Nicole Dopffel

956 total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 677 citations indexed

About

Nicole Dopffel is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Environmental Chemistry and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicole Dopffel has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 677 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Environmental Engineering, 15 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 12 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicole Dopffel's work include CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (13 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (11 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (9 papers). Nicole Dopffel is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (13 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (11 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (9 papers). Nicole Dopffel collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and United States. Nicole Dopffel's co-authors include Stefan Jansen, Jan Gerritse, Hakan Alkan, Martin A. Fernø, Na Liu, Anthony R. Kovscek, Andrea Herold, Felix Kögler, Biwen Annie An and Dirk Schulze‐Makuch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Nicole Dopffel

32 papers receiving 639 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.

Microbial side effects of underground hydrogen storage – Knowledge gaps, risks and opportunities for successful implementation

2021 264 citations Nicole Dopffel, Stefan Jansen et al. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicole Dopffel Norway	13	345	301	188	182	157	36	677
Frank Dethlefsen Germany	11	368 1.1×	197 0.7×	82 0.4×	111 0.6×	134 0.9×	29	547
Javier Vilcáez United States	19	291 0.8×	102 0.3×	156 0.8×	145 0.8×	332 2.1×	47	862
Hakan Alkan Germany	16	268 0.8×	76 0.3×	451 2.4×	363 2.0×	244 1.6×	44	788
Krzysztof Labus Poland	10	225 0.7×	137 0.5×	144 0.8×	196 1.1×	176 1.1×	55	474
Alberto Maria Gambelli Italy	24	788 2.3×	1.1k 3.7×	34 0.2×	525 2.9×	198 1.3×	86	1.4k
Mohamed Ali Hamid Malaysia	11	419 1.2×	132 0.4×	284 1.5×	132 0.7×	312 2.0×	20	585
Youqiang Liao China	15	171 0.5×	272 0.9×	162 0.9×	201 1.1×	210 1.3×	50	598
Yi Du China	17	281 0.8×	133 0.4×	713 3.8×	685 3.8×	253 1.6×	36	1.1k
Greg Lackey United States	13	309 0.9×	120 0.4×	300 1.6×	184 1.0×	312 2.0×	33	648
Kengo Nakamura Japan	14	162 0.5×	58 0.2×	49 0.3×	107 0.6×	124 0.8×	59	534

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicole Dopffel

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dopffel, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Exploring Microbiological Dynamics in a Salt Cavern for Potential Hydrogen Storage Use. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 17(2). e70064–e70064. 2 indexed citations

Černá, Kateřina, Petra Bombach, Caroline Michel, et al.. (2025). Towards standardized microbial hydrogen consumption testing in the subsurface: harmonized field sampling and enrichment approaches. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 41(10). 342–342. 1 indexed citations

Michel, Caroline, Sétareh Rad, Petra Bombach, et al.. (2025). Predicting coarse-grained representations of biogeochemical cycles from metabarcoding data. Bioinformatics. 41(Supplement_1). i49–i57.

Ghanbari, Saeed, et al.. (2025). New flow simulation framework for underground hydrogen storage modelling considering microbial and geochemical reactions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 159. 150453–150453. 1 indexed citations

Dopffel, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Impact of specific surface area on anaerobic microbial hydrogen consumption by a sulfate reducer: A sand pack study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 166. 150861–150861. 3 indexed citations

Engel, Anja, et al.. (2025). Utilization of fish sludge and aquaculture effluent water from Norway for nutrient and energy recovery. Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances. 27. 200256–200256. 1 indexed citations

Dopffel, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Pressure up to 60 bar has no major effect on the overall hydrogen consumption of the sulfate reducer Oleidesulfovibrio alaskensis. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 136(4). 1 indexed citations

Shiran, Behruz Shaker, et al.. (2025). Effects of microbial activities on hydrogen storage efficiency in porous media. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 154. 150287–150287. 1 indexed citations

Dopffel, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Experimental Study of Microbial Hydrogen Consumption Rates by Oleidesulfovibrio Alaskensis in Porous Media. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). IPJ040625–3. 2 indexed citations

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Dopffel, Nicole, et al.. (2024). “Microbial life in salt caverns and their influence on H2 storage – Current knowledge and open questions.”. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 58. 1478–1485. 21 indexed citations

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Boon, Maartje, et al.. (2024). Microbial induced wettability alteration with implications for Underground Hydrogen Storage. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 8248–8248. 30 indexed citations

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Dopffel, Nicole, et al.. (2023). Microbial hydrogen consumption leads to a significant pH increase under high-saline-conditions: implications for hydrogen storage in salt caverns. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 10564–10564. 53 indexed citations

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Akbari, Ali, et al.. (2023). Insights into the effects of anthropogenic activities on oil reservoir microbiome and metabolic potential. New Biotechnology. 79. 30–38. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Na, Anthony R. Kovscek, Martin A. Fernø, & Nicole Dopffel. (2023). Pore-scale study of microbial hydrogen consumption and wettability alteration during underground hydrogen storage. Frontiers in Energy Research. 11. 83 indexed citations

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Veshareh, Moein Jahanbani, Morten Poulsen, Hamidreza M. Nick, et al.. (2021). The light in the dark: In-situ biorefinement of crude oil to hydrogen using typical oil reservoir Thermotoga strains. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 47(8). 5101–5110. 14 indexed citations

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Dopffel, Nicole, Stefan Jansen, & Jan Gerritse. (2021). Microbial side effects of underground hydrogen storage – Knowledge gaps, risks and opportunities for successful implementation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46(12). 8594–8606. 264 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Na, et al.. (2020). High osmotic stress initiates expansion and detachment of Thalassospira sp. biofilms in glass microchannels. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 8(6). 104525–104525. 5 indexed citations

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Kögler, Felix, et al.. (2020). The Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) potential of Halanaerobiales under dynamic conditions in different porous media. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 196. 107578–107578. 23 indexed citations

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Wegner, Jonas, et al.. (2019). Investigation of Pore-Scale Mechanisms of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery MEOR Using Microfluidics Application. 16 indexed citations

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Alkan, Hakan, et al.. (2018). Modelling Approaches to Assess Biogenic Souring During Waterflooding and EOR Operations. Proceedings. 1 indexed citations

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