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Papers

(The TQCC of AAPG Bulletin is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The geology of injection-induced earthquakes in the Midland Basin region: Introduction	66
Molecular dynamics simulation of the coupling and distribution patterns of CO2 sequestration and slit pore media	48
Depositional and lithological control on fractures in a steep, reefal carbonate margin: Lennard Shelf outcrops of the Canning Basin, Western Australia	32
Novel diamondoid-based maturity models using naturally occurring petroleum fluids	30
A mechanical basis of fault-bend folding	25
Chemostatistic allocation of shale oil production using acidic heterocompounds	25
Karst topography paces the deposition of lower Permian, organic-rich, marine–continental transitional shales in the southeastern Ordos Basin, northwestern China	23
Metazoan-algal benthic ecosystems enhance automicritic slope boundstone: The Triassic Great Bank of Guizhou carbonate platform, Xiliang margin, China	23
Introduction to Salt Basins Special Issue Volume 2: Evaporite precipitation, physical modeling, basin evolution in honor of Bruno Vendeville	21
Integrated and improved direct hydrocarbon indicators: A step forward in petroleum risk discrimination	20
Structural inheritance controls crustal-scale extensional fault-related folding in the Exmouth and Dampier Sub-basins, North West Shelf, Australia	19
Complex multiscale reservoir heterogeneity in a tidal depositional environment, Temblor Formation, West Coalinga field, California	19
Pore-scale electrical numerical simulation and new saturation model of fractured tight sandstone	19
Guizhou modern karsts as analogues for paleokarst reservoirs in the Shunbei oil field, Tarim Basin, China	18
Pore structure evolution characteristics of continental shale in China as indicated from thermal simulation experiments	18
Oil families, oil–source rock correlation, basin modeling, and implication for petroleum systems, Termit Basin, Niger	18
Geochemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons in source rocks of the Cretaceous Orange Basin	17
Coexistence of coalbed methane, shale gas, and tight sandstone gas in coal measure strata: A case study from the southern Qinshui Basin, China	16
Heterogeneity in siliciclastic carrier beds: Implications for hydrocarbon migration and accumulation	16
Reservoir characterization and comparison of seismicity-monitoring methods at West Seminole for CO2 utilization and storage	16
Frequency, distribution, and mechanisms of evaporite karst drilling hazards in the western Delaware Basin: Learnings from historical high-density exploration in Culberson County, Texas	16
Fluid evolution in deeply buried and karstified carbonate reservoirs of the central Tarim Basin, northwestern China	16
Hypogenic karstic cavities formed by tectonic-driven fluid mixing in the Ordovician carbonates from the Tarim Basin, northwestern China	15
Thermodynamic insights into the production of methane hydrate reservoirs from depressurization of pressure cores	14
M. King Hubbert and the rise and fall of peak oil theory	14

