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Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

Xuanhong Du

Longdong University

Tengfei Guo

University of South China

Jared Long-Fox

University of Central Florida

Ruochen Jiang

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Tong Gao

Kunming University of Science and Technology

Jeffrey Pearson

Schlumberger (Norway)

Yingming Xiao

Sichuan Cancer Hospital

Deyi Gao

Anhui University of Science and Technology

Tien Trung Vu

Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City

Xianhui Feng

University of Science and Technology Beijing

Rising Stars Papers

Key questions in rock mechanics

Unknown Journal|2026

82 cit.

Coal damage and energy characteristics during shallow mining to deep mining

Energy|2024

47 cit.

Mechanical characteristics and fracturing behavior of rock-concrete composite specimens with two pre-existing parallel flaws under uniaxial compression based on AE and DIC systems

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics|2025

45 cit.

Initiation mechanism of landslides in cold regions: Role of freeze-thaw cycles

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences|2024

33 cit.

Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-damage modeling of cold-water injection in deep geothermal reservoirs

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering|2025

29 cit.

Disturbance failure mechanism of highly stressed rock in deep excavation: Current status and prospects

International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials|2024

24 cit.

A conceptual model for evaluating the stability of high-altitude ice-rich slopes through coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical simulation

Engineering Geology|2024

24 cit.

Overview and recommendations for research on plants and microbes in regolith-based agriculture

npj Sustainable Agriculture|2024

23 cit.

A novel implementation method of GZZ-based constitutive model into FLAC3D

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology|2024

19 cit.

Compression behavior and microscopic damage mechanism of waste rock-tailings matrix composites: Experiments and models

Construction and Building Materials|2024

16 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

Qingheng Gu

Anhui University of Science and Technology

Quanle Zou

Chongqing University

Hao Wu

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Qunying Wu

Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (China)

Chun Zhu

North China Electric Power University

Junlong Shang

University of Manchester

Jiangyu Wu

China University of Mining and Technology

Emerging Leaders Papers

Effects of carbon nanotube dosage and aggregate size distribution on mechanical property and microstructure of cemented rockfill

Cement and Concrete Composites|2022

222 cit.

Improvement of cemented rockfill by premixing low-alkalinity activator and fly ash for recycling gangue and partially replacing cement

Cement and Concrete Composites|2023

166 cit.

Evaluation and intelligent deployment of coal and coalbed methane coupling coordinated exploitation based on Bayesian network and cuckoo search

International Journal of Mining Science and Technology|2022

162 cit.

Morphological evolution and flow conduction characteristics of fracture channels in fractured sandstone under cyclic loading and unloading

International Journal of Mining Science and Technology|2023

150 cit.

Effect of water-based SiO2 nanofluid on surface wettability of raw coal

Energy|2022

123 cit.

Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences|2022

104 cit.

Microscopic mechanism of cellulose nanofibers modified cemented gangue backfill materials

Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials|2025

94 cit.

Experimental study on the shear performance of quasi-NPR steel bolted rock joints

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering|2022

84 cit.

Mechanical properties and failure characteristics of sandstone under ramp loading paths

Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources|2023

75 cit.

Failure behavior of horseshoe-shaped tunnel in hard rock under high stress: Phenomenon and mechanisms

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China|2022

68 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

J. R. Rice

Arizona State University

Toshitsugu Tanaka

Otemon Gakuin University

R. Jackson

Kairos (United States)

Thorsten Pöschel

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

J. D. Byerlee

United States Geological Survey

Xia‐Ting Feng

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Z.T. Bieniawski

Pennsylvania State University

Feng Dai

China Railway Group (China)

J.F. Shao

Polytech Lille

Louis Ngai Yuen Wong

Planetary Science Institute

Current Senior Leaders Papers

A Path Independent Integral and the Approximate Analysis of Strain Concentration by Notches and Cracks

Journal of Applied Mechanics|1968

8.3k cit.

On the ductile enlargement of voids in triaxial stress fields∗

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids|1969

4.8k cit.

Friction of rocks

Pure and Applied Geophysics|1978

4k cit.

Plane strain deformation near a crack tip in a power-law hardening material

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids|1968

3.2k cit.

Conditions for the localization of deformation in pressure-sensitive dilatant materials

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids|1975

2.5k cit.

Discrete particle simulation of two-dimensional fluidized bed

Powder Technology|1993

2.4k cit.

Some basic stress diffusion solutions for fluid‐saturated elastic porous media with compressible constituents

Reviews of Geophysics|1976

2.1k cit.

Fluid Mechanical Description of Fluidized Beds. Equations of Motion

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals|1967

2k cit.

Elastic Fracture Mechanics Concepts for Interfacial Cracks

Journal of Applied Mechanics|1988

2k cit.

Slightly curved or kinked cracks

International Journal of Fracture|1980

1.9k cit.

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