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Eric H. Oelkers

Eric H. Oelkers

University of Iceland
Iceland

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Chemistry
Iceland
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
94
Citations
30359
World Ranking
1718
National Ranking
1

Eric H. Oelkers publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric H. Oelkers sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 302 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Eric H. Oelkers D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric H. Oelkers sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 91st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Iceland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Iceland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Iceland Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Organic chemistry
  • Mineral

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Dissolution, Aqueous solution, Mineralogy, Analytical chemistry and CarbFix. His Dissolution research includes themes of Mineral, Kaolinite, Activation energy, Inorganic chemistry and Reaction rate constant. His Molality study in the realm of Aqueous solution interacts with subjects such as Reaction rate.

His work deals with themes such as Saturation, Quartz and Carbon dioxide, which intersect with Mineralogy. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Diaspore, Octahedron, Supersaturation and Physical chemistry. His Carbonate minerals study combines topics in areas such as Carbonation and Mineralization.

His most cited work include:

  • SUPCRT92: a software package for calculating the standard molal thermodynamic properties of minerals, gases, aqueous species, and reactions from 1 to 5000 bar and 0 to 1000 ° C (2001 citations)
  • The rainbow vent fluids (36°14′N, MAR): the influence of ultramafic rocks and phase separation on trace metal content in Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal fluids (491 citations)
  • Calculation of the thermodynamic properties of aqueous species at high pressures and temperatures. Effective electrostatic radii, dissociation constants and standard partial molal properties to 1000 °C and 5 kbar (378 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Eric H. Oelkers focuses on Dissolution, Aqueous solution, Mineralogy, Inorganic chemistry and Environmental chemistry. The Dissolution study combines topics in areas such as Stoichiometry, Basalt, Mineral and Calcite. His Aqueous solution research focuses on Analytical chemistry and how it relates to Equilibrium constant and Precipitation.

In general Mineralogy, his work in Olivine is often linked to CarbFix linking many areas of study. His Inorganic chemistry research includes elements of Fractionation and Magnesium. His Environmental chemistry research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Particulates and Weathering.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Dissolution (69.33%)
  • Aqueous solution (42.14%)
  • Mineralogy (39.65%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Dissolution (69.33%)
  • Environmental chemistry (27.43%)
  • Carbonation (15.21%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Dissolution, Environmental chemistry, Carbonation, Aqueous solution and Calcite. Eric H. Oelkers performs multidisciplinary study on Dissolution and Sepiolite in his works. In his works, he performs multidisciplinary study on Environmental chemistry and CarbFix.

His Carbonation research incorporates themes from Sedimentary basin, Carbon dioxide and Ultramafic rock. The various areas that Eric H. Oelkers examines in his Aqueous solution study include Inorganic chemistry, Fractionation, Isotope fractionation, Siderite and Saturation. While the research belongs to areas of Calcite, Eric H. Oelkers spends his time largely on the problem of Carbonate, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Mineralogy.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Solubility of the hydrated Mg-carbonates nesquehonite and dypingite from 5 to 35 °C: Implications for CO2 storage and the relative stability of Mg-carbonates (23 citations)
  • Solubility of the hydrated Mg-carbonates nesquehonite and dypingite from 5 to 35 °C: Implications for CO2 storage and the relative stability of Mg-carbonates (23 citations)
  • Carbon dioxide storage through mineral carbonation (21 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Mineral

Eric H. Oelkers mainly investigates Carbonation, Dissolution, Environmental chemistry, Carbonate minerals and CarbFix. Eric H. Oelkers has researched Carbonation in several fields, including Sedimentary basin, Earth science, Mineralization, Climate change mitigation and Carbon capture and storage. His research in Dissolution intersects with topics in Water injection, Isotope fractionation, Aqueous solution and Analytical chemistry.

Eric H. Oelkers has included themes like Chemical equilibrium, Precipitation and Mineral in his Analytical chemistry study. His Environmental chemistry course of study focuses on Basalt and Magnesium, Isotopes of lithium, Rayleigh fractionation, Fractionation and Silicate. As a member of one scientific family, Eric H. Oelkers mostly works in the field of Carbonate minerals, focusing on Carbon cycle and, on occasion, Saturation and Calcite.

