D. C. Mays

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

D. C. Mays is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. C. Mays has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Environmental Engineering, 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 16 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. C. Mays's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (33 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (15 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (10 papers). D. C. Mays is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (33 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (15 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (10 papers). D. C. Mays collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. D. C. Mays's co-authors include James Hunt, R. M. Neupauer, Zhiyong Jason Ren, Jean E. Elkhoury, Michael Manga, E. E. Brodsky, Derek Elsworth, Igor A. Beresnev, S. E. Ingebritsen and Chi‐Yuen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

D. C. Mays

54 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Changes in permeability caused by transient stresses: Field observations, experiments, and mechanisms

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. C. Mays United States	14	624	345	234	225	220	57	1.3k
Steven Chapman Canada	20	1.0k 1.7×	242 0.7×	195 0.8×	240 1.1×	158 0.7×	41	1.4k
Fritjof Fagerlund Sweden	25	865 1.4×	148 0.4×	353 1.5×	122 0.5×	419 1.9×	69	1.5k
Salvatore Straface Italy	23	613 1.0×	608 1.8×	217 0.9×	123 0.5×	381 1.7×	82	1.6k
Kevin G. Mumford Canada	20	496 0.8×	134 0.4×	153 0.7×	128 0.6×	235 1.1×	69	923
Lawrence C. Murdoch United States	23	796 1.3×	439 1.3×	595 2.5×	313 1.4×	431 2.0×	83	1.7k
Rien Herber Netherlands	12	611 1.0×	575 1.7×	452 1.9×	152 0.7×	381 1.7×	29	2.2k
K.L. Kipp United States	15	690 1.1×	230 0.7×	220 0.9×	162 0.7×	128 0.6×	28	1.0k
W. W. McNab United States	17	649 1.0×	119 0.3×	239 1.0×	73 0.3×	194 0.9×	39	1.1k
Alexandros Daniilidis Netherlands	15	638 1.0×	554 1.6×	483 2.1×	151 0.7×	437 2.0×	30	2.2k
Iraj Javandel United States	16	1.1k 1.8×	178 0.5×	464 2.0×	450 2.0×	347 1.6×	32	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. C. Mays

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mays, D. C., et al.. (2025). Wayfinding, knowledge, perspective, and engagement: Preparing tribal liaisons for stewardship of Indigenous lands. Ecosphere. 16(3). 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Heather L., et al.. (2024). Board 298: From Cohort to Classroom: Transitioning to Year 2 in a Faculty Learning Community. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education).

Johnson, Heather L., et al.. (2024). Exploring Nudging Approaches for Growing a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion with Engineering Faculty. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 1 indexed citations

Mays, D. C., et al.. (2024). Inverse method to determine hydraulic conductivity from a velocity field using graph theory. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). IPJ271124–5.

Neupauer, R. M., et al.. (2023). Experiments and Simulations on Plume Spreading by Engineered Injection and Extraction in Refractive Index Matched Porous Media. Water Resources Research. 59(2). 6 indexed citations

Neupauer, R. M., et al.. (2022). Active Spreading: Hydraulics for Enhancing Groundwater Remediation. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 27(5). 5 indexed citations

Rice, Cynthia A. & D. C. Mays. (2022). Opinion: Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into an Engineering Course. 10(4). 5 indexed citations

Connors, Susan C., et al.. (2022). Application of the Indigenous evaluation framework to a university certificate program for building cultural awareness in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Evaluation and Program Planning. 92. 102066–102066. 4 indexed citations

Neupauer, R. M., et al.. (2021). Demonstration of Reversible Dispersion in a Darcy-Scale Push-Pull Laboratory Experiment. Transport in Porous Media. 146(1-2). 351–367. 3 indexed citations

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Neupauer, R. M., et al.. (2020). Wall Effect Mitigation Techniques for Experiments with Planar Walls. Transport in Porous Media. 132(2). 423–441. 4 indexed citations

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Neupauer, R. M., et al.. (2020). Contributions of Pore‐Scale Mixing and Mechanical Dispersion to Reaction During Active Spreading by Radial Groundwater Flow. Water Resources Research. 56(7). 12 indexed citations

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Neupauer, R. M., et al.. (2018). Effects of Active and Passive Spreading on Mixing and Reaction During Groundwater Remediation by Engineered Injection and Extraction. CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder). 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Mays, D. C., et al.. (2018). Predicting nonpoint stormwater runoff quality from land use. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0196782–e0196782. 15 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Benjamin, et al.. (2015). Colloid Deposit Morphology and Clogging in Porous Media: Fundamental Insights Through Investigation of Deposit Fractal Dimension. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(20). 12263–12270. 24 indexed citations

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Ren, Zhiyong Jason, et al.. (2012). Zinc Leaching from Tire Crumb Rubber. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(23). 12856–12863. 128 indexed citations

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Mays, D. C., et al.. (2011). Static light scattering resolves colloid structure in index-matched porous media. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 363(1). 418–424. 9 indexed citations

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Mays, D. C. & James Hunt. (2004). Hydrodynamic Aspects of Particle Clogging in Porous Media. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(2). 577–584. 169 indexed citations

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Mays, D. C., et al.. (2001). Thermal Technologies for Space Suits. ASHRAE journal. 43(1). 25–37. 1 indexed citations

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Mays, D. C., Jonathan D. French, Satish S. Nair, John B. Miles, & Chin H. Lin. (1999). Design of a Transient Thermal Model of the Cryogenic PLSS. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 5 indexed citations

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Mays, D. C., et al.. (1998). EMU Thermal Performance Characteristics. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 2 indexed citations

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