Catherine O’Sullivan

12.4k citations

190 papers · 7.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Civil and Structural Engineering top 0.05%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Dam Engineering and Safety
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.05%
- Landslides and related hazards

Papers in

Civil and Structural Engineering 142
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics 100
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures 57
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization 33
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow 29
- Dam Engineering and Safety 16
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 60
- Landslides and related hazards 60

Co-authors: Kevin J. Hanley M. R. Coop I. Cavarretta Thomas Shire Liang Cui Xin Huang Jonathan D. Bray J. Fonseca
Journals: Géotechnique (26 papers)Granular Matter (16 papers)Computers and Geotechnics (13 papers)SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS (11 papers)Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (10 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Ireland Japan

In The Last Decade

Catherine O’Sullivan

178 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Fundamentals of Soil Behavior 2025 · 38 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Fundamentals of Soil Behavior
2012 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
2011 Particulate Discrete Element Modelling
2011 Medical Entomology and Zoology
2010 Géotechnique

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Pore-network modeling of polymer flow in porous media Computers and Geotechnics ·Si Suo, Sajjad Foroughi, Martin J. Blunt, Catherine O’Sullivan	2025	0
2	Isotropic compression simulation of kaolinite using coarse-grained molecular dynamics SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Takumi Sato, Catherine O’Sullivan, Stefano Angioletti‐Uberti, Ibrahim Ijl Hussain Aldawsari, 顾海军	2024	0
3	Modelling anisotropic surface charge of kaolinite particles depending on pore water pH Computers and Geotechnics ·Takumi Sato, Catherine O’Sullivan, Ibrahim Ijl Hussain Aldawsari, Stefano Angioletti‐Uberti	2024	2
4	The influence of particle size ratio on the mechanical behaviour of gap-graded granular assemblies under drained triaxial compression: A DEM study Computers and Geotechnics ·Jame S. G. Hollandsworth, Catherine O’Sullivan, Antoine Wautier	2024	5
5	Composite ellipsoids to model charge anisotropy in particle-scale simulations of kaolinite Géotechnique Letters ·顾海军, Catherine O’Sullivan, Roman Waldemar Rynkowski, 邓景滨	2024	1
6	Effects of the Absence of Friction in Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Clay International Journal of Geomechanics ·顾海军, Tokio Morimoto, Catherine O’Sullivan, Ibrahim Ijl Hussain Aldawsari, Stefano Angioletti‐Uberti	2024	2
7	Quantifying Shear-Induced Permeability Changes in Medium-Loose Sands Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ·Emanuelle Ioana Perța, Tokio Morimoto, Kristian Allan Hahn, Catherine O’Sullivan	2023	3
8	Percolating contacts network and force chains during interface shear in granular media Granular Matter ·Kristian Allan Hahn, Catherine O’Sullivan, Daniele Dini	2023	4
9	Magnetic-Induction-Based Positioning System Using Dual Multiplexing Technique IEEE Sensors Letters ·Santeri Kupiainen, Mohammad Zeeshan, Catherine O’Sullivan, Andrew S. Holmes, Shahid Malik	2023	1
10	Optimal tip shape for minimum drag and lift during horizontal penetration in granular media Acta Geotechnica ·Kristian Allan Hahn, Catherine O’Sullivan	2023	2
11	Use of Combined Static and Dynamic Testing to Quantify the Participation of Particles in Stress Transmission Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ·Deyun Liu, Catherine O’Sullivan, J. Antônio H. Carraro	2022	18
12	A semi-empirical re-evaluation of the influence of state on elastic stiffness in granular materials Granular Matter ·Deyun Liu, Tokio Morimoto, J. Antônio H. Carraro, Catherine O’Sullivan	2022	20
13	Acoustic Emission Enabled Particle Size Estimation via Low Stress-Varied Axial Interface Shearing IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement ·Min Yu, Tom Reddyhoff, Daniele Dini, Andrew S. Holmes, Catherine O’Sullivan	2022	3
14	Using Ultrasonic Reflection Resonance to Probe Stress Wave Velocity in Assemblies of Spherical Particles IEEE Sensors Journal ·Min Yu, Tom Reddyhoff, Daniele Dini, Andrew S. Holmes, Catherine O’Sullivan	2021	4
15	Use of DEM in geomechanics: Special issue associated with the DEM 8 conference Computers and Geotechnics ·Catherine O’Sullivan, Hongyang Cheng, Jidong Zhao	2021	2
16	Rheological transitions in semi-solid alloys: In-situ imaging and LBM-DEM simulations Acta Materialia ·Kerolin Elza Costa Gonçalves, Catherine O’Sullivan, Hideyuki Yasuda, C.M. Gourlay	2020	18
17	Ability of a pore network model to predict fluid flow and drag in saturated granular materials Computers and Geotechnics ·Adnan Sufian, RusdiHi Ishak, Catherine O’Sullivan, Berend van Wachem, Daniele Dini	2019	27
18	CPL library — A minimal framework for coupled particle and continuum simulation Computer Physics Communications ·Edward R. Smith, J. Buckingham, Randall T. Wiken, Adnan Sufian, Catherine O’Sullivan, Daniele Dini	2019	13
19	Analysis of an Image-Based Method to Quantify the Size and Shape of Sand Particles Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ·Fatin N. Altuhafi, Catherine O’Sullivan, I. Cavarretta Hit paper breakdown →	2012	298
20	Three-Dimensional Discrete Element Simulations of Direct Shear Tests Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) ·Catherine O’Sullivan, Liang Cui	2005	13

About Catherine O’Sullivan

Catherine O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials and Ocean Engineering, having authored 190 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (100 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (65 papers), Landslides and related hazards (60 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (57 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (33 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (29 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (17 papers) and Dam Engineering and Safety (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Civil and Structural Engineering (5.5k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (2.6k citations), Computational Mechanics (2.5k citations), Mechanics of Materials (1.7k citations) and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (421 citations). Catherine O’Sullivan has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Kevin J. Hanley, M. R. Coop, I. Cavarretta, Thomas Shire, Liang Cui, Xin Huang, Jonathan D. Bray, J. Fonseca, M. Otsubo and Peter Lee. Their work appears in journals such as Géotechnique, Granular Matter, Computers and Geotechnics, SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS and Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

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