2026 Quoc Phuc Nguyen: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	48	4657	4483	1337	1235	184	7571

Quoc Phuc Nguyen 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 Quoc Phuc Nguyen sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 804+

This scientist: 184 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Quoc Phuc Nguyen 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 Quoc Phuc Nguyen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Quoc Phuc Nguyen is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with specific focus on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Analytical Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics addressed in Nguyen's work include:

Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Petroleum Processing and Analysis
Drilling and Well Engineering
CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Recent publications by Nguyen cover various aspects of oil recovery, surfactant adsorption, and field implementation of enhanced recovery methods. Examples include:

"Wettability Alteration and Adsorption of Mixed Nonionic and Anionic Surfactants on Carbonates," 2020, Langmuir
"Universal scaling of adsorption of nonionic surfactants on carbonates using cloud point temperatures," 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
"Successful Field Implementation of CO2-Foam Injection for Conformance Enhancement in the EVGSAU Field in the Permian Basin," 2020, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference
"Laboratory Investigations on Field Gas Huff-n-Puff for Improving Oil Recovery in Eagle Ford ShaleEffect of Operating Conditions," 2021, Energy & Fuels
"Unconventional Reservoir Hydrocarbon-Gas Foam Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Pilot: Design, Implementation, and Performance Analysis," 2020, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering

Nguyen frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including:

Amit Katiyar
Chao-yu Sie
Matthew Monette
Dany Hachem
Oualid M'barki

The primary venues for Nguyen's publications reflect a focus on energy and petroleum engineering topics and include:

Energy & Fuels
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference
Fuel
SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Best Publications

A Systematic Laboratory Approach to Low-Cost, High-Performance Chemical Flooding

Adam K. Flaaten;Quoc Phuc Nguyen;Gary A Pope;Jieyuan Zhang

527
Citations
Stability of aqueous silica nanoparticle dispersions

Cigdem O. Metin;Larry W Lake;Caetano R. Miranda;Quoc Phuc Nguyen

367
Citations
Dynamic simulations with an improved model for foam generation

Seung Ihl Kam;Quoc Phuc Nguyen;Qichong Li;William Richard Rossen

179
Citations
Mechanisms of Enhanced Natural Imbibition With Novel Chemicals

Jieyuan Zhang;Quoc P. Nguyen;Adam Flaaten;Gary A. Pope

177
Citations
Morphology and stability of CO2-in-water foams with nonionic hydrocarbon surfactants.

Stephanie S Adkins;Xi Chen;Isabel Chan;Enza Torino

176
Citations
Injection Strategies To Overcome Gravity Segregation in Simultaneous Gas and Water Injection Into Homogeneous Reservoirs

William R. Rossen;C.J. van Duijn;Quoc P. Nguyen;C. Shen

172
Citations
Effect of branching on the interfacial properties of nonionic hydrocarbon surfactants at the air-water and carbon dioxide-water interfaces.

Stephanie S. Adkins;Xi Chen;Quoc P. Nguyen;Aaron W. Sanders

164
Citations
Nanotechnology for oilfield applications: Challenges and impact

Hon Chung Lau;Meng Yu;Quoc P. Nguyen

160
Citations
Modeling Low Salinity Waterflooding: Ion Exchange, Geochemistry and Wettability Alteration

Cuong Thanh Quy Dang;Long X. Nghiem;Zhangxin John Chen;Quoc Phuc Nguyen

155
Citations
Adsorption of surface functionalized silica nanoparticles onto mineral surfaces and decane/water interface.

Cigdem O. Metin;Jimmie R. Baran;Quoc P. Nguyen

151
Citations
Effect of silica nanoparticles on clay swelling and aqueous stability of nanoparticle dispersions

Hieu Pham;Quoc Phuc Nguyen

143
Citations
Switchable Nonionic to Cationic Ethoxylated Amine Surfactants for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in High-Temperature, High-Salinity Carbonate Reservoirs

Yunshen Chen;Amro S. Elhag;Benjamin M. Poon;Leyu Cui

142
Citations
Low-Cost, High-Performance Chemicals for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Hyun Tae Yang;Christopher Britton;Pathma Jith Liyanage;Sriram Solairaj

135
Citations
Experimental and modeling studies on foam in porous media: a review

Quoc Phuc Nguyen;Alexander V. Alexandrov;Pacelli L. Zitha;Peter K. Currie

132
Citations
Enhancing Hydrocarbon Permeability After Hydraulic Fracturing: Laboratory Evaluations of Shut-Ins and Surfactant Additives

Tianbo Liang;Rafael A. Longoria;Jun Lu;Quoc P. Nguyen

124
Citations
Evaluation of wettability alteration and IFT reduction on mitigating water blocking for low-permeability oil-wet rocks after hydraulic fracturing

Tianbo Liang;Fujian Zhou;Jun Lu;David DiCarlo

114
Citations
A Novel Foam Concept With CO2 Dissolved Surfactants

Viet Quoc Le;Quoc Phuc Nguyen;Aaron Sanders

113
Citations
Mechanistic modeling of low salinity water flooding

Cuong Dang;Long Nghiem;Ngoc Nguyen;Zhangxin Chen

95
Citations
Laboratory Investigation of Low-Tension-Gas Flooding for Improved Oil Recovery in Tight Formations

Stefan M. Szlendak;Nhut M. Nguyen;Quoc P. Nguyen

94
Citations
CO2-in-Water Foam at Elevated Temperature and Salinity Stabilized with a Nonionic Surfactant with a High Degree of Ethoxylation

Yunshen Chen;Amro S. Elhag;Leyu Cui;Andrew J. Worthen

93
Citations
ASP Chemical Flooding Without the Need for Soft Water

Adam Flaaten;Quoc Phuc Nguyen;Jieyuan Zhang;Hourshad Mohammadi

85
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith P. Johnston The University of Texas at Austin

Gary A. Pope The University of Texas at Austin

William R. Rossen Delft University of Technology

George J. Hirasaki Rice University

David A. DiCarlo The University of Texas at Austin

Pacelli L.J. Zitha Delft University of Technology

Roger T. Bonnecaze The University of Texas at Austin

Zhangxin Chen University of Calgary

Matthew T. Balhoff The University of Texas at Austin

Pramod S. Patil D. Y. Patil Education Society, Kolhapur

External Links

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