Richard M. Pollastro

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Richard M. Pollastro is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard M. Pollastro has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 50 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 30 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Richard M. Pollastro's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (66 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (23 papers). Richard M. Pollastro is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (66 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (23 papers). Richard M. Pollastro collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard M. Pollastro's co-authors include Daniel M. Jarvie, Ronald J. Hill, Tim E. Ruble, Kent A. Bowker, Scott L. Montgomery, Christopher J. Schenk, Craig W. Adams, Mitchell E. Henry, Timothy R. Klett and Troy A. Cook and has published in prestigious journals such as Geological Society of America Bulletin, AAPG Bulletin and Journal of Sedimentary Research.

In The Last Decade

Richard M. Pollastro

83 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Unconventional shale-gas systems: The Mississippian Barnett Shale of north-central Texas as one model for thermogenic shale-gas assessment

2007 2.6k citations Daniel M. Jarvie, Ronald J. Hill et al. AAPG Bulletin profile →
Mississippian Barnett Shale, Fort Worth basin, north-central Texas: Gas-shale play with multi–trillion cubic foot potential

2005 753 citations Daniel M. Jarvie, Richard M. Pollastro et al. AAPG Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard M. Pollastro United States	22	4.3k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	863	95	5.4k
Dazhong Dong China	40	5.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	627 0.7×	96	6.6k
Zhen Qiu China	32	2.9k 0.7×	974 0.5×	928 0.5×	829 0.5×	597 0.7×	104	3.9k
J. Espitalié France	23	4.5k 1.1×	774 0.4×	456 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	732 0.8×	40	5.5k
Roger M. Slatt United States	26	2.1k 0.5×	862 0.5×	979 0.6×	413 0.3×	678 0.8×	145	3.4k
Quanyou Liu China	36	3.0k 0.7×	663 0.4×	517 0.3×	841 0.5×	558 0.6×	192	4.2k
Hans-Martin Schulz Germany	26	2.1k 0.5×	744 0.4×	500 0.3×	675 0.4×	367 0.4×	93	3.4k
Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer Austria	45	4.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	390 0.2×	454 0.3×	1.5k 1.7×	236	5.8k
Zaixing Jiang China	30	2.6k 0.6×	549 0.3×	580 0.3×	409 0.2×	433 0.5×	160	3.3k
George V. Chilingar United States	29	1.5k 0.3×	956 0.5×	735 0.4×	304 0.2×	1.2k 1.4×	168	4.4k
Zhuoheng Chen Canada	32	1.8k 0.4×	514 0.3×	550 0.3×	703 0.4×	318 0.4×	115	3.1k

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Swezey, Christopher S., Joseph R. Hatch, Daniel O. Hayba, et al.. (2015). Geologic assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the U.S. portion of the Michigan Basin. Data series. 4 indexed citations

Charpentier, Ronald R., Christopher J. Schenk, Michael E. Brownfield, et al.. (2012). Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of six geologic provinces of China. Fact sheet. 4 indexed citations

Dubiel, Russell F., Janet K. Pitman, Ofori N. Pearson, et al.. (2012). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in conventional and continuous petroleum systems in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group, U.S. Gulf Coast region, 2011. Fact sheet. 8 indexed citations

Houseknecht, David W., William A. Rouse, Christopher P. Garrity, et al.. (2012). Assessment of potential oil and gas resources in source rocks of the Alaska North Slope, 2012. Fact sheet. 12 indexed citations

Pollastro, Richard M., Michael E. Brownfield, Ronald R. Charpentier, et al.. (2012). Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of Bonaparte Basin, Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf, and Gippsland Basin Provinces, Australia, 2011. Fact sheet. 2 indexed citations

Schenk, Christopher J., Michael E. Brownfield, Ronald R. Charpentier, et al.. (2012). Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of South America and the Caribbean, 2012. Fact sheet. 6 indexed citations

Schenk, Christopher J., Michael E. Brownfield, Ronald R. Charpentier, et al.. (2012). Assessment of undiscovered, conventional oil and gas resources of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, 2012. Fact sheet. 1 indexed citations

Klett, Timothy R., Christopher J. Schenk, Craig J. Wandrey, et al.. (2012). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Amu Darya Basin and Afghan-Tajik Basin Provinces, Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, 2011. Fact sheet. 6 indexed citations

Pitman, Janet K., Christopher J. Schenk, Michael E. Brownfield, et al.. (2012). Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the Arabian Peninsula and Zagros Fold Belt, 2012. Fact sheet. 6 indexed citations

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Brownfield, Michael E., Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, et al.. (2011). Geologic assessment of undiscovered hydrocarbon resources of the Western Oregon and Washington Province. Data series. 3 indexed citations

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Stanley, Richard G., Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, et al.. (2011). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Cook Inlet region, south-central Alaska, 2011. Fact sheet. 5 indexed citations

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Klett, Timothy R., Christopher J. Schenk, Craig J. Wandrey, et al.. (2011). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Sakhalin Basin Province, Russia, 2011. Fact sheet. 1 indexed citations

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Houseknecht, David W., James L. Coleman, Robert C. Milici, et al.. (2010). Assessment of undiscovered natural gas resources of the Arkoma Basin province and geologically related areas. Fact sheet. 15 indexed citations

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Brownfield, Michael E., Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, et al.. (2010). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of four west Africa geologic provinces. Fact sheet. 3 indexed citations

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Gaswirth, Stephanie B., et al.. (2010). Geology and Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Madison Group, Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana. The Mountain Geologist. 47(3). 71–90. 4 indexed citations

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Schenk, Christopher J., Troy A. Cook, Ronald R. Charpentier, et al.. (2009). An estimate of recoverable heavy oil resources of the Orinoco Oil Belt, Venezuela. Fact sheet. 15 indexed citations

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Jarvie, Daniel M., Ronald J. Hill, Tim E. Ruble, & Richard M. Pollastro. (2007). Unconventional shale-gas systems: The Mississippian Barnett Shale of north-central Texas as one model for thermogenic shale-gas assessment. AAPG Bulletin. 91(4). 475–499. 2559 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dubiel, Russell F., Janet K. Pitman, Ofori N. Pearson, et al.. (2007). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Tertiary strata of the Gulf Coast, 2007. Fact sheet. 11 indexed citations

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Pollastro, Richard M., et al.. (1997). Map Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of Iran. 10 indexed citations

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Pollastro, Richard M. & Peter A. Scholle. (1984). Hydrocarbons exploration, development from low-permeability chalks - upper cretaceous Niobrara formation, Rocky Mountains region. Oil & gas journal. 82. 2 indexed citations

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