Most cited papers in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
What are the most cited papers in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization?
The most cited paper in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization is "Simplified Procedure for Evaluating Soil Liquefaction Potential" (H. Bolton Seed, Izzat M. Idriss, 1971), with 2,940 citations. Next come "The strength and dilatancy of sands" (2,738) and "Mechanical properties of nylon 6-clay hybrid" (2,430).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 567 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simplified Procedure for Evaluating Soil Liquefaction Potential H. Bolton Seed, Izzat M. Idriss · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | Sep 1971 | 2,940 |
| 2 | The strength and dilatancy of sands Malcolm D. Bolton · Géotechnique | Mar 1986 | 2,738 |
| 3 | Mechanical properties of nylon 6-clay hybrid Yoshitsugu Kojima, Arimitsu Usuki, Masaya Kawasumi et al. · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources | May 1993 | 2,430 |
| 4 | Nonlinear Analysis of Stress and Strain in Soils James Michael Duncan, Chin-Yung Chang · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | Sep 1970 | 2,420 |
| 5 | Shear Modulus and Damping in Soils: Design Equations and Curves Bobby Ott Hardin, Vincent P. Drnevich · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | Jul 1972 | 2,292 |
| 6 | Liquefaction Resistance of Soils: Summary Report from the 1996 NCEER and 1998 NCEER/NSF Workshops on Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance of Soils T. Leslie Youd et al. · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | Oct 2001 | 2,008 |
| 7 | A state parameter for sands Ken Been, Michael G. Jefferies · Géotechnique | Jun 1985 | 1,974 |
| 8 | Liquefaction and flow failure during earthquakes Kenji Ishihara · Géotechnique | Sep 1993 | 1,850 |
| 9 | Effect of Soil Plasticity on Cyclic Response Mladen Vučetić, Ricardo Dobry · Journal of Geotechnical Engineering | 1991 | 1,847 |
| 10 | The stress-dilatancy relation for static equilibrium of an assembly of particles in contact Peter W. Rowe · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 9 Oct 1962 | 1,652 |
| 11 | Handbook for soil thin section description Susan Limbrey · Journal of Archaeological Science | Sep 1986 | 1,471 |
| 12 | Materials Today: Proceedings Thy Truc Doan · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2025 | 1,388 |
| 13 | Crushing of Soil Particles Bobby Ott Hardin · Journal of Geotechnical Engineering | Oct 1985 | 1,382 |
| 14 | Seismic design and analysis of underground structures Youssef M. A. Hashash, Jeffrey J. Hook, Birger Schmidt et al. · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology | Oct 2001 | 1,377 |
| 15 | State of the Art: Limit Equilibrium and Finite-Element Analysis of Slopes James Michael Duncan · Journal of Geotechnical Engineering | Jul 1996 | 1,349 |
| 16 | Influence of SPT Procedures in Soil Liquefaction Resistance Evaluations H. Bolton Seed, Kohji Tokimatsu, L. F. Harder et al. · Journal of Geotechnical Engineering | Dec 1985 | 1,337 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. Markus Berli, Dani Or · Vadose Zone Journal | May 2005 | 1,268 |
| 19 | Correlation for Design of Laterally Loaded Piles in Soft Clay Hudson Matlock · Offshore Technology Conference | 21 Apr 1970 | 1,217 |
| 20 | Soil Aggregate Stability: A Review E. Amézketa · Journal of Sustainable Agriculture | 16 Jul 1999 | 1,205 |
| 21 | Factors of Safety and Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering Julie Duncan · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | Apr 2000 | 1,192 |
| 22 | Associated and non-associated visco-plasticity and plasticity in soil mechanics Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz, Chris Humpheson, R. W. Lewis · Géotechnique | Dec 1975 | 1,188 |
| 23 | A Method of analysis of the Stability of Embankments Assuming Parallel Inter-Slice Forces E Spencer · Géotechnique | Mar 1967 | 1,177 |
| 24 | Analysis of Ultimate Loads of Shallow Foundations Aleksandar Sedmak Vesić · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | 1973 | 1,171 |
| 25 | Limit Analysis and Soil Plasticity Danny K. McCook · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Jul 1976 | 1,162 |
