Lesley James

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Lesley James is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Lesley James has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Ocean Engineering, 51 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 28 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Lesley James's work include Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (53 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (42 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (37 papers). Lesley James is often cited by papers focused on Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (53 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (42 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (37 papers). Lesley James collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Iran and Russia. Lesley James's co-authors include Sohrab Zendehboudi, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, Ioannis Chatzis, Javad Kondori, Ali Shafiei, Raymond G. Gosine, Peter Warrian, Thumeera R. Wanasinghe, Stephen Butt and Oscar De Silva and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Water Resources Research and Journal of Chromatography A.

In The Last Decade

Lesley James

113 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Digital Twin for the Oil and Gas Industry: Overview, Research Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges

2020 218 citations Thumeera R. Wanasinghe, Raymond G. Gosine et al. IEEE Access profile →
A comprehensive review of asphaltene deposition in petroleum reservoirs: Theory, challenges, and tips

2019 209 citations Sohrab Zendehboudi, Lesley James et al. Fuel profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lesley James Canada	28	1.6k	948	769	702	251	115	2.7k
Jinjun Zhang China	36	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	596 0.8×	1.7k 2.5×	267 1.1×	202	4.6k
A. Sircar India	28	625 0.4×	415 0.4×	682 0.9×	215 0.3×	279 1.1×	127	2.2k
María A. Barrufet United States	29	1.0k 0.7×	747 0.8×	1.5k 2.0×	439 0.6×	238 0.9×	152	3.3k
Farshid Torabi Canada	31	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	588 0.8×	748 3.0×	139	2.8k
Menad Nait Amar Algeria	34	871 0.5×	535 0.6×	892 1.2×	212 0.3×	376 1.5×	86	2.2k
Adam R. Brandt United States	50	764 0.5×	913 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	304 0.4×	1.7k 6.9×	164	7.1k
Chuanjin Yao China	25	1.3k 0.8×	403 0.4×	803 1.0×	229 0.3×	171 0.7×	93	2.0k
Ali Lohi Canada	33	1.1k 0.7×	510 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	452 0.6×	169 0.7×	161	4.1k
Ehsan Khamehchi Iran	22	1.1k 0.7×	345 0.4×	712 0.9×	201 0.3×	83 0.3×	117	1.6k
Qiang Liu China	44	3.3k 2.1×	806 0.9×	594 0.8×	330 0.5×	978 3.9×	165	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Lesley James

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lesley James

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Mohagheghian, Erfan, et al.. (2024). Data-driven prediction of drilling strength ahead of the bit. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 243. 213318–213318. 3 indexed citations

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James, Lesley, et al.. (2023). A Mechanistic Study of Wettability Alterations in Sandstone by Low Salinity Water Injection (LSWI) and CO₂ Low Salinity Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) Injection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 366. 1019–1019. 3 indexed citations

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Mohagheghian, Erfan, et al.. (2023). Prediction of centrifuge capillary pressure using machine learning techniques. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 367. 1004–1004. 2 indexed citations

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James, Lesley, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the interFoam solver in the prediction of immiscible two-phase flow in imbibition and drainage on the pore-doublet system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 366. 1017–1017. 8 indexed citations

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Shahidi, Reza, et al.. (2022). Piecemeal Clustering: a Self-Driven Data Clustering Algorithm. IEEE Access. 10. 129985–130000. 2 indexed citations

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Wanasinghe, Thumeera R., et al.. (2021). Human Centric Digital Transformation and Operator 4.0 for the Oil and Gas Industry. IEEE Access. 9. 113270–113291. 36 indexed citations

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Wanasinghe, Thumeera R., Raymond G. Gosine, Oscar De Silva, et al.. (2020). Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Oil and Gas Industry: Overview, Applications, and Challenges. IEEE Access. 8. 166980–166997. 20 indexed citations

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Wanasinghe, Thumeera R., Raymond G. Gosine, Lesley James, et al.. (2020). The Internet of Things in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Systematic Review. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 7(9). 8654–8673. 114 indexed citations

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James, Lesley, et al.. (2019). Toward a mechanistic understanding of wettability alteration in reservoir rocks using silica nanoparticles. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 89. 3004–3004. 15 indexed citations

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James, Lesley, et al.. (2018). Understanding the behavior of H+-protected silica nanoparticles at the oil-water interface for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 274. 98–114. 29 indexed citations

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James, Lesley, et al.. (2018). Application of an Optimization Method for the Restoration of Core Samples for SCAL Experiments. Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description. 59(1). 1–10. 5 indexed citations

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James, Lesley, et al.. (2018). Application of an Optimization Method for the Restoration of Core Samples for SCAL Experiments. Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description. 59(1). 72–91. 6 indexed citations

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Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali, Sohrab Zendehboudi, & Lesley James. (2017). A reliable strategy to calculate minimum miscibility pressure of CO2-oil system in miscible gas flooding processes. Fuel. 208. 117–126. 38 indexed citations

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Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali, Sohrab Zendehboudi, & Lesley James. (2017). Developing a robust proxy model of CO2 injection: Coupling Box–Behnken design and a connectionist method. Fuel. 215. 904–914. 52 indexed citations

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James, Lesley, et al.. (2017). Insight into the stability of hydrophilic silica nanoparticles in seawater for Enhanced oil recovery implications. Fuel. 216. 559–571. 86 indexed citations

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Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali, Sohrab Zendehboudi, & Lesley James. (2017). Equilibrium ratio of hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbons at reservoir conditions: Experimental and modeling study. Fuel. 210. 315–328. 1 indexed citations

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Knai, Cécile, Courtney Scott, Preethy D’Souza, et al.. (2016). The Public Health Responsibility Deal: making the workplace healthier?. Journal of Public Health. 39(2). fdw047–fdw047. 3 indexed citations

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Knai, Cécile, Mark Petticrew, Christopher J. Scott, et al.. (2015). Getting England to be more physically active: are the Public Health Responsibility Deal’s physical activity pledges the answer?. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 12(1). 107–107. 13 indexed citations

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Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali, Sohrab Zendehboudi, Lesley James, et al.. (2014). New tools to determine bubble point pressure of crude oils: Experimental and modeling study. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 123. 207–216. 26 indexed citations

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James, Lesley, et al.. (2002). FLOATING VEHICLE DATA FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT: A PILOT STUDY. 1 indexed citations

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