Laurits Bjerrum

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Laurits Bjerrum is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurits Bjerrum has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 2 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 2 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Laurits Bjerrum's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (7 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (6 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (3 papers). Laurits Bjerrum is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (7 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (6 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (3 papers). Laurits Bjerrum collaborates with scholars based in Norway. Laurits Bjerrum's co-authors include Arvid Landva, A. W. Bishop, K. Y. Lo, N Janbu, T. Cameron Kenney and Ivan Th. Rosenqvist and has published in prestigious journals such as Géotechnique, Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) and Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division.

In The Last Decade

Laurits Bjerrum

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Engineering Geology of Norwegian Normally-Consolidated Marine Clays as Related to Settlements of Buildings

1967 658 citations Laurits Bjerrum Géotechnique profile →
Direct Simple-Shear Tests on a Norwegian Quick Clay

1966 340 citations Laurits Bjerrum, Arvid Landva Géotechnique profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laurits Bjerrum Norway	11	1.5k	425	386	161	85	16	1.7k
D. J. Henkel United States	13	1.2k 0.9×	214 0.5×	264 0.7×	227 1.4×	60 0.7×	19	1.6k
F. Tavenas Canada	24	2.2k 1.5×	518 1.2×	342 0.9×	177 1.1×	132 1.6×	58	2.4k
T. William Lambe United States	16	1.2k 0.8×	324 0.8×	217 0.6×	121 0.8×	60 0.7×	63	1.5k
Karl Terzaghi United States	12	768 0.5×	287 0.7×	228 0.6×	191 1.2×	46 0.5×	29	1.1k
N Janbu Norway	12	1.0k 0.7×	530 1.2×	303 0.8×	98 0.6×	64 0.8×	18	1.2k
Laing Barden United Kingdom	21	1.2k 0.8×	115 0.3×	291 0.8×	225 1.4×	59 0.7×	36	1.4k
D. W. Hight United Kingdom	24	2.5k 1.7×	378 0.9×	482 1.2×	187 1.2×	99 1.2×	52	2.6k
John H. Schmertmann United States	18	1.8k 1.2×	505 1.2×	224 0.6×	130 0.8×	155 1.8×	72	2.0k
Kenneth L. Lee United States	25	3.2k 2.2×	589 1.4×	415 1.1×	234 1.5×	68 0.8×	50	3.4k
T. Cameron Kenney Norway	13	1.5k 1.0×	408 1.0×	383 1.0×	165 1.0×	72 0.8×	34	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Laurits Bjerrum

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laurits Bjerrum

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Bjerrum, Laurits, et al.. (1976). Laurits Bjerrum memorial volume : contributions to soil mechanics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 12 indexed citations

2.

Bjerrum, Laurits. (1973). Embankments on Soft Ground. 1. 159 indexed citations

3.

Bjerrum, Laurits. (1971). Settlements During Leaching. 85(85). 47–48. 1 indexed citations

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Bjerrum, Laurits. (1967). Engineering Geology of Norwegian Normally-Consolidated Marine Clays as Related to Settlements of Buildings. Géotechnique. 17(2). 83–118. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bjerrum, Laurits. (1967). The Third Terzaghi Lectures; Progressive Failure in Slopes of Overconsolidated Plastic Clay and Clay Shales. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 93(5). 1–49. 126 indexed citations

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Bjerrum, Laurits & Arvid Landva. (1966). Direct Simple-Shear Tests on a Norwegian Quick Clay. Géotechnique. 16(1). 1–20. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bjerrum, Laurits, et al.. (1965). Measuring Instruments for Strutted Excavations. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 91(1). 111–141. 2 indexed citations

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Bjerrum, Laurits, et al.. (1963). Correspondence. Géotechnique. 13(2). 171–173. 1 indexed citations

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Bjerrum, Laurits & K. Y. Lo. (1963). Effect of Again of the Shear-Strength Properties of a Normally Consolidated Clay. Géotechnique. 13(2). 147–157. 45 indexed citations

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Bjerrum, Laurits, et al.. (1960). The Development of Soil Mechanics in Sweden, 1900–1925. Géotechnique. 10(1). 1–18. 21 indexed citations

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Bjerrum, Laurits, et al.. (1960). Fundamental Shear-Strength Properties of the Lilla Edet Clay. Géotechnique. 10(3). 101–109. 21 indexed citations

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Bishop, A. W. & Laurits Bjerrum. (1960). The Relevance of the Triaxial Test to the Solution of Stability Problems. 437–501. 91 indexed citations

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Janbu, N, et al.. (1956). Veiledning ved løsning av fundamenteringsoppgaver. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 22 indexed citations

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Bjerrum, Laurits & Ivan Th. Rosenqvist. (1956). Correspondence. Géotechnique. 6(4). 194–194. 2 indexed citations

15.

Bjerrum, Laurits. (1954). Geotechnical Properties of Norwegian Marine Clays. Géotechnique. 4(2). 49–69. 206 indexed citations

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Bjerrum, Laurits. (1951). Fundamental Considerations On The Shear Strength Of Soil. Géotechnique. 2(3). 209–218. 7 indexed citations

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