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Douglas W. Oldenburg

Douglas W. Oldenburg

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
67
Citations
20475
World Ranking
1937
National Ranking
69

Douglas W. Oldenburg publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 354 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Douglas W. Oldenburg D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas W. Oldenburg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Douglas W. Oldenburg is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a specific emphasis on Geophysics and Ocean Engineering as subfields.

Their work concentrates significantly on geophysical methodologies and geoelectrical techniques. The main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Recent papers authored by or involving Douglas W. Oldenburg include the following:

  • Petrophysically and geologically guided multi-physics inversion using a dynamic Gaussian mixture model, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • Sparse magnetic vector inversion in spherical coordinates, 2020, Geophysics
  • Gravity and Magnetic Processing and Inversion Over the Mahallat Geothermal System Using Open Source Resources in Python, 2021, Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • Using DC resistivity ring array surveys to resolve conductive structures around tunnels or mine-workings, 2023, Journal of Applied Geophysics
  • Impacts of magnetic permeability on electromagnetic data collected in settings with steel-cased wells, 2023, Geophysical Journal International

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Douglas W. Oldenburg include:

  • Lindsey J. Heagy
  • Dominique Fournier
  • Seogi Kang
  • Thibaut Astic
  • Vahid E. Ardestani

Key publication venues where Douglas W. Oldenburg's work appears regularly are:

  • The Leading Edge
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Geophysics

Douglas W. Oldenburg has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, an honor received in 2013 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • 3-D inversion of magnetic data

    Yaoguo Li;Douglas W. Oldenburg

  • 3-D inversion of gravity data

    Yaoguo Li;Douglas W. Oldenburg

  • The inversion and interpretation of gravity anomalies

    Douglas W. Oldenburg

  • Estimating depth of investigation in DC resistivity and IP surveys

    Douglas W. Oldenburg;Yaoguo Li

  • Recovery of the acoustic impedance from reflection seismograms

    D. W. Oldenburg;T. Scheuer;S. Levy

  • Thermal Model of Ocean Ridges

    R. L. Parker;D. W. Oldenburg

  • Inversion of induced polarization data

    Douglas W. Oldenburg;Yaoguo Li

  • Fast inversion of large-scale magnetic data using wavelet transforms and a logarithmic barrier method

    Yaoguo Li;Douglas W. Oldenburg

  • NON-LINEAR INVERSION USING GENERAL MEASURES OF DATA MISFIT AND MODEL STRUCTURE

    Colin G. Farquharson;Douglas W. Oldenburg

  • On optimization techniques for solving nonlinear inverse problems

    Eldad Haber;Uri M Ascher;Doug Oldenburg

  • Joint inversion: a structural approach

    E Haber;D Oldenburg

  • METHODS FOR CALCULATING FRÉCHET DERIVATIVES AND SENSITIVITIES FOR THE NON‐LINEAR INVERSE PROBLEM: A COMPARATIVE STUDY1

    P. R. McGILLIVRAY;D. W. Oldenburg

  • A comparison of automatic techniques for estimating the regularization parameter in non-linear inverse problems

    Colin G. Farquharson;Douglas W. Oldenburg

  • SimPEG: An open source framework for simulation and gradient based parameter estimation in geophysical applications

    Rowan Cockett;Seogi Kang;Lindsey J. Heagy;Adam Pidlisecky

  • Applied geophysical inversion

    R. G. Ellis;D. W. Oldenburg

  • Three dimensional inversion of multisource time domain electromagnetic data

    Douglas W. Oldenburg;Eldad Haber;Roman Shekhtman

  • Fast Simulation of 3D Electromagnetic Problems Using Potentials

    E. Haber;U.M. Ascher;D.A. Aruliah;D.W. Oldenburg

  • Inversion for Applied Geophysics: A Tutorial

    Douglas W. Oldenburg;Yaoguo Li

  • Joint inversion of surface and three‐component borehole magnetic data

    Yaoguo Li;Douglas W. Oldenburg

  • Simultaneous 1D inversion of loop loop electromagnetic data for magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity

    Colin G. Farquharson;Douglas W. Oldenburg;Partha S. Routh

  • Generalized subspace methods for large-scale inverse problems

    D. W. Oldenburg;P. R. McGillivray;R. G. Ellis

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaoguo Li
Yaoguo Li Colorado School of Mines
Eldad Haber
Eldad Haber University of British Columbia
Colin Farquharson
Colin Farquharson Memorial University of Newfoundland
Uri M. Ascher
Uri M. Ascher University of British Columbia
Stan E. Dosso
Stan E. Dosso University of Victoria
James N. Brune
James N. Brune University of Nevada Reno
Robert L. Parker
Robert L. Parker University of California, San Diego
Martyn Unsworth
Martyn Unsworth University of Alberta
Gregory A. Newman
Gregory A. Newman Colorado State University
Jeremy P. Richards
Jeremy P. Richards Laurentian University

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