Apparatus and Its Application to the Measurement of Residual Strength Alan W. Bishop, Grizeida Green, Vinod K. Garga et al. · Géotechnique | Dec 1971 | 538 |
| 22 | Stress–strain–strain rate relation for the compressibility of sensitive natural clays Serge Leroueil, M. Kabbaj, F. A. Tavenas et al. · Géotechnique | Jun 1985 | 536 |
| 23 | Science and empiricism in pile foundation design Mark Felton Randolph · Géotechnique | Dec 2003 | 521 |
| 24 | Nor-Sand: a simle critical state model for sand Michael G. Jefferies · Géotechnique | Mar 1993 | 515 |
| 25 | Studies of the influence of non-linear stress–strain characteristics in soil–structure interaction Richard James Jardine, David M. Potts, Andy B. Fourie et al. · Géotechnique | Sep 1986 | 473 |
| 26 | Plant aggregates and fibers in earth construction materials: A review Aurélie Laborel-Préneron, Jean‐Emmanuel Aubert, C. Magniont et al. · Construction and Building Materials | 21 Mar 2016 | 471 |
| 27 | A probabilistic approach to sand particle crushing in the triaxial test A. F. L. Nakata, M. Hyde, Hikotsugu Hyodo et al. · Géotechnique | Oct 1999 | 453 |
| 28 | An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering Mihai Popescu · Engineering Geology | Jul 1986 | 452 |
| 29 | Stabilisation of clayey soils with high calcium fly ash and cement Stelios Kolias, Vasilia Kasselouri-Rigopoulou, A Karahalios · Cement and Concrete Composites | 29 Jun 2004 | 441 |
| 30 | Soil mechanics in pavement engineering Stephen Brown · Géotechnique | Sep 1996 | 439 |
| 31 | Performance of compacted cement-stabilised soil Ramdane Bahar, Mouloud Benazzoug, Saïd Kenai · Cement and Concrete Composites | 9 Apr 2004 | 437 |
| 32 | Microstructure and geotechnical properties of lime-treated expansive clayey soil Muzahim Al-Mukhtar, Suhail A. Khattab, J. F. Alcover · Engineering Geology | 12 Apr 2012 | 437 |
| 33 | Assessment of strength development in cement-admixed high water content clays with Abrams' law as a basis Suksun Horpibulsuk, N. Miura, T. Sakthi Nagaraj · Géotechnique | May 2003 | 431 |
| 34 | One-Dimensional Compression Behaviour of Uniformly Graded Sand Related to Single Particle Crushing Strength Yukio Nakata, Yoshinori Katō, Masayuki Hyodo et al. · SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS | Apr 2001 | 422 |
| 35 | Prediction of pile bearing capacity using a hybrid genetic algorithm-based ANN Ehsan Momeni, Рамли Назир, Danial Jahed Armaghani et al. · Measurement | 15 Aug 2014 | 415 |
| 36 | Spatial Variability of Field‐Measured Infiltration Rate Sidney Rosa Vieira, D. R. Nielsen, J. W. Biggar · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Nov 1981 | 408 |
| 37 | Resistivity-porosity-particle shape relationships for marine sands P. Jackson, Denzil Taylor Smith, P. N. Stanford · Geophysics | Oct 1978 | 408 |
| 38 | Review of Stabilization of Clays and Expansive Soils in Pavements and Lightly Loaded Structures—History, Practice, and Future Thomas M. Petry, Dallas N. Little · Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering | 21 Nov 2002 | 399 |
| 39 | The Measurement of soil stiffness in the triaxial apparatus Richard James Jardine, M. J. P. R. Symes, John Boscawen Burland · Géotechnique | Sep 1984 | 394 |
| 40 | Engineering Properties of Fibrous Peats Gholamreza Mesri, M. A. Ajlouni · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | 16 Jun 2007 | 390 |
| 41 | Engineering characteristics of the calcareous sand in Nansha Islands, South China Sea Xin-Zhi Wang, Yu‐Yong Jiao, Ren Wang et al. · Engineering Geology | 15 Apr 2011 | 389 |
| 42 | CASM: a unified state parameter model for clay and sand Hai‐Sui Yu · International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics | Aug 1998 | 371 |
| 43 | Characterization of floc size, strength and structure under various coagulation mechanisms Tao Li, Zhe Ming Zhu, Dongsheng Wang et al. · Powder Technology | 25 Aug 2006 | 368 |
| 44 | Engineering properties and microstructural characteristics of cement-stabilized zinc-contaminated kaolin Yan‐Jun Du, Ning‐Jun Jiang, Song-Yu Liu et al. · Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 17 Dec 2013 | 366 |
| 45 | A structured Cam Clay model M D Liu, John Phillip Carter · Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 21 Nov 2002 | 363 |
| 46 | Field Testing and Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles om Stiff Clay Lymon C. Reese, William R. Cox, Francis D. Koop · Offshore Technology Conference | 4 May 1975 | 361 |
| 47 | A general framework for the mechanical behaviour of clays Federica Cotecchia, Richard John Chandler · Géotechnique | Aug 2000 | 360 |
| 48 | Performance of composite soil reinforced with barley straw Mohamed Bouhicha, F. Aouissi, Saïd Kenai · Cement and Concrete Composites | 15 Dec 2004 | 359 |
| 49 | Maximum and Minimum Void Ratio Characteristics of Sands Misko Cubrinovski, Kenji Ishihara · SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS | Dec 2002 | 340 |
| 50 | Earth construction: a comprehensive guide Julian Keable · Habitat International | 1995 | 332 |
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