Alain Rouleau

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alain Rouleau is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Rouleau has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 18 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 13 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alain Rouleau's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (13 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (12 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (12 papers). Alain Rouleau is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (13 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (12 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (12 papers). Alain Rouleau collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United States. Alain Rouleau's co-authors include Ali Saeidi, Romain Chesnaux, P Mercier-Langevin, Julien Walter, J.E. Gale, Réal Daigneault, Miroslav Nastev, Roger H. Morin, Amélia João Fernandes and Wilfrid Boireau and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alain Rouleau

61 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Rockburst in underground excavations: A review of mechani... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Rockburst in underground excavations: A review of mechanism, classification, and prediction methods
    2022 148 citations Ali Saeidi, Alain Rouleau et al. profile →

Peers

Alain Rouleau
Paul Bossart Switzerland
Eva Schill Germany
Yu Zou China
Daniel R. Viete Australia
Won‐Jin Cho South Korea
Till Popp Germany
C. A. Morrow United States
Massimo Verdoya Italy
W. R. Dearman United Kingdom
Paul Bossart Switzerland
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Rouleau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alain Rouleau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alain Rouleau based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alain Rouleau. Alain Rouleau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Saeidi, Ali, et al.. (2025). A numerical study on the effect of gate configuration on the hydraulic parameters of dam spillways. Results in Engineering. 25. 104446–104446.
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Davoine, Lucie, et al.. (2024). Concentration vs. Optical Density of ESKAPEE Bacteria: A Method to Determine the Optimum Measurement Wavelength. Sensors. 24(24). 8160–8160. 3 indexed citations
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Saeidi, Ali, et al.. (2023). Advancements in rock block volume calculation by analytical method for geological engineering applications. Environmental Earth Sciences. 82(13). 3 indexed citations
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Saeidi, Ali, et al.. (2023). Development of a methodology for predicting landslide hazards at a regional scale. Geoenvironmental Disasters. 10(1). 5 indexed citations
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Saeidi, Ali, et al.. (2022). Probabilistic approach for seismic microzonation integrating 3D geological and geotechnical uncertainty. Earthquake Spectra. 39(1). 310–334. 3 indexed citations
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Saeidi, Ali, et al.. (2022). A Reduced-Scale Physical Model of a Spillway to Evaluate the Hydraulic Erodibility of a Fractured Rock Mass. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 56(2). 933–951. 3 indexed citations
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Boumaiza, Lamine, Julien Walter, Romain Chesnaux, et al.. (2021). An operational methodology for determining relevant DRASTIC factors and their relative weights in the assessment of aquifer vulnerability to contamination. Environmental Earth Sciences. 80(7). 11 indexed citations
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Saeidi, Ali, et al.. (2021). Seismic microzonation of a region with complex surficial geology based on different site classification approaches. Geoenvironmental Disasters. 8(1). 27–27. 10 indexed citations
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Saeidi, Ali, et al.. (2020). The effects of in situ stress uncertainties on the assessment of open stope stability: Case study at the Niobec Mine, Quebec (Canada). Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 25. 100194–100194. 23 indexed citations
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Chesnaux, Romain, et al.. (2014). Estimating the reliability of aquifer transmissivity values obtained from specific capacity tests: examples from the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean aquifers, Canada. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 61(1). 173–185. 16 indexed citations
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Grandclément, Camille, Jean‐René Pallandre, É. Viel, et al.. (2011). Neuropilin-2 Expression Promotes TGF-β1-Mediated Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Colorectal Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e20444–e20444. 73 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Amélia João, et al.. (2010). ANÁLISE DAS FRATURAS NOS BASALTOS DE RIBEIRÃO PRETO, SP: APLICAÇÃO À ELABORAÇÃO DE MODELO HIDROGEOLÓGICO CONCEITUAL. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Élie-Caille, Céline, et al.. (2009). Preparation of flat gold terraces for protein chip developments. Micro & Nano Letters. 4(2). 88–94. 6 indexed citations
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Morin, Roger H., et al.. (2007). Hydrogeologic controls imposed by mechanical stratigraphy in layered rocks of the Châteauguay River Basin, a U.S.‐Canada transborder aquifer. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(B4). 14 indexed citations
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Rouleau, Alain, et al.. (1996). The Estimation of Hydraulic Parameters of a Fractured Orthoquartzite Formation At the Laboratory And Field Scales. 3 indexed citations
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Archambault, G., et al.. (1994). The Mechanics of Progressive Shear Failure at All Scales in Rock Masses. 1 indexed citations
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Archambault, G., et al.. (1992). Mechanics of shear zones and fault belts development by anastomosing patterns of fractures at all scales : Proc International Conference on Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock, Vienna, 18–20 April 1990P197–204. Publ Rotterdam: A A Balkema, 1990. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts. 29(2). 6 indexed citations

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