Yaoru Liu

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yaoru Liu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaoru Liu has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 42 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 28 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Yaoru Liu's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (35 papers), Dam Engineering and Safety (34 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (27 papers). Yaoru Liu is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (35 papers), Dam Engineering and Safety (34 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (27 papers). Yaoru Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, New Zealand and Switzerland. Yaoru Liu's co-authors include Shaokang Hou, Qiang Yang, Qiang Yang, Qiang Yang, Cheng Li, Chao Lin, Zhou Weiyuan, Chaoyi Li, Feng Jin and Qiang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Mechanics, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Engineering Geology.

In The Last Decade

Yaoru Liu

75 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Real-time prediction of rock mass classification based on TBM operation big data and stacking technique of ensemble learning

2021 176 citations Shaokang Hou, Yaoru Liu et al. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaoru Liu China	22	877	693	426	425	342	82	1.4k
Wenbo Zheng China	20	533 0.6×	468 0.7×	257 0.6×	382 0.9×	288 0.8×	70	1.2k
LG Tham Hong Kong	22	1.4k 1.6×	768 1.1×	495 1.2×	587 1.4×	296 0.9×	115	2.1k
Chong Shi China	21	777 0.9×	704 1.0×	318 0.7×	737 1.7×	187 0.5×	111	1.5k
Ashutosh Kainthola India	19	668 0.8×	751 1.1×	568 1.3×	592 1.4×	326 1.0×	54	1.5k
Zhong Zhou China	22	898 1.0×	484 0.7×	416 1.0×	463 1.1×	208 0.6×	86	1.6k
Lei Huang China	20	684 0.8×	546 0.8×	240 0.6×	372 0.9×	200 0.6×	93	1.2k
Gen‐hua Shi China	14	1.0k 1.2×	1.4k 2.0×	641 1.5×	652 1.5×	167 0.5×	31	2.0k
Zhigang Tao China	21	991 1.1×	1.3k 1.8×	580 1.4×	405 1.0×	215 0.6×	158	1.8k
Zhigang Tao China	23	880 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	748 1.8×	734 1.7×	200 0.6×	103	1.7k
Linchong Huang China	25	969 1.1×	602 0.9×	450 1.1×	267 0.6×	215 0.6×	100	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2025). Prediction and early warning analysis of reservoir bank slopes based on anti-sliding stability evolution. Geoscience Frontiers. 16(5). 102113–102113. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2025). Multi-slip surfaces extraction method for slopes based on energy dissipation rate index. Computers and Geotechnics. 187. 107460–107460.

Zhang, Qi, Yaoru Liu, Xiangchun Li, Baisheng Nie, & Junqing Meng. (2025). Studies on mechanical properties of loaded coal at micro/nanoscale by coupling nanoindentation and SAXS experiments. Acta Geotechnica. 20(7). 3501–3515. 1 indexed citations

Pang, Zhiyong, et al.. (2025). A physics-informed framework for mechanical parameters inversion in tunnel engineering based on deep learning and Bayesian optimization. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 166. 106940–106940.

Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2025). Creep parameter inversion and long-term deformation prediction of a near-dam slope considering spatio-temporal deformation data during construction and impoundment period. Engineering Geology. 351. 108043–108043. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2025). Time-varying reliability analysis of a reservoir bank slope considering creep behavior and sequential Bayesian updating. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 18(3). 2104–2121.

Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2024). Failure characteristics and energy evolution process of delayed and instantaneous basalt rockburst under true triaxial conditions. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 183. 105909–105909. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2024). Numerical implementation of a hydraulic interaction creep model and its application to the support reinforcement of water-rich cracked tunnel. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 154. 106098–106098. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2024). A physics knowledge-based surrogate model framework for time-dependent slope deformation: Considering water effect and sliding states. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17(9). 5416–5436. 2 indexed citations

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Hou, Shaokang, et al.. (2024). Intelligent decision-making for TBM tunnelling control parameters using multi-objective optimization. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17(5). 2943–2963. 3 indexed citations

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Shen, Qiang, Yaoru Liu, Yujie Wang, & Ruilang Cao. (2024). The influences of drilling parameters on the rate of penetration in rock rotary-percussive drilling process. 932–937.

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Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of rockburst risk in deep tunnels considering structural planes based on energy dissipation rate criterion and numerical simulation. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 137. 105128–105128. 29 indexed citations

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Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2023). Study on deformation mechanism and parameter inversion of a reservoir bank slope during initial impoundment. Acta Geotechnica. 18(8). 4353–4374. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kai, et al.. (2023). Shear Behavior and Properties of Granite Fractures Under Different Pore Water Pressure Conditions. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 56(8). 6045–6060. 8 indexed citations

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Hou, Shaokang, Yaoru Liu, & Qiang Yang. (2021). Real-time prediction of rock mass classification based on TBM operation big data and stacking technique of ensemble learning. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 14(1). 123–143. 176 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Cheng, et al.. (2016). Mechanism and numerical simulation of reservoir slope deformation during impounding of high arch dams based on nonlinear FEM. Computers and Geotechnics. 81. 143–154. 54 indexed citations

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Yang, Qiang, et al.. (2015). Impounding Deformation Analysis for Jointed Rock Slope Based on Generalized Effective Stress. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yaoru, et al.. (2013). Fracture Analysis of Brittle Materials Based on Nonlinear FEM and Application in Arch Dam with Fractures. Journal of Applied Mathematics. 2013. 1–12. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Qiang, Yaoru Liu, Ying-Ru Chen, & Zhou Weiyuan. (2010). Stability and reinforcement analyses of high arch dams by considering deformation effects. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2(4). 305–313. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Qiang, et al.. (2007). On monolithic stability and reinforcement analysis of high arch dams. Science in China. Series E, Technological sciences. 50(S1). 90–97. 1 indexed citations

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