L.S. Merrill

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

L.S. Merrill is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, L.S. Merrill has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 6 papers in Ocean Engineering and 2 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in L.S. Merrill's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (5 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (5 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (2 papers). L.S. Merrill is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (5 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (5 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (2 papers). L.S. Merrill collaborates with scholars based in United States. L.S. Merrill's co-authors include Hossein Kazemi, W.B. Gogarty, T. G. Monger-McClure, James E. Tackett and Charles E. Hamrin and has published in prestigious journals such as Fuel, AIChE Journal and Journal of Petroleum Technology.

In The Last Decade

L.S. Merrill

11 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Numerical Simulation of Water-Oil Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

1976 837 citations Hossein Kazemi, L.S. Merrill et al. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
L.S. Merrill United States	8	938	799	364	298	173	11	1.1k
M. Prats Netherlands	16	834 0.9×	819 1.0×	177 0.5×	153 0.5×	137 0.8×	41	1.1k
W.W. Owens United States	12	792 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	259 0.7×	769 2.6×	96 0.6×	17	1.4k
Jairam Kamath Netherlands	20	866 0.9×	950 1.2×	286 0.8×	490 1.6×	75 0.4×	59	1.2k
R. G. Pierson Norway	11	511 0.5×	492 0.6×	197 0.5×	157 0.5×	89 0.5×	16	698
Jacques Hagoort Netherlands	20	884 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	269 0.7×	332 1.1×	55 0.3×	45	1.2k
Ramon G. Bentsen Canada	15	454 0.5×	650 0.8×	224 0.6×	190 0.6×	43 0.2×	67	816
Mark L. Hoefner United States	9	528 0.6×	654 0.8×	289 0.8×	186 0.6×	50 0.3×	11	847
Dengen Zhou United States	15	450 0.5×	744 0.9×	397 1.1×	388 1.3×	45 0.3×	37	925
Philip H. Winterfeld United States	17	870 0.9×	828 1.0×	410 1.1×	632 2.1×	159 0.9×	42	1.3k
J.G. Richardson United States	10	367 0.4×	480 0.6×	197 0.5×	233 0.8×	50 0.3×	23	615

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L.S. Merrill

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All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Monger-McClure, T. G., James E. Tackett, & L.S. Merrill. (1999). Comparisons of Cloud Point Measurement and Paraffin Prediction Methods. SPE Production & Facilities. 14(1). 4–16. 49 indexed citations

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Monger-McClure, T. G., James E. Tackett, & L.S. Merrill. (1997). DeepStar Comparisons of Cloud Point Measurement & Paraffin Prediction Methods. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 2 indexed citations

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Kazemi, Hossein & L.S. Merrill. (1979). Numerical Simulation of Water Imbibition in Fractured Cores. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 19(3). 175–182. 93 indexed citations

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Kazemi, Hossein, et al.. (1976). Numerical Simulation of Water-Oil Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 16(6). 317–326. 837 indexed citations breakdown →

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Merrill, L.S.. (1975). Two-phase flow in fractures. 25 indexed citations

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Merrill, L.S., Hossein Kazemi, & W.B. Gogarty. (1974). Pressure Falloff Analysis in Reservoirs With Fluid Banks. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 26(7). 809–818. 53 indexed citations

7.

Merrill, L.S.. (1973). The coal—oxygen reaction near the ignition temperature. Fuel. 52(1). 61–65. 8 indexed citations

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Kazemi, Hossein, et al.. (1972). Problems in Interpretation of Pressure Fall-Off Tests in Reservoirs With And Without Fluid Banks. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 24(9). 1147–1156. 46 indexed citations

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Merrill, L.S. & Charles E. Hamrin. (1970). Conversion and temperature profiles for complex reactions in laminar and plug flow. AIChE Journal. 16(2). 194–198. 25 indexed citations

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Merrill, L.S., et al.. (1965). Rhenium as a Catalyst in Hydrocarbon Reforming Reactions. I&EC Product Research and Development. 4(4). 269–273. 3 indexed citations

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Merrill, L.S., et al.. (1964). Kinetics of Thermal Dealkylation of Alkylnaphthalenes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development. 3(1). 78–84. 3 indexed citations

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