Tomasz Blach

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Tomasz Blach is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomasz Blach has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 21 papers in Ocean Engineering and 12 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tomasz Blach's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (36 papers), Coal Properties and Utilization (17 papers) and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (10 papers). Tomasz Blach is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (36 papers), Coal Properties and Utilization (17 papers) and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (10 papers). Tomasz Blach collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Tomasz Blach's co-authors include Yuri B. Melnichenko, Lilin He, Andrzej P. Radliński, Gareth Chalmers, Nisael Solano, Christopher R. Clarkson, A. M. M. Bustin, R.M. Bustin, Evan Gray and D. F. R. Mildner and has published in prestigious journals such as Langmuir, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Fuel.

In The Last Decade

Tomasz Blach

56 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Pore structure characterization of North American shale gas reservoirs using USANS/SANS, gas adsorption, and mercury intrusion

2012 1.5k citations Lilin He, Yuri B. Melnichenko et al. Fuel profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomasz Blach Australia	17	2.2k	1.5k	926	482	466	57	2.7k
Xiangjun Liu China	28	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	276 0.6×	411 0.9×	154	3.0k
Kouqi Liu China	27	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	924 1.0×	260 0.5×	303 0.7×	97	2.3k
Andrzej P. Radliński Australia	13	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	810 0.9×	501 1.0×	439 0.9×	29	2.4k
Hugh Daigle United States	32	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	962 1.0×	491 1.0×	389 0.8×	134	3.2k
Haitao Xue China	29	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	805 0.9×	625 1.3×	447 1.0×	100	3.1k
Zhengfu Ning China	25	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	379 0.8×	438 0.9×	121	2.6k
Dong Feng China	29	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	246 0.5×	375 0.8×	87	2.9k
Mark E. Curtis United States	18	2.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	377 0.8×	832 1.8×	42	3.2k
Daniel Ross Canada	16	3.8k 1.7×	2.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	431 0.9×	1.3k 2.7×	33	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomasz Blach

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Radliński, A.P., Tomasz Blach, Liliana de Campo, et al.. (2025). Small-angle neutron scattering studies of porous media: Assessment of liquid and gas as contrast-matching fluids using carbon aerogel. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 399. 113814–113814.

Radliński, Andrzej P., et al.. (2025). PRINSAS 2.0: a Python-based graphical user interface tool for fitting polydisperse spherical pore models in small-angle scattering analysis of porous materials. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 58(4). 1486–1495. 1 indexed citations

Grigore, Mihaela, Andrzej P. Radliński, Claudio Delle Piane, et al.. (2025). Nanopore structure characterization of Velkerri Shale: SANS investigation of pore accessibility and anisotropy. Fuel. 403. 136079–136079. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Mengdi, Erfan Mohammadian, Tomasz Blach, et al.. (2024). Confinement effect in nanopores of shale and coal reservoirs: A review on experimental characterization methods. Gas Science and Engineering. 123. 205249–205249. 11 indexed citations

Radliński, Andrzej P., Tomasz Blach, Ralf Schweins, et al.. (2024). Revealing nanoscale sorption mechanisms of gases in a highly porous silica aerogel. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 57(5). 1311–1322. 3 indexed citations

Radliński, Andrzej P. & Tomasz Blach. (2023). Multiscale micro-architecture of pore space in rocks: size, shape, deformation and accessibility determined by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). The European Physical Journal E. 46(9). 78–78. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Mengdi, Xianggang Duan, Qing Liu, et al.. (2023). The importance of pore-fracture connectivity in overmature marine shale for methane occurrence and transportation. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 157. 106495–106495. 25 indexed citations

Sun, Mengdi, Xiang Zhao, Qing Liu, et al.. (2021). Investigation of Microwave Irradiation Stimulation to Enhance the Pore Connectivity of Shale. Energy & Fuels. 35(4). 3240–3251. 14 indexed citations

Regenauer‐Lieb, Klaus, Manman Hu, Christoph Schrank, et al.. (2021). Cross-diffusion waves resulting from multiscale, multi-physics instabilities: theory. Solid Earth. 12(4). 869–883. 14 indexed citations

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Regenauer‐Lieb, Klaus, Manman Hu, Christoph Schrank, et al.. (2021). Cross-diffusion waves resulting from multiscale, multiphysics instabilities: application to earthquakes. Solid Earth. 12(8). 1829–1849. 8 indexed citations

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Shu, Yi, Shu Jiang, Linhao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Effect of Particle Size on Pore Characteristics of Organic-Rich Shales: Investigations from Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) and Fluid Intrusion Techniques. Energies. 13(22). 6049–6049. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Mengdi, Jiale Zhao, Zhejun Pan, et al.. (2020). Pore characterization of shales: A review of small angle scattering technique. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 78. 103294–103294. 95 indexed citations

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Regenauer‐Lieb, Klaus, Manman Hu, Christoph Schrank, et al.. (2020). Cross-Diffusion Waves as a trigger for Multiscale, Multi-Physics Instabilities: Theory. 2 indexed citations

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Regenauer‐Lieb, Klaus, Manman Hu, Christoph Schrank, et al.. (2020). Cross-Diffusion Waves as a trigger for multiscale, multiphysics Instabilities: Application to earthquakes. 2 indexed citations

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Chatzidimitriou‐Dreismann, C. A., Evan Gray, & Tomasz Blach. (2012). Breaking time-inversion invariance through decoherence — Energetic consequences for attosecond neutron scattering. Science and Technology Facilities Council. 1 indexed citations

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Melnichenko, Yuri B., Lilin He, Richard Sakurovs, et al.. (2012). Accessibility of pores in coal to methane and carbon dioxide. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 136 indexed citations

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Chatzidimitriou‐Dreismann, C. A., Evan Gray, & Tomasz Blach. (2012). Distinguishing new science from calibration effects in the electron-volt neutron spectrometer VESUVIO at ISIS. Science and Technology Facilities Council. 7 indexed citations

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Chatzidimitriou‐Dreismann, C. A., Evan Gray, & Tomasz Blach. (2011). Indications of energetic consequences of decoherence at short times for scattering from open quantum systems. Science and Technology Facilities Council. 14 indexed citations

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Gray, Evan, Tomasz Blach, M.P. Pitt, & David Cookson. (2011). Mechanism of the Alpha-to-Beta phase transformation in the LaNi5-H2 system. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1 indexed citations

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Melnichenko, Yuri B., Lilin He, Richard Sakurovs, et al.. (2011). Accessibility of pores in coal to methane and carbon dioxide. Fuel. 91(1). 200–208. 4 indexed citations

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