Doug Stead

8.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
142 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Doug Stead is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Mechanics of Materials and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Doug Stead has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 91 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 50 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Doug Stead's work include Landslides and related hazards (96 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (86 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (50 papers). Doug Stead is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (96 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (86 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (50 papers). Doug Stead collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Italy and United Kingdom. Doug Stead's co-authors include Davide Elmo, Fuqiang Gao, John Coggan, Erik Eberhardt, Matthieu Sturzenegger, Marc-André Brideau, Andrea Wolter, Hongpu Kang, Ming Yan and Mirko Francioni and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing, Geomorphology and International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Doug Stead

140 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

Numerical analysis of initiation and progressive failure in natural rock slopes—the 1991 Randa rockslide

2003 481 citations Erik Eberhardt, Doug Stead et al. profile →
Close-range terrestrial digital photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning for discontinuity characterization on rock cuts

2009 371 citations Doug Stead et al. Engineering Geology profile →
A critical review of rock slope failure mechanisms: The importance of structural geology

2015 300 citations Doug Stead et al. profile →
The application of a modified Voronoi logic to brittle fracture modelling at the laboratory and field scale

2014 244 citations Doug Stead et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Doug Stead Canada	46	4.2k	4.2k	2.1k	2.0k	947	142	6.7k
Roberto Tomás Spain	47	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	590 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	234	6.9k
Mark S. Diederichs Canada	39	2.5k 0.6×	5.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	3.6k 1.8×	1.6k 1.7×	144	7.1k
Erik Eberhardt Canada	34	3.3k 0.8×	4.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	98	5.7k
Hengxing Lan China	39	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	577 0.6×	196	5.2k
D. M. Crudën Canada	30	4.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	406 0.4×	98	6.1k
C. Derek Martin Canada	50	4.9k 1.2×	8.4k 2.0×	2.3k 1.1×	4.4k 2.2×	3.2k 3.4×	164	11.5k
Pinnaduwa H.S.W. Kulatilake United States	43	2.4k 0.6×	4.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	150	5.4k
Serge Leroueil Canada	48	4.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	2.0k 1.0×	7.4k 3.7×	377 0.4×	157	10.4k
Jordi Corominas Spain	37	5.9k 1.4×	706 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	178 0.2×	90	6.7k
E.T. Brown Australia	34	3.1k 0.7×	7.2k 1.7×	3.4k 1.6×	4.6k 2.3×	2.2k 2.3×	82	9.3k

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Eberhardt, Erik, et al.. (2024). Development of a Non-Destructive Stress Measurement Technique with Applications in Deep Mining Using Distributed Sensing.

Donati, Davide, Doug Stead, Bernhard Rabus, et al.. (2023). Characterization of the Fels Landslide (Alaska) Using Combined Terrestrial, Aerial, and Satellite Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing. 16(1). 117–117. 3 indexed citations

Francioni, Mirko, et al.. (2020). Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Data and Discrete Fracture Network Models for Improved Rockfall Simulations. Remote Sensing. 12(12). 2053–2053. 37 indexed citations

Francioni, Mirko, Fernando Calamita, John Coggan, et al.. (2019). A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Study of Large Rock Avalanches Combining Remote Sensing, GIS and Field Surveys: The Case of the Scanno Landslide, Italy. Remote Sensing. 11(13). 1570–1570. 16 indexed citations

Francioni, Mirko, et al.. (2019). A New Fast and Low-Cost Photogrammetry Method for the Engineering Characterization of Rock Slopes. Remote Sensing. 11(11). 1267–1267. 29 indexed citations

Francioni, Mirko, Doug Stead, Nicola Sciarra, & Fernando Calamita. (2018). A new approach for defining Slope Mass Rating in heterogeneous sedimentary rocks using a combined remote sensing GIS approach. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 78(6). 4253–4274. 22 indexed citations

Donati, Davide, et al.. (2018). New approaches to characterize brittle fracture and damage in fractured rock masses. 2 indexed citations

Francioni, Mirko, Riccardo Salvini, Doug Stead, & John Coggan. (2017). Improvements in the integration of remote sensing and rock slope modelling. Natural Hazards. 90(2). 975–1004. 72 indexed citations

Stead, Doug, et al.. (2017). A Review of the Application of Numerical Modelling in the Prediction of Depth of Spalling Damage around Underground Openings. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 5 indexed citations

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Cervi, Federico, et al.. (2017). An investigation into the development of toppling at the edge of fractured rock plateaux using a numerical modelling approach. Geomorphology. 288. 83–98. 35 indexed citations

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Stead, Doug, et al.. (2016). A Comparison of Traditional, Step-Path, and Geostatistical Techniques in the Stability Analysis of a Large Open Pit. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 50(4). 927–949. 10 indexed citations

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Eberhardt, Erik, et al.. (2015). Transitioning from Open Pit to Underground Mass Mining: Meeting the Rock Engineering Challenges of Going Deeper. 3 indexed citations

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Hunt, Christopher H., et al.. (2015). Characterising Groundwater in Rock Slopes using a Combined Remote Sensing - Numerical Modelling Approach. 2 indexed citations

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Stead, Doug, et al.. (2014). A Sequential Gaussian Simulation Approach To Modelling Rock Mass Heterogeneity. 3 indexed citations

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Stead, Doug, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Development of the Mitchell Creek Landslide, B.C., using Remote Sensing, Geomorphological Analysis and Numerical Modelling. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Francioni, Mirko, et al.. (2014). A case study integrating remote sensing and distinct element analysis to quarry slope stability assessment in the Monte Altissimo area, Italy. Engineering Geology. 183. 290–302. 45 indexed citations

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Stead, Doug, et al.. (2013). The Mitchell Creek Landslide, B.C., Canada: Investigation using Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling. 2 indexed citations

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Stead, Doug, et al.. (2013). Seepage Characterization in High Rock Slopes Using Remote Sensing. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Ming, Davide Elmo, & Doug Stead. (2007). Characterization of Step-path Failure Mechanisms: A Combined Field Based- Numerical Modeling Study. 2 indexed citations

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Eberhardt, Erik, Peter Kaiser, & Doug Stead. (2002). Numerical Analysis Of Progressive Failure In Natural Rock Slopes. 9 indexed citations

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