2026 Ricardo Dobry: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	45	5353	5161	1496	1385	190	11365

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Research.com Recognitions

2004 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For fundamental contributions to multiple aspects of geotechnical earthquake engineering.

Overview

Ricardo Dobry is affiliated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their primary area of research lies within the field of Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geophysics, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their scientific work primarily addresses topics in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization. Additional topics of interest include Landslides and related hazards, Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

Dobry's recent papers include the following:

Evaluation of field sand liquefaction including partial drainage under low and high overburden using a generalized bounding surface model, 2021, published in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
A Parametric Study on the Effect of Drainage on Sand Liquefaction under High Overburden Pressure, 2023, published in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Centrifuge modeling-of-models investigation on earthquake-induced excess pore pressure behavior of silty sand, 2024, published in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
A numerical approach for simulation of stress-controlled cyclic shear loading in a soil column considering partial drainage, 2023, published in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
A Series of Centrifuge Experiments Investigating the Effect of High Confining Pressure on Sand Liquefaction, 2020, published in Geo-Congress 2020

The frequent publication venues for Dobry's work include:

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Geo-Congress 2020
Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication

Among frequent coauthors, Dobry has collaborated multiple times with Waleed El-Sekelly, Tarek Abdoun, Min Ni, M. Ghazy, and Heba Ali Hassan. These collaborations span various projects related to geotechnical engineering topics.

Ricardo Dobry has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2004 for fundamental contributions to multiple aspects of geotechnical earthquake engineering.

Best Publications

Effect of Soil Plasticity on Cyclic Response

Mladen Vucetic;Ricardo Dobry

2946
Citations
New Site Coefficients and Site Classification System Used in Recent Building Seismic Code Provisions

R. Dobry;R. D. Borcherdt;C. B. Crouse;I. M. Idriss

681
Citations
NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR OF SOFT CLAYS DURING CYCLIC LOADING

Izzat M. Idriss;Ricardo Dobry;Ram D. Singh

661
Citations
Horizontal Response of Piles in Layered Soils

George Gazetas;Ricardo Dobry

531
Citations
SIMPLE METHOD FOR DYNAMIC STIFFNESS AND DAMPING OF FLOATING PILE GROUPS

R. Dobry;G. Gazetas

506
Citations
PILE RESPONSE TO LATERAL SPREADS: CENTRIFUGE MODELING

Tarek Abdoun;Ricardo Dobry;Thomas D. O’Rourke;S. H. Goh

345
Citations
SEISMIC RESPONSE OF SHALLOW FOUNDATION ON LIQUEFIABLE SAND

Lee Liu;Ricardo Dobry

303
Citations
Dynamic Response of Arbitrarily Shaped Foundations

Ricardo Dobry;George Gazetas

281
Citations
Simple Radiation Damping Model for Piles and Footings

George Gazetas;Ricardo Dobry

252
Citations
Duration characteristics of horizontal components of strong-motion earthquake records

R. Dobry;I. M. Idriss;E. Ng

223
Citations
Single Piles in Lateral Spreads: Field Bending Moment Evaluation

Ricardo Dobry;Tqarek Abdoun;Thomas D. O’Rourke;S. H. Goh

214
Citations
Evaluation of pile foundation response to lateral spreading

Tarek Abdoun;Ricardo Dobry

210
Citations
Centrifuge modeling of liquefaction effects during earthquakes

R Dobry;Taboada;L Liu

208
Citations
HORIZONTAL STIFFNESS AND DAMPING OF SINGLE PILES

Ricardo Dobry;Ernesto Vicenti;Michael J. O’Rourke;Jose M. Roesset

186
Citations
Modal Analysis for Structures with Foundation Interaction

José M. Roesset;Robert V. Whitman;Ricardo Dobry

183
Citations
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF MONOTONIC AND CYCLIC LOADING OF GRANULAR SOIL

Tang‐Tat Ng;Ricardo Dobry

179
Citations
DISCRETE MODELLING OF STRESS‐STRAIN BEHAVIOUR OF GRANULAR MEDIA AT SMALL AND LARGE STRAINS

Ricardo Dobry;And Tang‐Tat Ng

167
Citations
Undrained Monotonic and Cyclic Triaxial Strength of Sand

Ramli Mohamad;Ricardo Dobry

154
Citations
Residual Strength and Large-Deformation Potential of Loose Silty Sands

Mohammad H. Baziar;Ricardo Dobry

144
Citations
Analysis of Site Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading Using Centrifuge Testing Records

Ahmedw. Elgamal;Mourad Zeghal;Victor Taboada;Ricardo Dobry

144
Citations
Centrifuge modeling of earthquake-induced lateral spreading in sand

Victor M. Taboada-Urtuzuástegui;Ricardo Dobry

102
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