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Gordon A. Fenton

Gordon A. Fenton

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
51
Citations
13536
World Ranking
3780
National Ranking
154

Gordon A. Fenton publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 191 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Gordon A. Fenton D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gordon A. Fenton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Gordon A. Fenton is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and focuses primarily on engineering research. Their scholarly output spans 62 publications in the broad field of engineering, with a particular emphasis on civil and structural engineering. Within this domain, their work addresses key areas such as safety, risk, reliability, and quality, alongside environmental engineering and building and construction topics.

Their most frequent research topics revolve around geotechnical engineering, including subfields of geotechnical analysis, soil stabilization, and underground structures. Additional areas of interest cover landslides and related hazards, dam engineering and safety, as well as structural behavior of reinforced concrete and masonry and concrete structural analysis.

Fenton's recent published papers include:

  • Random finite element analysis of backward erosion piping, 2021, Computers and Geotechnics
  • Probabilistic Bearing Capacity Prediction of Square Footings on 3D Spatially Varying Cohesive Soils, 2021, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Characterizing site investigation performance in a two layer soil profile, 2020, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
  • Reliability analysis of infinite slopes with linearly increasing mean undrained strength, 2021, Computers and Geotechnics
  • Calibration of resistance factors for bearing resistance design of shallow foundations under seismic and wind loading, 2021, Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Frequent coauthors who have contributed alongside Fenton include:

  • D. V. Griffiths
  • Pengpeng He
  • Desheng Zhu
  • Bryant A. Robbins
  • Yajun Li

The venues where Fenton most frequently publishes reflect their focus on geotechnical and civil engineering topics. These include:

  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards
  • Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

In recognition of contributions to engineering, Fenton is awarded membership in The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering

    Gordon A. Fenton;D. V. Griffiths

  • Probabilistic slope stability analysis by finite elements

    D. V. Griffiths;Gordon A. Fenton

  • Simulation of random fields via local average subdivision

    Gordon A. Fenton;Erik H. Vanmarcke

  • Influence of spatial variability on slope reliability using 2-D random fields.

    D. V. Griffiths;D. V. Griffiths;Jinsong Huang;Jinsong Huang;Gordon A. Fenton;Gordon A. Fenton

  • Bearing-capacity prediction of spatially random c ϕ soils

    Gordon A. Fenton;D. V. Griffiths

  • Bearing capacity of spatially random soil: the undrained clay Prandtl problem revisited

    D. V. Griffiths;G. A. Fenton

  • Probabilistic Foundation Settlement on Spatially Random Soil

    Gordon A. Fenton;D. V. Griffiths

  • Bearing Capacity of Rough Rigid Strip Footing on Cohesive Soil: Probabilistic Study

    D. V. Griffiths;Gordon A. Fenton;N. Manoharan

  • Estimation for Stochastic Soil Models

    Gordon A. Fenton

  • SEEPAGE BENEATH WATER RETAINING STRUCTURES FOUNDED ON SPATIALLY RANDOM SOIL

    D. V. Griffiths;Gordon A. Fenton

  • Probabilistic infinite slope analysis

    D.V. Griffiths;Jinsong Huang;Gordon A. Fenton

  • Three-Dimensional Probabilistic Foundation Settlement

    Gordon A. Fenton;Gordon A. Fenton;D. V. Griffiths;D. V. Griffiths

  • Probabilistic methods in geotechnical engineering

    D. V. Griffths;Gordon A. Fenton

  • Random Field Modeling of CPT Data

    Gordon A. Fenton;Gordon A. Fenton

  • On the estimation of scale of fluctuation in geostatistics

    M. Lloret-Cabot;G.A. Fenton;M.A. Hicks

  • SYSTEM RELIABILITY OF SLOPES BY RFEM

    Jinsong Huang;D. V. Griffiths;Gordon A. Fenton

  • Simulation and analysis of random fields

    Gordon A. Fenton

  • Finite Element Modeling of Settlements on Spatially Random Soil

    G. M. Paice;D. V. Griffiths;G. A. Fenton

  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEEPAGE THROUGH SPATIALLY RANDOM SOIL

    D. V. Griffiths;Gordon A. Fenton

  • Reliability-based geotechnical design in 2014 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code

    Gordon A. Fenton;Gordon A. Fenton;Farzaneh Naghibi;David Dundas;Richard J. Bathurst

  • RELIABILITY OF TRADITIONAL RETAINING WALL DESIGN

    G. A. Fenton;D. V. Griffiths;M. B. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

D. V. Griffiths
D. V. Griffiths Colorado School of Mines
Jinsong Huang
Jinsong Huang University of Newcastle Australia
Harry G. Poulos
Harry G. Poulos University of Sydney
Li Min Zhang
Li Min Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Richard J. Bathurst
Richard J. Bathurst Royal Military College of Canada
C. Hsein Juang
C. Hsein Juang Clemson University
Kok-Kwang Phoon
Kok-Kwang Phoon Singapore University of Technology and Design
Andrei V. Lyamin
Andrei V. Lyamin University of Newcastle Australia
Chuangbing Zhou
Chuangbing Zhou Nanchang University
Yufeng Gao
Yufeng Gao Hohai University

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