| 26 | Slope stability analysis by strength reduction Ethan M. Dawson, Wolfgang H. Roth, Andrew Drescher · Géotechnique | Dec 1999 | 1,156 |
| 27 | Moduli and Damping Factors for Dynamic Analyses of Cohesionless Soils H. Bolton Seed, Robert T. Wong, I. M. Idriss et al. · Journal of Geotechnical Engineering | Nov 1986 | 1,112 |
| 28 | Low Impact Development Practices: A Review of Current Research and Recommendations for Future Directions Michael E. Dietz · Water Air & Soil Pollution | 4 Sep 2007 | 1,101 |
| 29 | Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis by Finite Elements D. V. Griffiths, Gordon A. Fenton · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | 19 Apr 2004 | 1,087 |
| 30 | Hyperbolic Stress-Strain Response: Cohesive Soils Robert L. Kondner · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | Feb 1963 | 1,054 |
| 31 | Strength and mechanical behavior of short polypropylene fiber reinforced and cement stabilized clayey soil Chao‐Sheng Tang, Bin Shi, Wei Gao et al. · Geotextiles and Geomembranes | 23 Dec 2006 | 983 |
| 32 | Long-Term Stability of Clay Slopes Alec Westley Skempton · Géotechnique | Jun 1964 | 977 |
| 33 | The general and congruent effects of structure in natural soils and weak rocks Serge Leroueil, P. R. Vaughan · Géotechnique | Sep 1990 | 969 |
| 34 | Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and innovations in geotechnics Pierre Delage, Jacques Desrues, Roger Frank et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) | 2013 | 915 |
| 35 | A simple review of soil reinforcement by using natural and synthetic fibers Sayyed Mahdi Hejazi, Mohammad Sheikhzadeh, Sayyed Mahdi Abtahi et al. · Construction and Building Materials | 29 Dec 2011 | 911 |
| 36 | Non-Associated Plasticity for Soils, Concrete and Rock P. A. Vermeer | 1998 | 902 |
| 37 | Liquefaction Resistance of Soils from Shear-Wave Velocity Ronald D. Andrus, Kenneth H. Stokoe · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | Nov 2000 | 896 |
| 38 | Analysis of Deformation of Vertically Loaded Piles Mark Felton Randolph, C. Peter Wroth · Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division | Dec 1978 | 893 |
| 39 | Shear Modulus and Damping in Soils: Measurement and Parameter Effects (Terzaghi Leture) Bobby Ott Hardin, Vincent P. Drnevich · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | Jun 1972 | 888 |
| 40 | Bearing Capacity and Settlement of Pile Foundations George Geoffrey Meyerhof · Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division | Mar 1976 | 886 |
| 41 | The Steady State of Sandy Soils Ramón Morillo‐Verdugo, Kenji Ishihara · SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS | Jun 1996 | 878 |
| 42 | The Influence of Strains in Soil Mechanics K. H. Roscoe · Géotechnique | Jun 1970 | 876 |
| 43 | Dilatancy for cohesionless soils X. S. Li, Yannis F. Dafalias · Géotechnique | Aug 2000 | 866 |
| 44 | Hypoplastic model for cohesionless soils with elastic strain range Andrzej Niemunis, Ivo Herle · Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional Materials | Oct 1997 | 863 |
| 45 | Lateral Resistance of Piles in Cohesive Soils Bengt B. Broms · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | Mar 1964 | 862 |
| 46 | Initial Fabrics and their Relations to Mechanical Properties of Granular Material Masanobu Oda · SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS | Mar 1972 | 861 |
| 47 | Finite Element Slope Stability Analysis by Shear Strength Reduction Technique Tamotsu Matsui, Ka‐Ching San · SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS | Mar 1992 | 850 |
| 48 | Lagrangian meshfree particles method (SPH) for large deformation and failure flows of geomaterial using elastic–plastic soil constitutive model Ha H. Bui, Ryoichi Fukagawa, Kazunari Sako et al. · International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics | 11 Feb 2008 | 841 |
| 49 | Analytical study of induced anisotropy in idealized granular materials Leo Rothenburg, Richard J. Bathurst · Géotechnique | Dec 1989 | 837 |
| 50 | Stiffness matrices for layered soils Eduardo Kausel, José M. Roësset · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Dec 1981 | 812 |
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