Nishank Saxena

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nishank Saxena is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Nishank Saxena has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ocean Engineering, 26 papers in Geophysics and 23 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Nishank Saxena's work include Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (24 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (17 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (17 papers). Nishank Saxena is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (24 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (17 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (17 papers). Nishank Saxena collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Nishank Saxena's co-authors include Ronny Hofmann, Gary Mavko, Faruk O. Alpak, Tapan Mukerji, Andreas Wiegmann, Erik H. Saenger, Matthias Kabel, Fabian Krzikalla, Erik Glatt and Ratnanabha Sain and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Nishank Saxena

48 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Digital rock physics benchmarks—Part I: Imaging and segmentation
    2012 552 citations Heiko Andrä, Nicolas Combaret et al. Computers & Geosciences profile →
  2. Digital rock physics benchmarks—part II: Computing effective properties
    2012 460 citations Heiko Andrä, Nicolas Combaret et al. Computers & Geosciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nishank Saxena United States 20 1.3k 1.0k 840 682 308 52 2.1k
Youngseuk Keehm South Korea 13 1.1k 0.8× 743 0.7× 625 0.7× 539 0.8× 325 1.1× 34 1.7k
Claudio Madonna Switzerland 27 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 1.3k 1.9× 449 1.5× 74 2.8k
Ronny Hofmann United States 24 1.2k 0.9× 904 0.9× 963 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 154 0.5× 72 2.1k
Gary Douglas Couples United Kingdom 23 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 913 1.1× 422 0.6× 371 1.2× 107 2.0k
Ratnanabha Sain United States 7 755 0.6× 562 0.5× 447 0.5× 375 0.5× 171 0.6× 18 1.1k
Xin Zhan United States 7 772 0.6× 547 0.5× 418 0.5× 402 0.6× 193 0.6× 22 1.2k
Pål‐Eric Øren Norway 15 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 828 1.0× 179 0.3× 465 1.5× 23 2.1k
Robert Sok Australia 18 1.1k 0.8× 921 0.9× 568 0.7× 250 0.4× 326 1.1× 40 1.6k
Minhui Lee South Korea 8 738 0.6× 600 0.6× 440 0.5× 326 0.5× 184 0.6× 14 1.2k
Oussama Gharbi United Kingdom 10 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 737 0.9× 152 0.2× 621 2.0× 16 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nishank Saxena

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All Works

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Gupta, Utkarsh, Nishank Saxena, Ronny Hofmann, et al.. (2022). Siamese-SR: A Siamese Super-Resolution Model for Boosting Resolution of Digital Rock Images for Improved Petrophysical Property Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 31. 3479–3493. 19 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Ronny, et al.. (2019). Impact of Mineralogy on Creep Properties and Production Decline Rates. 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. 1 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank, Ronny Hofmann, Amie Hows, et al.. (2019). Rock compressibility from microcomputed tomography images: Controls on digital rock simulations. Geophysics. 84(4). WA127–WA139. 23 indexed citations
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Louis, Laurent, Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Ronny Hofmann, Nishank Saxena, & Anja M. Schleicher. (2018). Computation of effective elastic properties of clay from X-ray texture goniometry data. Geophysics. 83(5). MR245–MR261. 10 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank, et al.. (2018). Introduction to this special section: Advancements in image processing. The Leading Edge. 37(6). 410–410. 1 indexed citations
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Berg, Steffen, et al.. (2018). Generation of ground truth images to validate micro-CT image-processing pipelines. The Leading Edge. 37(6). 412–420. 44 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank, et al.. (2016). Mineral substitution: Separating the effects of fluids, minerals, and microstructure on P- and S-wave velocities. Geophysics. 81(2). D197–D210. 8 indexed citations
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Mavko, Gary & Nishank Saxena. (2016). Rock-physics models for heterogeneous creeping rocks and viscous fluids. Geophysics. 81(4). D427–D440. 7 indexed citations
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Bryndzia, L. Taras, et al.. (2016). Interpreting direct hydrocarbon indicators of low-API biodegraded oils — A case study from a deepwater South Atlantic Basin. The Leading Edge. 35(6). 511–515. 1 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank, et al.. (2016). Rock-physics models for heavy-oil and organic-solid substitution. The Leading Edge. 35(6). 506–510. 8 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank & Gary Mavko. (2015). Effects of fluid-shear resistance and squirt flow on velocity dispersion in rocks. Geophysics. 80(2). D99–D110. 17 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank, Gary Mavko, & Tapan Mukerji. (2015). Fluid substitution in multimineralic rocks with large mineral stiffness contrast. Geophysics. 80(3). L11–L33. 10 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank & Gary Mavko. (2015). The embedded-bound method for estimating the change in rock moduli under pore fill and mineral phase substitution. Geophysics. 80(3). L1–L10. 10 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank. (2015). Exact results for generalized Biot–Gassmann equations for rocks that change in pore shape and grain geometry. Geophysical Journal International. 203(3). 1575–1586. 8 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank & Gary Mavko. (2014). Impact of change in pore-fill material on P-wave velocity. Geophysics. 79(6). D399–D407. 12 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank & Gary Mavko. (2014). Exact equations for fluid and solid substitution. Geophysics. 79(3). L21–L32. 42 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank, Gary Mavko, & Tapan Mukerji. (2013). Change in effective bulk modulus upon fluid or solid substitution. Geophysics. 78(4). L45–L56. 6 indexed citations
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Mavko, Gary & Nishank Saxena. (2013). Embedded-bound method for estimating the change in bulk modulus under either fluid or solid substitution. Geophysics. 78(5). L87–L99. 21 indexed citations
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Andrä, Heiko, Nicolas Combaret, Jack Dvorkin, et al.. (2012). Digital rock physics benchmarks—Part I: Imaging and segmentation. Computers & Geosciences. 50. 25–32. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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