Tapan Mukerji

17.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
302 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Tapan Mukerji is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tapan Mukerji has authored 302 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Geophysics, 159 papers in Ocean Engineering and 116 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tapan Mukerji's work include Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (174 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (111 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (96 papers). Tapan Mukerji is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (174 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (111 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (96 papers). Tapan Mukerji collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Norway. Tapan Mukerji's co-authors include Gary Mavko, Jack Dvorkin, Per Avseth, Vishal Das, Ezequiel F. González, Youngseuk Keehm, Jo Eidsvik, Darío Graña, Miguel Bosch and Ahinoam Pollack and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Physical Review B and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Tapan Mukerji

293 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Rock Physics Handbook 2005 2026 2012 2019 2009 2011 2012 2012 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. The Rock Physics Handbook
    2009 1.8k citations Gary Mavko, Tapan Mukerji et al. profile →
  2. The Rock Physics Handbook: Tools for Seismic Analysis of Porous Media
    2011 1.5k citations Gary Mavko, Tapan Mukerji et al. profile →
  3. Digital rock physics benchmarks—Part I: Imaging and segmentation
    2012 552 citations Heiko Andrä, Nicolas Combaret et al. Computers & Geosciences profile →
  4. Digital rock physics benchmarks—part II: Computing effective properties
    2012 460 citations Heiko Andrä, Nicolas Combaret et al. Computers & Geosciences profile →
  5. The Rock Physics Handbook
    2020 410 citations Gary Mavko, Tapan Mukerji et al. profile →
  6. Quantitative seismic interpretation applying rock physics tools to reduce interpretation risk
    2005 383 citations Per Avseth, Tapan Mukerji et al. profile →
  7. Seismic inversion for reservoir properties combining statistical rock physics and geostatistics: A review
    2010 368 citations Tapan Mukerji et al. Geophysics profile →
  8. Convolutional neural network for seismic impedance inversion
    2019 304 citations Tapan Mukerji et al. Geophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tapan Mukerji United States 46 7.9k 6.4k 5.0k 3.6k 1.2k 302 11.6k
Gary Mavko United States 48 8.8k 1.1× 5.6k 0.9× 4.9k 1.0× 3.6k 1.0× 935 0.8× 252 11.2k
David D. Pollard United States 63 10.8k 1.4× 2.0k 0.3× 2.9k 0.6× 5.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 178 15.4k
Kurt J. Marfurt United States 47 9.5k 1.2× 5.5k 0.9× 3.9k 0.8× 3.0k 0.8× 262 0.2× 464 11.4k
Jack Dvorkin United States 45 8.5k 1.1× 5.7k 0.9× 5.0k 1.0× 4.6k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 236 12.5k
Amos Nur United States 71 15.7k 2.0× 5.7k 0.9× 4.8k 0.9× 5.7k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 302 20.3k
Albert Tarantola France 34 11.7k 1.5× 6.3k 1.0× 2.8k 0.6× 900 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 73 16.1k
Mrinal K. Sen United States 47 6.7k 0.8× 3.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 959 0.3× 401 0.3× 384 8.5k
José M. Carcione Italy 57 8.3k 1.1× 4.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 3.1k 0.9× 359 0.3× 420 10.9k
Mark D. Zoback United States 81 17.5k 2.2× 7.6k 1.2× 9.0k 1.8× 9.8k 2.8× 2.8k 2.4× 392 26.2k
Derek Elsworth United States 79 5.5k 0.7× 11.6k 1.8× 7.3k 1.5× 14.5k 4.1× 3.9k 3.3× 626 22.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mukerji, Tapan, et al.. (2025). Techno-economic analysis of natural and stimulated geological hydrogen. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 165. 150872–150872. 4 indexed citations
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Manga, Michael, et al.. (2025). Deep learning forecasts the spatiotemporal evolution of fluid-induced microearthquakes. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 3 indexed citations
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Kashefi, Ali & Tapan Mukerji. (2023). Prediction of fluid flow in porous media by sparse observations and physics-informed PointNet. Neural Networks. 167. 80–91. 24 indexed citations
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Koeshidayatullah, Ardiansyah, Elizabeth J. Trower, Tapan Mukerji, et al.. (2022). Quantitative evaluation of the roles of ocean chemistry and climate on ooid size across the Phanerozoic: Global versus local controls. Sedimentology. 69(6). 2486–2506. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Mingliang & Tapan Mukerji. (2022). Multiscale Fusion of Digital Rock Images Based on Deep Generative Adversarial Networks. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(9). 42 indexed citations
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Scheidt, Céline, et al.. (2015). Probabilistic falsification of prior geologic uncertainty with seismic amplitude data: Application to a turbidite reservoir case. Geophysics. 80(5). M89–M12. 30 indexed citations
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Saxena, Nishank, Gary Mavko, & Tapan Mukerji. (2013). Change in effective bulk modulus upon fluid or solid substitution. Geophysics. 78(4). L45–L56. 6 indexed citations
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Andrä, Heiko, Nicolas Combaret, Jack Dvorkin, et al.. (2012). Digital rock physics benchmarks—Part I: Imaging and segmentation. Computers & Geosciences. 50. 25–32. 552 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fernández‐Martínez, Juan Luis, et al.. (2012). Reservoir characterization and inversion uncertainty via a family of particle swarm optimizers. Geophysics. 77(1). M1–M16. 45 indexed citations
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Torres‐Verdín, Carlos, A. Revil, Michael Oristaglio, & Tapan Mukerji. (2012). Multiphysics borehole geophysical measurements, formation evaluation, petrophysics, and rock physics — Introduction. Geophysics. 77(3). WA1–WA2. 4 indexed citations
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Spikes, Kyle, Tapan Mukerji, Jack Dvorkin, & Gary Mavko. (2007). Probabilistic seismic inversion based on rock-physics models. Geophysics. 72(5). R87–R97. 88 indexed citations
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Keehm, Youngseuk, Tapan Mukerji, & Amos Nur. (2003). Computational rock physics : Lattice-Boltzmann fluid flow simulation in porous media and its applications. 661–668. 1 indexed citations
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Avseth, Per & Tapan Mukerji. (2002). Seismic Lithofacies Classification From Well Logs Using Statistical Rock Physics. Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description. 43(2). 32 indexed citations
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Bergbauer, Stephan, Tapan Mukerji, David D. Pollard, & Peter Hennings. (2001). Calculation of Scale-Dependent Curvatures of Geological Surfaces. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Mukerji, Tapan, Arild Jørstad, Per Avseth, Gary Mavko, & J.R. Granli. (2001). Mapping lithofacies and pore-fluid probabilities in a North Sea reservoir: Seismic inversions and statistical rock physics. Geophysics. 66(4). 988–1001. 189 indexed citations
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Mukerji, Tapan, et al.. (1995). Scale-dependent seismic velocity in heterogeneous media. Geophysics. 60(4). 1222–1233. 55 indexed citations
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Marion, Dominique, Tapan Mukerji, & Gary Mavko. (1994). Scale effects on velocity dispersion: From ray to effective medium theories in stratified media. Geophysics. 59(10). 1613–1619. 77 indexed citations
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Mukerji, Tapan & Gary Mavko. (1994). Pore fluid effects on seismic velocity in anisotropic rocks. Geophysics. 59(2). 233–244. 82 indexed citations

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