Eric Spencer

1000 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 760 citations indexed

About

Eric Spencer is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Spencer has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 760 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 3 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 2 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Eric Spencer's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (3 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (3 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (3 papers). Eric Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (3 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (3 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (3 papers). Eric Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Eric Spencer's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as Géotechnique, Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division and Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division.

In The Last Decade

Eric Spencer

7 papers receiving 652 citations

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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.

A Method of Analysis of the Stability of Embankments Assuming Parallel Inter-Slice Forces

1968 612 citations Eric Spencer Géotechnique profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Spencer United Kingdom	5	691	689	435	43	13	8	760
Ka‐Ching San Japan	6	672 1.0×	657 1.0×	448 1.0×	89 2.1×	11 0.8×	7	752
Amr S. Azzouz United States	11	334 0.5×	637 0.9×	177 0.4×	23 0.5×	8 0.6×	17	687
Wolfgang Roth United States	6	772 1.1×	786 1.1×	510 1.2×	154 3.6×	19 1.5×	13	932
I B Donald Australia	8	226 0.3×	453 0.7×	245 0.6×	60 1.4×	6 0.5×	16	503
Sarada K. Sarma United Kingdom	8	352 0.5×	402 0.6×	285 0.7×	41 1.0×	10 0.8×	17	493
Ethan Dawson United States	8	812 1.2×	811 1.2×	516 1.2×	169 3.9×	21 1.6×	21	985
Arthur Casagrande United States	7	142 0.2×	370 0.5×	97 0.2×	34 0.8×	6 0.5×	10	441
S. Lacasse Norway	11	193 0.3×	673 1.0×	146 0.3×	30 0.7×	12 0.9×	26	723
G. T. Dounias United Kingdom	7	141 0.2×	354 0.5×	182 0.4×	46 1.1×	5 0.4×	9	390
H. Y. Fang United States	7	159 0.2×	329 0.5×	133 0.3×	19 0.4×	29 2.2×	21	392

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Spencer, Eric. (1981). Slip Circles and Critical Shear Planes. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division. 107(7). 929–942. 5 indexed citations

2.

Spencer, Eric. (1978). Earth Slopes Subject to Lateral Acceleration. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division. 104(12). 1489–1500. 8 indexed citations

3.

Spencer, Eric. (1973). Thrust line criterion in embankment stability analysis. Géotechnique. 23(1). 85–100. 121 indexed citations

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Spencer, Eric. (1970). Closure to “Circular and Logarithmic Spiral Slip Surfaces”. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 96(4). 1466–1467. 1 indexed citations

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Spencer, Eric. (1969). Circular and Logarithmic Spiral Slip Surfaces. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 95(1). 227–234. 10 indexed citations

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Spencer, Eric. (1968). A Method of Analysis of the Stability of Embankments Assuming Parallel Inter-Slice Forces. Géotechnique. 18(3). 384–386. 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spencer, Eric. (1968). STABILITY OF EARTH EMBANKMENTS. 2 indexed citations

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Spencer, Eric. (1968). Effect of Tension on Stability of Embankments. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 94(5). 1159–1173. 1 indexed citations

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