James C. Erdle

975 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 817 citations indexed

About

James C. Erdle is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James C. Erdle has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 817 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Ocean Engineering, 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 1 paper in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in James C. Erdle's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (13 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (10 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (9 papers). James C. Erdle is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (13 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (10 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (9 papers). James C. Erdle collaborates with scholars based in United States, British Virgin Islands and Norway. James C. Erdle's co-authors include Craig Cipolla, Barry Rubin, E. P. Lolon, Ali Moinfar, Raymond Ambrose, Kaoshan Dai, Eugene H. Conner, Ahmed Ouenes, Kamel Ben-Naceur and J. S. Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Experimental Techniques and SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.

In The Last Decade

James C. Erdle

14 papers receiving 777 citations

Hit Papers

Reservoir Modeling in Shale-Gas Reservoirs 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. Reservoir Modeling in Shale-Gas Reservoirs
    2010 440 citations Craig Cipolla, James C. Erdle et al. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James C. Erdle United States 7 719 651 379 148 81 14 817
Doug Bearinger Canada 11 603 0.8× 461 0.7× 452 1.2× 109 0.7× 106 1.3× 25 695
J. D. Williams-Kovacs Canada 18 823 1.1× 769 1.2× 319 0.8× 176 1.2× 116 1.4× 36 911
Morteza Nobakht Canada 20 1.1k 1.5× 1.2k 1.9× 548 1.4× 117 0.8× 200 2.5× 30 1.4k
O. G. Apaydin United States 11 731 1.0× 753 1.2× 483 1.3× 140 0.9× 160 2.0× 16 921
Larry K. Britt United States 16 894 1.2× 865 1.3× 256 0.7× 136 0.9× 66 0.8× 58 995
Robert Hawkes Canada 12 563 0.8× 502 0.8× 229 0.6× 120 0.8× 83 1.0× 36 604
Junjing Zhang United States 14 792 1.1× 730 1.1× 468 1.2× 171 1.2× 115 1.4× 35 876
John Yilin Wang United States 18 672 0.9× 680 1.0× 369 1.0× 87 0.6× 68 0.8× 50 830
Raj Malpani British Virgin Islands 15 766 1.1× 721 1.1× 281 0.7× 202 1.4× 30 0.4× 41 858
Ruizhong Jiang China 13 462 0.6× 430 0.7× 279 0.7× 100 0.7× 58 0.7× 33 540

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Fields of papers citing papers by James C. Erdle

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James C. Erdle

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Erdle, James C., et al.. (2021). Evaluation of a Superior Shale EOR Application in the Eagle Ford Shale. 4 indexed citations
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Ambrose, Raymond, et al.. (2020). Use of Reservoir Simulation to Forecast Field EOR Response - An Eagle Ford Gas Injection Huff-N-Puff Application. SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition. 21 indexed citations
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Erdle, James C., et al.. (2017). Integration of Improved Asymmetric Frac Design Using Strain Derived From Geomechanical Modeling in Reservoir Simulation. SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference. 7 indexed citations
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Cipolla, Craig, et al.. (2010). Reservoir Modeling in Shale-Gas Reservoirs. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 13(4). 638–653. 440 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dai, Kaoshan, et al.. (2009). FIELD TESTING OF DIRECTLY EMBEDDED POLES. Experimental Techniques. 35(2). 14–23. 5 indexed citations
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Cipolla, Craig, et al.. (2009). Modeling Well Performance in Shale-Gas Reservoirs. 62 indexed citations
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Cipolla, Craig, et al.. (2009). Modeling Well Performance in Shale-Gas Reservoirs. 139 indexed citations
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Cipolla, Craig, E. P. Lolon, James C. Erdle, & Barry Rubin. (2009). Reservoir Modeling in Shale-Gas Reservoirs. SPE Eastern Regional Meeting. 107 indexed citations
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Erdle, James C.. (1984). CURRENT DRILLSTEM TESTING PRACTICES: DESIGN, CONDUCT AND INTERPRETATION. Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 1 indexed citations
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Erdle, James C.. (1984). Current Drillstem Testing Practices: Design, Conduct & Interpretation. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 6 indexed citations
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Erdle, James C., et al.. (1981). Results of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment BHP Analysis in Peru. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 5 indexed citations
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Erdle, James C., et al.. (1977). Early Fluid Entry Determination; Key To Safe, Optimum Drill Stem Testing. 4 indexed citations

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