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Jens Jahren publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jens Jahren between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jens Jahren published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 2.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2010. 1 of the 112 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2010. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 0 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1988 2025

112 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jens Jahren: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 2
1992 3
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 1
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 1
2006 0
2007 2
2008 7
2009 7
2010 15
2011 4
2012 2
2013 7
2014 4
2015 10
2016 5
2017 5
2018 3
2019 8
2020 6
2021 6
2022 8
2023 2
2024 0
2025 1
Total 112
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Jens Jahren 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 Jens Jahren 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, 108–117 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: 111 publications — 17th percentile

17% 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
108–117 484 111
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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Jens Jahren 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 Jens Jahren 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, 36 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: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% 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 36
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
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

Jens Jahren is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Geology, Mechanical Engineering, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics of their work focus on:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological and geophysical studies
  • CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions

Jahren has published in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Basin Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • International journal of greenhouse gas control

The following recent papers illustrate the range and focus of their research:

  • "Top seal assessment of Drake Formation shales for CO2 storage in the Horda Platform area, offshore Norway" (2022), International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • "Chlorite coating patterns and reservoir quality in deep marine depositional systems - Example from the Cretaceous Agat Formation, Northern North Sea, Norway" (2021), Basin Research
  • "Cyclic zoning in authigenic saddle dolomite-ankerite: Indications of a complex interplay between fault-rupturing and diagenetic alteration" (2020), Chemical Geology
  • "Quartz overgrowth textures and fluid inclusion thermometry evidence for basin-scale sedimentary recycling: An example from the Mesozoic Barents Sea Basin" (2020), Basin Research
  • "Linkage and growth of the independent and coherent faults: Insight into the effect of relay ramps on sedimentation patterns in the northern Bonan Sag, Bohai Bay Basin" (2021), Marine and Petroleum Geology

Frequent co-authors working with Jahren include:

  • Helge Hellevang
  • Henrik Nygaard Hansen
  • Beyene Girma Haile
  • Lina H. Line
  • Nazmul Haque Mondol

Best Publications

  • Open or closed geochemical systems during diagenesis in sedimentary basins: Constraints on mass transfer during diagenesis and the prediction of porosity in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs

    Knut Bjørlykke;Jens Jahren

  • Experimental mechanical compaction of clay mineral aggregates—Changes in physical properties of mudstones during burial

    Nazmul H. Mondol;Knut Bjørlykke;Jens Jahren;Kaare Høeg

  • Clay mineral diagenesis and quartz cementation in mudstones: The effects of smectite to illite reaction on rock properties

    Christer Peltonen;Øyvind Marcussen;Knut Bjørlykke;Jens Jahren

  • How does the pore-throat size control the reservoir quality and oiliness of tight sandstones? The case of the Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation in the southern Songliao Basin, China

    Kelai Xi;Kelai Xi;Yingchang Cao;Beyene Girma Haile;Rukai Zhu

  • Formation of grain-coating chlorite in sandstones. Laboratory synthesized vs. natural occurrences

    P. Aagaard;J. S. Jahren;A. O. Harstad;O. Nilsen

  • Quartz cementation in Late Cretaceous mudstones, northern North Sea: Changes in rock properties due to dissolution of smectite and precipitation of micro-quartz crystals

    Brit Thyberg;Jens Jahren;Turid Winje;Knut Bjørlykke

  • Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation tight sandstones in the southern Songliao Basin, China

    Kelai Xi;Kelai Xi;Yingchang Cao;Jens Jahren;Rukai Zhu

  • From mud to shale: rock stiffening by micro-quartz cementation

    B. Thyberg;J. Jahren;T. Winje;K. Bjørlykke

  • Experimental compaction of clays: relationship between permeability and petrophysical properties in mudstones

    Nazmul Haque Mondol;Knut Bjørlykke;Jens Jahren

  • Elastic properties of clay minerals

    Nazmul Haque Mondol;Jens Jahren;Knut Bjørlykke;Ivar Brevik

  • Compositional variations in diagenetic chlorites and illites, and relationships with formation-water chemistry

    J. S. Jahren;Per Aagaard

  • Quartz cementation in mudstones: sheet-like quartz cement from clay mineral reactions during burial

    Brit Thyberg;Jens Jahren

  • Cenozoic exhumation on the southwestern Barents Shelf: Estimates and uncertainties constrained from compaction and thermal maturity analyses

    Irfan Baig;Jan Inge Faleide;Jens Jahren;Nazmul Haque Mondol;Nazmul Haque Mondol

  • Recognition and significance of sharp-based mouth-bar deposits in the Eocene Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah

    Edwin Robert Schomacker;Audun Vestheim Kjemperud;Johan Petter Nystuen;Jens Sigurd Jahren

  • Anisotropy of experimentally compressed kaolinite-illite-quartz mixtures

    Marco Voltolini;Hans-Rudolf Wenk;Nazmul Haque Mondol;Knut Bjørlykke

  • Changes in physical properties of a reservoir sandstone as a function of burial depth ― The Etive Formation, northern North Sea

    Øyvind Marcussen;Tom Erik Maast;Nazmul H. Mondol;Jens Jahren

  • Mechanical compaction and ultrasonic velocity of sands with different texture and mineralogical composition

    Manzar Fawad;Nazmul Haque Mondol;Jens Jahren;Knut Bjørlykke

  • Quartz cement and its origin in tight sandstone reservoirs of the Cretaceous Quantou formation in the southern Songliao basin, China

    Kelai Xi;Kelai Xi;Yingchang Cao;Jens Jahren;Rukai Zhu

  • Sandstones and Sandstone Reservoirs

    Knut Bjørlykke;Jens Jahren

  • Microfabric and rock properties of experimentally compressed silt-clay mixtures

    Manzar Fawad;Nazmul Haque Mondol;Jens Jahren;Knut Bjørlykke

  • Physical properties of Cenozoic mudstones from the northern North Sea: Impact of clay mineralogy on compaction trends

    Øyvind Marcussen;Brit I. Thyberg;Christer Peltonen;Jens Jahren

Frequent Co-Authors

Knut Bjørlykke
Knut Bjørlykke University of Oslo
Jan Inge Faleide
Jan Inge Faleide University of Oslo
Per Aagaard
Per Aagaard University of Southern Denmark
Yingchang Cao
Yingchang Cao China University of Petroleum, Beijing
François Renard
François Renard University of Oslo
Alvar Braathen
Alvar Braathen University of Oslo
Lars Henrik Nielsen
Lars Henrik Nielsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Keyu Liu
Keyu Liu China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Roy H. Gabrielsen
Roy H. Gabrielsen University of Oslo
Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Hans-Rudolf Wenk University of California, Berkeley

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