Ray Boswell

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
108 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Ray Boswell is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray Boswell has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 65 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 51 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ray Boswell's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (102 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (65 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (51 papers). Ray Boswell is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (102 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (65 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (51 papers). Ray Boswell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Ray Boswell's co-authors include Timothy S. Collett, B. J. Anderson, Matthew Frye, Daniel R. McConnell, William Shedd, Yongkoo Seol, Robert Hunter, Evgeniy M. Myshakin, George J. Moridis and Kelly Rose and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Energy & Environmental Science and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ray Boswell

105 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Current perspectives on gas hydrate resources

2010 1.2k citations Ray Boswell, Timothy S. Collett profile →
Is Gas Hydrate Energy Within Reach?

2009 409 citations Ray Boswell profile →
The Iġnik Sikumi Field Experiment, Alaska North Slope: Design, Operations, and Implications for CO₂–CH₄ Exchange in Gas Hydrate Reservoirs

2016 294 citations Ray Boswell, Timothy S. Collett et al. Energy & Fuels profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ray Boswell United States	42	6.2k	4.7k	2.5k	1.7k	909	108	6.6k
Nengyou Wu China	46	6.1k 1.0×	4.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	314	7.6k
C. Ruppel United States	47	5.1k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	478 0.5×	116	7.0k
William F. Waite United States	30	4.1k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	960 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	661 0.7×	74	4.4k
Timothy S. Collett United States	53	9.8k 1.6×	7.4k 1.6×	3.6k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	199	10.4k
William J. Winters United States	23	3.2k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	950 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	404 0.4×	64	3.4k
Alexei V. Milkov United States	38	4.7k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	419 0.2×	236 0.3×	77	5.7k
Timothy J. Kneafsey United States	39	2.7k 0.4×	3.0k 0.6×	900 0.4×	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	144	5.5k
Jinqiang Liang China	35	3.2k 0.5×	2.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	474 0.3×	363 0.4×	99	3.5k
Michael Riedel Canada	36	3.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	383 0.2×	382 0.4×	153	4.4k
Hongfeng Lu China	27	2.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.4×	749 0.3×	665 0.4×	349 0.4×	94	2.9k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zyrianova, Margarita V., Timothy S. Collett, & Ray Boswell. (2024). Characterization of the Structural–Stratigraphic and Reservoir Controls on the Occurrence of Gas Hydrates in the Eileen Gas Hydrate Trend, Alaska North Slope. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(3). 472–472. 5 indexed citations

Tamaki, Machiko, et al.. (2024). 3-D Geological Modeling for Numerical Flow Simulation Studies of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs at the Kuparuk State 7-11-12 Pad in the Prudhoe Bay Unit on the Alaska North Slope. Energy & Fuels. 38(16). 15248–15269.

Myshakin, Evgeniy M., Nagasree Garapati, Yongkoo Seol, et al.. (2022). Numerical Simulations of Depressurization-Induced Gas Hydrate Reservoir (B1 Sand) Response at the Prudhoe Bay Unit Kuparuk 7-11-12 Pad on the Alaska North Slope. Energy & Fuels. 36(5). 2542–2560. 27 indexed citations

Lei, Liang, Taehyung Park, Yumeng Zhao, et al.. (2022). Pore-scale observations of natural hydrate-bearing sediments via pressure core sub-coring and micro-CT scanning. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 3471–3471. 27 indexed citations

Collett, T. S., et al.. (2019). Interpretation of Logging Data from the Hydrate-01 Stratigraphic Test Well drilled in the Prudhoe Bay Unit, Alaska North Slope. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 2 indexed citations

Boswell, Ray, et al.. (2019). Progress toward the establishment of an extended-duration gas hydrate reservoir response test on the Alaska North Slope. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 2 indexed citations

Haines, Seth S., et al.. (2019). Gas hydrate saturation estimation from acoustic log data in the 2018 Alaska North Slope Hydrate-01 stratigraphic test well. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 4 indexed citations

Collett, Timothy S., Pushpendra Kumar, U.S. Yadav, et al.. (2018). National Gas Hydrate Program expedition 02: Identification of gas hydrate prospects in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore India. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 108. 167–184. 42 indexed citations

Lin, Jeen‐Shang, Shun Uchida, Evgeniy M. Myshakin, et al.. (2018). Assessing the geomechanical stability of interbedded hydrate-bearing sediments under gas production by depressurization at NGHP-02 Site 16. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 108. 648–659. 41 indexed citations

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Hancock, Steve H., Scott Wilson, Shirish Patil, et al.. (2016). PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ECONOMICS OF GAS PRODUCTION FROM NATURAL GAS HYDRATES. Open Collections. 1 indexed citations

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Boswell, Ray, Craig Shipp, Thomas Reichel, et al.. (2015). Prospecting for marine gas hydrate resources. Interpretation. 4(1). SA13–SA24. 86 indexed citations

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Anderson, B. J., Ray Boswell, Timothy S. Collett, et al.. (2014). Review of the findings of the Ignik Sikumi CO2-CH4 gas hydrate exchange field trial. 31 indexed citations

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Choi, Jeong‐Hoon, Yongkoo Seol, Ray Boswell, & Rubén Juanes. (2011). X-ray computed-tomography imaging of gas migration in water-saturated sediments: From capillary invasion to conduit opening. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(17). n/a–n/a. 59 indexed citations

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Collett, Timothy S., Richard Lewis, William J. Winters, et al.. (2010). Downhole well log and core montages from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 28(2). 561–577. 61 indexed citations

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Collett, T. S. & Ray Boswell. (2009). Gas Hydrate Research Site Selection and Operational Research Plans. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Collett, Timothy S., Arthur H. Johnson, C. C. Knapp, & Ray Boswell. (2009). Natural Gas Hydrates: A Review. 89. 146–219. 169 indexed citations

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Shedd, William, Ray Boswell, T. S. Collett, et al.. (2009). Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Results from the Walker Ridge 313 Site. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 4 indexed citations

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McConnell, Daniel R., Ray Boswell, T. S. Collett, et al.. (2009). Initial Results of Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Program Leg II Logging-While-Drilling Operations in Green Canyon Block 955. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Boswell, Ray, Kelly Rose, & Richard Baker. (2008). The Research Path to Determining the Natural Gas Supply Potential of Marine Gas Hydrates. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference. 1 indexed citations

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Boswell, Ray, et al.. (2007). Gas Hydrate Investigations at the 2007 Mount Elbert Test Site, Milne Point Area, Alaska North Slope. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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