Global Research Trends in Soft Soil Management for Infrastructure Development: Opportunities and Challenges
Soft soils present significant challenges to infrastructure development worldwide due to high compressibility, low shear strength and low permeability. Bibliometric analysis remains scarce in the soft soil management field, making it difficult to grasp global trends and contributions. This research...
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| author | Sim L.W. Katman H.Y.B. Baharuddin I.N.Z.B. Ravindran G. Ibrahim M.R. Alnadish A.M. |
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| description | Soft soils present significant challenges to infrastructure development worldwide due to high compressibility, low shear strength and low permeability. Bibliometric analysis remains scarce in the soft soil management field, making it difficult to grasp global trends and contributions. This research addresses this gap by providing a novel and comprehensive bibliometric analysis of soft soil management literature to investigate the trend, opportunities and challenges. The analysis predominantly examines ground improvement methods based on 2,260 journal articles and proceeding papers from WOS core collection between 2013 and 2023 using CiteSpace. The analysis encompasses country distribution, authorship and co-cited authors, cited journals, reference co-citations and identification of research hotspots and frontiers. Findings show a growing interest and increased research focus in soft soil management, with China emerging as a prominent contributor. Reference co-citation clustering analysis reveals two dominant research themes: ground improvement methods (geosynthetic-reinforced embankments and stone columns) and sustainable practices (reuse of waste materials). The emerging word analysis reveals an evolutionary trend from investigating innovative and sustainable techniques to shear strength and failure mechanisms. Recent studies focus on the use of vertical drains, deep mixing columns, chemical stabilization, and sustainable ground improvement strategies. Opportunities lie in sustainable ground improvement methods and novel sensing technologies. Key challenges include bearing capacity, settlement, and slope stability. The study highlights the need for more research into two other key areas such as geotechnical characterization and foundation design. Overall, this bibliometric review contributes to a more thorough understanding of soft soil management studies for researchers and practitioners. ? 2023 IEEE. |
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| spelling | my.uniten.dspace-371012025-03-03T15:47:30Z Global Research Trends in Soft Soil Management for Infrastructure Development: Opportunities and Challenges Sim L.W. Katman H.Y.B. Baharuddin I.N.Z.B. Ravindran G. Ibrahim M.R. Alnadish A.M. 59141229400 55812804800 55812431300 57205017025 57872447200 57200280997 Agronomy Drainage Geosynthetic materials Shear strength Slope stability Soil mechanics Soils Structural design Bibliometric Citespace Compaction energy Energy Ground improvement Knowledge mapping Market researches Soft soils Soil compaction Soil compaction energy Soil stabilization Stabilization Soft soils present significant challenges to infrastructure development worldwide due to high compressibility, low shear strength and low permeability. Bibliometric analysis remains scarce in the soft soil management field, making it difficult to grasp global trends and contributions. This research addresses this gap by providing a novel and comprehensive bibliometric analysis of soft soil management literature to investigate the trend, opportunities and challenges. The analysis predominantly examines ground improvement methods based on 2,260 journal articles and proceeding papers from WOS core collection between 2013 and 2023 using CiteSpace. The analysis encompasses country distribution, authorship and co-cited authors, cited journals, reference co-citations and identification of research hotspots and frontiers. Findings show a growing interest and increased research focus in soft soil management, with China emerging as a prominent contributor. Reference co-citation clustering analysis reveals two dominant research themes: ground improvement methods (geosynthetic-reinforced embankments and stone columns) and sustainable practices (reuse of waste materials). The emerging word analysis reveals an evolutionary trend from investigating innovative and sustainable techniques to shear strength and failure mechanisms. Recent studies focus on the use of vertical drains, deep mixing columns, chemical stabilization, and sustainable ground improvement strategies. Opportunities lie in sustainable ground improvement methods and novel sensing technologies. Key challenges include bearing capacity, settlement, and slope stability. The study highlights the need for more research into two other key areas such as geotechnical characterization and foundation design. Overall, this bibliometric review contributes to a more thorough understanding of soft soil management studies for researchers and practitioners. ? 2023 IEEE. Final 2025-03-03T07:47:29Z 2025-03-03T07:47:29Z 2024 Article 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3403720 2-s2.0-85194042307 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85194042307&doi=10.1109%2fACCESS.2024.3403720&partnerID=40&md5=6e331512acdb0351d8d8fed2f20ef3c7 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/37101 12 10536872 73731 73751 All Open Access; Gold Open Access Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Scopus |
| spellingShingle | Agronomy Drainage Geosynthetic materials Shear strength Slope stability Soil mechanics Soils Structural design Bibliometric Citespace Compaction energy Energy Ground improvement Knowledge mapping Market researches Soft soils Soil compaction Soil compaction energy Soil stabilization Stabilization Sim L.W. Katman H.Y.B. Baharuddin I.N.Z.B. Ravindran G. Ibrahim M.R. Alnadish A.M. Global Research Trends in Soft Soil Management for Infrastructure Development: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title | Global Research Trends in Soft Soil Management for Infrastructure Development: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_full | Global Research Trends in Soft Soil Management for Infrastructure Development: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Global Research Trends in Soft Soil Management for Infrastructure Development: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global Research Trends in Soft Soil Management for Infrastructure Development: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_short | Global Research Trends in Soft Soil Management for Infrastructure Development: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_sort | global research trends in soft soil management for infrastructure development: opportunities and challenges |
| topic | Agronomy Drainage Geosynthetic materials Shear strength Slope stability Soil mechanics Soils Structural design Bibliometric Citespace Compaction energy Energy Ground improvement Knowledge mapping Market researches Soft soils Soil compaction Soil compaction energy Soil stabilization Stabilization |
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