Erdal Özkan

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
219 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Erdal Özkan is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Erdal Özkan has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Ocean Engineering, 152 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 29 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Erdal Özkan's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (148 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (114 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (78 papers). Erdal Özkan is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (148 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (114 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (78 papers). Erdal Özkan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Canada. Erdal Özkan's co-authors include R. Raghavan, Hossein Kazemi, O. G. Apaydin, Michael Brown, Younki Cho, Cem Sarica, Mohammed Al Kobaisi, S. A. Shearer, John P Fulton and Sami Khanal and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing and Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.

In The Last Decade

Erdal Özkan

209 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Practical Solutions for Pressure-Tra... 1991 2026 2002 2014 2011 1991 2020 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Practical Solutions for Pressure-Transient Responses of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs
    2011 408 citations Michael Brown, Erdal Özkan et al. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering profile →
  2. New Solutions for Well-Test-Analysis Problems: Part 1—Analytical Considerations
    1991 348 citations Erdal Özkan, R. Raghavan SPE Formation Evaluation profile →
  3. Remote Sensing in Agriculture—Accomplishments, Limitations, and Opportunities
    2020 271 citations Erdal Özkan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erdal Özkan United States 32 3.6k 3.4k 1.2k 805 443 219 4.6k
Karl D. Stephen United Kingdom 21 825 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 520 0.4× 165 0.2× 299 0.7× 152 1.7k
Kejian Wu United Kingdom 17 482 0.1× 869 0.3× 768 0.6× 317 0.4× 79 0.2× 41 1.8k
Zhiming Chen China 29 1.4k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 671 0.6× 402 0.5× 233 0.5× 189 2.5k
Guochang Wang China 28 628 0.2× 888 0.3× 1.4k 1.1× 70 0.1× 176 0.4× 141 2.8k
Dong Hu China 19 501 0.1× 922 0.3× 758 0.6× 302 0.4× 72 0.2× 90 2.1k
L. J. Pyrak‐Nolte United States 36 1.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 1.9k 1.6× 1.0k 1.2× 1.9k 4.3× 133 4.3k
Yong Duan China 22 679 0.2× 531 0.2× 558 0.5× 245 0.3× 130 0.3× 125 1.6k
Suping Peng China 25 407 0.1× 1.0k 0.3× 660 0.6× 102 0.1× 869 2.0× 213 2.8k
Jianhua Li China 21 677 0.2× 823 0.2× 992 0.8× 198 0.2× 116 0.3× 105 2.0k
Holger Class Germany 28 761 0.2× 792 0.2× 478 0.4× 1.7k 2.2× 206 0.5× 103 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erdal Özkan

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All Works

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Özkan, Erdal, et al.. (2025). Wind Tunnel Evaluation of Spray Nozzle and Droplet Size Effects on Spray Penetration Inside Soybean Plants. Journal of the ASABE. 68(1). 71–79.
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Campos, Javier, Heping Zhu, Ramón Salcedo, et al.. (2025). Droplet Size Distributions from PWM-Controlled Hollow-Cone Nozzles Operated at High Modulation Frequencies and Pressures. Journal of the ASABE. 68(1). 51–60. 1 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal, et al.. (2024). Pressure- and Rate-Transient Model for an Array of Interfering Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs. SPE Journal. 29(8). 4194–4217. 4 indexed citations
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Jeon, Hongyoung, et al.. (2023). Evaluating Kaolin Clay as a Potential Substance for ISO Sprayer Cleaning System Tests. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 39(3). 347–358. 1 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal. (2023). Pressure- and Rate-Transient Model for an Array of Interfering Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 1 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal, et al.. (2018). Detecting Natural Fracture properties using Rate Transient Analysis. SPE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition. 2 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal, et al.. (2012). Thermodynamics of Multiphase Flow in Unconventional Liquids-Rich Reservoirs. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 57 indexed citations
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Üstündağ, Zafer, et al.. (2011). Covalent grafting of three flavonoids onto the glassy carbon electrode surface by cyclic voltammetry. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 30(3-4). 177–185. 6 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal, et al.. (2011). Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical investigation of the behaviors of HF, 3-HF, 6-HF, 3,6-DHF on glassy carbon electrode surfaces. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 30(1). 17–22. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Michael, Erdal Özkan, R. Raghavan, & Hossein Kazemi. (2011). Practical Solutions for Pressure-Transient Responses of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 14(6). 663–676. 408 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kazemi, Hossein, et al.. (2011). Pilot Testing Issues of Chemical EOR in Large Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 29 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal, et al.. (2009). Applying Imidacloprid Via a Precision Banding System to Control Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Cucurbits. Journal of Economic Entomology. 102(6). 2255–2264. 6 indexed citations
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Zapata, Tomás, et al.. (2004). Dynamic Behavior of Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) Models. 18 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal. (2002). Overview: Well Testing (February 2002). Journal of Petroleum Technology. 54(2). 60–60. 2 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal, et al.. (1999). Evaluation of Inflow Performance of Multiple Horizontal Wells in Closed Systems. Journal of Energy Resources Technology. 122(1). 8–13. 5 indexed citations
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Özkan, Erdal & R. Raghavan. (1991). New Solutions for Well-Test-Analysis Problems: Part 1—Analytical Considerations. SPE Formation Evaluation. 6(3). 359–368. 348 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Chih‐Cheng, Erdal Özkan, & R. Raghavan. (1991). A Study of Fractured Wells in Bounded Reservoirs. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 2 indexed citations

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