Application of a deep-water stratigraphic framework to the production of the Wolfcampian units in the Permian Basin	14
A geochemical analysis of produced water(s) from the Wolfcamp formation in the Permian Delaware Basin, western Texas	14
Porosity evolution of sandstone reservoirs in the Paleogene Shahejie Formation of the Zhanhua depression, Bohai Bay Basin	14
Tectonic relief evolution and large-scale karstification of an Ordovician supergiant reservoir, North Tarim uplift, northwestern China	13
Pore structure characterization of middle- and high-ranked coal reservoirs in northern China	13
An integrated correlation from platform to basin: Implications for understanding the Ediacaran succession of Oman	13
Giant pockmark-initiated deep-water slope channel complexes	13
Laboratory study on microbial fractionation mechanisms of carbon and hydrogen isotopes in coalbed biomethane	12
The West Siberian Super Basin: The largest and most prolific hydrocarbon basin in the world	12
Salt deposition in ultradeep brine settings by dynamic inflow and evaporation	12
Assessing and processing three-dimensional photogrammetry, sedimentology, and geophysical data to build high-fidelity reservoir models based on carbonate outcrop analogues	11
In situ stress state in the petroliferous Barmer Basin, northwestern India: A new geomechanical approach	11
Unconventional reservoir characterization by seismic inversion and machine learning of the Bakken Formation	11
A fracture-related deep Archean crystalline basement reservoir facilitated by thrusting and mineralogy: Newly discovered Bozhong 19-6 large gas field, offshore Bohai Bay Basin, China	11
Organic petrology of the Upper Ordovician Red River kukersite tight oil and gas play, Williston Basin, North Dakota, United States	11
A comparison of three-dimensional–printed porous rocks with nano x-ray computed tomography: Silica sand, gypsum powder, and resin	10
Aspects of salt diapirism and structural evolution of Mesozoic–Cenozoic basins at the West Iberian margin	10
Diagenetic alterations in Eocene, deeply buried volcaniclastic sandstones with implications for reservoir quality in the Huizhou depression, Pearl River Mouth Basin, China	10
Characteristics, evolution, and formation of pressure in the Sinian-Cambrian gas reservoirs of the Anyue gas field, Sichuan Basin, China	10
Passageways for permeability: Geostatistical simulation of controls on the connectivity of vug-to-vug pore networks	10
The North West Shelf, Western Australia’s super basin, in the twenty-first century	10
Geomechanical insights on the importance of mechanical stratigraphy to hydraulic fracture containment	10
The evolution of the early Paleozoic carbonate platform in the Central uplift, Tarim Basin, northwestern China, and hydrocarbon accumulation	10
Geology of the Johan Sverdrup field: A giant oil discovery and development project in a mature Norwegian North Sea basin	10
Factors controlling the formation of primary microbial gas in the upper Quaternary sediments of the Jiangsu–Zhejiang coastal plain, eastern China	10
Petrologic and geochemical characteristics of carbonate cements in the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation tight gas sandstone, western Sichuan Basin, China	9
Using x-ray computed tomography to estimate hydrate saturation in sediment cores from Green Canyon 955, northern Gulf of Mexico	9
Origins and habitats of supergiant fields: An interpretation	9
Origin of Eocene lacustrine dolomite and evolution of multiple diagenetic fluids in the Huanghekou sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China	9
Different scales of salt–sediment interaction during passive diapirism	9
Mixed carbonate-clastic reservoir characterization of the mid-Cretaceous Mauddud Formation (Albian), north Kuwait - Implications for field development	9
Geochemical characteristics, genetic types, and sources of gas accumulations in the northern Jizhong subbasin, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China	9
Petroleum system evaluation of the world’s deepest (>5000 m) volcanic reservoirs, Sichuan Basin, China	9
Interpretation, characterization, and slip hazard assessment of faults in the Midland Basin, west Texas, United States	9
A cross-shape deep Boltzmann machine for petrophysical seismic inversion	9
Petroleum system for the continuous oil play in the lacustrine Lower Triassic, Junggar Basin, China	9
Salt tectonics along a strike-slip fault system in the sub-Alpine chains of southeastern France, from the Triassic to the Oligocene	9
Insights on fracture and karst cavern origin and diagenesis from core observations at Tengiz and Korolev fields, Kazakhstan	9
Failure to launch: Fate of the Second White Specks as a resource play was preordained by its Late Cretaceous depositional setting	8
Automatic facies classification using convolutional neural network for three-dimensional outcrop data: Application to the outcrop of the mass-transport deposit	8
Application of random forest algorithm to predict lithofacies from well and seismic data in Balder field, Norwegian North Sea	8
Water depth–terrigenous input dynamic equilibrium controls the Eocene lacustrine shale laminae records in Jiyang depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China	8
Three-dimensional seismic classification of salt structure morphologies across the Southern North Sea	8
Microfracture classification, quantification, and petrophysical behavior in the Tengiz and Korolev carbonate reservoirs, Kazakhstan	8
Lithofacies control on the formation of deformation bands: An example from the Sherwood Sandstone Group (Induan–Anisian, Lower Triassic) in western England	8
Shale brittleness prediction using machine learning - A Middle East basin case study	8
Why does it take so long to publish a paper in the <italic>AAPG Bulletin</italic>: Reply	8
Integration of diagenesis, porosity evolution, and oil emplacement in lacustrine tight sandstone reservoirs: A review with illustrative cases from the major oil-bearing basins in China	8
Quantifying concretion distribution in shales of the Vaca Muerta-Quintuco system, Neuquén Basin, Argentina	8
Characterization of spatial relationships between fractures from different sets using K-function analysis	8

Characterization of oils and potential source rocks in the Marietta Basin, Oklahoma and Texas	8
The presalt Santos Basin, a super basin of the twenty-first century	7
Integrated approach to pore typing in complex carbonate reservoirs, Tengiz and Korolev fields, Kazakhstan	7
An empirical approach to estimating hydrocarbon column heights for improved predrill volume prediction in hydrocarbon exploration	7
Sensitivity analysis of geological rule-based subsurface model parameters on fluid flow	7
Introduction to Salt Basins Special Issue Volume 1: Diapirism, deformation, dating, and exploration in honor of Bruno Vendeville and all the unsung heroes	7
Introduction to Special Issue: Super basins: Selected case studies of the world’s greatest petroleum basins	7
Molecular structure characterization of kerogen in contact metamorphic shales: Insights into the effect of graphitization on organic matter pores	7
Diagenesis of the San Andres Formation in the Seminole unit in Central Basin platform, western Texas	7