Ralf Littke
Impact in
- Mechanics of Materials top 0.01%
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Geology top 0.05%
- Geological Studies and Exploration
Papers in
- Geology 94
- Geological Studies and Exploration 75
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- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis 326
- Co-authors
- Bernhard M. KrooßJános L. UraiJan SchwarzbauerYves GensterblumJop KlaverD. LeythaeuserGuillaume DesboisMatúš Gašparík
In The Last Decade
Ralf Littke
389 papers receiving 13.9k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 138
- Mechanics of Materials 10.5k
- Geology 2.0k
- Geochemistry and Petrology 1.6k
- Environmental Chemistry 2.7k
- Ocean Engineering 4.2k
Countries citing papers authored by Ralf Littke
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf Littke
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ralf Littke, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2025 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2024 | 4 | |
| 4 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 5 | 2024 | 2 | |
| 6 | 2024 | 4 | |
| 7 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 8 | 2023 | 27 | |
| 9 | 2023 | 10 | |
| 10 | 2017 | 45 | |
| 11 | 2016 | 12 | |
| 12 | Oil and gas shales of Northern Germany : implications from organic geochemical analyses, petrophysical measurements and 3D numerical basin modelling | 2015 | 1 |
| 13 | Experimental investigation of gas storage properties of black shales | 2013 | 4 |
| 14 | 2013 | 2 | |
| 15 | Quantification of heat and fluid flow through time by 3D modeling : an example from the Jeanne d'Arc basin, offshore eastern Canada | 2010 | 1 |
| 16 | Temperature fields, petroleum maturation and fluid flow in the vicinity of salt domes | 2008 | 10 |
| 17 | Investigations on the thermal calibration of sedimentary basin models - a case study from the Horn Graben in the Danish North Sea | 2007 | 1 |
| 18 | CO2Trap - Development and evaluation of innovative strategies for mineral and physical trapping of CO2 in geological formations and of long-term cap rock integrity | 2005 | 5 |
| 19 | Organic petrology, maturation, thermal and burial history analysis, and hydrocarbon generation and migration modeling of the Saudi Arabian paleozoic petroleum systems | 2005 | 3 |
| 20 | Die Porenstruktur von Kohlen | 2004 | 5 |
About Ralf Littke
Ralf Littke is a scholar working on Geology, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology and Paleontology, having authored 400 papers that have together received 14.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (326 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (89 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (75 papers), Coal Properties and Utilization (67 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (61 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (51 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (45 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (44 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanics of Materials (10.5k citations), Geology (2.0k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (1.6k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.7k citations) and Ocean Engineering (4.2k citations). Ralf Littke has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, China and France. Frequent co-authors include Bernhard M. Krooß, János L. Urai, Jan Schwarzbauer, Yves Gensterblum, Jop Klaver, D. Leythaeuser, Guillaume Desbois, Matúš Gašparík, Andreas Busch and Amin Ghanizadeh. Their work appears in journals such as International Journal of Coal Geology, Organic Geochemistry, Marine and Petroleum Geology, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Journal of Petroleum Geology.
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