Jonathan Knappett

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Knappett is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Knappett has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Knappett's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (49 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (44 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (43 papers). Jonathan Knappett is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (49 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (44 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (43 papers). Jonathan Knappett collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and China. Jonathan Knappett's co-authors include Spg Madabhushi, Teng Liang, Michael Brown, Asad H. Aldefae, A. Glyn Bengough, Anthony Kwan Leung, Gerrit Meijer, Stuart K. Haigh, Ioannis Anastasopoulos and Benjamin Cerfontaine and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and Plant and Soil.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Knappett

107 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Seismic behaviour of tunn... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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. Seismic behaviour of tunnels: From experiments to analysis
    2020 231 citations Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Georgios Kampas et al. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jonathan Knappett 1.9k 583 457 251 208 112 2.5k
Tim Newson 1.1k 0.6× 239 0.4× 192 0.4× 141 0.6× 57 0.3× 91 1.6k
Chao Zhou 2.6k 1.4× 563 1.0× 315 0.7× 880 3.5× 83 0.4× 183 3.5k
W. M. Yan 1.2k 0.7× 201 0.3× 273 0.6× 461 1.8× 159 0.8× 58 1.6k
M. F. Bransby 3.2k 1.7× 881 1.5× 799 1.7× 323 1.3× 111 0.5× 135 4.1k
Junxing Zheng 1.5k 0.8× 315 0.5× 98 0.2× 344 1.4× 192 0.9× 104 2.0k
Seung-Rae Lee 864 0.5× 635 1.1× 212 0.5× 596 2.4× 36 0.2× 104 2.2k
Behzad Fatahi 3.9k 2.1× 269 0.5× 696 1.5× 345 1.4× 135 0.6× 188 4.3k
D. G. Toll 2.2k 1.2× 159 0.3× 478 1.0× 1.2k 4.9× 152 0.7× 149 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Knappett

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Knappett

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jonathan Knappett. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jonathan Knappett based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jonathan Knappett. Jonathan Knappett is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boldrin, David, et al.. (2025). On the Uprooting Stability of Trees: Combined Loading Effect on Tree Stability Assessment. Forests. 16(12). 1780–1780.
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Zhang, Xingyu, Jonathan Knappett, Teng Liang, et al.. (2025). Mechanical Behaviour of Leeward Lateral Roots During Tree Overturning. Forests. 16(11). 1692–1692. 1 indexed citations
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Knappett, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Numerical simulation of large tunnel alignments under seismic loading: The Large Hadron Collider as a case study. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 157. 106315–106315. 1 indexed citations
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Cerfontaine, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Anchor geotechnics for floating offshore wind: Current technologies and future innovations. Ocean Engineering. 279. 114327–114327. 44 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xingyu, Matteo Oryem Ciantia, Jonathan Knappett, Anthony Kwan Leung, & Teng Liang. (2023). Particle size effects on the axial pull-out and push-in behaviour of roots. Acta Geotechnica. 19(3). 1461–1476. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Michael, et al.. (2023). Impacts of reference strain rate and strain level dependency on rate effects in fine-grained soils. Géotechnique Letters. 13(1). 48–53. 2 indexed citations
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Meijer, Gerrit, Jonathan Knappett, A. Glyn Bengough, et al.. (2022). DRAM: A three-dimensional analytical model for the mobilisation of root reinforcement in direct shear conditions. Ecological Engineering. 179. 106621–106621. 13 indexed citations
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Leung, Anthony Kwan, et al.. (2022). Thermally induced ratcheting of a thermo-active reinforced concrete pile in sand under sustained lateral load. Géotechnique. 73(9). 826–839. 26 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xingyu, Jonathan Knappett, Anthony Kwan Leung, et al.. (2022). Centrifuge modelling of root–soil interaction of laterally loaded trees under different loading conditions. Géotechnique. 73(9). 766–780. 17 indexed citations
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Cerfontaine, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Centrifuge Testing of Large Screw Pile Geometries for Offshore Applications. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 139–144. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Michael, et al.. (2021). Assessing single-helix screw pile geometry on offshore installation and axial capacity. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering. 174(5). 512–529. 12 indexed citations
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Leung, Anthony Kwan, et al.. (2021). Centrifuge modelling of the use of discretely spaced energy pile row to reinforce unsaturated silt. Géotechnique. 72(7). 618–631. 21 indexed citations
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Knappett, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). Effect of soil permeability on soil–structure and structure–soil–structure interaction of low-rise structures. Géotechnique. 72(9). 784–799. 9 indexed citations
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Cerfontaine, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Control of screw pile installation to optimise performance for offshore energy applications. Géotechnique. 73(3). 234–249. 23 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xingyu, Jonathan Knappett, Anthony Kwan Leung, et al.. (2020). Small-scale modelling of root-soil interaction of trees under lateral loads. Plant and Soil. 456(1-2). 289–305. 26 indexed citations
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Liang, Teng, Jonathan Knappett, Anthony Kwan Leung, & A. Glyn Bengough. (2019). Modelling the seismic performance of root-reinforced slopes using the finite-element method. Géotechnique. 70(5). 375–391. 22 indexed citations
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Cerfontaine, Benjamin, Jonathan Knappett, Michael Brown, & Aaron S. Bradshaw. (2019). Effect of soil deformability on the failure mechanism of shallow plate or screw anchors in sand. Computers and Geotechnics. 109. 34–45. 33 indexed citations
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Kampas, Georgios, Jonathan Knappett, Michael Brown, et al.. (2018). The effect of tunnel lining modelling approaches on the seismic response of sprayed concrete tunnels in coarse-grained soils. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 117. 122–137. 29 indexed citations
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Meijer, Gerrit, A. Glyn Bengough, Jonathan Knappett, Kenneth Loades, & Bruce Nicoll. (2017). In situ root identification through blade penetrometer testing – part 2: field testing. Géotechnique. 68(4). 320–331. 11 indexed citations
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Meijer, Gerrit, et al.. (2017). In situ root identification through blade penetrometer testing – part 1: interpretative models and laboratory testing. Géotechnique. 68(4). 303–319. 7 indexed citations

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