David Spain

685 total citations
45 papers, 526 citations indexed

About

David Spain is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, David Spain has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 526 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 29 papers in Ocean Engineering and 20 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in David Spain's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (36 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (20 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (18 papers). David Spain is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (36 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (20 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (18 papers). David Spain collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. David Spain's co-authors include William C. Dawson, John Quirein, Ivan Gil, Herbert M. Sebastian, Shujie Liu, Michael Golombok, Suparman Suparman, Sidney A. Morris, G. W. Gunter and Sethuraman Sankaran and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.

In The Last Decade

David Spain

43 papers receiving 448 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Spain United Kingdom 14 389 343 253 126 31 45 526
M.M. Attia Egypt 10 321 0.8× 239 0.7× 340 1.3× 137 1.1× 32 1.0× 12 472
Rafik Baouche Algeria 15 383 1.0× 286 0.8× 416 1.6× 208 1.7× 29 0.9× 32 569
Walid M. Mabrouk Egypt 14 300 0.8× 247 0.7× 389 1.5× 200 1.6× 40 1.3× 54 505
Wenqi Zhao China 12 286 0.7× 285 0.8× 255 1.0× 161 1.3× 27 0.9× 47 562
Sandra Vega United States 13 245 0.6× 372 1.1× 309 1.2× 200 1.6× 51 1.6× 43 568
Shib Sankar Ganguli India 17 423 1.1× 282 0.8× 365 1.4× 257 2.0× 14 0.5× 40 636
Guoping Liu China 15 383 1.0× 207 0.6× 426 1.7× 233 1.8× 20 0.6× 30 560
Roseane M. Misságia Brazil 11 178 0.5× 203 0.6× 232 0.9× 159 1.3× 18 0.6× 67 370
Mohamed S. El Sharawy Egypt 11 286 0.7× 175 0.5× 384 1.5× 110 0.9× 35 1.1× 15 432
Majid Nabi‐Bidhendi Iran 11 179 0.5× 221 0.6× 197 0.8× 196 1.6× 27 0.9× 30 400

Countries citing papers authored by David Spain

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Spain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Spain

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Spain. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Spain based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Spain. David Spain is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Liu, Shujie, et al.. (2015). Challenges to Geosteering and Completion Optimization of Horizontal Wells in the Cotton Valley Formation, East Texas. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 18(4). 590–598. 2 indexed citations
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Dawson, William C., et al.. (2015). Integration of Post-Frac Production Logging Data with Pre-Frac Static Petrophysical Description Enhances Reservoir Characterization. 9 indexed citations
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Spain, David, et al.. (2014). Multidisciplinary approach in determining the best zone to land a Haynesville horizontal well. Interpretation. 2(4). T243–T254. 1 indexed citations
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Spain, David, et al.. (2013). The Importance of Saturation History for Tight Gas Deliverability. 2 indexed citations
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Spain, David, et al.. (2011). Integrated Petrophysical Study of a North America Tight Gas Sand: Cotton Valley Formation, East Texas. 3 indexed citations
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Quirein, John, et al.. (2010). Integrating Core Data and Wireline Geochemical Data for Formation Evaluation and Characterization of Shale Gas Reservoirs. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 48 indexed citations
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Quirein, John, et al.. (2010). Logging-While-Drilling in Unconventional Shales. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 5 indexed citations
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Suparman, Suparman, et al.. (2010). A Novel Approach To Shale-Gas Evaluation Using A Cased-Hole Pulsed Neutron Tool. 14 indexed citations
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Spain, David, et al.. (2010). Controls on Reservoir Quality and Productivity in the Haynesville Shale, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Basin. 19 indexed citations
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Spain, David, et al.. (2009). Dynamic response of shear induced structure solutions in permeable rock. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 346(1-3). 16–19. 2 indexed citations
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Spain, David, et al.. (2009). Shear induced structure additives and nonlinear pressure drop effects in permeable flow. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 338(1). 261–265. 8 indexed citations
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Spain, David. (1996). To Improve Quality in R&D, Improve the Team Work Process. Research-Technology Management. 39(4). 42–47. 7 indexed citations
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Spain, David, et al.. (1992). Automated Geological Evaluation of Continuous Slim-Hole Cores. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 44(6). 662–668. 8 indexed citations
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Spain, David, et al.. (1980). Use of a Photoionization Detector as a Hydrocarbon Trace Gas Analyzer.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).

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