Tianfu Xu

12.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
283 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Tianfu Xu is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianfu Xu has authored 283 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Environmental Engineering, 107 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 92 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tianfu Xu's work include CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (185 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (99 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (85 papers). Tianfu Xu is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (185 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (99 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (85 papers). Tianfu Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Tianfu Xu's co-authors include Karsten Pruess, John A. Apps, Nicolas Spycher, Eric Sonnenthal, Yilong Yuan, Hailong Tian, Liange Zheng, Xin Xin, Zhenjiao Jiang and Fugang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Tianfu Xu

264 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

TOUGHREACT—A simulation p... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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. TOUGHREACT—A simulation program for non-isothermal multiphase reactive geochemical transport in variably saturated geologic media: Applications to geothermal injectivity and CO2 geological sequestration
    2005 659 citations Tianfu Xu, Eric Sonnenthal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tianfu Xu China 48 6.8k 2.9k 2.9k 2.6k 2.3k 283 9.4k
Sally M. Benson United States 53 7.2k 1.1× 4.0k 1.4× 2.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 4.9k 2.2× 254 10.9k
Stefan Bachu Canada 53 10.9k 1.6× 5.8k 2.0× 3.3k 1.1× 3.0k 1.2× 6.0k 2.6× 146 13.3k
Jens Birkhölzer United States 48 5.7k 0.8× 3.0k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 2.1k 0.9× 223 8.1k
Nicolas Spycher United States 37 4.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 114 6.8k
Karsten Pruess United States 61 11.9k 1.8× 6.2k 2.1× 3.4k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 5.0k 2.2× 275 16.0k
Michael A. Celia United States 57 8.4k 1.2× 4.0k 1.4× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 4.5k 2.0× 192 12.6k
Zhenxue Dai China 53 5.2k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 874 0.3× 3.0k 1.3× 249 8.5k
Curtis M. Oldenburg United States 45 3.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.8× 904 0.3× 881 0.3× 1.7k 0.7× 178 5.9k
Chin‐Fu Tsang United States 52 5.9k 0.9× 4.6k 1.6× 4.0k 1.4× 617 0.2× 2.5k 1.1× 173 10.1k
Yousif K. Kharaka United States 33 3.0k 0.4× 998 0.3× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 775 0.3× 87 5.5k

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All Works

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Yang, Bo, Huixing Zhu, Hailong Tian, Yingli Xia, & Tianfu Xu. (2025). Pore-scale direct simulation of CO2, water, and oil three-phase relative permeabilities considering mineral wettability and dissolution. Physics of Fluids. 37(2). 1 indexed citations
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Ye, Xiaoqi, Ziwang Yu, Tianfu Xu, Yanjun Zhang, & Liangliang Guo. (2024). Numerical study on the geomechanical responses in the Jilin Oilfield CO2-EOR and CGS projects in China. Energy. 310. 133306–133306. 9 indexed citations
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Yu, Ziwang, et al.. (2024). Optimization of CO2 sequestration in alkaline industrial Residues: The enhancement mechanism of saline soil. Chemical Engineering Journal. 486. 150402–150402. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu, et al.. (2024). Single well geothermal heating systems: Technical and economic assessment of two widely-used configurations. Journal of Hydrology. 635. 131126–131126. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Siyuan, Tianfu Xu, Zubin Chen, & Zhenjiao Jiang. (2023). Efficient fracture network characterization in enhanced geothermal reservoirs by the integration of microseismic and borehole logs data. Geothermics. 114. 102791–102791. 4 indexed citations
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Zhu, Huixing, Tianfu Xu, Xin Xin, Yilong Yuan, & Zhenjiao Jiang. (2022). Numerical investigation of natural gas hydrate production performance via a more realistic three-dimensional model. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 107. 104793–104793. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu, Fugang Wang, Yongzhi Yang, et al.. (2019). The evolution of water chemical characteristics and their indicative function in CO2-enhanced water recovery. International journal of greenhouse gas control. 88. 403–415. 14 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu, Shengtao Li, Bo Feng, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Energy Production in the Deep Carbonate Geothermal Reservoir by Wellbore-Reservoir Integrated Fluid and Heat Transport Modeling. Geofluids. 2019. 1–18. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Leilei, Tianfu Xu, Guanhong Feng, et al.. (2017). CO2-induced geochemical reactions in heterogeneous sandstone and potential conditions causing the tight cementation. Applied Geochemistry. 80. 14–23. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu. (2013). A Review of Carbon Dioxide-Based Enhanced Geothermal System. Dizhi ke-ji qingbao. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu. (2012). Technology Progress in an Enhanced Geothermal System (Hot Dry Rock). Keji daobao. 29 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu. (2008). Incorporation of aqueous reaction kinetics and biodegradation into TOUGHREACT: Application of a multi-region model to hydrobiogeoChemical transport of denitrification and sulfate reduction. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu, Karsten Pruess, & John A. Apps. (2008). Numerical studies of fluid-rock interactions in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) with CO2 as working fluid. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 24 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, & Karsten Pruess. (2004). TOURGHREACT: A Simulation Program for Non-isothermal Multiphase Reactive Geochemical Transport in Variably Saturated Geologic Media. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 54 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu. (2004). Mineral Sequestration of Carbon Dixoide in a Sandstone-Shale System. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, & Karsten Pruess. (2003). TOUGHREACT: a new code of the TOUGH Family for Non-Isothermal multiphase reactive geochemical transport in variably saturated geologic media. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 15 indexed citations

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