Best Publications

  • SUPCRT92: a software package for calculating the standard molal thermodynamic properties of minerals, gases, aqueous species, and reactions from 1 to 5000 bar and 0 to 1000 ° C

    James W. Johnson;Eric H. Oelkers;Harold C. Helgeson

  • Rapid carbon mineralization for permanent disposal of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions

    Juerg M. Matter;Juerg M. Matter;Martin Stute;Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdottir;Eric H. Oelkers;Eric H. Oelkers;Eric H. Oelkers

  • Carbon dioxide storage through mineral carbonation

    Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir;Bergur Sigfússon;Chiara Marieni;David Goldberg

  • The rainbow vent fluids (36°14′N, MAR): the influence of ultramafic rocks and phase separation on trace metal content in Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal fluids

    E Douville;J.L Charlou;E.H Oelkers;P Bienvenu

  • Mineral Carbonation of CO2

    Eric H. Oelkers;Sigurdur R. Gislason;Juerg Matter

  • Calculation of the thermodynamic properties of aqueous species at high pressures and temperatures. Effective electrostatic radii, dissociation constants and standard partial molal properties to 1000 °C and 5 kbar

    Everett L. Shock;Everett L. Shock;Eric H. Oelkers;Eric H. Oelkers;James W. Johnson;James W. Johnson;Dimitri A. Sverjensky;Dimitri A. Sverjensky

  • The mechanism, rates and consequences of basaltic glass dissolution: I. An experimental study of the dissolution rates of basaltic glass as a function of aqueous Al, Si and oxalic acid concentration at 25°C and pH = 3 and 11

    Eric H. Oelkers;Sigurdur R. Gislason

  • The effect of aluminum, pH, and chemical affinity on the rates of aluminosilicate dissolution reactions

    Eric H Oelkers;Jacques Schott;Jean-Luc Devidal

  • General kinetic description of multioxide silicate mineral and glass dissolution

    Eric H. Oelkers

  • Mechanism, rates, and consequences of basaltic glass dissolution: II. An experimental study of the dissolution rates of basaltic glass as a function of pH and temperature

    Sigurdur R. Gislason;Eric H. Oelkers

  • Mineral sequestration of carbon dioxide in basalt: A pre-injection overview of the CarbFix project

    Sigurdur Reynir Gislason;Domenik Wolff-Boenisch;Andri Stefansson;Eric H. Oelkers

  • The Link Between Mineral Dissolution/Precipitation Kinetics and Solution Chemistry

    Jacques Schott;Oleg S. Pokrovsky;Eric H. Oelkers

  • The dissolution rates of natural glasses as a function of their composition at pH 4 and 10.6, and temperatures from 25 to 74°C

    Domenik Wolff-Boenisch;Sigurdur R. Gislason;Eric H. Oelkers;Christine V. Putnis

  • Experimental study of anorthite dissolution and the relative mechanism of feldspar hydrolysis

    Eric H. Oelkers;Jacques Schott

  • Carbon Storage in Basalt

    Sigurdur R. Gislason;Eric H. Oelkers;Eric H. Oelkers

  • Are quartz dissolution rates proportional to B.E.T. surface areas

    Jean-Marie Gautier;Eric H. Oelkers;Jacques Schott

  • Reactive transport in porous media

    Peter C. Lichtner;Carl I. Steefel;Eric H. Oelkers

  • An experimental study of illite dissolution kinetics as a function of pH from 1.4 to 12.4 and temperature from 5 to 50°C

    Stephan Jürgen Köhler;Fabien Dufaud;Eric Oelkers

  • Experimental study of K-feldspar dissolution rates as a function of chemical affinity at 150°C and pH 9

    Jean-Marie Gautier;Eric H Oelkers;Jacques Schott

  • Carbon Dioxide Sequestration A Solution to a Global Problem

    Eric H. Oelkers;David R. Cole

  • An experimental study of calcite and limestone dissolution rates as a function of pH from −1 to 3 and temperature from 25 to 80°C

    Marwan Alkattan;Eric H Oelkers;Jean-Louis Dandurand;Jacques Schott

  • Magnesium isotope fractionation during hydrous magnesium carbonate precipitation with and without cyanobacteria

    Vasileios Mavromatis;Christopher R. Pearce;Liudmila S. Shirokova;Liudmila S. Shirokova;Irina A. Bundeleva

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Schott
Jacques Schott Paul Sabatier University
Sigurdur R. Gislason
Sigurdur R. Gislason University of Iceland
Vasileios Mavromatis
Vasileios Mavromatis Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Oleg S. Pokrovsky
Oleg S. Pokrovsky National Research Tomsk State University
Pascale Bénézeth
Pascale Bénézeth Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Martin Stute
Martin Stute Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Liane G. Benning
Liane G. Benning Freie Universität Berlin
Harold C. Helgeson
Harold C. Helgeson University of California, Berkeley
Stephan J. Köhler
Stephan J. Köhler Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wallace S. Broecker
Wallace S. Broecker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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