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Maria Mastalerz 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 Maria Mastalerz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 347 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Maria Mastalerz 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 Maria Mastalerz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Maria Mastalerz is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ocean Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics including Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Coal and Its By-products, Coal Properties and Utilization, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

Mastalerz has authored numerous publications in diverse venues. Frequent publication locations include International Journal of Coal Geology, Indiana Journal of Earth Sciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, and Organic Geochemistry.

Notable recent papers by Maria Mastalerz include the following:

  • "SEM petrography of dispersed organic matter in black shales: A review" (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Environmental implications of the quality of charcoal briquettes and lump charcoal used for grilling" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Methoxyl stable isotopic constraints on the origins and limits of coal-bed methane" (2021, Science)
  • "Origin of organic matter and organic pores in the overmature Ordovician-Silurian Wufeng-Longmaxi Shale of the Sichuan Basin, China" (2022, International Journal of Coal Geology)
  • "Rare earth elements and yttrium in Pennsylvanian coals and shales in the eastern part of the Illinois Basin" (2020, International Journal of Coal Geology)

Mastalerz has collaborated extensively with coauthors including Agnieszka Drobniak, Bei Liu, James C. Hower, Zbigniew Jelonek, and Iwona Jelonek.

An award associated with Maria Mastalerz is the Fellowship of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Porosity of Devonian and Mississippian New Albany Shale across a maturation gradient: Insights from organic petrology, gas adsorption, and mercury intrusion

    Maria Mastalerz;Arndt Schimmelmann;Agnieszka Drobniak;Yanyan Chen

  • Porosity of Coal and Shale: Insights from Gas Adsorption and SANS/USANS Techniques

    Maria Mastalerz;Lilin He;Yuri B. Melnichenko;John A. Rupp

  • Characterization of chemical functional groups in macerals across different coal ranks via micro-FTIR spectroscopy

    Yanyan Chen;Maria Mastalerz;Arndt Schimmelmann

  • Application of SAXS and SANS in Evaluation of Porosity, Pore Size Distribution and Surface Area of Coal

    A.P. Radlinski;Maria Mastalerz;A.L. Hinde;M. Hainbuchner

  • Characterization of tight gas reservoir pore structure using USANS/SANS and gas adsorption analysis

    C.R. Clarkson;M. Freeman;L. He;M. Agamalian

  • Biogeochemistry of Microbial Coal-Bed Methane

    Dariusz Strąpoć;Maria Mastalerz;Katherine Dawson;Jennifer Macalady

  • Applications of Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in the Geological Sciences—A Review

    Yanyan Chen;Caineng Zou;Maria Mastalerz;Suyun Hu

  • Origin, properties, and implications of solid bitumen in source-rock reservoirs: A review

    Maria Mastalerz;Agnieszka Drobniak;Artur B. Stankiewicz

  • On the fundamental difference between coal rank and coal type

    Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe;Achim Bechtel;Kimon Christanis;Shifeng Dai

  • Geochemical constraints on the origin and volume of gas in the New Albany Shale (Devonian–Mississippian), eastern Illinois Basin

    Dariusz Strapoc;Maria Mastalerz;Arndt Schimmelmann;Agnieszka Drobniak

  • Hydrogen Isotopic (D/H) Composition of Organic Matter During Diagenesis and Thermal Maturation

    Arndt Schimmelmann;Alex L. Sessions;Maria Mastalerz

  • Methane-Producing Microbial Community in a Coal Bed of the Illinois Basin

    Dariusz Stra̧poć;Flynn W. Picardal;Courtney Turich;Irene Schaperdoth

  • Carbon dioxide and methane sorption in high volatile bituminous coals from Indiana, USA

    Maria Mastalerz;Harold J. Gluskoter;J. Rupp

  • FTIR absorption indices for thermal maturity in comparison with vitrinite reflectance R0 in type-II kerogens from Devonian black shales

    Grzegorz P. Lis;Maria Mastalerz;Arndt Schimmelmann;Michael D. Lewan

  • Variations in pore characteristics in high volatile bituminous coals: Implications for coal bed gas content

    Maria Mastalerz;Agnieszka Drobniak;Dariusz Strąpoć;Wilfrido Solano Acosta

  • Geochemical controls on shale microstructure

    John J. Valenza;Nicholas Drenzek;Flora Marques;Markus Pagels

  • Influence of Soxhlet-extractable bitumen and oil on porosity in thermally maturing organic-rich shales

    Lin Wei;Maria Mastalerz;Arndt Schimmelmann;Yanyan Chen

  • Significance of analytical particle size in low-pressure N2 and CO2 adsorption of coal and shale

    Maria Mastalerz;LaBraun Hampton;Agnieszka Drobniak;Henry Loope

  • Combined SEM and reflected light petrography of organic matter in the New Albany Shale (Devonian-Mississippian) in the Illinois Basin: A perspective on organic pore development with thermal maturation

    Bei Liu;Juergen Schieber;Maria Mastalerz

  • Quantitative analysis of shales by KBr-FTIR and micro-FTIR

    Yanyan Chen;Agnieszka Furmann;Maria Mastalerz;Maria Mastalerz;Arndt Schimmelmann

  • Chemical and nanometer-scale structure of kerogen and its change during thermal maturation investigated by advanced solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy

    Jingdong Mao;Xiaowen Fang;Yeqing Lan;Arndt Schimmelmann

  • Characterization of the origin of coalbed gases in southeastern Illinois Basin by compound-specific carbon and hydrogen stable isotope ratios

    Dariusz Strąpoć;Maria Mastalerz;Cortland Eble;Arndt Schimmelmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Arndt Schimmelmann
Arndt Schimmelmann Indiana University
James C. Hower
James C. Hower University of Kentucky
Cortland F. Eble
Cortland F. Eble University of Kentucky
Paul C. Hackley
Paul C. Hackley United States Geological Survey
Juergen Schieber
Juergen Schieber Indiana University
Isabel Suárez-Ruiz
Isabel Suárez-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
R. Marc Bustin
R. Marc Bustin University of British Columbia
Deolinda Flores
Deolinda Flores University of Porto
David L. Bish
David L. Bish Indiana University
Giuseppe Etiope
Giuseppe Etiope National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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