Ronny Hofmann

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ronny Hofmann is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronny Hofmann has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ocean Engineering, 36 papers in Geophysics and 36 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ronny Hofmann's work include Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (34 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (32 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (20 papers). Ronny Hofmann is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (34 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (32 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (20 papers). Ronny Hofmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Ronny Hofmann's co-authors include Michael Batzle, De‐hua Han, Nishank Saxena, Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Faruk O. Alpak, Sander Hunter, Amie Hows, Jesse Dietderich, L. Taras Bryndzia and Justin Freeman and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Fuel and Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Ronny Hofmann

69 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fluid mobility and frequency-dependent seismic velocity — Direct measurements

2006 433 citations Michael Batzle, De‐hua Han et al. Geophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronny Hofmann United States	24	1.2k	1.1k	963	904	154	72	2.1k
Gary Douglas Couples United Kingdom	23	1.2k 1.0×	422 0.4×	913 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	371 2.4×	107	2.0k
Nishank Saxena United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	682 0.6×	840 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	308 2.0×	52	2.1k
Claudio Madonna Switzerland	27	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	449 2.9×	74	2.8k
D. B. Silin United States	16	844 0.7×	405 0.4×	594 0.6×	509 0.6×	195 1.3×	47	1.3k
Faruk O. Alpak United States	24	1.4k 1.2×	388 0.4×	987 1.0×	649 0.7×	341 2.2×	157	2.2k
Youngseuk Keehm South Korea	13	1.1k 0.9×	539 0.5×	625 0.6×	743 0.8×	325 2.1×	34	1.7k
Robert Sok Australia	18	1.1k 0.9×	250 0.2×	568 0.6×	921 1.0×	326 2.1×	40	1.6k
Li‐Yun Fu China	26	1.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.9×	716 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	95 0.6×	290	3.0k
Minhui Lee South Korea	8	738 0.6×	326 0.3×	440 0.5×	600 0.7×	184 1.2×	14	1.2k
Azra N. Tutuncu United States	20	920 0.8×	503 0.5×	830 0.9×	805 0.9×	101 0.7×	107	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronny Hofmann

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20 of 20 papers shown

Louis, Laurent, et al.. (2024). On the Role and Evolution of Local Grain Size Heterogeneity During Confined Compression of Boise Sandstone as Seen by X-ray Micro-CT Imaging. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.

Hofmann, Ronny, et al.. (2024). Evolution of the Reservoir Stress Path During Depletion and Re-Inflation and its Implications.

Gupta, Utkarsh, Vijitha Periyasamy, Ronny Hofmann, Jaya Prakash, & Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy. (2023). Two‐step morphology‐based denoising and non‐local means smoothing improves micro‐computed tomography digital rock images. Geophysical Prospecting. 72(5). 2049–2063. 1 indexed citations

Gupta, Utkarsh, Nishank Saxena, Ronny Hofmann, et al.. (2022). Siamese-SR: A Siamese Super-Resolution Model for Boosting Resolution of Digital Rock Images for Improved Petrophysical Property Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 31. 3479–3493. 19 indexed citations

Saxena, Nishank, Ronny Hofmann, Amie Hows, et al.. (2019). Rock compressibility from microcomputed tomography images: Controls on digital rock simulations. Geophysics. 84(4). WA127–WA139. 23 indexed citations

Hofmann, Ronny, et al.. (2019). Impact of Mineralogy on Creep Properties and Production Decline Rates. 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. 1 indexed citations

Hunter, Sander, Ronny Hofmann, & Irene Espejo. (2018). Integrating grain-scale geology in digital rock physics. The Leading Edge. 37(6). 428–434. 2 indexed citations

Louis, Laurent, Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Ronny Hofmann, Nishank Saxena, & Anja M. Schleicher. (2018). Computation of effective elastic properties of clay from X-ray texture goniometry data. Geophysics. 83(5). MR245–MR261. 10 indexed citations

Gupta, Ishank, Carl Sondergeld, Chandra Rai, & Ronny Hofmann. (2018). Water Weakening: Case Study From Marcellus, Woodford, Eagle Ford and Wolfcamp. 52nd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. 2 indexed citations

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Hunter, Sander, et al.. (2018). Predicting elastic properties and permeability of rocks from 2D thin sections. The Leading Edge. 37(6). 421–427. 9 indexed citations

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González, Ezequiel F., et al.. (2016). Adding geologic prior knowledge to Bayesian lithofluid facies estimation from seismic data. Interpretation. 4(3). SL1–SL8. 7 indexed citations

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Saxena, Nishank, et al.. (2016). Rock-physics models for heavy-oil and organic-solid substitution. The Leading Edge. 35(6). 506–510. 8 indexed citations

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Saxena, Nishank, et al.. (2016). Mineral substitution: Separating the effects of fluids, minerals, and microstructure on P- and S-wave velocities. Geophysics. 81(2). D197–D210. 8 indexed citations

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Batzle, Michael, et al.. (2014). Seismic-frequency loss mechanisms: Direct observation. The Leading Edge. 33(6). 656–662. 13 indexed citations

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Lucier, Amie, Ronny Hofmann, & L. Taras Bryndzia. (2011). Evaluation of variable gas saturation on acoustic log data from the Haynesville Shale gas play, NW Louisiana, USA. The Leading Edge. 30(3). 300–311. 62 indexed citations

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Behura, Jyoti, Mike Batzle, Ronny Hofmann, & John R. Dorgan. (2009). The shear properties of oil shales. The Leading Edge. 28(7). 850–855. 11 indexed citations

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Behura, Jyoti, Mike Batzle, Ronny Hofmann, & John R. Dorgan. (2007). Heavy oils: Their shear story. Geophysics. 72(5). E175–E183. 65 indexed citations

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Batzle, Michael, De‐hua Han, & Ronny Hofmann. (2006). Fluid mobility and frequency-dependent seismic velocity — Direct measurements. Geophysics. 71(1). N1–N9. 433 indexed citations breakdown →

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Batzle, Michael, et al.. (2006). Heavy oils—seismic properties. The Leading Edge. 25(6). 750–756. 78 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Ronny, et al.. (2005). Effective pressure or what is the effect of pressure?. The Leading Edge. 24(12). 1256–1260. 48 indexed citations

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