Stefan Back

1.4k total citations
65 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Stefan Back is a scholar working on Geology, Earth-Surface Processes and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Back has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Geology, 37 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 28 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Stefan Back's work include Geological formations and processes (37 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (36 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (19 papers). Stefan Back is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (37 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (36 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (19 papers). Stefan Back collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Brunei. Stefan Back's co-authors include C.K. Morley, Peter A. Kukla, Lars Reuning, Dieter Franke, Joseph J. Lambiase, Pieter Van Rensbergen, Paul D. Crevello, Manfred R. Strecker, Klaus D. Toennies and Frank Strozyk and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Geology and Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Back

62 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Back Germany 21 627 585 504 283 257 65 1.2k
Douglas Paton United Kingdom 21 662 1.1× 1.0k 1.7× 562 1.1× 442 1.6× 233 0.9× 68 1.6k
Joseph J. Lambiase United States 17 565 0.9× 541 0.9× 684 1.4× 325 1.1× 298 1.2× 31 1.3k
Ivar Midtkandal Norway 19 466 0.7× 427 0.7× 462 0.9× 490 1.7× 348 1.4× 71 1.2k
Delphine Rouby France 22 321 0.5× 779 1.3× 684 1.4× 233 0.8× 405 1.6× 53 1.3k
Stuart Archer United Kingdom 17 277 0.4× 344 0.6× 359 0.7× 326 1.2× 267 1.0× 44 821
Zahie Anka Germany 20 394 0.6× 376 0.6× 332 0.7× 469 1.7× 209 0.8× 33 958
Christine Fichler Norway 16 449 0.7× 695 1.2× 310 0.6× 395 1.4× 228 0.9× 38 1.2k
Christian Haug Eide Norway 18 365 0.6× 364 0.6× 359 0.7× 392 1.4× 172 0.7× 33 811
Paul Weimer United States 16 443 0.7× 411 0.7× 935 1.9× 536 1.9× 510 2.0× 52 1.3k
Fridtjof Riis Norway 17 434 0.7× 339 0.6× 310 0.6× 420 1.5× 387 1.5× 45 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Back

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Back

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Back

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kukla, Peter A., et al.. (2025). External and internal salt geometries – a mining and geoscience review. Journal of Structural Geology. 197. 105438–105438. 1 indexed citations
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Kukla, Peter A., et al.. (2024). Geological and mining factors influencing further use of abandoned coal mines – A multi-disciplinary workflow towards sustainable underground storage. Journal of Energy Storage. 108. 115101–115101. 6 indexed citations
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Ogawa, Kazuhiro, Stefan Back, & Ralf Littke. (2023). Petroleum system analysis and thermal evolution of the deepwater NW Borneo fold-thrust belt. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 229. 212060–212060. 2 indexed citations
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Back, Stefan, et al.. (2023). Visualizing subtle structural and stratigraphic features on 3D seismic-reflection data: A case study from offshore Libya. Interpretation. 11(2). T429–T440. 1 indexed citations
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Varga, Miguel de la, et al.. (2023). From Maps to Models - Tutorials for structuralgeological modeling using GemPy and GemGIS. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 6(66). 185–185.
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Back, Stefan, et al.. (2022). Numerical 3D modeling of burial and temperature history, source rock maturity, and hydrocarbon generation in the onshore northeastern Netherlands. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 111(3). 1033–1055. 7 indexed citations
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Sachse, Victoria, et al.. (2022). Influence of Quaternary glaciations on subsurface temperatures, pore pressures, rock properties and petroleum systems in the onshore northeastern Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences – Geologie en Mijnbouw. 101. 3 indexed citations
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Back, Stefan, et al.. (2022). Reconstructing 3D subsurface salt flow. Solid Earth. 13(6). 1027–1043. 2 indexed citations
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Back, Stefan, et al.. (2022). Deepwater fold-thrust belt contraction driven by mixed deformation components. Tectonophysics. 841. 229574–229574. 3 indexed citations
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Reuning, Lars, Stephen J. Gallagher, Stefan Back, et al.. (2019). Increased fluvial runoff terminated inorganic aragonite precipitation on the Northwest Shelf of Australia during the early Holocene. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18356–18356. 24 indexed citations
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Liliemark, Jan, et al.. (2016). [The willingness to pay for new drugs is based on ethical principles].. PubMed. 113. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Stefan, et al.. (2012). Temporal and lateral variation in the development of growth faults and growth strata in western Niger Delta, Nigeria. AAPG Bulletin. 96(4). 595–614. 14 indexed citations
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Gent, H. W. van, Stefan Back, János L. Urai, & Peter A. Kukla. (2010). Small-scale faulting in the Upper Cretaceous of the Groningen block (The Netherlands): 3D seismic interpretation, fault plane analysis and regional paleostress. Journal of Structural Geology. 32(4). 537–553. 18 indexed citations
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Back, Stefan, et al.. (2006). Autotracking of faults on 3D seismic data. Geophysics. 71(6). A49–A53. 55 indexed citations
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Back, Stefan, et al.. (2005). Stratigraphic development of synkinematic deposits in a large growth-fault system, onshore Brunei Darussalam. Journal of the Geological Society. 162(2). 243–257. 34 indexed citations
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Lambiase, Joseph J., et al.. (2003). Sedimentology of the Jalan Salaiman and Bukit Melinsung outcrops, western Sabah: is the West Crocker Formation an analogue for Neogene turbidites offshore?. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia. 47. 63–75. 12 indexed citations

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