Kenichi MAEDA

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kenichi MAEDA is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenichi MAEDA has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 32 papers in Computational Mechanics and 24 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Kenichi MAEDA's work include Landslides and related hazards (24 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (22 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (20 papers). Kenichi MAEDA is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (24 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (22 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (20 papers). Kenichi MAEDA collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Kenichi MAEDA's co-authors include David Muir Wood, Kinya Miura, Shosuke Toki, Hirotaka Sakai, Masahiro Yoneda, Hitoshi Nakamura, Takashi Torii, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Wei Jiang and Weijie Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Géotechnique and Progress of Theoretical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Kenichi MAEDA

66 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Changing grading of soil: effect on critical states 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Changing grading of soil: effect on critical states
    2007 379 citations Kenichi MAEDA et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenichi MAEDA Japan 18 1.2k 400 341 184 123 93 1.5k
G. Gudehus Germany 17 1.5k 1.3× 472 1.2× 383 1.1× 466 2.5× 375 3.0× 68 1.9k
Marc Elmouttie Australia 15 200 0.2× 233 0.6× 45 0.1× 293 1.6× 144 1.2× 32 629
C. Mariotti France 9 325 0.3× 158 0.4× 226 0.7× 253 1.4× 16 0.1× 22 645
John D. Rice United States 11 342 0.3× 73 0.2× 74 0.2× 151 0.8× 58 0.5× 23 831
Yinghui Tian Australia 23 2.0k 1.7× 163 0.4× 251 0.7× 228 1.2× 699 5.7× 160 2.3k
Christos Vrettos Germany 16 610 0.5× 69 0.2× 132 0.4× 223 1.2× 57 0.5× 71 914
Chao Yuan China 14 325 0.3× 142 0.4× 60 0.2× 111 0.6× 153 1.2× 38 623
Luis Fabián Bonilla France 27 1.8k 1.5× 244 0.6× 37 0.1× 49 0.3× 27 0.2× 71 2.4k
Xiaoqing Liu China 13 271 0.2× 94 0.2× 146 0.4× 126 0.7× 50 0.4× 32 522
Xu Liu China 16 234 0.2× 198 0.5× 40 0.1× 149 0.8× 57 0.5× 91 906

Countries citing papers authored by Kenichi MAEDA

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenichi MAEDA

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenichi MAEDA

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Okamura, Mitsu, et al.. (2025). Geotechnical performance of the Gounokawa River levee during the 2018, 2020, and 2021 flooding events. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS. 65(4). 101656–101656.
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2024). FRACTURE BEHAVIOR OF ROCKFALL PROTECTION SOIL EMBANKMENT WITH SANDY SOIL UNDER IMPACT AND STATIC LOADING. Japanese Journal of JSCE. 80(3). n/a–n/a.
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Okamura, Mitsu, et al.. (2022). Centrifuge modeling of scale effect on hydraulic gradient of backward erosion piping in uniform aquifer under river levees. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS. 62(5). 101214–101214. 7 indexed citations
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2020). MODEL TEST AND ANALYTICAL EVALUATION REGARDING PENETRATION BEHAVIOR DUE TO SEEPAGE OF HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL SKIRT-FOUNDATION. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B2 (Coastal Engineering). 76(2). I_883–I_888. 1 indexed citations
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2017). MICROSCOPIC IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR SOIL PARTICLES MOTION DUE TO HORIZONTAL FLOW BY USING PIV. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B2 (Coastal Engineering). 73(2). I_529–I_534.
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Miyamoto, Junji, et al.. (2017). CENTRIFUGE MODEL TESTS ON BREAKWATER FOUNDATIONS WITH RESILIENT STRUCTURES AGAINST TSUNAMI OVERFLOWS. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B3 (Ocean Engineering). 73(2). I_7–I_12. 1 indexed citations
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2016). THE EFFECT OF BOTTOM BOUNDARY RIGIDITY OF SAND CUSHION ON ROCK FALL IMPACT FORCE USING DEM. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM)). 72(2). I_429–I_440. 1 indexed citations
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YAMAGUCHI, Atsushi, et al.. (2016). Experimental study on scouring the two-layer ground due to jet flow. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B2 (Coastal Engineering). 72(2). I_1195–I_1200.
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2015). THE LOADING RATE DEPENDENCY OF SAND CUSHION FOCUSED ON STRESS WAVE VELOCITY USING DEM. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM)). 71(2). I_557–I_566. 1 indexed citations
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Miyamoto, Junji, et al.. (2014). Instability of Breakwater Foundation under Tsunami Overflow and its Countermeasure. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B2 (Coastal Engineering). 70(2). I_1011–I_1015. 4 indexed citations
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Sawada, Yutaka, et al.. (2013). REDUNDANCY AND DUCTILITY FOR THE BREAKWATER HEAD SUBJECTED TO TSUNAMI. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B3 (Ocean Engineering). 69(2). I_461–I_466.
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2013). Scouring process due to tsunami focusing on different permeability of rubble mound and seabed soil under the breakwater. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B2 (Coastal Engineering). 69(2). I_1031–I_1035. 1 indexed citations
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Bao, Xiaohua, et al.. (2012). Importance of liquefaction analysis considering re-liquefaction due to aftershock of earthquake. Japanese Geotechnical Journal. 7(2). 389–397. 3 indexed citations
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2011). STABILITY OF COASTAL STRUCTURE AGAINST TSUNAMI WITH ACCOUNT FOR SEEPAGE IN COASTAL MOUND STRUCTURE AND SEA-BED. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM)). 67(1). 133–144. 2 indexed citations
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2011). DESIGN AND SERVICEABILITY OF SLAB TYPE FOOTBRIDGE USING GFRP PULTRUSION PROFILES. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser A1 (Structural Engineering & Earthquake Engineering (SE/EE)). 67(2). 258–271.
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2011). Impact force propagation behaviors of rock fall into horizontal granular mat using 2D-DEM. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM)). 67(2). I_355–I_364. 3 indexed citations
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (2010). LAYING EFFECT OF BREATHABLE . WATER PROOF SHEET ON RIVER DIKE CONSIDERING HEAVY RAIN AND AIR BUBBLE. Geosynthetics Engineering Journal. 25. 107–112. 1 indexed citations
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (1992). THE MEASUREMENT OF THE BEHAVIOR AT THE UNDERSEA PORTION OF THE SEIKAN TUNNEL. 2. 143–148. 1 indexed citations
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MAEDA, Kenichi, et al.. (1973). On Soil Structure of Plowed Layer of Paddy Field. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly JARQ. 7(2). 86–92. 2 indexed citations

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