Martin Schoell

12.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
83 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Martin Schoell is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Schoell has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 38 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Martin Schoell's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (56 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (38 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (30 papers). Martin Schoell is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (56 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (38 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (30 papers). Martin Schoell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Martin Schoell's co-authors include Eckhard Faber, Michael J. Whiticar, J. Michael Moldowan, Dennis D. Coleman, Giuseppe Etiope, J. Bruno Risatti, Padmanabhan Sundararaman, C. J. Ballentine, Robert M. K. Carlson and Yulin Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Martin Schoell

79 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biogenic methane formation in marine and freshwater environments: CO2 reduction vs. acetate fermentation—Isotope evidence

1986 1.5k citations Michael J. Whiticar, Eckhard Faber et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
The hydrogen and carbon isotopic composition of methane from natural gases of various origins

1980 1.0k citations Martin Schoell Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
Genetic Characterization of Natural Gases

1983 788 citations Martin Schoell AAPG Bulletin profile →
Multiple origins of methane in the Earth

1988 626 citations Martin Schoell profile →
Fractionation of carbon and hydrogen isotopes by methane-oxidizing bacteria

1981 540 citations Dennis D. Coleman, J. Bruno Risatti et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
Sensitivity of biomarker properties to depositional environment and/or source input in the Lower Toarcian of SW-Germany

1986 492 citations Martin Schoell et al. Organic Geochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Schoell United States	39	6.3k	5.0k	3.9k	1.5k	1.1k	83	9.8k
Keith A. Kvenvolden United States	43	4.5k 0.7×	4.8k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	387 0.4×	139	9.4k
Michael J. Whiticar Canada	38	3.9k 0.6×	5.6k 1.1×	3.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	648 0.6×	85	8.5k
Gerhard Bohrmann Germany	57	4.1k 0.6×	7.2k 1.4×	2.4k 0.6×	4.1k 2.7×	281 0.3×	244	9.7k
Arndt Schimmelmann United States	55	5.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	2.5k 1.6×	2.5k 2.3×	169	10.2k
Dietrich H. Welte Germany	31	10.5k 1.7×	2.0k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.7×	71	12.4k
Roger Sassen United States	42	3.1k 0.5×	3.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	200 0.2×	95	6.1k
C. Ruppel United States	47	2.9k 0.5×	5.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	356 0.3×	116	7.0k
Barbara Sherwood Lollar Canada	59	3.0k 0.5×	4.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	329 0.3×	223	10.7k
Brian Horsfield Germany	58	8.5k 1.4×	1.9k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	782 0.5×	2.3k 2.1×	254	10.3k
Martin Hovland Norway	44	2.9k 0.5×	5.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.5×	2.5k 1.6×	199 0.2×	114	7.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Schoell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Etiope, Giuseppe, Giancarlo Ciotoli, Stefan Schwietzke, & Martin Schoell. (2019). Gridded maps of geological methane emissions and their isotopic signature. Earth system science data. 11(1). 1–22. 131 indexed citations

Osswald, Sebastian, et al.. (2014). Taxi Checker. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Etiope, Giuseppe & Martin Schoell. (2014). Abiotic Gas: Atypical, But Not Rare. Elements. 10(4). 291–296. 113 indexed citations

Gilfillan, Stuart, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Greg Holland, et al.. (2009). Solubility trapping in formation water as dominant CO2 sink in natural gas fields. Nature. 458(7238). 614–618. 400 indexed citations

Gilfillan, Stuart, C. J. Ballentine, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, et al.. (2008). Quantifying the precipitation and dissolution of CO 2 within geological carbon storage analogues. GeCAS. 72(12). 2 indexed citations

Schoell, Martin, et al.. (2005). A new genetic scheme for natural gas formation and isotopic evidence for oil cracking. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 69(10). 6 indexed citations

Simoneit, Bernd R.T., Mark A. McCaffrey, & Martin Schoell. (2004). Tasmanian tasmanite: II – compound specific isotope analyses of kerogen oxidation and Raney Ni reduction products. Organic Geochemistry. 36(3). 399–404. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Zheng, et al.. (2003). A noble gas tool to quantify the interaction of groundwater with coalbed methane, San Juan Basin, USA. EAEJA. 10180. 1 indexed citations

Ellis, Leroy, et al.. (2003). Mud gas isotope logging (MGIL) assists in oil and gas drilling operations. Oil & gas journal. 101(21). 32–41. 36 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhifang, C. J. Ballentine, Martin Schoell, & Scott H. Stevens. (2003). Noble Gas Tracing of Subsurface CO2 Origin and the Role of Groundwater as a CO2 Sink. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003.

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Ballentine, C. J., et al.. (2001). 300-Myr-old magmatic CO2 in natural gas reservoirs of the west Texas Permian basin. Nature. 409(6818). 327–331. 95 indexed citations

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Ballentine, C. J., et al.. (2000). Magmatic CO 2 in natural gases in the Permian Basin, West Texas: identifying the regional source and filling history. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 69-70. 59–63. 21 indexed citations

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Simoneit, Bernd R.T., et al.. (1997). Carbon isotope systematics of individual hydrocarbons in hydrothermal petroleum from Escanaba Trough, northeastern Pacific Ocean. Organic Geochemistry. 26(7-8). 511–515. 17 indexed citations

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Schoell, Martin. (1995). A reassessment of the economic potential of bacterial gas. AAPG Bulletin. 79(8). 1 indexed citations

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Schoell, Martin, et al.. (1995). Constraints on the origins of hydrocarbon gas from compositions of gases at their site of origin. Nature. 378(6555). 368–371. 123 indexed citations

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Schoell, Martin & John M. Hayes. (1994). Introduction. Organic Geochemistry. 21(6-7). V–V. 2 indexed citations

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Schouten, Stefan, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Martin Schoell, & J.W. de Leeuw. (1994). A novel sterane, 27-nor-24-methyl-5α-cholestane, in sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 58(17). 3741–3745. 13 indexed citations

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Whiticar, Michael J., Eckhard Faber, & Martin Schoell. (1986). Biogenic methane formation in marine and freshwater environments: CO2 reduction vs. acetate fermentation—Isotope evidence. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 50(5). 693–709. 1545 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schoell, Martin. (1984). Recent advances in petroleum isotope geochemistry. Organic Geochemistry. 6. 645–663. 162 indexed citations

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Coleman, Dennis D., J. Bruno Risatti, & Martin Schoell. (1981). Fractionation of carbon and hydrogen isotopes by methane-oxidizing bacteria. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 45(7). 1033–1037. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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