Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research Leaderboard

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Papers

1

Machine Learning–Finite Element Mesh Optimization-Based Modeling and Prediction of Excavation-Induced Shield Tunnel Ground Settlement

International Journal of Computational Methods|2024

77 cit.

2

Prediction method of ground settlement for rectangular tunnel construction

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology|2025

50 cit.

3

Building structure-borne noise measurements and estimation due to train operations in tunnel

The Science of The Total Environment|2024

36 cit.

4

Prediction and mitigation of building vibrations caused by train operations on concrete floors

Applied Acoustics|2024

35 cit.

5

Calculation Methods for the Jacking Force of a Rectangular Pipe Jacking Tunnel: Overview and Prospects

Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice|2025

30 cit.

6

The effect of ballast moisture content and fouling index on railway track settlement

Transportation Geotechnics|2024

24 cit.

7

Machine Learning Models for Predicting Permanent Deformation in Railway Tracks

Transportation Geotechnics|2024

20 cit.

8

A hybrid methodology for estimating train-induced rigid foundation building vibrations

Construction and Building Materials|2025

20 cit.

9

Failure characteristics of tunnels neighbouring karst fissures: Insights from laboratory observations and machine learning-interpreted simulations

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology|2024

15 cit.

10

Jacking Force Prediction for Box Jacking Tunnel Considering the Soil Arching Effect

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics|2025

13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Papers

1

Coupling coordination and spatiotemporal heterogeneity between urbanization and ecological environment in Shaanxi Province, China

Ecological Indicators|2022

141 cit.

2

A coupled thermal-elastic-plastic-damage model for concrete subjected to dynamic loading

International Journal of Plasticity|2022

94 cit.

3

Signed distance field enhanced fully resolved CFD-DEM for simulation of granular flows involving multiphase fluids and irregularly shaped particles

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering|2023

76 cit.

4

UAV-based studies in railway infrastructure monitoring

Automation in Construction|2024

74 cit.

5

Impedance Model of Train-Induced Vibration Transmission Across a Transfer Structure into an Overtrack Building in a Metro Depot

Journal of Structural Engineering|2022

69 cit.

6

Signed distance field framework for unified DEM modeling of granular media with arbitrary particle shapes

Computational Mechanics|2022

64 cit.

7

Implementation of Johnson-Holmquist-Beissel model in four-dimensional lattice spring model and its application in projectile penetration

International Journal of Impact Engineering|2022

56 cit.

8

Study on Tamped Spherical Detonation-Induced Dynamic Responses of Rock and PMMA Through Mini-chemical Explosion Tests and a Four-Dimensional Lattice Spring Model

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering|2023

51 cit.

9

Mechanical and failure characteristics of novel tailorable architected metamaterials against crash impact

Engineering Failure Analysis|2024

49 cit.

10

Investigation on fatigue crack propagation behaviour of U71Mn and U75V rails using peridynamics

Engineering Fracture Mechanics|2023

46 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1

Wanming Zhai

Southwest Jiaotong University

2

David Thompson

California Institute of Technology

3

Xuesong Jin

Kunming Medical University

4

Geert Degrande

KU Leuven

5

Chengbiao Cai

Southwest Jiaotong University

6

António Silva Cardoso

National Statistical Institute of Portugal

7

H.E.M. Hunt

University of Cambridge

8

Pedro Alves Costa

Universidade do Porto

9

Yunmin Chen

Zhejiang University

10

M. C. Forde

University of Edinburgh

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1

Fundamentals of vehicle–track coupled dynamics

Vehicle System Dynamics|2009

937 cit.

2

Light absorption by organic carbon from wood combustion

Atmospheric chemistry and physics|2010

858 cit.

3

Review of NDT methods in the assessment of concrete and masonry structures

NDT & E International|2001

684 cit.

4

Assessing Damage of Reinforced Concrete Beam Using “<i>b</i> -value” Analysis of Acoustic Emission Signals

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering|2003

548 cit.

5

TWO SIMPLE FAST INTEGRATION METHODS FOR LARGE-SCALE DYNAMIC PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering|1996

491 cit.

6

High-speed train–track–bridge dynamic interactions – Part I: theoretical model and numerical simulation

International Journal of Rail Transportation|2013

427 cit.

7

Application of infrared thermography to the non-destructive testing of concrete and masonry bridges

NDT & E International|2003

381 cit.

8

A Detailed Model for Investigating Vertical Interaction between Railway Vehicle and Track

Vehicle System Dynamics|1994

380 cit.

9

The conduction of electricity through concrete

Magazine of Concrete Research|1981

371 cit.

10

Modelling and experiment of railway ballast vibrations

Journal of Sound and Vibration|2003

337 cit.

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