Rafig Azzam

3.3k total citations
121 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Rafig Azzam is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafig Azzam has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 32 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 26 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Rafig Azzam's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (28 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (25 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (23 papers). Rafig Azzam is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (28 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (25 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (23 papers). Rafig Azzam collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Australia. Rafig Azzam's co-authors include Youliang Chen, Jing Ni, Tomás Manuel Fernández-Steeger, Christoph Neukum, Klaus Baier, Wei Shao, Suran Wang, Ramakar Jha, Thomas Kempka and Mamadou Fall and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Rafig Azzam

114 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafig Azzam Germany 27 946 823 717 502 360 121 2.5k
Fujun Niu China 44 474 0.5× 1.7k 2.0× 1.5k 2.1× 346 0.7× 345 1.0× 282 7.1k
F. G. Bell South Africa 29 880 0.9× 2.0k 2.5× 688 1.0× 352 0.7× 414 1.1× 121 4.0k
Wang Ju China 24 704 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 394 0.5× 548 1.1× 152 0.4× 116 2.2k
David C. Sego Canada 32 1.2k 1.3× 2.2k 2.6× 866 1.2× 369 0.7× 257 0.7× 129 4.0k
S. Lee Barbour Canada 33 357 0.4× 2.6k 3.2× 907 1.3× 1.3k 2.6× 217 0.6× 128 4.0k
L. J. West United Kingdom 29 439 0.5× 309 0.4× 379 0.5× 797 1.6× 118 0.3× 93 2.3k
Weizhong Chen China 32 1.7k 1.8× 1.8k 2.2× 705 1.0× 222 0.4× 790 2.2× 191 3.7k
Domenico Calcaterra Italy 34 355 0.4× 535 0.7× 1.8k 2.5× 248 0.5× 311 0.9× 149 3.0k
Zengguang Xu China 26 355 0.4× 1.5k 1.8× 355 0.5× 380 0.8× 461 1.3× 130 2.2k
Yong Niu China 23 808 0.9× 364 0.4× 502 0.7× 171 0.3× 95 0.3× 68 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafig Azzam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafig Azzam

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Du, Xi, Youliang Chen, Bo Lu, et al.. (2025). Investigating the Causes of Substandard Concrete Strength: A Macro- and Microanalysis. Materials. 18(5). 953–953.
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Chen, Youliang, et al.. (2025). Macro and micro mechanical behaviors and micro damage theory of rock at low temperature freeze-thaw cycles. Journal of Mountain Science. 22(6). 2227–2240. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Youliang, et al.. (2024). Comparative study of multiple statistical damage mechanics models for rock behaviors under high temperature. Construction and Building Materials. 447. 138049–138049. 9 indexed citations
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Ma, Hao, Youliang Chen, Xi Du, et al.. (2024). Assessing Mechanical Properties and Response of Expansive Soft Rock in Tunnel Excavation: A Numerical Simulation Study. Materials. 17(8). 1747–1747. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yi, et al.. (2024). Analytical Solutions for Stress and Displacement of a Circular Tunnel Considering Thermal Stress and Lateral Pressure Coefficient Under Unsteady Temperature Field. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 50(12). 8795–8811. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Youliang, et al.. (2023). Mechanical properties and damage constitutive model of sandstone after acid corrosion and high temperature treatments. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology. 33(6). 747–760. 39 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhenkun, et al.. (2022). Numerical Evaluation of Isolation Walls in Modifying Excavation-Induced Displacement Field. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 48(10). 12693–12708. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Guanlin, et al.. (2021). Investigation of Microcrack Propagation and Energy Evolution in Brittle Rocks Based on the Voronoi Model. Materials. 14(9). 2108–2108. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Youliang, et al.. (2020). Elastoplastic solution for a deep-buried tunnel considering swelling stress and dilatancy. Rock and Soil Mechanics. 41(8). 2525. 1 indexed citations
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Neukum, Christoph, et al.. (2016). Analysis of urban growth and assessment of impact of urbanization on water resources : a case study of Hyderabad, India. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 5 indexed citations
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Baier, Klaus, et al.. (2014). Assessment of Impact of Urbanization on Groundwater Resources using GIS Techniques- Case Study of Hyderabad, India. International Journal of Environmental Research. 8(4). 1145–1158. 10 indexed citations
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Baier, Klaus, et al.. (2014). Management Tools for Sustainable Ground Water Protection in Mega Urban Areas – Small Scale Land use and Ground Water Vulnerability Analyses in Guangzhou, China. International Journal of Environmental Research. 8(2). 249–262. 13 indexed citations
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Baier, Klaus, et al.. (2013). Land use and Water Quality in Guangzhou, China: A survey of ecological and Social Vulnerability in Four Urban Units of the Rapidly Developing Megacity. International Journal of Environmental Research. 7(2). 343–358. 24 indexed citations
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Nakaten, Natalie, et al.. (2012). Development of a technical-economic model for dynamic calculation of COE, energy demand and CO2 emissions of an integrated UCG-CCS process. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 1781. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Hui, Tomás Manuel Fernández-Steeger, Mei Dong, & Rafig Azzam. (2010). Landslide stability analysis on basis of LIDAR data extraction. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 652. 1 indexed citations
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Fernández-Steeger, Tomás Manuel, et al.. (2010). Sensor Fusion of Position- and Micro-Sensors (MEMS) integrated in a Wireless Sensor Network for movement detection in landslide areas. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8828. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Hui, et al.. (2009). 3D Modeling of Landslide in Open-pit Mining on Basis of Ground-based LIDAR Data. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 11. 5378. 1 indexed citations
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Saadeh, Mark & Rafig Azzam. (2008). Influence of overexploitation and seawater intrusion on the quality of groundwater in Greater Beirut. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 6 indexed citations
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Fernández-Steeger, Tomás Manuel, et al.. (2007). Usage of Wireless Sensor Networks in a service based spatial data infrastructure for Landslide Monitoring and Early Warning. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Kühn, Michael, Stefan Peiffer, Holger Class, et al.. (2005). CO2Trap - Development and evaluation of innovative strategies for mineral and physical trapping of CO2 in geological formations and of long-term cap rock integrity. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 5 indexed citations

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