Michael Mayerhofer

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Mayerhofer is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Mayerhofer has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 71 papers in Ocean Engineering and 38 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Michael Mayerhofer's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (75 papers), Drilling and Well Engineering (58 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (35 papers). Michael Mayerhofer is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (75 papers), Drilling and Well Engineering (58 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (35 papers). Michael Mayerhofer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Michael Mayerhofer's co-authors include E. P. Lolon, N. R. Warpinski, Craig Cipolla, M. C. Vincent, J. R. Heinze, Nancy Meehan, Jing Du, C. K. Waltman, Leen Weijers and S. C. Maxwell and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Medical Physics and International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Mayerhofer

87 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

  1. What Is Stimulated Reservoir Volume?
    2010 655 citations Michael Mayerhofer, E. P. Lolon et al. SPE Production & Operations profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Mayerhofer Germany 29 3.5k 3.1k 1.3k 924 315 95 3.9k
Tom Bultreys Belgium 26 800 0.2× 1.5k 0.5× 257 0.2× 1.1k 1.2× 765 2.4× 77 2.3k
Andrew P. Bunger United States 33 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 1.9k 2.1× 574 1.8× 147 4.2k
Jean Desroches British Virgin Islands 22 1.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 710 0.6× 939 1.0× 481 1.5× 65 2.6k
Marina Pervukhina Australia 24 796 0.2× 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 216 0.7× 123 2.2k
Shouxiang Ma United States 21 1.5k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 349 0.3× 1.3k 1.4× 216 0.7× 150 2.4k
N.G.W. Cook United States 33 1.2k 0.4× 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 3.7k 4.0× 651 2.1× 84 5.2k
Christopher H. Pentland United Kingdom 17 1.5k 0.4× 3.0k 0.9× 254 0.2× 1.8k 1.9× 2.3k 7.3× 31 3.9k
R. D. Barree United States 33 2.9k 0.8× 2.7k 0.9× 818 0.6× 594 0.6× 389 1.2× 106 3.2k
Nishank Saxena United States 20 840 0.2× 1.3k 0.4× 682 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 308 1.0× 52 2.1k
Craig Cipolla United States 37 5.2k 1.5× 4.7k 1.5× 1.8k 1.4× 1.6k 1.7× 487 1.5× 131 5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Mayerhofer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Mayerhofer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Mayerhofer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Mayerhofer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Mayerhofer 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 Mayerhofer. Michael Mayerhofer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Egger, Werner, C. Corbel, P. Sperr, et al.. (2025). Defect Studies in Thin-Film SiO2 of a Metal-Oxide-Silicon Capacitor Using Drift-Assisted Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy. Nanomaterials. 15(15). 1142–1142.
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Mariscotti, Andrea & Michael Mayerhofer. (2025). Testing non-linearity and saturation of a RF current probe. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 1019–1024.
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (2024). A Cost-Effective Pump-Down Falloff Pressure Test for Pore Pressure and Closure Pressure Evaluation. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (2023). A carbon minibeam irradiation facility concept. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2420(1). 12097–12097. 2 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (2023). Additive Manufacturing of Side-Coupled Cavity Linac Structures from Pure Copper: A First Concept. Instruments. 7(4). 56–56. 4 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, A. Bergmaier, Gerd Datzmann, et al.. (2021). Concept and performance evaluation of two 3 GHz buncher units optimizing the dose rate of a novel preclinical proton minibeam irradiation facility. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258477–e0258477. 3 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (2021). Magnetically focused 70 MeV proton minibeams for preclinical experiments combining a tandem accelerator and a 3 GHz linear post‐accelerator. Medical Physics. 48(6). 2733–2749. 11 indexed citations
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Warpinski, N. R., et al.. (2013). Hydraulic-Fracture Geomechanics and Microseismic-Source Mechanisms. SPE Journal. 18(4). 766–780. 107 indexed citations
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Maxwell, S. C., et al.. (2009). Imaging Seismic Deformation Induced by Hydraulic Fracture Complexity. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 12(1). 48–52. 83 indexed citations
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Cipolla, Craig, E. P. Lolon, & Michael Mayerhofer. (2009). Resolving Created, Propped, and Effective Hydraulic-Fracture Length. SPE Production & Operations. 24(4). 619–628. 11 indexed citations
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Cipolla, Craig, N. R. Warpinski, Michael Mayerhofer, E. P. Lolon, & M. C. Vincent. (2008). The Relationship Between Fracture Complexity, Reservoir Properties, and Fracture Treatment Design. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 295 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (2006). Integration of Microseismic Fracture Mapping Results With Numerical Fracture Network Production Modeling in the Barnett Shale. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 311 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (2005). Results of U.S. Department of Energy Deep Gas Well Stimulation Study. Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 5 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (2000). Tiltmeter Hydraulic Fracture Mapping in the North Robertson Field, West Texas. 13 indexed citations
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Cipolla, Craig, et al.. (1999). Case History of Complex Fracture Behavior in the Hanoi Trough, Vietnam. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 1 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (1997). Proppants? We Don't Need No Proppants. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 123 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, et al.. (1991). A Comparison of the Fluid-Loss Properties of Borate-Zirconate-Crosslinked and Noncrosslinked Fracturing Fluids. SPE Eastern Regional Meeting. 6 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Michael, M. J. Economides, & K. G. Nolte. (1991). An Experimental and Fundamental Interpretation of Fracturing Filter-Cake Fluid Loss. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 12 indexed citations

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