Yves Potvin

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Yves Potvin is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yves Potvin has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 22 papers in Ocean Engineering and 20 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yves Potvin's work include Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering (38 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (36 papers) and Mining Techniques and Economics (14 papers). Yves Potvin is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering (38 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (36 papers) and Mining Techniques and Economics (14 papers). Yves Potvin collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and Russia. Yves Potvin's co-authors include B. G. Tarasov, Johan Wesseloo, John Hadjigeorgiou, Xibing Li, Longjun Dong, Ernesto Villaescusa, Andy Fourie, T.R. Stacey, Richard Jewell and Alain Coulombe and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Yves Potvin

82 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Universal criteria for rock brittleness estimation under triaxial compression

2013 347 citations B. G. Tarasov, Yves Potvin International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yves Potvin Australia	20	1.3k	599	512	388	356	88	1.7k
Jianpo Liu China	20	1.1k 0.8×	474 0.8×	434 0.8×	232 0.6×	464 1.3×	50	1.4k
Kamran Goshtasbı Iran	24	1.1k 0.8×	579 1.0×	685 1.3×	217 0.6×	286 0.8×	99	1.6k
Anye Cao China	23	1.7k 1.3×	313 0.5×	670 1.3×	452 1.2×	607 1.7×	91	2.0k
Syd S. Peng United States	20	1.6k 1.2×	598 1.0×	580 1.1×	254 0.7×	480 1.3×	43	1.9k
John Hadjigeorgiou Canada	24	1.4k 1.1×	890 1.5×	415 0.8×	105 0.3×	596 1.7×	127	1.9k
Cai‐Ping Lu China	19	1.3k 1.0×	309 0.5×	491 1.0×	379 1.0×	491 1.4×	59	1.5k
Charles H. Dowding United States	20	870 0.7×	987 1.6×	518 1.0×	209 0.5×	399 1.1×	110	1.7k
Christopher Mark United States	22	1.2k 0.9×	462 0.8×	473 0.9×	97 0.3×	238 0.7×	84	1.5k
Johan Wesseloo Australia	15	513 0.4×	308 0.5×	179 0.3×	324 0.8×	155 0.4×	68	900
Shunde Yin Canada	20	687 0.5×	496 0.8×	447 0.9×	141 0.4×	242 0.7×	86	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yves Potvin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yves Potvin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yves Potvin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yves Potvin. Yves Potvin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Potvin, Yves, et al.. (2020). Benchmarking of stope design and reconciliation practices. 299–308. 3 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves, John Hadjigeorgiou, & Johan Wesseloo. (2019). Towards optimising ground support systems in underground mines. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 493–502. 5 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves. (2017). The need for new technology to optimise the engineering design of ground support systems in underground mines. 9–22. 5 indexed citations

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Wesseloo, Johan, et al.. (2017). The spatial and temporal assessment of clustered and time-dependent seismic responses to mining. Deep mining. 157–171. 3 indexed citations

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Wesseloo, Johan, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of the adjusted rockburst damage potential method for dynamic ground support selection in extreme rockburst conditions. 399–418. 10 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves & John Hadjigeorgiou. (2015). Empirical ground support design of mine drives. 419–430. 3 indexed citations

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Tarasov, B. G. & Yves Potvin. (2013). Universal criteria for rock brittleness estimation under triaxial compression. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 59. 57–69. 347 indexed citations breakdown →

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Potvin, Yves, et al.. (2012). Some pitfalls and misuses of rock mass classification systems for mine design. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 112(8). 1–6. 12 indexed citations

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Tarasov, B. G. & Yves Potvin. (2012). Absolute, relative and intrinsic rock brittleness at compression. Mining Technology Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy Section A. 121(4). 218–225. 34 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves, et al.. (2010). An interpretation of ground support capacity submitted to dynamic loading. Deep mining. 251–272. 18 indexed citations

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Stacey, T.R., John Hadjigeorgiou, & Yves Potvin. (2009). Technical skills - a major strategic issue. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 109(4). 245–252. 3 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves, et al.. (2009). Quasi-Real Time Seismic Hazard Maps for Mining. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 1 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves, et al.. (2008). Proceedings of 1st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium (SHIRMS 2008). UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 3 indexed citations

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Hadjigeorgiou, John & Yves Potvin. (2007). Overview of Dynamic Testing of Ground Support. Deep mining. 349–371. 21 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves, John Hadjigeorgiou, & T.R. Stacey. (2007). Challenges in Deep and High Stress Mining. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 26 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves, et al.. (2005). Identifying the Factors that Control Rockburst Damage to Underground Excavations. 519–528. 5 indexed citations

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Owen, Matthew J. & Yves Potvin. (2003). Exposure of underground mine personnel and equipment to geotechnical hazards. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 1 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves, et al.. (2003). Rockfalls and surface support in Australian underground hard rock mines. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 2 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves, et al.. (1994). Geomechanics of Sill Pillar Mining. 3 indexed citations

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Potvin, Yves. (1988). Le prestige de l’uniforme. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 4(2). 72–72. 1 indexed citations

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