Kiflom G. Mesfin

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Kiflom G. Mesfin is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Environmental Chemistry and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kiflom G. Mesfin has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Environmental Engineering, 7 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 4 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Kiflom G. Mesfin's work include CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (14 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (7 papers) and Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (4 papers). Kiflom G. Mesfin is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (14 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (7 papers) and Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (4 papers). Kiflom G. Mesfin collaborates with scholars based in Iceland, United States and France. Kiflom G. Mesfin's co-authors include Éric H. Oelkers, Ingvi Gunnarsson, Sigurður R. Gíslason, Edda S. Aradóttir, Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir, M. Stute, Juerg Matter, Helgi A. Alfreðsson, Einar Gunnlaugsson and Bergur Sigfússon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Kiflom G. Mesfin

14 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Rapid carbon mineralization for permanent disposal of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions

2016 710 citations Juerg Matter, M. Stute et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kiflom G. Mesfin Iceland	10	962	401	336	317	281	15	1.3k
Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir Iceland	8	1.2k 1.3×	491 1.2×	423 1.3×	330 1.0×	372 1.3×	11	1.5k
Helgi A. Alfreðsson Iceland	12	1.1k 1.1×	479 1.2×	346 1.0×	353 1.1×	299 1.1×	17	1.6k
Antoinette T. Owen United States	16	893 0.9×	298 0.7×	265 0.8×	237 0.7×	200 0.7×	23	1.2k
Chiara Marieni Iceland	12	762 0.8×	352 0.9×	283 0.8×	229 0.7×	208 0.7×	18	1.1k
M. Stute United States	12	1.5k 1.5×	630 1.6×	489 1.5×	462 1.5×	419 1.5×	16	1.8k
Jürg M. Matter United States	10	919 1.0×	502 1.3×	467 1.4×	530 1.7×	235 0.8×	13	1.8k
Takashi Ohsumi Japan	19	722 0.8×	329 0.8×	289 0.9×	214 0.7×	161 0.6×	56	1.2k
Karsten Michael Australia	18	869 0.9×	343 0.9×	466 1.4×	168 0.5×	136 0.5×	52	1.3k
Johannes Miocic Germany	14	667 0.7×	428 1.1×	388 1.2×	136 0.4×	92 0.3×	33	1.3k
Jérôme Corvisier France	15	844 0.9×	261 0.7×	269 0.8×	260 0.8×	114 0.4×	22	1.3k

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15 of 15 papers shown

Gałeczka, Iwona, et al.. (2025). Chemical composition of the discharge fluid from IDDP-2, Reykjanes, Iceland. Advances in geosciences. 65. 141–148.

Mesfin, Kiflom G., Domenik Wolff-Boenisch, Sigurður R. Gíslason, & Éric H. Oelkers. (2023). Effect of Cation Chloride Concentration on the Dissolution Rates of Basaltic Glass and Labradorite: Application to Subsurface Carbon Storage. Minerals. 13(5). 682–682. 6 indexed citations

Strandmann, Philip A.E. Pogge von, Kevin W. Burton, Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir, et al.. (2019). Rapid CO2 mineralisation into calcite at the CarbFix storage site quantified using calcium isotopes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1983–1983. 120 indexed citations

Friðleifsson, G. Ó., W. A. Elders, Robert A. Zierenberg, et al.. (2018). The Iceland Deep Drilling Project at Reykjanes: Drilling into the root zone of a black smoker analog. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 391. 106435–106435. 48 indexed citations

Oelkers, Éric H., Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann, Jan A. Schuessler, et al.. (2018). Using stable Mg isotope signatures to assess the fate of magnesium during the in situ mineralisation of CO2 and H2S at the CarbFix site in SW-Iceland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 245. 542–555. 38 indexed citations

Friðleifsson, G. Ó., W. A. Elders, Robert A. Zierenberg, et al.. (2017). ICDP supported coring in IDDP-2 at Reykjanes - the DEEPEGS demonstrator in Iceland - Supercritical conditions reached below 4.6 km depth.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 14147. 2 indexed citations

Trias, Rosalia, Bénédicte Ménèz, Philippe Schmitt‐Kopplin, et al.. (2017). High reactivity of deep biota under anthropogenic CO2 injection into basalt. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1063–1063. 58 indexed citations

Friðleifsson, G. Ó., W. A. Elders, Robert A. Zierenberg, et al.. (2017). The Iceland Deep Drilling Project 4.5 km deep well, IDDP-2, in the seawater-recharged Reykjanes geothermal field in SW Iceland has successfully reached its supercritical target. Scientific Drilling. 23. 1–12. 70 indexed citations

Snæbjörnsdóttir, Sandra Ó., Éric H. Oelkers, Kiflom G. Mesfin, et al.. (2017). The chemistry and saturation states of subsurface fluids during the in situ mineralisation of CO2 and H2S at the CarbFix site in SW-Iceland. International journal of greenhouse gas control. 58. 87–102. 131 indexed citations

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Matter, Juerg, M. Stute, Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir, et al.. (2016). Rapid carbon mineralization for permanent disposal of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. Science. 352(6291). 1312–1314. 710 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wolff-Boenisch, Domenik, Iwona Gałeczka, Kiflom G. Mesfin, & S.R. Gíslason. (2016). A foray into false positive results in mineral dissolution and precipitation studies. Applied Geochemistry. 71. 9–19. 8 indexed citations

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Alfreðsson, Helgi A., Kiflom G. Mesfin, & Domenik Wolff-Boenisch. (2015). The syringe sampler: An inexpensive alternative borehole sampling technique for CO₂‐rich fluids during mineral carbon storage. Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology. 6(2). 167–177. 4 indexed citations

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Gunnarsson, Ingvi, Sigurður R. Gíslason, Éric H. Oelkers, et al.. (2015). Towards Cleaner Geothermal Energy: Subsurface Sequestration of Sour Gas Emissions from Geothermal Power Plants. 10 indexed citations

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Sigfússon, Bergur, Sigurður R. Gíslason, Juerg Matter, et al.. (2015). Solving the carbon-dioxide buoyancy challenge: The design and field testing of a dissolved CO2 injection system. International journal of greenhouse gas control. 37. 213–219. 106 indexed citations

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Matter, Juerg, M. Stute, Jennifer Hall, et al.. (2014). Monitoring permanent CO2 storage by in situ mineral carbonation using a reactive tracer technique. Energy Procedia. 63. 4180–4185. 22 indexed citations

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