Michael Fehler

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Fehler is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Fehler has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Geophysics, 52 papers in Ocean Engineering and 35 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Fehler's work include Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (101 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (70 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (34 papers). Michael Fehler is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (101 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (70 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (34 papers). Michael Fehler collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Michael Fehler's co-authors include Haruo Sato, Mitsuyuki Hoshiba, James Rutledge, S. C. Maxwell, Kazushige Obara, W. S. Phillips, Leigh House, Alison Malcolm, Keiiti Aki and Hua Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Computational Physics and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael Fehler

118 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Petroleum reservoir chara... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300
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.

  1. Petroleum reservoir characterization using downhole microseismic monitoring
    2010 343 citations Michael Fehler et al. Geophysics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Fehler 2.4k 965 570 369 346 130 2.7k
Michael C. Fehler 3.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 433 0.8× 699 1.9× 349 1.0× 81 3.8k
Tieyuan Zhu 2.1k 0.9× 864 0.9× 452 0.8× 304 0.8× 347 1.0× 106 2.4k
Andrey Bakulin 3.1k 1.3× 1.8k 1.9× 882 1.5× 430 1.2× 417 1.2× 266 3.4k
Roland Martin 1.8k 0.7× 705 0.7× 174 0.3× 174 0.5× 389 1.1× 63 2.3k
Robert R. Stewart 1.7k 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 481 0.8× 151 0.4× 222 0.6× 238 2.0k
Yi Luo 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 683 1.2× 318 0.9× 178 0.5× 111 2.9k
M. H. Worthington 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 398 0.7× 85 0.2× 258 0.7× 71 2.2k
Öz Yilmaz 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 338 0.6× 220 0.6× 226 0.7× 23 2.4k
Partha S. Routh 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 333 0.6× 91 0.2× 164 0.5× 86 2.0k
Bjørn Ursin 3.0k 1.3× 1.8k 1.8× 789 1.4× 144 0.4× 351 1.0× 212 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Fehler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Fehler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Fehler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Fehler based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Fehler. Michael Fehler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Feng, Xuan, et al.. (2024). Analysis of nonlinear elastic spatiotemporal characteristics of the shallow subsurface. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 155. 106213–106213.
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Fehler, Michael, et al.. (2024). Greedy selection of optimal location of sensors for uncertainty reduction in seismic moment tensor inversion. Journal of Computational Physics. 519. 113431–113431. 2 indexed citations
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Waheed, Umair bin, et al.. (2023). Robust Bayesian moment tensor inversion with optimal transport misfits: layered medium approximations to the 3-D SEG-EAGE overthrust velocity model. Geophysical Journal International. 234(2). 1169–1190. 3 indexed citations
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Fehler, Michael, et al.. (2021). The role of geomechanical modeling in the measurement and understanding of geophysical data collected during carbon sequestration. The Leading Edge. 40(6). 413–417. 2 indexed citations
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Brown, Stephen C., Mark Coolbaugh, James E. Faulds, et al.. (2020). Machine learning for natural resource assessment: An application to the blind geothermal systems of Nevada. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 3 indexed citations
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Fehler, Michael, et al.. (2018). Modeling scattering and intrinsic attenuation of crosswell seismic data in the Michigan Basin. Geophysics. 83(3). WC15–WC27. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Hua & Michael Fehler. (2017). The wavefield of acoustic logging in a cased hole with a single casing—Part II: a dipole tool. Geophysical Journal International. 212(2). 1412–1428. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Yanpeng, et al.. (2017). Wavefield characterization of perforation shot signals in a shale gas reservoir. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 267. 31–40. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Hua & Michael Fehler. (2017). The wavefield of acoustic logging in a cased-hole with a single casing – Part I: a monopole tool. Geophysical Journal International. 212(1). 612–626. 34 indexed citations
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Wang, Hua, et al.. (2017). Reliability of velocity measurements made by monopole acoustic logging-while-drilling tools in fast formations. Geophysics. 82(4). D225–D233. 25 indexed citations
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Hantschel, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Building a model with realistic pore pressures: Modifying the SEAM Phase I subsalt model. The Leading Edge. 36(9). 730–737. 3 indexed citations
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Malcolm, Alison, Thomas Gallot, Thomas L. Szabo, et al.. (2015). Characterizing the nonlinear interaction of S- and P-waves in a rock sample. Memorial University Research Repository (Memorial University). 17 indexed citations
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Djikpéssé, Hugues, et al.. (2013). Recent advances and trends in subsea technologies and seafloor properties characterization. The Leading Edge. 32(10). 1214–1220. 2 indexed citations
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Fehler, Michael. (2012). SEAM Update. The Leading Edge. 31(12). 1424–1426. 5 indexed citations
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Fehler, Michael, et al.. (2012). SEAM Update. The Leading Edge. 31(9). 1012–1014. 1 indexed citations
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Fehler, Michael. (2012). SEAM UPDATE: ELASTIC SIMULATIONS. The Leading Edge. 31(1). 24–25. 6 indexed citations
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Fehler, Michael. (2010). SEG Advanced Modeling Project: Completion of Phase I acoustic simulations. The Leading Edge. 29(6). 640–642. 1 indexed citations
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Stefani, Joe, et al.. (2010). Seam update: Models for EM and gravity simulations. The Leading Edge. 29(2). 132–135. 12 indexed citations
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Fehler, Michael & C. Mark Pearson. (1984). Cross-hole seismic surveys; applications for studying subsurface fracture systems at a hot dry rock geothermal site. Geophysics. 49(1). 37–45. 36 indexed citations
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Aki, K., et al.. (1976). Seismic properties of a shallow magma reservoir in Kilauea Iki by active and passive experiments. 1 indexed citations

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