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Stephan K. Matthäi

Stephan K. Matthäi

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
45
Citations
5953
World Ranking
5645
National Ranking
297

Stephan K. Matthäi 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 Stephan K. Matthäi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 152 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephan K. Matthäi 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 Stephan K. Matthäi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephan K. Matthäi is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with focused subfields including Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Geophysics.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling

Stephan K. Matthäi has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals and has a frequent presence in key publication venues such as:

  • Advances in Water Resources
  • Computational Geosciences
  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Transport in Porous Media

Some recent papers authored by or involving Matthäi include:

  • Effect of supercritical-CO2 interaction time on the alterations in coal pore structure, 2020, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
  • The FluidFlower Validation Benchmark Study for the Storage of CO2, 2023, Transport in Porous Media
  • Modelling CO2 plume spreading in highly heterogeneous rocks with anisotropic, rate-dependent saturation functions: A field-data based numeric simulation study of Otway, 2022, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • Effect of mechanical weakening and crack formation on caprock integrity during underground hydrogen storage in depleted gas reservoirs - A comprehensive review, 2024, Fuel
  • The role of natural fracture activation in hydraulic fracturing for deep unconventional geo-energy reservoir stimulation, 2023, Petroleum Science

The scientist collaborates extensively with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • M.S.A. Perera
  • Qi Shao
  • AbdAllah A. Youssef
  • Patrick Jenny
  • Giulia Conti

Best Publications

  • Electrokinetic coupling in unsaturated porous media

    André Revil;Niklas Linde;Adrian Cerepi;D. Jougnot

  • Combining finite element and finite volume methods for efficient multiphase flow simulations in highly heterogeneous and structurally complex geologic media

    Sebastian Geiger;Stephen Roberts;Stephan Matthai;Christopher Zoppou

  • Fluid flow partitioning between fractures and a permeable rock matrix

    Stephan K. Matthäi;Mandefro Belayneh

  • Black-Oil Simulations for Three-Component, Three-Phase Flow in Fractured Porous Media

    Sebastian Geiger;Stephan Matthäi;Jennifer Niessner;Rainer Helmig

  • Numerical simulation of multi-phase fluid flow in structurally complex reservoirs

    S. K. Matthäi;S. Geiger;S. G. Roberts;A. Paluszny

  • Numerical study of the effects of particle shape and polydispersity on permeability

    Xavier Garcia;Lateef T. Akanji;Martin J. Blunt;Stephan K. Matthai

  • Hybrid finite element–finite volume discretization of complex geologic structures and a new simulation workflow demonstrated on fractured rocks

    A. Paluszny;S. K. Matthäi;M. Hohmeyer

  • Finite Element - Node-Centered Finite-Volume Two-Phase-Flow Experiments With Fractured Rock Represented by Unstructured Hybrid-Element Meshes

    Stephan Konrad Matthai;Andrey A. Mezentsev;Mandefro Belayneh

  • Streaming current generation in two‐phase flow conditions

    Niklas Linde;D. Jougnot;André Revil;S. K. Matthäi

  • Black-Oil Simulations for Three-Component -- Three-Phase Flow in Fractured Porous Media

    Sebastian Geiger-Boschung;Stephan Konrad Matthai;Jennifer Niessner;Rainer Helmig

  • Coal composition and structural variation with rank and its influence on the coal-moisture interactions under coal seam temperature conditions – A review article

    M.A.A. Ahamed;M.S.A. Perera;S.K. Matthai;P.G. Ranjith

  • Control-Volume Finite-Element Two-Phase Flow Experiments with Fractured Rock Represented by Unstructured 3D Hybrid Meshes

    Stephan Matthäi;A. Mezentsev;M. Belayneh

  • CH4–CO2 gas exchange and supercritical CO2 based hydraulic fracturing as CBM production-accelerating techniques: A review

    K.H.S.M. Sampath;M.S.A. Perera;P.G. Ranjith;S.K. Matthai

  • Comparison of Three FE-FV Numerical Schemes for Single- and Two-Phase Flow Simulation of Fractured Porous Media

    Hamidreza M. Nick;Hamidreza M. Nick;Stephan Matthäi

  • Numerical simulation of water injection into layered fractured carbonate reservoir analogs

    Mandefro Belayneh;Sebastian Geiger;Stephan K. Matthäi

  • Proppant damage mechanisms in coal seam reservoirs during the hydraulic fracturing process: A review

    M.A.A Ahamed;M.S.A. Perera;Li Dong-yin;P.G. Ranjith

  • Multiphase Thermohaline Convection in the Earth's Crust: I. A New Finite Element - Finite Volume Solution Technique Combined With a New Equation of State for NaCl-H2O

    Sebastian Geiger;Thomas Driesner;Christoph A. Heinrich;Stephan K. Matthäi

  • Numerical modeling of discrete multi-crack growth applied to pattern formation in geological brittle media

    Adriana Paluszny;Stephan K. Matthäi

  • Simulation of Solute Transport Through Fractured Rock: A Higher-Order Accurate Finite-Element Finite-Volume Method Permitting Large Time Steps

    Stephan K. Matthäi;Hamidreza M. Nick;Christopher Pain;Insa Neuweiler

  • CO2 interaction induced mechanical characteristics alterations in coal: A review

    K.H.S.M. Sampath;M.S.A. Perera;P.G. Ranjith;S.K. Matthai

  • The dynamics of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems: Splitting plumes and fluctuating vent temperatures

    Dim Coumou;Thomas Driesner;Sebastian Geiger;Christoph A. Heinrich

  • Reservoir Simulation: Mathematical Techniques in Oil Recovery

    Stephan K. Matthai

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian Geiger
Sebastian Geiger Heriot-Watt University
Pathegama Gamage Ranjith
Pathegama Gamage Ranjith Monash University
Mandadige Samintha Anne Perera
Mandadige Samintha Anne Perera University of Melbourne
Martin J. Blunt
Martin J. Blunt Imperial College London
Hamidreza M. Nick
Hamidreza M. Nick Technical University of Denmark
Adriana Paluszny
Adriana Paluszny Imperial College London
André Revil
André Revil Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Dim Coumou
Dim Coumou Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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