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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 42 6614 6387 1810 1679 165 6542
Earth Science 42 5275 4873 1972 1754 139 6425

Hoe I. Ling publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hoe I. Ling between 1984 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hoe I. Ling published across 43 years, from 1984 to 2026, averaging 4 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2003. 1 of the 172 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2003. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 5 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 6 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 0 publications 2026: 1 publication
1984 2026

172 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hoe I. Ling: publications per year, 1984 to 2026
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 2
1990 1
1991 0
1992 3
1993 2
1994 1
1995 5
1996 2
1997 8
1998 5
1999 4
2000 1
2001 6
2002 3
2003 14
2004 6
2005 7
2006 8
2007 7
2008 4
2009 5
2010 8
2011 5
2012 6
2013 12
2014 9
2015 2
2016 3
2017 8
2018 8
2019 5
2020 4
2021 3
2022 0
2023 2
2024 1
2025 0
2026 1
Total 172
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Hoe I. Ling publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hoe I. Ling sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 138–147 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 139 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491 139
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Hoe I. Ling D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hoe I. Ling sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277 42
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Hoe I. Ling is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and specializes in the field of Engineering, focusing predominantly on Civil and Structural Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Building and Construction.

Their work primarily addresses topics within Geotechnical Engineering, covering areas such as Soil Stabilization, Geotechnical Analysis, Underground Structures, Soil Mechanics, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis, Geophysical Methods and Applications, and the sustainability of underground infrastructure.

Frequent publication venues for Hoe I. Ling's research include:

  • Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology
  • International Journal of Geomechanics
  • Geotextiles and Geomembranes
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Bulletin of L N Gumilyov Eurasian National University Technical Science and Technology Series

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Hoe I. Ling reflect this focus, including:

  • Jonathan T. H. Wu Memorial Issue, 2020, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology
  • Centrifuge Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls with Concrete Block Facing, 2020, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology
  • Behavior of Concave Segmental Soil Retaining Wall Using Porcupine Blocks, 2021, International Journal of Geomechanics
  • New geocell utilisation as a pipe uplifting countermeasure and its validation using model experiments, 2023, Geotextiles and Geomembranes
  • Centrifuge Model Studies on the Mechanical Behavior of a Buried Pipe with Voids Surrounding the Bottom and the Effectiveness of EPS as a Countermeasure, 2024, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Frequent collaborators in Hoe I. Ling's research network include Yutaka Sawada, Toshinori Kawabata, Lei Xu, Dionysios Stathas, and J. P. Wang.

Best Publications

  • ESTIMATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL SETTLEMENT

    Hoe I. Ling;Dov Leshchinsky;Yoshiyuki Mohri;Toshinori Kawabata

  • SEISMIC DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURES

    H. I. Ling;D. Leshchinsky;E. B. Perry

  • Geosynthetic Tubes for Confining Pressurized Slurry: Some Design Aspects

    Dov Leshchinsky;Ora Leshchinsky;Hoe I. Ling;Paul A. Gilbert

  • Large-Scale Shaking Table Tests on Modular-Block Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls

    Hoe I. Ling;Yoshiyuki Mohri;Dov Leshchinsky;Christopher Burke

  • Effect of Short Polymeric Fibers on Crack Development in Clays

    Stacy Ziegler;Dov Leshchinsky;Hoe I. Ling;Edward B. Perry

  • Post-earthquake investigation on several geosynthetic-reinforced soil retaining walls and slopes during the Ji-Ji earthquake of Taiwan

    Hoe I. Ling;Dov Leshchinsky;Nelson N.S. Chou

  • ANISOTROPIC ELASTOPLASTIC BOUNDING SURFACE MODEL FOR COHESIVE SOILS

    Hoe I. Ling;Dongyi Yue;Victor N. Kaliakin;Nickolas J. Themelis

  • Numerical modeling of behavior of railway ballasted structure with geocell confinement

    Ben Leshchinsky;Hoe I. Ling

  • Unified Sand Model Based on the Critical State and Generalized Plasticity

    Hoe I. Ling;Songtao Yang

  • Effects of Geocell Confinement on Strength and Deformation Behavior of Gravel

    Ben Leshchinsky;Hoe Ling

  • Effects of vertical acceleration on seismic design of geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures

    H. I. Ling;D. Leshchinsky

  • Pressure-Level Dependency and Densification Behavior of Sand Through Generalized Plasticity Model

    Hoe I. Ling;Huabei Liu

  • Constitutive modeling of soil-structure interface through the concept of critical state soil mechanics

    Huabei Liu;Erxiang Song;Hoe I. Ling

  • CENTRIFUGAL MODELING OF SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF LARGE-DIAMETER PIPE IN LIQUEFIABLE SOIL

    Hoe I. Ling;Yoshiyuki Mohri;Toshinori Kawabata;Huabei Liu

  • Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Asphalt Pavements

    Hoe I. Ling;Zheng Liu

  • Parametric Studies on the Behavior of Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls under Earthquake Loading

    Hoe I. Ling;Huabei Liu;Yoshiyuki Mohri

  • Finite element parametric study of the behavior of segmental block reinforced-soil retaining walls

    H. I. Ling;D. Leshchinsky

  • Analyzing Dynamic Behavior of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls

    Hoe I. Ling;Huabei Liu;Victor N. Kaliakin;Dov Leshchinsky

  • Soil slopes under combined horizontal and vertical seismic accelerations

    Hoe I. Ling;Dov Leshchinsky;Yoshiyuki Mohri

  • Constitutive description of interface behavior including cyclic loading and particle breakage within the framework of critical state soil mechanics

    Huabei Liu;Huabei Liu;Hoe I. Ling

  • Finite Element Study of a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall With Concrete Block Facing

    H.I. Ling;C.P. Cardany;L-X. Sun;H. Hashimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Dov Leshchinsky
Dov Leshchinsky University of Delaware
Fumio Tatsuoka
Fumio Tatsuoka Tokyo University of Science
Jie Han
Jie Han University of Kansas
Alexander H.-D. Cheng
Alexander H.-D. Cheng University of Mississippi
Junichi Koseki
Junichi Koseki University of Tokyo
Nickolas J. Themelis
Nickolas J. Themelis Columbia University
Xianjing Kong
Xianjing Kong Dalian University of Technology
Andrew W. Smyth
Andrew W. Smyth Columbia University

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