R. E. Gibson

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

R. E. Gibson is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. E. Gibson has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 15 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. E. Gibson's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (10 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (10 papers) and Elasticity and Wave Propagation (7 papers). R. E. Gibson is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (10 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (10 papers) and Elasticity and Wave Propagation (7 papers). R. E. Gibson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. R. E. Gibson's co-authors include M. J. L. Hussey, Gavin L. England, John McNamee, R. L. Schiffman, D. J. Henkel, Shaoyun Pu, Peter Brown, Joshua Nash, Lars Bjerrum and K. R. F. Andrews and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Géotechnique and Canadian Geotechnical Journal.

In The Last Decade

R. E. Gibson

37 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Theory of One-Dimensional Consolidation of Saturated ... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 100 200 300 400 500
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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. The Theory of One-Dimensional Consolidation of Saturated Clays
    1967 561 citations R. E. Gibson, Gavin L. England et al. Géotechnique profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. E. Gibson United Kingdom 18 1.4k 728 368 215 180 41 2.1k
I. W. Farmer United Kingdom 18 872 0.6× 925 1.3× 307 0.8× 267 1.2× 366 2.0× 51 1.7k
M. H. de Freitas United Kingdom 15 475 0.3× 650 0.9× 338 0.9× 190 0.9× 234 1.3× 44 1.3k
John A. Franklin Canada 15 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 2.3× 380 1.0× 223 1.0× 707 3.9× 35 2.4k
R.D. Hart United States 7 605 0.4× 599 0.8× 200 0.5× 82 0.4× 138 0.8× 16 1.2k
D. J. Henkel United States 13 1.2k 0.9× 227 0.3× 156 0.4× 85 0.4× 60 0.3× 19 1.6k
David Snow United States 8 504 0.4× 645 0.9× 790 2.1× 348 1.6× 381 2.1× 10 1.6k
Vishnu D. Choubey India 7 986 0.7× 1.8k 2.5× 350 1.0× 317 1.5× 499 2.8× 13 2.4k
F. Homand France 24 749 0.5× 1.4k 1.9× 217 0.6× 189 0.9× 392 2.2× 64 1.7k
Ergül Yaşar Türkiye 16 1.1k 0.8× 866 1.2× 375 1.0× 177 0.8× 599 3.3× 30 1.8k
Kenneth L. Lee United States 25 3.2k 2.3× 234 0.3× 122 0.3× 121 0.6× 68 0.4× 50 3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. E. Gibson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boer, Reint de, R. L. Schiffman, & R. E. Gibson. (1996). The origins of the theory of consolidation: the Terzaghi—Fillunger dispute. Géotechnique. 46(2). 175–186. 15 indexed citations
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Schiffman, R. L., et al.. (1994). CONSOLIDATION OF CLAY LAYER: HYDROGEOLOGIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS. TECHNICAL NOTE. 120(6). 2 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E.. (1986). Centrifugal Consolidation Testing of Soft Soil.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
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Brown, Peter & R. E. Gibson. (1979). Surface settlement of a finite elastic layer whose modulus increases linearly with depth. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 3(1). 37–47. 7 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., et al.. (1975). SETTLEMENT OF A STRIP LOAD ON A NON-HOMOGENEOUS ORTHOTROPIC INCOMPRESSIBLE ELASTIC HALF-SPACE. The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics. 28(2). 233–243. 23 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E.. (1974). The analytical method in soil mechanics. Géotechnique. 24(2). 115–140. 146 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., et al.. (1973). PLANE STRAIN AND AXIALLY SYMMETRIC PROBLEMS OF A LINEARLY NONHOMOGENEOUS ELASTIC HALF-SPACE. The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics. 26(3). 285–302. 42 indexed citations
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Bjerrum, Lars, et al.. (1972). Hydraulic fracturing in field permeability testing. Géotechnique. 22(2). 319–332. 87 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., et al.. (1972). Free vibration of an unsymmetrical multistoried building modeled as a shear-flexible cantilever beam. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 62(1). 195–213. 1 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., et al.. (1972). Response spectrum solution for earthquake analysis of unsymmetrical multistoried buildings. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 62(1). 215–229. 5 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., Peter Brown, & K. R. F. Andrews. (1971). Some results concerning displacements in a non-homogeneous elastic layer. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 22(5). 855–864. 37 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E.. (1970). An Extension to the Theory of the Constant Head in Situ Permeability Test. Géotechnique. 20(2). 193–197. 19 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., et al.. (1969). On the loaded elastic half-space with a depth varying Poisson's ratio. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 20(5). 691–695. 9 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., Gavin L. England, & M. J. L. Hussey. (1967). The Theory of One-Dimensional Consolidation of Saturated Clays. Géotechnique. 17(3). 261–273. 561 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gibson, R. E.. (1966). A Note on the Constant Head Test to Measure Soil Permeability in Situ. Géotechnique. 16(3). 256–259. 11 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E.. (1963). A Critical Experiments to Examine Theories of Three-dimensional Consolidation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., et al.. (1963). Discussion of “Stress-Dilatancy, Earth Pressures, and Slopes”. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 89(6). 127–133. 1 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E.. (1960). A one-dimensional consolidation problem with a moving boundary. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 18(2). 123–129. 5 indexed citations
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Gibson, R. E., et al.. (1954). CORRESPONDENCE. NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF SOME PROBLEMS IN THE CONSOLIDATION.. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 3(1). 87–98.
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Gibson, R. E. & Peter Lumb. (1953). NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF SOME PROBLEMS IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF CLAY.. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 2(2). 182–198. 17 indexed citations

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