Michael A. Celia

17.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
192 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Celia is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Celia has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Environmental Engineering, 67 papers in Ocean Engineering and 60 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Celia's work include CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (99 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (64 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (46 papers). Michael A. Celia is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (99 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (64 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (46 papers). Michael A. Celia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Slovakia. Michael A. Celia's co-authors include Jan M. Nordbotten, Stefan Bachu, Sarah E. Gasda, Karl W. Bandilla, Helge K. Dahle, Catherine A. Peters, S. Majid Hassanizadeh, Philip John Binning, Li Li and Thomas F. Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Celia

189 papers receiving 11.9k 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.

A general mass‐conservative numerical solution for the unsaturated flow equation

1990 1.3k citations Michael A. Celia et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Injection and Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Aquifers: Analytical Solution for CO2 Plume Evolution During Injection

2005 520 citations Jan M. Nordbotten, Michael A. Celia et al. profile →
Status of CO₂storage in deep saline aquifers with emphasis on modeling approaches and practical simulations

2015 298 citations Michael A. Celia, Stefan Bachu et al. Water Resources Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Celia United States	57	8.4k	4.5k	4.0k	2.3k	2.0k	192	12.6k
Dongxiao Zhang China	59	5.1k 0.6×	4.9k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	392	13.4k
Karsten Pruess United States	61	11.9k 1.4×	5.0k 1.1×	6.2k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	3.4k 1.6×	275	16.0k
Rubén Juanes United States	52	4.2k 0.5×	3.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	987 0.4×	2.4k 1.2×	216	10.0k
Jesús Carrera Spain	68	10.2k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	3.7k 1.6×	1.4k 0.7×	315	15.2k
Jacob Bear Israel	38	8.2k 1.0×	3.2k 0.7×	3.6k 0.9×	4.2k 1.8×	2.3k 1.1×	109	16.8k
Hari Viswanathan United States	49	4.4k 0.5×	3.5k 0.8×	4.2k 1.0×	941 0.4×	3.1k 1.5×	209	8.8k
Brian Berkowitz Israel	60	8.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	3.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.6×	1.9k 0.9×	279	14.4k
Carl I. Steefel United States	59	7.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	195	11.9k
Olaf Kolditz Germany	50	4.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.3×	2.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	365	9.4k
Peter K. Kitanidis United States	61	9.2k 1.1×	3.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	370 0.2×	240	13.7k

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Celia, Michael A., et al.. (2026). Development of a three-dimensional network model for quasi-static immiscible displacement. 397–403.

Edwards, Ryan W. J., et al.. (2021). Strategic Carbon Dioxide Infrastructure to Achieve a Low-Carbon Power Sector in the Midwestern and South-Central United States. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(22). 15013–15024. 6 indexed citations

Bandilla, Karl W., et al.. (2021). Field‐Scale Modeling of CO₂ Mineral Trapping in Reactive Rocks: A Vertically Integrated Approach. Water Resources Research. 58(1). 18 indexed citations

Liang, Haiming, et al.. (2020). Electric power development associated with the Belt and Road Initiative and its carbon emissions implications. Applied Energy. 267. 114784–114784. 37 indexed citations

Guo, Bo, et al.. (2019). Vertically integrated dual-continuum models for CO2 injection in fractured geological formations. Computational Geosciences. 23(2). 273–284. 9 indexed citations

Riddick, Stuart N., Denise L. Mauzerall, Michael A. Celia, et al.. (2019). Methane emissions from oil and gas platforms in the North Sea. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(15). 9787–9796. 38 indexed citations

Riddick, Stuart N., Denise L. Mauzerall, Michael A. Celia, et al.. (2019). Measuring methane emissions from oil and gas platforms in the North Sea. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 6 indexed citations

Guo, Bo, et al.. (2017). A Pseudo‐Vertical Equilibrium Model for Slow Gravity Drainage Dynamics. Water Resources Research. 53(12). 10491–10507. 7 indexed citations

Bandilla, Karl W., et al.. (2012). Modeling Carbon Dioxide Storage in the Basal Aquifer of Canada. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Y., Mark Person, Carl W. Gable, et al.. (2011). Multi-Layer, Sharp-Interface Models of Pore Pressure Buildup within the Illinois Basin due to Basin-Wide CO2 Injection. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Buscheck, Thomas A., Yuqiang Sun, Benjamin Court, et al.. (2011). Active CO2 Reservoir Management for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration: Impact on Permitting, Monitoring, and Public Acceptance. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Ellis, Brian R., et al.. (2011). Alteration of Caprock Fracture Geometries During Flow of CO 2 -acidified Brine: Informing Basin-scale Leakage Models From Pore-scale modeling and Core-scale Experiments. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Buscheck, Thomas A., Yue Hao, Benjamin Court, et al.. (2010). Active CO2 Reservoir Management: A Strategy for Controlling Pressure, CO2 and Brine Migration in Saline-Formation CCS. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Gasda, Sarah E. & Michael A. Celia. (2004). Upscaling Relative Permeabilities in a Structured Porous Medium. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Celia, Michael A., Stefan Bachu, & Sarah E. Gasda. (2002). A Framework to Estimate CO2 Leakage associated with Geological Storage in Mature Sedimentary Basins. AGUFM. 2002. 2 indexed citations

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Celia, Michael A., C. A. Peters, & Stefan Bachu. (2002). Geologic Storage of CO2: Leakage Pathways and Environmental Risks. AGUSM. 2002. 3 indexed citations

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Ataie‐Ashtiani, Behzad, S. Majid Hassanizadeh, & Michael A. Celia. (2002). Effects of heterogeneities on capillary pressure–saturation–relative permeability relationships. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 56(3-4). 175–192. 67 indexed citations

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Celia, Michael A., et al.. (1998). On the inclusion of interfacial area in models of two-phase flow in porous media. IAHS-AISH publication. 250(3). 81–87. 4 indexed citations

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Bush, Ashley I., et al.. (1988). Conference diary. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 8(4). 491–492. 1 indexed citations

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Bettess, P., et al.. (1987). Conference diary. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 7(12). 1405–1406. 1 indexed citations

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