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Olaf Kolditz

Olaf Kolditz

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
61
Citations
14897
World Ranking
2753
National Ranking
182

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
62
Citations
14730
World Ranking
1893
National Ranking
55

Olaf Kolditz publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Olaf Kolditz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 499 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Olaf Kolditz D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Olaf Kolditz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Olaf Kolditz is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their research spans a variety of specialized subfields including environmental engineering, mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, and geophysics. The primary focus areas of their work encompass groundwater flow and contamination studies, soil and unsaturated flow, rock mechanics and modeling, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, geothermal energy systems and applications, and landslides and related hazards.

Throughout their career, Kolditz has frequently published in several academic venues, with notable contributions to the following journals:

  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
  • Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kolditz highlight the scope of their research interests and include:

  • Analysis of heat extraction performance and long-term sustainability for multiple deep borehole heat exchanger array: A project-based study, 2021, Applied Energy
  • On crack opening computation in variational phase-field models for fracture, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Numerical investigation on the capacity and efficiency of a deep enhanced U-tube borehole heat exchanger system for building heating, 2021, Renewable Energy
  • A reliable numerical analysis for large-scale modelling of a high-level radioactive waste repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone, 2021, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Artificial intelligence and visual analytics in geographical space and cyberspace: Research opportunities and challenges, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews

Kolditz has collaborated regularly with various researchers across related domains. Frequent co-authors include Thomas Nagel, Haibing Shao, Wenqing Wang, Karsten Rink, and Keita Yoshioka, reflecting a broad network of cooperation within their research community.

Their publication record also includes book contributions, notably with Springer Nature (Netherlands), including the title GeomInt-Discontinuities in Geosystems From Lab to Field Scale published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Reactive transport codes for subsurface environmental simulation

    C. I. Steefel;C. A. J. Appelo;B. Arora;D. Jacques

  • OpenGeoSys: an open-source initiative for numerical simulation of thermo-hydro-mechanical/chemical (THM/C) processes in porous media

    O. Kolditz;S. Bauer;L. Bilke;Niels Böttcher

  • Variable-density flow and transport in porous media: approaches and challenges

    H.-J.G. Diersch;O. Kolditz

  • Surface-subsurface model intercomparison: A first set of benchmark results to diagnose integrated hydrology and feedbacks

    Reed M. Maxwell;Mario Putti;Steven Meyerhoff;Jens Olaf Delfs

  • Coupled groundwater flow and transport : 1. Verification of variable density flow and transport models

    Olaf Kolditz;Rainer Ratke;Hans-Jörg G. Diersch;Werner Zielke

  • Coupled groundwater flow and transport: 2. Thermohaline and 3D convection systems

    H.-J.G. Diersch;O. Kolditz

  • A parallel finite element scheme for thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) coupled problems in porous media

    Wenqing Wang;Georg Kosakowski;Olaf Kolditz

  • A numerical study on the sustainability and efficiency of borehole heat exchanger coupled ground source heat pump systems

    Philipp Hein;Philipp Hein;Philipp Hein;Olaf Kolditz;Olaf Kolditz;Uwe-Jens Görke;Anke Bucher

  • Computational methods in environmental fluid mechanics

    Olaf Kolditz

  • Impacts of the use of the geological subsurface for energy storage: an investigation concept

    Sebastian Bauer;Christof Beyer;Frank Dethlefsen;Peter Dietrich

  • Numerical simulation of flow and heat transfer in fractured crystalline rocks: Application to the Hot Dry Rock site in Rosemanowes (U.K.)

    Olaf Kolditz;Christoph Clauser

  • Uncertainty analysis of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in heterogeneous porous media

    Norihiro Watanabe;Norihiro Watanabe;Wenqing Wang;Christopher I. McDermott;Takeo Taniguchi

  • Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Porous Media: Benchmarks and Examples

    Olaf Kolditz;Uwe-Jens Grke;Hua Shao;Wenqing Wang

  • Simulation of heat extraction from crystalline rocks: The influence of coupled processes on differential reservoir cooling

    Christopher I. McDermott;Andreas R.L. Randriamanjatosoa;Helmut Tenzer;Olaf Kolditz

  • Object-oriented finite element analysis of thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) problems in porous media

    Wenqing Wang;Olaf Kolditz

  • The Bode hydrological observatory: a platform for integrated, interdisciplinary hydro-ecological research within the TERENO Harz/Central German Lowland Observatory

    Ute Wollschläger;Sabine Attinger;Dietrich Borchardt;Mario Brauns

  • A process-oriented approach to computing multi-field problems in porous media

    Olaf Kolditz;Sebastian Bauer

  • Finite element analysis of poro-elastic consolidation in porous media: Standard and mixed approaches

    Johannes Korsawe;Gerhard Starke;Wenqing Wang;Olaf Kolditz

  • Modelling flow and heat transfer in fractured rocks: conceptual model of a 3-D deterministic fracture network

    O. Kolditz

  • Enhanced biodegradation by hydraulic heterogeneities in petroleum hydrocarbon plumes

    Robert D. Bauer;Massimo Rolle;Sebastian Bauer;Christina Eberhardt

  • Environmental earth sciences

    James W. LaMoreaux;Gunter Dörhöfer;Olaf Kolditz

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Dietrich
Peter Dietrich University of Tübingen
Rudolf Liedl
Rudolf Liedl TU Dresden
Sabine Attinger
Sabine Attinger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jens Birkholzer
Jens Birkholzer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jonny Rutqvist
Jonny Rutqvist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Martin Sauter
Martin Sauter University of Göttingen
Jan H. Fleckenstein
Jan H. Fleckenstein University of Bayreuth
Zhonghe Pang
Zhonghe Pang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter Grathwohl
Peter Grathwohl University of Tübingen
Gerik Scheuermann
Gerik Scheuermann Leipzig University

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