| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Equations for the soil-water characteristic curve | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1994 | 2,322 |
| 2 | Characterization of geotechnical variability | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1999 | 1,654 |
| 3 | The shear strength of unsaturated soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1978 | 1,252 |
| 4 | Model for the prediction of shear strength with respect to soil suction | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1996 | 1,210 |
| 5 | Empirical Strength Criterion for Rock Masses | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1980 | 947 |
| 6 | A model for the runout analysis of rapid flow slides, debris flows, and avalanches | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1995 | 889 |
| 7 | Evaluating cyclic liquefaction potential using the cone penetration test | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1998 | 869 |
| 8 | Some Recent Research on the Bearing Capacity of Foundations | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1963 | 796 |
| 9 | Soil classification using the cone penetration test | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1990 | 768 |
| 10 | Probabilistic Modeling of Soil Profiles | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1977 | 717 |
| 11 | Predicting the permeability function for unsaturated soils using the soil-water characteristic curve | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1994 | 689 |
| 12 | The statistics of embankment dam failures and accidents | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2000 | 679 |
| 13 | Interpretation of cone penetration tests — a unified approach | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2009 | 663 |
| 14 | Strength of tree roots and landslides on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1979 | 658 |
| 15 | Identifying crack initiation and propagation thresholds in brittle rock | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1998 | 608 |
| 16 | Submarine landslides: advances and challenges | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2002 | 608 |
| 17 | Evaluation of geotechnical property variability | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1999 | 588 |
| 18 | A framework for the behaviour of unsaturated expansive clays | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1992 | 587 |
| 19 | A generalized thermal conductivity model for soils and construction materials | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2005 | 579 |
| 20 | Internal stability of granular filters | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1985 | 558 |
| 21 | Seventeenth Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium: The effect of cohesion loss and stress path on brittle rock strength | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1997 | 554 |
| 22 | Dynamic Stiffness and Damping of Piles | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1974 | 531 |
| 23 | Cementation of sand soil by microbially induced calcite precipitation at various degrees of saturation | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2013 | 526 |
| 24 | The Ultimate Uplift Capacity of Foundations | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1968 | 513 |
| 25 | The Hoek–Brown failure criterion and GSI – 2018 edition | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2019 | 503 |
| 26 | Analysis of Deformation of Vertically Loaded Piles | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1978 | 498 |
| 27 | Quantitative analysis of debris torrent hazards for design of remedial measures | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1984 | 496 |
| 28 | Study of the structure of a sensitive Champlain clay and of its evolution during consolidation | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1984 | 494 |
| 29 | Specific surface: determination and relevance | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2002 | 487 |
| 30 | A model for the analysis of rapid landslide motion across three-dimensional terrain | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2004 | 480 |
| 31 | The angle of reach as a mobility index for small and large landslides | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1996 | 474 |
| 32 | Fracture initiation and propagation in intact rock – A review | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2014 | 466 |
| 33 | The variability of root cohesion as an influence on shallow landslide susceptibility in the Oregon Coast Range | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2001 | 457 |
| 34 | Stress State Variables for Unsaturated Soils | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1977 | 454 |
| 35 | K o - OCR Relationships in Soil | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1982 | 439 |
| 36 | The influence of snow cover on the ground thermal regime | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1982 | 437 |
| 37 | Probabilistic slope stability analysis for practice | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2002 | 436 |
| 38 | The 2003 Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium: Mechanistic interpretation and practical application of damage and spalling prediction criteria for deep tunnelling | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2007 | 433 |
| 39 | New Design Procedure for Stability of Soft Clays | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1974 | 430 |
| 40 | Soil Liquefaction and Cyclic Mobility Evaluation for Level Ground during Earthquakes | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1979 | 430 |
| 41 | Elastoplastic Stress-Strain Theory for Cohesionless Soil | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1975 | 429 |
| 42 | Remote sensing based assessment of hazards from glacier lake outbursts: a case study in the Swiss Alps | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2002 | 425 |
| 43 | The relationship of the unsaturated soil shear strength to the soil-water characteristic curve | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1996 | 417 |
| 44 | Comparison of slope stability methods of analysis | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1977 | 416 |
| 45 | The liquefaction of sands, a collapse surface approach | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1985 | 413 |
| 46 | Cracking in drying soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1992 | 412 |
| 47 | On the use of the KozenyCarman equation to predict the hydraulic conductivity of soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2003 | 397 |
| 48 | Bearing-capacity prediction of spatially random c ϕ soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2003 | 397 |
| 49 | The correlation of index properties with some basic engineering properties of soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1978 | 388 |
| 50 | A review of discrete modeling techniques for fracturing processes in discontinuous rock masses | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2014 | 384 |
| 51 | An anisotropic elastoplastic model for soft clays | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2003 | 381 |
