Volker Vahrenkamp

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Volker Vahrenkamp is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Vahrenkamp has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 30 papers in Ocean Engineering and 25 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Volker Vahrenkamp's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (55 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (25 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (22 papers). Volker Vahrenkamp is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (55 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (25 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (22 papers). Volker Vahrenkamp collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and United States. Volker Vahrenkamp's co-authors include Peter K. Swart, Ian Billing, Jürgen Grötsch, Hussein Hoteit, Abhijit Mookerjee, Cathy Hollis, C. Taberner, Philippe Razin, Carine Grélaud and Thomas Finkbeiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Scientific Reports and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Volker Vahrenkamp

89 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Recent progress in underground hydrogen storage 2025 2026 2025 10 20 30
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. Recent progress in underground hydrogen storage
    2025 35 citations Muhammad Ali, Abubakar Isah et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Volker Vahrenkamp Saudi Arabia 18 655 644 370 322 289 102 1.5k
Cathy Hollis United Kingdom 22 643 1.0× 901 1.4× 266 0.7× 614 1.9× 308 1.1× 83 1.6k
Xiucheng Tan China 24 791 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 290 0.8× 512 1.6× 227 0.8× 135 1.9k
J.A.M. Kenter Netherlands 26 907 1.4× 569 0.9× 686 1.9× 683 2.1× 252 0.9× 66 2.0k
Renchao Yang China 20 252 0.4× 767 1.2× 216 0.6× 239 0.7× 225 0.8× 62 1.2k
C. I. Macaulay United Kingdom 19 340 0.5× 1.2k 1.9× 189 0.5× 473 1.5× 468 1.6× 27 1.6k
Fang Hao China 20 366 0.6× 700 1.1× 150 0.4× 248 0.8× 165 0.6× 84 1.2k
Suping Yao China 24 559 0.9× 1.1k 1.7× 182 0.5× 389 1.2× 248 0.9× 53 1.7k
Mohammad Hossein Adabi Iran 21 652 1.0× 520 0.8× 306 0.8× 390 1.2× 113 0.4× 71 1.2k
Khalid Al‐Ramadan Saudi Arabia 22 382 0.6× 1.2k 1.9× 142 0.4× 369 1.1× 510 1.8× 101 1.9k
Chao Liang China 22 340 0.5× 1.4k 2.2× 162 0.4× 184 0.6× 343 1.2× 55 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Volker Vahrenkamp

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Fields of papers citing papers by Volker Vahrenkamp

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Volker Vahrenkamp. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Volker Vahrenkamp. The network helps show where Volker Vahrenkamp may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Volker Vahrenkamp

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

All Works

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Westphal, Hildegard, Fabio Marchese, Guillem Mateu‐Vicens, et al.. (2025). Depth diagnostic mesophotic assemblages in the Northern Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) as analog to the Cenozoic fossil record. Coral Reefs. 44(2). 609–627.
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Yekeen, Nurudeen, Muhammad Ali, Mujahid Ali, et al.. (2025). Influence of organic matter and mineral composition on carbonate source rock wettability: Implications for CO2 geostorage. Fuel. 399. 135666–135666. 5 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Abubakar Isah, Nurudeen Yekeen, et al.. (2025). Recent progress in underground hydrogen storage. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(12). 5740–5810. 35 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stuhr, Marleen, Hildegard Westphal, Fabio Marchese, et al.. (2025). Seagrass-rafted large benthic foraminifera transported into the deep Red Sea. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5724–5724. 1 indexed citations
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Homewood, Peter, Vincent Charpentier, Daniele Melini, et al.. (2024). Holocene to present-day coastal landscapes of Bar al Hikman (Oman): Neolithic waypoints on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Quaternary Science Reviews. 343. 108842–108842. 1 indexed citations
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Daffonchio, Daniele, et al.. (2024). Micritisation products in the inner ramp settings of the Abu Dhabi Lagoon. The Depositional Record. 10(4). 402–425. 2 indexed citations
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Ezekiel, Justin, et al.. (2024). Techno-economic assessment of large-scale sedimentary basin stored–CO2 geothermal power generation. Applied Energy. 376. 124270–124270. 11 indexed citations
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Vahrenkamp, Volker, et al.. (2023). Morphological evidence for the extension of the Zabargad Transform Fault Zone to the Saudi Arabian Red Sea margin. Journal of the Geological Society. 180(5). 3 indexed citations
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Finkbeiner, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Fracture intensity and associated variability: A new methodology for 3D digital outcrop model analysis of carbonate reservoirs. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 158. 106532–106532. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Xin, et al.. (2023). Using deep-learning to predict Dunham textures and depositional facies of carbonate rocks from thin sections. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 227. 211906–211906. 13 indexed citations
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Khanna, Pankaj, et al.. (2022). 3D Digital Outcrop Model-Based Fracture Network Analysis of Reservoir Outcrop Analogue, Upper Jubaila Formation, Saudi Arabia.. 83rd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition. 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Daffonchio, Daniele, et al.. (2022). The Role of Microorganisms in the Nucleation of Carbonates, Environmental Implications and Applications. Minerals. 12(12). 1562–1562. 40 indexed citations
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Vahrenkamp, Volker, et al.. (2022). “Behind-the-outcrop” outcrop: A creative machine learning application for ground-penetrating radar data visualization as an artificial photorealistic rock volume. Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy. 2055–2059.
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Finkbeiner, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Multiattribute probabilistic neural network for near-surface field engineering application. The Leading Edge. 40(11). 794–804. 7 indexed citations
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Wei, Wenwen, Fiona Whitaker, Hussein Hoteit, & Volker Vahrenkamp. (2021). The creation of calcite microcrystals and microporosity through deep burial basinal flow processes driven by plate margin obduction – A realistic model?. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 136. 105432–105432. 3 indexed citations

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