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Earth Science 43 4867 4488 1839 1634 100 9696

Alexei V. Milkov publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alexei V. Milkov between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alexei V. Milkov published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2004. 3 of the 110 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2004. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 1 publication 2010: 2 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 0 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 1 publication 2017: 3 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 2 publications
1997 2025

110 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alexei V. Milkov: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 0
1999 3
2000 5
2001 9
2002 7
2003 10
2004 14
2005 6
2006 3
2007 2
2008 1
2009 1
2010 2
2011 3
2012 0
2013 1
2014 0
2015 1
2016 1
2017 3
2018 5
2019 8
2020 11
2021 6
2022 4
2023 0
2024 1
2025 2
Total 110
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Alexei V. Milkov publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexei V. Milkov sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 98–107 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 100 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404 100
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Alexei V. Milkov D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexei V. Milkov sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 43 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279 43
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Alexei V. Milkov is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientific work of Alexei V. Milkov covers a range of topics that include Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Offshore Engineering and Technologies.

Milkov's publication record shows contributions to several frequent venues, indicating active engagement with established platforms for disseminating research in their fields. These venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Organic Geochemistry

Frequent collaborators contributing notably to Milkov's research output include Gerhard Bohrmann, A. M. Tréhu, Frank R. Rack, Nathan L. Bangs, and Samantha R. Barr.

Some of the recent papers authored by Milkov demonstrate a focus on geochemical and environmental aspects of natural gases, shale gas exploration, and isotopic data analysis, as illustrated by the following works:

  • Geochemistry of shale gases from around the world: Composition, origins, isotope reversals and rollovers, and implications for the exploration of shale plays, 2020, Organic Geochemistry
  • Molecular hydrogen in surface and subsurface natural gases: Abundance, origins and ideas for deliberate exploration, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Using global isotopic data to constrain the role of shale gas production in recent increases in atmospheric methane, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • New approaches to distinguish shale-sourced and coal-sourced gases in petroleum systems, 2021, Organic Geochemistry

Alexei V. Milkov's research interests and expertise contribute to understanding the chemical and physical processes in hydrocarbon systems, with implications for resource exploration and environmental studies. Their work spans interdisciplinary areas, integrating engineering principles with geochemical and atmospheric science.

Best Publications

  • Global estimates of hydrate-bound gas in marine sediments: how much is really out there?

    Alexei V. Milkov

  • Worldwide distribution of submarine mud volcanoes and associated gas hydrates

    A.V Milkov

  • Revised genetic diagrams for natural gases based on a global dataset of >20,000 samples

    Alexei V. Milkov;Giuseppe Etiope;Giuseppe Etiope

  • Three-dimensional distribution of gas hydrate beneath southern Hydrate Ridge: Constraints from ODP Leg 204

    Anne M Tréhu;Philip E Long;Marta E Torres;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Economic geology of offshore gas hydrate accumulations and provinces

    Alexei V Milkov;Roger Sassen

  • Molecular and stable isotope compositions of natural gas hydrates : A revised global dataset and basic interpretations in the context of geological settings

    Alexei V. Milkov

  • Free hydrocarbon gas, gas hydrate, and authigenic minerals in chemosynthetic communities of the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope: relation to microbial processes

    Roger Sassen;Harry H Roberts;Robert Carney;Alexei V Milkov

  • Thermogenic gas hydrates and hydrocarbon gases in complex chemosynthetic communities, Gulf of Mexico continental slope

    Roger Sassen;Samantha Joye;Stephen T Sweet;Debra A DeFreitas

  • Co-existence of gas hydrate, free gas, and brine within the regional gas hydrate stability zone at Hydrate Ridge (Oregon margin): evidence from prolonged degassing of a pressurized core

    Alexei V. Milkov;Gerald R. Dickens;George E. Claypool;Young-Joo Lee

  • A new estimate of global methane flux from onshore and shallow submarine mud volcanoes to the atmosphere

    Giuseppe Etiope;Alexei V. Milkov

  • Global gas flux from mud volcanoes: A significant source of fossil methane in the atmosphere and the ocean

    Alexei V. Milkov;Roger Sassen;Tatiyana V. Apanasovich;Farid G. Dadashev

  • Worldwide distribution and significance of secondary microbial methane formed during petroleum biodegradation in conventional reservoirs

    Alexei V. Milkov

  • Estimate of gas hydrate resource, northwestern Gulf of Mexico continental slope

    Alexei V Milkov;Roger Sassen

  • Massive vein-filling gas hydrate: relation to ongoing gas migration from the deep subsurface in the Gulf of Mexico

    R Sassen;S.L Losh;L Cathles;H.H Roberts

  • Thickness of the gas hydrate stability zone, Gulf of Mexico continental slope

    A.V Milkov;R Sassen

  • Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano provides unusual example of venting

    P. R. Vogt;G. Cherkashev;G. Ginsburg;G. Ivanov

  • Gas hydrate accumulation at the Hakon Mosby Mud Volcano

    G. D. Ginsburg;A. V. Milkov;V. A. Soloviev;A. V. Egorov

  • In situ methane concentrations at Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon: New constraints on the global gas hydrate inventory from an active margin

    Alexei V. Milkov;George E. Claypool;Young-Joo Lee;Wenyue Xu

  • Evidence of subsurface anaerobic biodegradation of hydrocarbons and potential secondary methanogenesis in terrestrial mud volcanoes

    G. Etiope;A. Feyzullayev;A.V. Milkov;A. Waseda

  • Thermogenic vent gas and gas hydrate in the Gulf of Mexico slope: Is gas hydrate decomposition significant?

    Roger Sassen;Stephen T. Sweet;Alexei V. Milkov;Debra A. DeFreitas

  • Gas hydrate systems at Hydrate Ridge offshore Oregon inferred from molecular and isotopic properties of hydrate-bound and void gases

    Alexei V. Milkov;George E. Claypool;Young-Joo Lee;Roger Sassen

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Sassen
Roger Sassen Texas A&M University
Giuseppe Etiope
Giuseppe Etiope National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Marta E Torres
Marta E Torres Oregon State University
Harry H. Roberts
Harry H. Roberts Louisiana State University
Stephen T. Sweet
Stephen T. Sweet Texas A&M University
Philip E. Long
Philip E. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gerald R. Dickens
Gerald R. Dickens Trinity College Dublin
Guangyou Zhu
Guangyou Zhu China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Anne M. Tréhu
Anne M. Tréhu Oregon State University
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen

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