| 52 | Dynamic rock tests using split Hopkinson (Kolsky) bar system – A review | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2015 | 374 |
| 53 | Design of rock support system under rockburst condition | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2012 | 372 |
| 54 | The permeability of natural soft clays. Part II: Permeability characteristics | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1983 | 367 |
| 55 | Hoek-Brown parameters for predicting the depth of brittle failure around tunnels | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1999 | 367 |
| 56 | Interpretation of cone penetration tests. Part I: Sand | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1983 | 365 |
| 57 | Bearing Capacity and Settlement of Pile Foundations | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1976 | 365 |
| 58 | Ninth Laurits Bjerrum Memorial Lecture: "Small is beautiful"—the stiffness of soils at small strains | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1989 | 354 |
| 59 | The assessment of rockfall hazard at the base of talus slopes | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1993 | 354 |
| 60 | Landslide risk assessment and acceptable risk | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1994 | 348 |
| 61 | Fundamentals of Liquefaction under Cyclic Loading | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1975 | 348 |
| 62 | A mechanistic theory of ice lens formation in fine-grained soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1980 | 343 |
| 63 | Compressibility And Crushing Of Granular Soil In Anisotropic Triaxial Compression | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1967 | 342 |
| 64 | Magnitude and frequency of rock falls and rock slides along the main transportation corridors of southwestern British Columbia | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1999 | 342 |
| 65 | Effects of nonplastic fines on static liquefaction of sands | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1997 | 339 |
| 66 | Microstructure of a compacted silt | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1996 | 337 |
| 67 | Simplified Procedure for Estimating Dam and Embankment Earthquake-Induced Deformations | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1978 | 336 |
| 68 | Fundamentals of desiccation cracking of fine-grained soils: experimental characterisation and mechanisms identification | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2009 | 335 |
| 69 | Shape of ground surface settlement profiles caused by excavation | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1998 | 324 |
| 70 | Dynamic modelling of entrainment in rapid landslides | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2005 | 322 |
| 71 | Earth Pressures at Rest Related to Stress History | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1965 | 321 |
| 72 | Numerical evaluation of land subsidence induced by groundwater pumping in Shanghai | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2011 | 318 |
| 73 | The theory of one-dimensional consolidation of saturated clays. II. Finite nonlinear consolidation of thick homogeneous layers | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1981 | 313 |
| 74 | Characteristics of ground surface settlement during excavation | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1993 | 313 |
| 75 | Predicting the saturated hydraulic conductivity of sand and gravel using effective diameter and void ratio | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2004 | 312 |
| 76 | Behaviour of tire shred sand mixtures | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2004 | 312 |
| 77 | Energy analysis and criteria for structural failure of rocks | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2009 | 308 |
| 78 | Failure mechanism and coupled static-dynamic loading theory in deep hard rock mining: A review | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2017 | 305 |
| 79 | Cemented Sands under Static Loading | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1981 | 299 |
| 80 | Bearing Capacity Tests on Reinforced Earth Slabs | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1975 | 297 |
| 81 | Thermal volume changes of the mineral–water system in low-porosity clay soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1988 | 294 |
| 82 | Time- and Stress-Compressibility Interrelationship | Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE | 1977 | 291 |
| 83 | The Variability of Natural Soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1966 | 285 |
| 84 | Design of reinforcing piles to increase slope stability | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1995 | 284 |
| 85 | Engineering properties and microstructural characteristics of cement-stabilized zinc-contaminated kaolin | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2014 | 283 |
| 86 | Improved image-based deformation measurement for geotechnical applications | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2016 | 283 |
| 87 | On the thermal consolidation of Boom clay | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2000 | 281 |
| 88 | A new modelling approach for unsaturated soils using independent stress variables | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2008 | 275 |
| 89 | Shear strength criteria for rock, rock joints, rockfill and rock masses: Problems and some solutions | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2013 | 275 |
| 90 | Failure forecast for large rock slides by surface displacement measurements | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2003 | 269 |
| 91 | Probabilistic design of slopes | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1987 | 268 |
| 92 | The segregation potential of a freezing soil | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1981 | 265 |
| 93 | A structured Cam Clay model | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2002 | 265 |
| 94 | An assessment procedure for glacial hazards in the Swiss Alps | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2004 | 260 |
| 95 | A model for coupled heat and moisture transfer during soil freezing | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1978 | 258 |
| 96 | Pile capacity by direct CPT and CPTu methods applied to 102 case histories | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1997 | 258 |
| 97 | Practical reliability analysis of slope stability by advanced Monte Carlo simulations in a spreadsheet | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2011 | 258 |
| 98 | Mechanisms of osmotic flow and volume change in clay soils | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1989 | 254 |
| 99 | Development and verification of a numerical model for the analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced soil segmental walls under working stress conditions | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 2005 | 254 |
| 100 | A general limit equilibrium model for three-dimensional slope stability analysis | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | 1993 | 253 |
