John T. Christian

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

John T. Christian is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, John T. Christian has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 13 papers in Building and Construction and 12 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in John T. Christian's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (15 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (13 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (12 papers). John T. Christian is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (15 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (13 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (12 papers). John T. Christian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Norway. John T. Christian's co-authors include Gregory B. Baecher, Edward H. Davis, W. David Carrier, Peter K. Taylor, Robert V. Whitman, Kaare Høeg, Eduardo Kausel, José M. Roësset, Tian Xie and Alfredo Urzúa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics and Computers & Structures.

In The Last Decade

John T. Christian

52 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

RELIABILITY AND STATISTICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

2003 1.1k citations Gregory B. Baecher, John T. Christian Wiley eBooks profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John T. Christian United States	16	1.6k	1.0k	279	237	200	59	2.0k
Robert Y. Liang United States	34	2.6k 1.6×	1.0k 1.0×	434 1.6×	652 2.8×	116 0.6×	181	3.2k
Hid N. Grouni	6	755 0.5×	335 0.3×	87 0.3×	237 1.0×	557 2.8×	13	1.2k
Ralph B. Peck United States	19	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	260 0.9×	257 1.1×	38 0.2×	67	2.2k
Qiujing Pan China	29	2.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.9×	473 1.7×	395 1.7×	451 2.3×	82	2.5k
Gregory B. Baecher United States	23	2.6k 1.6×	2.2k 2.2×	923 3.3×	672 2.8×	383 1.9×	91	3.6k
A. Johari Iran	25	1.4k 0.9×	870 0.9×	454 1.6×	173 0.7×	77 0.4×	76	1.6k
Milton E. Harr United States	11	786 0.5×	480 0.5×	148 0.5×	152 0.6×	175 0.9×	44	1.2k
Raymond J. Krizek United States	20	1.2k 0.8×	269 0.3×	156 0.6×	151 0.6×	21 0.1×	165	1.6k
Luc Chouinard Canada	22	850 0.5×	171 0.2×	175 0.6×	191 0.8×	43 0.2×	107	1.3k
Dookie Kim South Korea	23	1.3k 0.8×	210 0.2×	98 0.4×	140 0.6×	74 0.4×	124	1.7k

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Christian, John T., et al.. (2019). The application of synthetic aperture radar imaging technique to measure moisture content of concrete structures. Measurement. 152. 107335–107335. 8 indexed citations

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Baecher, Gregory B. & John T. Christian. (2010). Risk Modeling Issues and Appropriate Technology. GeoFlorida 2010. 58. 1944–1951. 1 indexed citations

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Issa, Mohamed, et al.. (2008). Lessons learned from the use of interactive workspaces for student team design project meetings. Journal of Information Technology in Construction. 13(37). 674–690. 2 indexed citations

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Christian, John T.. (2006). An Overview of Past Proposals for Military Retirement Reform. RAND Corporation eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Christian, John T. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2006). The Meaning(s) of Statistical Inference in Geotechnical Practice. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Baecher, Gregory B. & John T. Christian. (2006). The Influence of Spatial Correlation on the Performance of Earth Structures and Foundations. 1–6. 7 indexed citations

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Baecher, Gregory B. & John T. Christian. (2003). RELIABILITY AND STATISTICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. Wiley eBooks. 1102 indexed citations breakdown →

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Christian, John T. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2002). The point‐estimate method with large numbers of variables. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 26(15). 1515–1529. 58 indexed citations

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Cherubini, Claudia, John T. Christian, Gregory B. Baecher, et al.. (2001). FACTOR OF SAFETY AND RELIABILITY IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 127(8). 9 indexed citations

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Christian, John T.. (2000). Statistical Implications of Limited Field Data. 298–306. 1 indexed citations

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Christian, John T.. (1999). "Remedial Measures Against Soil Liquefaction: From Investigation and Design to Implementation" edited by The Japanese Geotechnical Society. Seismological Research Letters. 70(3). 336–337. 1 indexed citations

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Christian, John T., et al.. (1997). Cost Predictions of Facilities. Journal of Management in Engineering. 13(1). 52–61. 18 indexed citations

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Christian, John T.. (1996). Reliability Methods for Stability of Existing Slopes. 409–418. 13 indexed citations

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Christian, John T.. (1989). 3. Generating Seismic Design Power Spectral Density Functions. Earthquake Spectra. 5(2). 351–368. 17 indexed citations

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Christian, John T. & W. David Carrier. (1989). Discussion of “ Elastic Foundation Settlements on Sand Deposits ” by Joseph E. Bowles (August, 1987, Vol. 113, No. 8). Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. 115(3). 425–426. 1 indexed citations

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Christian, John T.. (1988). Developing Design Ground Motions in Practice. 405–429. 4 indexed citations

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Christian, John T., et al.. (1988). Earthmoving cost optimization by operational research. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 15(4). 679–684. 15 indexed citations

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Christian, John T., et al.. (1970). Plane Strain Consolidation by Finite Elements. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 96(4). 1435–1457. 117 indexed citations

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Høeg, Kaare, John T. Christian, & Robert V. Whitman. (1968). Settlement of Strip Load on Elastic-Plastic Soil. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 94(2). 431–445. 26 indexed citations

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Christian, John T.. (1968). Undrained Stress Distribution by Numerical Methods. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 94(6). 1333–1345. 55 indexed citations

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