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Overview

John Humphrey is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several core areas within engineering and earth sciences, with extensive focus on hydrocarbon exploration, reservoir analysis, and geological processes.

The main fields of study represented in Humphrey's work are Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broad areas, their subfields include Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

Humphrey's research topics cover multiple aspects of geoscience and engineering, notably:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis
  • Drilling and well engineering
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils
  • Groundwater and isotope geochemistry

Selected recent publications demonstrate the diversity of Humphrey's research contributions:

  • Integrated Hydrogeological, Hydrochemical, and Isotopic Assessment of Seawater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifers in Al-Qatif Area, Eastern Saudi Arabia (2022), published in Molecules
  • Total organic carbon (TOC) quantification using artificial neural networks: Improved prediction by leveraging XRF data (2021), published in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence-Based Model of Mineralogical Brittleness Index Based on Rock Elemental Compositions (2022), published in Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • Suitability of treated wastewater for irrigation and its impact on groundwater resources in arid coastal regions: Insights for water resources sustainability (2024), published in Heliyon
  • Evaluating properties of Arabian desert sands for use in solar thermal technologies (2021), published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Humphrey is frequently published in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Humphrey's academic activity. Regular coauthors include:

  • Omar Radwan
  • Ammar El-Husseiny
  • Khalid Al-Ramadan
  • Hassan A. Eltom
  • Septriandi A. Chan

Best Publications

  • The governance of global value chains

    Gary Gereffi;John Humphrey;Timothy J. Sturgeon

  • How does insertion in global value chains affect upgrading in industrial clusters

    John Humphrey;Hubert Schmitz

  • Governance and Upgrading: Linking Industrial Cluster and Global Value Chain Research

    Hubert Schmitz;John Humphrey

  • Governance in global value chains

    John Humphrey;Hubert Schmitz

  • Governance and Trade in Fresh Vegetables: The Impact of UK Supermarkets on the African Horticulture Industry

    Catherine S. Dolan;John Humphrey

  • Introduction: Globalisation, Value Chains and Development

    Gary Gereffi;John Humphrey;Raphael Kaplinsky;Timothy J. Sturgeon

  • The Global Automotive Industry Value Chain: What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries?

    John Humphrey;Olga Memedović

  • Changing Governance Patterns in the Trade in Fresh Vegetables between Africa and the United Kingdom

    Catherine Dolan;John Humphrey

  • Trust and inter‐firm relations in developing and transition economies

    John Humphrey;Hubert Schmitz

  • Understanding the complexities of private standards in global agri-food chains as they impact developing countries.

    Spencer Henson;John Humphrey

  • The Triple C approach to local industrial policy

    John Humphrey;Hubert Schmitz

  • Developing country firms in the world economy : governance and upgrading in global value chains

    John Humphrey;Hubert Schmitz

  • Globalization and supply chain networks: the auto industry in Brazil and India

    John Humphrey

  • Chain governance and upgrading: taking stock

    John Humphrey;Hubert Schmitz

  • Horticulture Commodity Chains: The Impact of the UK Market on the African Fresh Vegetable Industry

    Catherine Dolan;John Humphrey;Carla Harris-Pascal

  • The supermarket revolution in developing countries: tidal wave or tough competitive struggle?

    John Humphrey

  • Global value chains in the agrifood sector

    John Humphrey;Olga Memedovic

  • Industrial reorganization in developing countries: From models to trajectories

    John Humphrey

  • Upgrading in Global Value Chains

    John Humphrey

  • Global governance and developing countries: the implications of the rise of China

    Jing Gu;John Humphrey;Dirk Messner

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubert Schmitz
Hubert Schmitz University of Sussex
Spencer Henson
Spencer Henson University of Guelph
Catherine Dolan
Catherine Dolan School of Oriental and African Studies
Gary Gereffi
Gary Gereffi Duke University

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