Ning Lu

13.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
206 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Ning Lu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Lu has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 84 papers in Environmental Engineering and 56 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Ning Lu's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (157 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (58 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (56 papers). Ning Lu is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (157 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (58 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (56 papers). Ning Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Ning Lu's co-authors include William J. Likos, Jonathan W. Godt, Yi Dong, Chao Zhang, David T. Wu, Morteza Khorshidi, Alexandra Wayllace, John S. McCartney, Seboong Oh and D. V. Griffiths and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, PLoS ONE and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Ning Lu

198 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

Suction Stress Characteri... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2006 2004 2010 2008 250 500 750
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. Suction Stress Characteristic Curve for Unsaturated Soil
    2006 763 citations Ning Lu, William J. Likos Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering profile →
  2. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
    2004 691 citations Ning Lu, William J. Likos profile →
  3. A closed‐form equation for effective stress in unsaturated soil
    2010 650 citations Ning Lu et al. profile →
  4. Infinite slope stability under steady unsaturated seepage conditions
    2008 376 citations Ning Lu et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ning Lu 8.2k 4.1k 2.4k 1.4k 1.2k 206 10.3k
Eduardo Alonso Pérez de Ágreda 9.8k 1.2× 4.4k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 632 0.5× 214 11.7k
Antonio Gens 13.0k 1.6× 4.9k 1.2× 2.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 851 0.7× 299 15.0k
D. G. Fredlund 16.5k 2.0× 7.8k 1.9× 4.1k 1.7× 2.8k 2.0× 1.1k 0.9× 222 18.1k
Anh Minh Tang 6.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.4× 1.7k 0.7× 638 0.5× 629 0.5× 201 7.5k
Harianto Rahardjo 9.5k 1.2× 5.7k 1.4× 2.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.4× 743 0.6× 288 11.1k
Yu‐Jun Cui 7.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 983 0.7× 410 0.4× 209 8.4k
Eng‐Choon Leong 7.2k 0.9× 4.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 502 0.4× 245 8.5k
Lyesse Laloui 8.6k 1.1× 2.6k 0.6× 2.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 2.0k 1.7× 341 12.0k
Pierre Delage 6.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 328 0.2× 369 0.3× 160 7.0k
Daichao Sheng 9.4k 1.1× 3.4k 0.8× 1.0k 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 317 11.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Luo, Shengmin, William J. Likos, & Ning Lu. (2025). Prediction of Soil Freezing Curve from Adsorption-Induced and Capillarity-Induced Water Pressure. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 151(6).
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Wang, Yijie & Ning Lu. (2025). A Closed-Form Equation for Soil Sorptive Potential. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 151(9).
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Lu, Ning, et al.. (2024). Suction Stress–Based Rainfall Intensity–Duration Method for Slope Instability Prediction. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 150(8). 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Lingfeng, et al.. (2024). Comparative analysis of 3D reservoir geologic modeling: A comprehensive review and perspectives. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 244. 213440–213440. 3 indexed citations
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Luo, Shengmin, et al.. (2023). Determining Capillary Pore–Size Distribution of Soil from Soil–Water Retention Curve. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 150(2). 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chao, et al.. (2023). A Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Equation Incorporating Adsorption and Capillarity. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 149(8). 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Ning, et al.. (2023). Closure to “Uniqueness of Suction Stress Value at Liquid Limit of Soil”. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 149(11).
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Lu, Ning & Yi Dong. (2022). Validating a Unified Effective Stress Equation for Soil. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148(6). 2 indexed citations
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Luo, Shengmin, et al.. (2022). Unit Weight of Water in Clayey Soil. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 149(3). 4 indexed citations
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Bouazza, Abdelmalek, et al.. (2022). A Generalized Water Retention Model for Geosynthetic Clay Liners. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148(12). 3 indexed citations
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Luo, Shengmin, Ning Lu, & Yi Dong. (2022). Determination of Soil Sorptive Potential by Soil Water Isotherm. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148(6). 6 indexed citations
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Luo, Shengmin, William J. Likos, & Ning Lu. (2021). Cavitation of Water in Soil. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(8). 26 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Peter, Ben Leshchinsky, Surya Gupta, et al.. (2021). Clays Are Not Created Equal: How Clay Mineral Type Affects Soil Parameterization. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(20). 36 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chao, et al.. (2021). Unified Elastic Modulus Characteristic Curve Equation for Variably Saturated Soils. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148(1). 10 indexed citations
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Luo, Shengmin & Ning Lu. (2021). Validating the Generality of a Closed-Form Equation for Soil Water Isotherm. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(12). 17 indexed citations
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Lu, Ning, et al.. (2020). Correlation between Atterberg Limits and Soil Adsorptive Water. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(2). 17 indexed citations
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Dong, Yi & Ning Lu. (2020). Measurement of Suction Stress and Soil Deformation at High Suction Range. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 44(2). 308–322. 15 indexed citations
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Lu, Ning & Chao Zhang. (2019). Separating External and Internal Surface Areas of Soil Particles. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 146(2). 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chao & Ning Lu. (2019). Soil Sorptive Potential: Its Determination and Predicting Soil Water Density. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 146(1). 48 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chao & Ning Lu. (2018). What Is the Range of Soil Water Density? Critical Reviews With a Unified Model. Reviews of Geophysics. 56(3). 532–562. 107 indexed citations

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