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2026

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D-Index
56
Citations
23527
World Ranking
2342
National Ranking
2

Jack Dvorkin 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 Jack Dvorkin sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 354 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jack Dvorkin 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 Jack Dvorkin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Jack Dvorkin is affiliated with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. Their research spans multiple fields and focuses primarily on engineering and earth and planetary sciences with significant contributions in geophysics and ocean engineering.

Their work covers key topics including:

  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques

Jack Dvorkin has coauthored extensively with several researchers throughout their career. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Tapan Mukerji
  • Gary Mavko
  • Taqi Alzaki
  • Syed Rizwanullah Hussaini
  • Ammar El-Husseiny

The scientist has contributed to a range of publication venues, with repeated publications in:

  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • 83rd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition
  • Energy Reports
  • Geophysics

Jack Dvorkin has authored several papers in recent years, including:

  • Characterization of geochemical properties and factors controlling the pore structure development of shale gas reservoirs (2021), Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Impact of acid wormhole on the mechanical properties of chalk, limestone, and dolomite: Experimental and modeling studies (2021), Energy Reports
  • A green and efficient acid system for carbonate reservoir stimulation (2021), Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Specific surface area versus porosity from digital images (2020), Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Permeability-porosity relations from single image of natural rock: Subsampling approach (2020), Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

In addition to articles, Jack Dvorkin has published a book titled The Rock Physics Handbook in 2020 with Cambridge University Press, which has accumulated a substantial number of citations.

Best Publications

  • The Rock Physics Handbook: Tools for Seismic Analysis of Porous Media

    Gary Mavko;Tapan Mukerji;Jack Dvorkin

  • The Rock Physics Handbook

    Gary Mavko;Tapan Mukerji;Jack Dvorkin

  • The Rock Physics Handbook: Contents

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  • Elasticity of high‐porosity sandstones: Theory for two North Sea data sets

    Jack Dvorkin;Amos Nur

  • Dynamic poroelasticity: A unified model with the squirt and the Biot mechanisms

    Jack Dvorkin;Amos Nur

  • Digital rock physics benchmarks-Part I: Imaging and segmentation

    Heiko Andrä;Nicolas Combaret;Jack Dvorkin;Erik Glatt

  • Elastic‐wave velocity in marine sediments with gas hydrates: Effective medium modeling

    M. B. Helgerud;J. Dvorkin;A. Nur;A. Sakai

  • Critical porosity; a key to relating physical properties to porosity in rocks

    Amos Nur;Gary Mavko;Jack Dvorkin;Doron Galmudi

  • Digital rock physics benchmarks-part II: Computing effective properties

    Heiko Andrä;Nicolas Combaret;Jack Dvorkin;Erik Glatt

  • Squirt flow in fully saturated rocks

    Jack Dvorkin;Gary Mavko;Amos Nur

  • Effective properties of cemented granular materials

    Jack Dvorkin;Amos Nur;Hezhu Yin

  • Sediments with gas hydrates: Internal structure from seismic AVO

    Christine Ecker;Jack Dvorkin;Amos Nur

  • Elasticity of marine sediments: Rock physics modeling

    Jack Dvorkin;Manika Prasad;Akio Sakai;Dawn Lavoie

  • The squirt-flow mechanism: Macroscopic description

    Jack Dvorkin;Richard C. Nolen-Hoeksema;Amos Nur

  • Estimating the amount of gas hydrate and free gas from marine seismic data

    Christine Ecker;Jack Dvorkin;Amos M. Nur

  • Seismic Reflections of Rock Properties

    Jack Dvorkin;Mario A. Gutierrez;Dario Grana

  • The effect of cementation on the elastic properties of granular material

    Jack Dvorkin;Gary Mavko;Amos Nur

  • Relevance of computational rock physics

    Jack Dvorkin;Naum Derzhi;Elizabeth Diaz;Qian Fang

  • Rock-physics diagnostics of depositional texture, diagenetic alterations, and reservoir heterogeneity in high-porosity siliciclastic sediments and rocks — A review of selected models and suggested work flows

    Per Avseth;Tapan Mukerji;Gary Mavko;Jack Dvorkin

  • Seismic velocities and Poisson's ratio of shallow unconsolidated sands

    Ran Bachrach;Jack Dvorkin;Amos M. Nur

  • Elasticity of High-porosity Sandstones: Theory For Two North Sea Datasets

    Jack P. Dvorkin;Amos M. Nur

Frequent Co-Authors

Amos Nur
Amos Nur Stanford University
Gary Mavko
Gary Mavko Stanford University
Dario Grana
Dario Grana University of Wyoming
Tapan Mukerji
Tapan Mukerji Stanford University
Manika Prasad
Manika Prasad Colorado School of Mines
Martin Landrø
Martin Landrø Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Rosemary Knight
Rosemary Knight Stanford University
Boris Gurevich
Boris Gurevich Curtin University
Zvi Ben-Avraham
Zvi Ben-Avraham Tel Aviv University
Takeshi Tsuji
Takeshi Tsuji University of Tokyo

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