William J. Likos

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
127 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

William J. Likos is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Likos has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 37 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 33 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in William J. Likos's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (81 papers), Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (37 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (28 papers). William J. Likos is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (81 papers), Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (37 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (28 papers). William J. Likos collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Türkiye. William J. Likos's co-authors include Ning Lu, Idil Deniz Akin, Craig H. Benson, Kuo Tian, Jonathan W. Godt, Yibo Zhang, Tuncer B. Edil, Bora Çetin, Alexandra Wayllace and Tuncer B. Edil and has published in prestigious journals such as Fuel, Geoderma and Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

In The Last Decade

William J. Likos

120 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Suction Stress Characteristic Curve for Unsaturated Soil 2004 2026 2011 2018 2006 2004 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William J. Likos United States 30 3.6k 1.1k 1.0k 791 304 127 4.3k
Bin Shi China 40 4.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 858 0.8× 766 1.0× 453 1.5× 110 5.6k
A. Lloret Spain 33 4.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.4× 1.0k 1.3× 452 1.5× 104 4.9k
Pierre Delage France 43 6.0k 1.6× 1.8k 1.7× 1.6k 1.5× 818 1.0× 328 1.1× 160 7.0k
De’an Sun China 46 5.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 752 0.7× 470 0.6× 825 2.7× 231 5.7k
Rui Chen China 32 2.2k 0.6× 678 0.6× 429 0.4× 508 0.6× 282 0.9× 226 3.6k
Anh Minh Tang France 50 6.1k 1.7× 1.5k 1.4× 1.7k 1.6× 797 1.0× 638 2.1× 201 7.5k
Yu‐Jun Cui France 48 7.5k 2.1× 1.8k 1.7× 2.0k 1.9× 1.4k 1.7× 983 3.2× 209 8.4k
Tom Schanz Germany 38 3.6k 1.0× 617 0.6× 747 0.7× 437 0.6× 947 3.1× 183 4.5k
Yu-Jun Cui France 33 2.5k 0.7× 770 0.7× 579 0.6× 390 0.5× 160 0.5× 79 2.9k
Tomasz Hueckel United States 35 3.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 630 0.6× 205 0.3× 237 0.8× 107 4.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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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Lu, Ning, Shengmin Luo, & William J. Likos. (2024). Errors in Conventional Calculations of Soil Phase Relationships. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 150(7).
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Fuhrmann, M., et al.. (2023). Evolving radon diffusion through earthen barriers at uranium waste disposal sites. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 262. 107140–107140. 1 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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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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Luo, Shengmin, Ning Lu, Chao Zhang, & William J. Likos. (2022). Soil water potential: A historical perspective and recent breakthroughs. Vadose Zone Journal. 21(4). 38 indexed citations
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Likos, William J., et al.. (2022). Qualitative Rating System for Drainability of Roadway Base Materials. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2676(4). 683–696.
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Lu, Ning, et al.. (2021). Is the Conventional Pore Water Pressure Concept Adequate for Fine-Grained Soils in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering?. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(10). 14 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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Fuhrmann, M., et al.. (2021). Radon fluxes at four uranium mill tailings disposal sites after about 20 years of service. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 237. 106719–106719. 12 indexed citations
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Tian, Kuo, William J. Likos, & Craig H. Benson. (2019). Polymer Elution and Hydraulic Conductivity of Bentonite–Polymer Composite Geosynthetic Clay Liners. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 145(10). 85 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiannan, et al.. (2019). Hydraulic Conductivity of Bentonite–Polymer Composite Geosynthetic Clay Liners Permeated with Coal Combustion Product Leachates. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 145(9). 63 indexed citations
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Soleimanbeigi, Ali, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of recycled concrete aggregate backfill for geosynthetic-reinforced MSE walls. Geosynthetics International. 26(4). 396–412. 29 indexed citations
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Ding, Dan, William J. Likos, & J. Erik Loehr. (2014). Variability and Uncertainty in Consolidation and Settlement Parameters from Different Sampling and Testing Methods. 361. 338–351. 2 indexed citations
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Tinjum, James M., et al.. (2014). Thermal Resistivity Dry-Out Curves for Three Sandy Soils. Geo-Congress 2014 Technical Papers. 2795–2803. 6 indexed citations
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Likos, William J., et al.. (2014). Laboratory Fall Cone Testing of Unsaturated Sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 140(8). 12 indexed citations
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Willson, Clinton S., Ning Lu, & William J. Likos. (2012). Quantification of Grain, Pore, and Fluid Microstructure of Unsaturated Sand from X-Ray Computed Tomography Images. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 35(6). 1–13. 71 indexed citations
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Likos, William J., et al.. (2011). Permeability of Mud(stone) Samples from IODP Sites C0004, C0006, C0007, and C0008 Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Likos, William J. & Ning Lu. (2006). Pore-Scale Analysis of Bulk Volume Change from Crystalline Interlayer Swelling in Na+- and Ca2+-Smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals. 54(4). 515–528. 90 indexed citations
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Likos, William J. & Na Lü. (2001). Water Adsorption Characteristics of Smectite/Kaolinite Clay Mixtures for Engineered Waste Barriers. 3057. 1 indexed citations

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