The Leading Edge 60.1k citations
3.8k papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 2169 Seismic Waves and Analysis 1111 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods 400 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods 874 Drilling and Well Engineering 542 Geophysical Methods and Applications 417 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis 862 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis 469 Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers The Leading Edge
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Geophysics 48.5k Ocean Engineering 28.7k Geology 3.1k Mechanical Engineering 17.7k Mechanics of Materials 11.1k Geophysical Prospecting United States
Journal of Applied Geophysics China
Pure and Applied Geophysics United States
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth United States
Geothermics United States
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America United States
Arabian Journal of Geosciences China
Frontiers in Earth Science China
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About The Leading Edge The 3.8k papers published in The Leading Edge in the last decades have received a total of 60.1k indexed citations . Papers published in The Leading Edge usually cover Geophysics (2.7k papers), Ocean Engineering (1.8k papers) and Geochemistry and Petrology (279 papers) specifically the topics of Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (2.2k papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (1.1k papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (874 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (862 papers), Drilling and Well Engineering (542 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (469 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (417 papers) and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (400 papers). The most active scholars publishing in The Leading Edge are Kurt J. Marfurt , Satinder Chopra , John P. Castagna , Patrick Connolly , Mike Bahorich , Gary Mavko , Colin M. Sayers , Roelof Versteeg , J.D. Fairhead and Jack Dvorkin .
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