2026 Nagaratnam Sivakugan: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	41	7037	6794	364	359	239	6075

Overview

Nagaratnam Sivakugan is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and has an extensive research portfolio in engineering, particularly focusing on civil and structural engineering. Their scholarly work encompasses a wide range of topics, with a strong emphasis on geotechnical engineering and soil stabilization.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

Engineering

Within engineering, their subfields extend to:

Civil and Structural Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Geophysics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their research covers several specific topics, notably:

Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
Tailings Management and Properties
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Electrokinetic Soil Remediation Techniques

Sivakugan has contributed to various journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering
Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions of Civil Engineering
Ain Shams Engineering Journal
Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sivakugan include:

Behavior of Inclined Loaded Strip Footings Resting on Geogrid-Reinforced Sand (2020), published in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
Evaluation of Stability and Erosion Characteristics of Soil Embankment Slope Reinforced with Different Natural Additives (2020), published in Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions of Civil Engineering
The effect of long-term consolidation on foundations underpinned by micropiles in soft clay (2021), published in Ain Shams Engineering Journal
Laboratory and field investigations in granular soils to correlate relative density, relative compaction and grain size (2020), published in Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering
Strength and Rheology of Cemented Pastefill Using Waste Pitchstone Fines and Common Pozzolans Compared to Using Portland Cement (2022), published in International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering

Sivakugan collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

Peter To
Mona Malekzadeh
Rabin Tuladhar
Braja M. Das
Hassan Mujtaba

Best Publications

Use of macro plastic fibres in concrete: A review

Shi Yin;Rabin Tuladhar;Feng Shi;Mark Combe

420
Citations
Geotechnical considerations in mine backfilling in Australia

N. Sivakugan;R.M. Rankine;K.J. Rankine;K.S. Rankine

249
Citations
Performance of recycled waste glass sand as partial replacement of sand in concrete

Nafisa Tamanna;Rabin Tuladhar;Nagaratnam Sivakugan

201
Citations
Environmental risks of using recycled crushed glass in road applications

M. M. Disfani;Arul Arulrajah;M. W. Bo;N. Sivakugan

196
Citations
Correlations of Soil and Rock Properties in Geotechnical Engineering

Jay Ameratunga;Nagaratnam Sivakugan;Braja M. Das

188
Citations
Classification of slopes and prediction of factor of safety using differential evolution neural networks

Sarat Kumar Das;Sarat Kumar Das;Rajani Kanta Biswal;N. Sivakugan;Bitanjaya Das

181
Citations
Geotechnical characteristics of recycled crushed brick blends for pavement sub-base applications

Arul Arulrajah;J. Piratheepan;M. W. Bo;N. Sivakugan

175
Citations
Fiber preparation and mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene for reinforcing concrete

Shi Yin;Rabin Tuladhar;Robert A. Shanks;Tony Collister

145
Citations
Active earth pressure on retaining wall for c-phi soil backfill under seismic loading condition

Sanjay Kumar Shukla;Shrawan Kumar Gupta;Nagaratnam Sivakugan

139
Citations
Taylor’s Slope Stability Charts Revisited

T. Steward;Nagaratnam Sivakugan;Sanjay Shukla;Braja Das

135
Citations
Arching within hydraulic fill stopes

Kandiah Pirapakaran;Nagaratnam Sivakugan

133
Citations
Behaviour of prestressed geotextile-reinforced sand bed supporting a loaded circular footing

Julie Lovisa;Sanjay Kumar Shukla;Nagaratnam Sivakugan

127
Citations
Comparative evaluation of virgin and recycled polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete

Shi Yin;Rabin Tuladhar;Jacob Riella;David Chung

114
Citations
Inflection Point Method to Estimate ch From Radial Consolidation Tests with Peripheral Drain

Dhanya Ganesalingam;Nagaratnam Sivakugan;Wayne Read

113
Citations
Underground mining with backfills

R. Rankine;M. Pacheco;N. Sivakugan

113
Citations
Arching in Soils Applied to Inclined Mine Stopes

Ching Hung Ting;Sanjay Kumar Shukla;Nagaratnam Sivakugan

104
Citations
Underground Mine Backfilling in Australia Using Paste Fills and Hydraulic Fills

Nagaratnam Sivakugan;Ryan Veenstra;Niroshan Naguleswaran

103
Citations
Geotechnical properties of cemented paste backfill from Cannington Mine, Australia

Rudd M. Rankine;Nagaratnam Sivakugan

99
Citations
Post-cracking performance of recycled polypropylene fibre in concrete

Shi Yin;Rabin Tuladhar;Tony Collister;Mark Combe

95
Citations
Settlements of shallow foundations on granular soil — an overview

Braja Das;Nagaratnam Sivakugan

94
Citations