R.D. Thomas

824 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 633 citations indexed

About

R.D. Thomas is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, R.D. Thomas has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 633 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Ocean Engineering, 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in R.D. Thomas's work include Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (5 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (4 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (4 papers). R.D. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (5 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (4 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (4 papers). R.D. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States. R.D. Thomas's co-authors include Erle C. Donaldson, Philip Lorenz and Erie C. Donaldson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Petroleum Technology, Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal and OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

In The Last Decade

R.D. Thomas

9 papers receiving 582 citations

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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.

Wettability Determination and Its Effect on Recovery Efficiency

1969 387 citations Erle C. Donaldson, R.D. Thomas et al. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.D. Thomas United States	5	514	419	331	123	83	10	633
J.G. Richardson United States	10	480 0.9×	233 0.6×	367 1.1×	197 1.6×	34 0.4×	23	615
Erie C. Donaldson United States	13	343 0.7×	208 0.5×	215 0.6×	120 1.0×	40 0.5×	24	466
F.F. Craig United States	10	693 1.3×	277 0.7×	472 1.4×	113 0.9×	127 1.5×	24	774
J.S. Osoba United States	9	327 0.6×	161 0.4×	214 0.6×	199 1.6×	26 0.3×	17	444
J.R. Kyte United States	8	710 1.4×	381 0.9×	534 1.6×	179 1.5×	58 0.7×	10	839
D. Longeron France	17	794 1.5×	374 0.9×	575 1.7×	134 1.1×	98 1.2×	33	916
W.W. Owens United States	12	1.1k 2.2×	769 1.8×	792 2.4×	259 2.1×	149 1.8×	17	1.4k
Akshay Sahni United States	11	435 0.8×	227 0.5×	236 0.7×	79 0.6×	86 1.0×	24	500
J. M. Schembre United States	13	774 1.5×	527 1.3×	580 1.8×	163 1.3×	82 1.0×	16	933
R.J. Blackwell United States	10	382 0.7×	152 0.4×	254 0.8×	192 1.6×	32 0.4×	15	568

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.D. Thomas

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Thomas, R.D., et al.. (1982). Performance of DOE's Micellar-Polymer Project in Northwest Oklahoma. 1 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Philip, Erie C. Donaldson, & R.D. Thomas. (1974). Use of centrifugal measurements of wettability to predict oil recovery. International Conference on Multimedia Information Networking and Security. 7873. 19 indexed citations

3.

Donaldson, Erie C., et al.. (1974). Subsurface waste injection in the United States: fifteen case histories. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.D., et al.. (1972). Effect of Overburden Pressure and Water Saturation on Gas Permeability of Tight Sandstone Cores. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 24(2). 120–124. 148 indexed citations

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Donaldson, Erle C. & R.D. Thomas. (1971). Microscopic Observations of Oil Displacement in Water-Wet and Oil-Wet Systems. 56 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.D. & Philip Lorenz. (1970). Use of centrifugal separation to investigate how kerogen is bound to the minerals in oil shale. International Conference on Multimedia Information Networking and Security. 7378. 4 indexed citations

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Donaldson, Erle C., R.D. Thomas, & Philip Lorenz. (1969). Wettability Determination and Its Effect on Recovery Efficiency. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 9(1). 13–20. 387 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, R.D.. (1968). Use of carbonic acid to concentrate kerogen in oil shale. 18(10). 1088–1096. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.D., et al.. (1966). Laboratory testing and evaluation of porous permeable rock for nuclear waste disposal. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Donaldson, Erle C., Philip Lorenz, & R.D. Thomas. (1966). The Effects of Viscosity and Wettability on Oil and Water Relative Permeabilities. 14 indexed citations

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