Brent Corkum

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Brent Corkum is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent Corkum has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 6 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Brent Corkum's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (6 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (3 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (3 papers). Brent Corkum is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (6 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (3 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (3 papers). Brent Corkum collaborates with scholars based in Canada and Australia. Brent Corkum's co-authors include E. Hoek, C. Carranza‐Torres, J.H. Curran, R.E. Hammah, Thamer Yacoub, Sina Javankhoshdel, Amir H. Gandomi, Richard J. Bathurst and Neil Bar and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Geomechanics and IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Brent Corkum

9 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

HOEK-BROWN FAILURE CRITERION - 2002 EDITION

2002 1.1k citations E. Hoek, C. Carranza‐Torres et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brent Corkum Canada	5	935	724	724	518	176	10	1.3k
Ziquan Chen China	22	1.1k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	797 1.1×	499 1.0×	279 1.6×	64	1.6k
Frédéric Pellet France	14	1.2k 1.3×	716 1.0×	420 0.6×	564 1.1×	315 1.8×	26	1.4k
T. Maejima Japan	7	1.2k 1.3×	531 0.7×	278 0.4×	647 1.2×	541 3.1×	19	1.4k
E. Alonso Spain	13	935 1.0×	656 0.9×	598 0.8×	331 0.6×	182 1.0×	23	1.2k
Tianhui Ma China	19	1.1k 1.2×	520 0.7×	337 0.5×	641 1.2×	346 2.0×	49	1.4k
Y. Tasaka Canada	6	1.9k 2.0×	883 1.2×	622 0.9×	976 1.9×	717 4.1×	12	2.1k
Kaizong Xia China	16	592 0.6×	316 0.4×	396 0.5×	447 0.9×	106 0.6×	41	822
Jiayi Shen China	19	590 0.6×	425 0.6×	405 0.6×	453 0.9×	148 0.8×	37	881
Tang Chun-an China	12	955 1.0×	386 0.5×	261 0.4×	354 0.7×	410 2.3×	59	1.1k
Ravi Kumar Umrao India	14	287 0.3×	350 0.5×	367 0.5×	394 0.8×	96 0.5×	24	732

Countries citing papers authored by Brent Corkum

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brent Corkum

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brent Corkum

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brent Corkum. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brent Corkum 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 Brent Corkum. Brent Corkum is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Javankhoshdel, Sina, et al.. (2024). A Heuristic Search Method for Critical Slip Surfaces with Weak Layers. 6. 126–134. 1 indexed citations

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Javankhoshdel, Sina, et al.. (2023). Spline Search for Slip Surfaces in 3D Slopes. International Journal of Geomechanics. 23(8). 3 indexed citations

3.

Bar, Neil, et al.. (2023). A geotechnical evaluation of the Cumba Pit Slope Failure, Dominican Republic. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1124(1). 12009–12009. 4 indexed citations

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Javankhoshdel, Sina, et al.. (2022). Effect of Disturbance Factor Distribution Function on Stability of an Open Pit Mine. 2 indexed citations

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Javankhoshdel, Sina, et al.. (2018). Probabilistic Analysis of Layered Slopes with Linearly Increasing Cohesive Strength and 2D Spatial Variability of Soil Strength Parameters Using Non-Circular RLEM Approach. 133–142. 3 indexed citations

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Hammah, R.E., Thamer Yacoub, Brent Corkum, & J.H. Curran. (2008). The Practical Modelling of Discontinuous Rock Masses with Finite Element Analysis. 34 indexed citations

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Hammah, R.E., Thamer Yacoub, Brent Corkum, & J.H. Curran. (2005). The Shear Strength Reduction Method for the Generalized Hoek-Brown Criterion. 63 indexed citations

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Curran, J.H., Brent Corkum, & R.E. Hammah. (2004). Three-Dimensional Analysis Of Underground Wedges Under The Influence Of Stresses. 5 indexed citations

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Hammah, R.E., J.H. Curran, Thamer Yacoub, & Brent Corkum. (2004). Stability Analysis of Rock Slopes using the Finite Element Method. 49 indexed citations

10.

Hoek, E., C. Carranza‐Torres, & Brent Corkum. (2002). HOEK-BROWN FAILURE CRITERION - 2002 EDITION. 1124 indexed citations breakdown →

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