John T. Christian

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

John T. Christian is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, John T. Christian has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 22 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in John T. Christian's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (22 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (13 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (12 papers). John T. Christian is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (22 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (13 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (12 papers). John T. Christian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Cuba. John T. Christian's co-authors include Gregory B. Baecher, Charles C. Ladd, Edward H. Davis, Alfredo Urzúa, Gonzalo Castro, Erik H. Vanmarcke, Ing Hieng Wong, Kaare Høeg, W. Allen Marr and Philippe P. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Engineering Geology and Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

In The Last Decade

John T. Christian

48 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Reliability Applied to Slope Stability Analysis 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Reliability Applied to Slope Stability Analysis
    1994 516 citations John T. Christian, Charles C. Ladd et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John T. Christian United States 15 1.2k 964 345 130 94 49 1.3k
W. H. Tang Hong Kong 17 1.2k 1.0× 879 0.9× 621 1.8× 118 0.9× 89 0.9× 41 1.4k
Zi-Jun Cao China 10 823 0.7× 804 0.8× 371 1.1× 156 1.2× 63 0.7× 25 993
Helmut Schweiger Austria 20 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 297 0.9× 49 0.4× 305 3.2× 136 1.7k
Sara Khoshnevisan United States 16 803 0.7× 500 0.5× 126 0.4× 76 0.6× 100 1.1× 44 906
Robert B. Gilbert United States 18 990 0.8× 445 0.5× 151 0.4× 92 0.7× 57 0.6× 122 1.2k
Dian-Qing Li China 13 824 0.7× 755 0.8× 368 1.1× 94 0.7× 116 1.2× 18 1.0k
Tianzheng Li China 19 588 0.5× 498 0.5× 247 0.7× 68 0.5× 217 2.3× 36 825
Yoshihisa MIYATA Japan 20 951 0.8× 552 0.6× 121 0.4× 32 0.2× 38 0.4× 75 1.0k
Pierre Breul France 18 664 0.6× 290 0.3× 192 0.6× 74 0.6× 167 1.8× 85 857
Richard Kelly Australia 24 1.6k 1.4× 539 0.6× 154 0.4× 39 0.3× 93 1.0× 71 1.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baecher, Gregory B. & John T. Christian. (2019). TH Wu and the origins of geotechnical reliability. Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 13(4). 242–246. 1 indexed citations
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Urzúa, Alfredo, Ricardo Dobry, & John T. Christian. (2017). Is Harmonic Averaging of Shear Wave Velocity or the Simplified Rayleigh Method Appropriate to Estimate the Period of a Soil Profile?. Earthquake Spectra. 33(3). 895–915. 16 indexed citations
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Christian, John T. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2014). Geotechnical Reliability – Ten Unresolved Problems. 18(4). 16–20. 1 indexed citations
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Urzúa, Alfredo & John T. Christian. (2014). Displacements from the 2014 Iquique M8.2 Earthquake and M7.7 Aftershock Added to a Sliding Displacement Model. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 141(2). 1 indexed citations
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Fox, Patrick J., et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Data Analysis Methods for the CRS Consolidation Test. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 140(6). 17 indexed citations
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Christian, John T. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2014). D. W. Taylor and the Foundations of Modern Soil Mechanics. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 141(2). 8 indexed citations
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Urzúa, Alfredo & John T. Christian. (2013). Sliding displacements due to subduction-zone earthquakes. Engineering Geology. 166. 237–244. 15 indexed citations
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Christian, John T. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2011). Unresolved Problems in Geotechnical Risk and Reliability. 50–63. 44 indexed citations
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Christian, John T.. (2004). Geotechnical Engineering Reliability: How Well Do We Know What We Are Doing?. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 130(10). 985–1003. 198 indexed citations
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Christian, John T. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2003). Discussion of “Probabilistic Foundation Settlement on Spatially Random Soil” by Gordon A. Fenton and D. V. Griffiths. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 129(9). 866–866. 3 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B. & John T. Christian. (2003). Discussion of “Evaluating Site Investigation Quality Using GIS and Geostatistics” by R. L. Parsons and J. D. Frost. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 129(9). 867–867. 2 indexed citations
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Christian, John T. & Alfredo Urzúa. (1998). PROBABILISTIC EVALUATION OF EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED SLOPE FAILURE. TECHNICAL NOTE. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 124(11). 1 indexed citations
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Christian, John T.. (1976). Relative Motion of Two Points during an Earthquake. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division. 102(11). 1191–1194. 4 indexed citations
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Castro, Gonzalo & John T. Christian. (1976). Shear Strength of Soils and Cyclic Loading. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division. 102(9). 887–894. 36 indexed citations
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Christian, John T., et al.. (1975). Analysis of Undrained Behavior of Loads on Clay. 51–84. 5 indexed citations
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Christian, John T., et al.. (1974). Differential Settlement of Buildings. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division. 100(9). 973–991. 50 indexed citations
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Christian, John T., et al.. (1974). Differential settlement of buildings.-Extensive settlement and differential settlement data for a wide range of soils and structures are analyzed. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts. 11(12). 248–248. 2 indexed citations
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Christian, John T., et al.. (1973). CONSOLIDATION AT CONSTANT RATE OF STRAIN. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 99. 1 indexed citations
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Carrier, W. David & John T. Christian. (1973). Analysis of Inhomogeneous Elastic Half-Space. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 99(3). 301–306. 4 indexed citations
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Christian, John T., et al.. (1971). The Initiation of Failure in Slopes in Overconsolidated Clays and Clay Shales.. 1 indexed citations

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