Kok‐Kwang Phoon

24.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
410 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Kok‐Kwang Phoon is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Kok‐Kwang Phoon has authored 410 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 291 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 240 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 59 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Kok‐Kwang Phoon's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (237 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (127 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (94 papers). Kok‐Kwang Phoon is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (237 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (127 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (94 papers). Kok‐Kwang Phoon collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and Taiwan. Kok‐Kwang Phoon's co-authors include Fred H. Kulhawy, Jianye Ching, Ser Tong Quek, Dianqing Li, Chong Tang, Chuangbing Zhou, Xiaosong Tang, Hongwei Huang, Zi-Jun Cao and Shuping Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Kok‐Kwang Phoon

403 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Characterization of geotechnical variability

1999 1.7k citations Kok‐Kwang Phoon et al. Canadian Geotechnical Journal profile →
Evaluation of geotechnical property variability

1999 581 citations Kok‐Kwang Phoon et al. Canadian Geotechnical Journal profile →
Efficient System Reliability Analysis of Slope Stability in Spatially Variable Soils Using Monte Carlo Simulation

2014 312 citations Dianqing Li, Zi-Jun Cao et al. profile →
Future of machine learning in geotechnics

2022 174 citations Kok‐Kwang Phoon et al. profile →
Challenges in data-driven site characterization

2021 148 citations Kok‐Kwang Phoon, Jianye Ching et al. profile →
Geotechnical uncertainty, modeling, and decision making

2022 111 citations Kok‐Kwang Phoon, Zi-Jun Cao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kok‐Kwang Phoon Singapore	69	13.8k	11.4k	3.4k	2.6k	1.8k	410	17.6k
Yu Wang Hong Kong	56	6.2k 0.4×	4.9k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	356	9.7k
D. V. Griffiths United States	52	10.6k 0.8×	9.3k 0.8×	4.2k 1.2×	724 0.3×	535 0.3×	256	12.8k
Scott W. Sloan Australia	76	13.6k 1.0×	8.5k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	616 0.2×	634 0.4×	316	17.5k
Hongwei Huang China	61	8.3k 0.6×	4.7k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	690 0.3×	590 0.3×	406	11.0k
C. Hsein Juang United States	60	8.5k 0.6×	5.1k 0.4×	2.7k 0.8×	534 0.2×	443 0.2×	285	10.6k
Jianye Ching Taiwan	46	5.1k 0.4×	3.6k 0.3×	1.0k 0.3×	1.6k 0.6×	658 0.4×	210	6.7k
Chuangbing Zhou China	59	6.5k 0.5×	4.1k 0.4×	4.0k 1.2×	877 0.3×	986 0.6×	205	9.8k
Wengang Zhang China	58	7.9k 0.6×	5.2k 0.5×	3.3k 1.0×	228 0.1×	719 0.4×	374	13.1k
Zhen‐Yu Yin Hong Kong	71	13.4k 1.0×	4.7k 0.4×	3.3k 1.0×	171 0.1×	1.0k 0.6×	611	17.0k
Herbert H. Einstein United States	47	4.9k 0.4×	2.6k 0.2×	3.3k 1.0×	189 0.1×	779 0.4×	203	10.1k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, et al.. (2025). Efficient dictionary learning for constructing quasi-local transformation models. Computers and Geotechnics. 180. 107072–107072. 5 indexed citations

Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, et al.. (2025). Third Workshop on the Future of Machine Learning in Geotechnics (3FOMLIG), 15-17 October 2025, Florence, Italy. 5. 100050–100050.

Shuku, Takayuki, et al.. (2025). ℓ1 trend clustering: Trend estimation, clustering, and change detection for spatial-temporal ground displacement data from satellite remote sensing. 3. 100020–100020.

Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, et al.. (2024). Confined seepage analysis of saturated soils using fuzzy fields. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17(3). 1302–1320. 1 indexed citations

Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, et al.. (2024). Editorial for Machine learning and AI for underground metaverse. Underground Space. 19. 1–3. 4 indexed citations

Tang, Chong, et al.. (2024). Development and use of axial load test databases for analysis and design of soft rock sockets. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 62. 1–21. 2 indexed citations

Ching, Jianye, et al.. (2024). Data-driven hierarchical Bayesian model for predicting wall deflections in deep excavations in clay. Computers and Geotechnics. 168. 106135–106135. 13 indexed citations

Ma, Guotao, Mohammad Rezania, Mohaddeseh Mousavi Nezhad, & Kok‐Kwang Phoon. (2024). Multivariate copula-based framework for stochastic analysis of landslide runout distance. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 250. 110270–110270. 13 indexed citations

Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, et al.. (2023). Special collection on data-centric foundation engineering using statistics. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. 72. 103439–103439. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinzhang, Hongwei Huang, Dongming Zhang, & Kok‐Kwang Phoon. (2023). Experimental study of the coupling effect on segmental shield tunnel lining under surcharge loading and excavation unloading. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 140. 105199–105199. 33 indexed citations

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Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, Jianye Ching, & Zi-Jun Cao. (2022). Unpacking data-centric geotechnics. Underground Space. 7(6). 967–989. 68 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Tengyuan Zhao, & Kok‐Kwang Phoon. (2019). Statistical inference of random field auto-correlation structure from multiple sets of incomplete and sparse measurements using Bayesian compressive sampling-based bootstrapping. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 124. 217–236. 18 indexed citations

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Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, J.V. Retief, Jianye Ching, et al.. (2016). Some observations on ISO2394:2015 Annex D (Reliability of Geotechnical Structures). Structural Safety. 62. 24–33. 74 indexed citations

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Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, et al.. (2014). Probabilistic analysis of a pressurized tunnel face against collapse and blow out. EGUGA. 11551. 2 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiaosong, Dianqing Li, Chuangbing Zhou, & Kok‐Kwang Phoon. (2012). Probabilistic analysis of load-displacement hyperbolic curves of single pile using Copula. Rock and Soil Mechanics. 33(1). 171–178. 4 indexed citations

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Phoon, Kok‐Kwang, Shilin Liu, & Yean Khow Chow. (2009). CHARACTERIZATION OF MODEL UNCERTAINTIES FOR CANTILEVER RETAINING WALLS IN SAND. 4(3). 75–85. 11 indexed citations

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Guo, Wei Dong, Robert L. Parsons, Limin Zhang, Kok‐Kwang Phoon, & Michael Yang. (2006). Foundation Analysis and Design: Innovative Methods. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 1. 3 indexed citations

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Liong, Shie‐Yui, Kok‐Kwang Phoon, & Vladan Babovic. (2004). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hydroinformatics : Singapore, 21-24 June 2004. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Tan, T. S., Kok‐Kwang Phoon, D. W. Hight, & Serge Leroueil. (2003). Characterisation and engineering properties of natural soils. 287 indexed citations

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Liong, S. Y., et al.. (2001). Forecasting of river flow data with a general regression neural network. IAHS-AISH publication. 285–290. 8 indexed citations

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