Keliu Wu

8.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
220 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Keliu Wu is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Keliu Wu has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 154 papers in Ocean Engineering and 113 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Keliu Wu's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (149 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (110 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (82 papers). Keliu Wu is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (149 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (110 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (82 papers). Keliu Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Keliu Wu's co-authors include Zhangxin Chen, Xiangfang Li, Jing Li, Xiaohu Dong, Dong Feng, Jinze Xu, Chenchen Wang, Chaohua Guo, Tao Zhang and Juntai Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Keliu Wu

211 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Wettability effect on nanoconfined water flow 2015 2026 2018 2022 2017 2019 2015 2015 2016 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Wettability effect on nanoconfined water flow
    2017 491 citations Keliu Wu, Zhangxin Chen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Enhanced oil recovery techniques for heavy oil and oilsands reservoirs after steam injection
    2019 387 citations Xiaohu Dong, Zhangxin Chen et al. profile →
  3. A model for multiple transport mechanisms through nanopores of shale gas reservoirs with real gas effect–adsorption-mechanic coupling
    2015 347 citations Keliu Wu, Zhangxin Chen et al. profile →
  4. Model for Surface Diffusion of Adsorbed Gas in Nanopores of Shale Gas Reservoirs
    2015 308 citations Keliu Wu, Xiangfang Li et al. profile →
  5. Water distribution characteristic and effect on methane adsorption capacity in shale clay
    2016 291 citations Jing Li, Xiangfang Li et al. International Journal of Coal Geology profile →
  6. Real gas transport through nanopores of varying cross-section type and shape in shale gas reservoirs
    2015 267 citations Keliu Wu, Zhangxin Chen et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
  7. A Unified Model for Gas Transfer in Nanopores of Shale-Gas Reservoirs: Coupling Pore Diffusion and Surface Diffusion
    2016 253 citations Keliu Wu, Xiangfang Li et al. SPE Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keliu Wu China 44 5.4k 5.2k 3.6k 986 871 220 7.5k
Farzam Javadpour United States 43 6.5k 1.2× 5.6k 1.1× 4.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 95 8.3k
I. Yücel Akkutlu United States 34 4.2k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 589 0.7× 113 4.9k
Carl Sondergeld United States 40 6.9k 1.3× 5.0k 1.0× 4.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 496 0.6× 232 8.6k
Faruk Civan United States 41 3.9k 0.7× 4.9k 0.9× 4.2k 1.2× 316 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 308 7.3k
Mingzhe Dong Canada 43 3.3k 0.6× 4.8k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 305 0.3× 1.4k 1.6× 239 6.6k
Christopher R. Clarkson Canada 52 7.6k 1.4× 8.8k 1.7× 6.4k 1.8× 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 308 11.1k
Qihong Feng China 34 2.6k 0.5× 2.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 434 0.4× 690 0.8× 113 4.1k
Sen Wang China 33 2.5k 0.5× 2.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 421 0.4× 624 0.7× 135 4.1k
Kishore K. Mohanty United States 55 5.0k 0.9× 8.0k 1.5× 5.1k 1.4× 270 0.3× 1.3k 1.5× 344 10.1k
Anthony R. Kovscek United States 60 6.0k 1.1× 9.2k 1.8× 5.4k 1.5× 457 0.5× 2.9k 3.3× 409 12.3k

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All Works

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Feng, Dong, Zhengdong Lei, Keliu Wu, et al.. (2025). Phase behavior and composition distribution of shale oil in nanopore-bulk multiscale systems. Fuel. 402. 136037–136037.
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Xiao, Dong, et al.. (2024). Heat extraction evaluation of series/parallel U-shaped wells in middle-deep geothermal exploitation. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 73. 104098–104098. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yuansheng, et al.. (2024). The Time-Varying Characteristics of Relative Permeability in Oil Reservoirs with Gas Injection. Energies. 17(17). 4512–4512. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2024). A Full-Stage Productivity Equation for Constant-Volume Gas Reservoirs and Its Application. Processes. 12(9). 1855–1855. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Qiang, et al.. (2024). The Production Splitting Method of Offshore Multilayer Combined Water Flooding Gas Wells with Gas Dissolving. ACS Omega. 9(11). 12850–12865. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Zheng, Bingxiang Huang, Suran Wang, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen adsorption in nanopores: Molecule-wall interaction mechanism. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(86). 33496–33508. 31 indexed citations
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Wu, Keliu, et al.. (2023). Dynamic contact angle effect on water-oil imbibition in tight oil reservoirs. Energy. 284. 129209–129209. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Keliu Wu, Zhangxin Chen, et al.. (2023). A Physics-Informed Spatial-Temporal Neural Network for Reservoir Simulation and Uncertainty Quantification. SPE Journal. 29(4). 2026–2043. 12 indexed citations
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Shan, Xiaocai, et al.. (2023). Predicting total organic carbon from well logs based on deep spatial-sequential graph convolutional network. Geophysics. 88(3). D193–D206. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Keliu, Zhangxin Chen, Jing Li, et al.. (2019). Nanoconfinement Effect on n-Alkane Flow. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Keliu, Zhangxin Chen, Jing Li, et al.. (2019). Nanoconfinement Effect on n-Alkane Flow. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(26). 16456–16461. 50 indexed citations
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Wang, Sen, Qihong Feng, Farzam Javadpour, Qinhong Hu, & Keliu Wu. (2018). Competitive adsorption of methane and ethane in montmorillonite nanopores of shale at supercritical conditions: A grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation study. Chemical Engineering Journal. 355. 76–90. 175 indexed citations
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Peng, Yan, Jishan Liu, Zhejun Pan, et al.. (2018). Impact of fluid adsorption on geomechanical properties of shale gas reservoir and shale gas recovery rate. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Keliu, Zhangxin Chen, Jing Li, et al.. (2017). Wettability effect on nanoconfined water flow. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(13). 3358–3363. 491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Jing, Xiangfang Li, Keliu Wu, et al.. (2017). Thickness and stability of water film confined inside nanoslits and nanocapillaries of shale and clay. International Journal of Coal Geology. 179. 253–268. 190 indexed citations
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Wu, Keliu, Xiangfang Li, Zhangxin Chen, et al.. (2015). GAS TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR THROUGH MICRO FRACTURES OF SHALE AND TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS. 47(6). 955–964. 14 indexed citations
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Wu, Keliu & Moe Key. (2013). Performance Analysis and Optimization of SIS Well for Medium Coal Rank CBM Development. Xinjiang shiyou dizhi. 3 indexed citations

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