Ralf Littke

381 papers and 13.9k indexed citations i.

About

Ralf Littke is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Littke has authored 381 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 315 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 90 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 90 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Ralf Littke’s work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (312 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (85 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (72 papers). Ralf Littke is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (312 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (85 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (72 papers). Ralf Littke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and France. Ralf Littke's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Littke

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf Littke

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Countries citing papers authored by Ralf Littke

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