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D-Index
37
Citations
4230
World Ranking
8499
National Ranking
202

Victor Vilarrasa 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 Victor Vilarrasa sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 158 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Victor Vilarrasa 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 Victor Vilarrasa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Victor Vilarrasa is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans engineering, earth and planetary sciences, and environmental science, with significant contributions in specialized subfields such as geophysics, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, rock mechanics and modeling, seismic waves and analysis, and groundwater flow and contamination studies.

Recent research publications include:

  • "Chemo-hydro-mechanical effects of CO2 injection on reservoir and seal rocks: A review on laboratory experiments" (2023), published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Poroelastic stress relaxation, slip stress transfer and friction weakening controlled post-injection seismicity at the Basel Enhanced Geothermal System" (2023), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Hubs and clusters approach to unlock the development of carbon capture and storage - Case study in Spain" (2021), published in Applied Energy
  • "Unraveling the Causes of the Seismicity Induced by Underground Gas Storage at Castor, Spain" (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Comparison of numerical codes for coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical simulations of fractured media" (2020), published in Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Victor Vilarrasa frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including Roman Y. Makhnenko, Iman Rahimzadeh Kivi, Francesco Parisio, Silvia De Simone, and Auregan Boyet. This collaboration network supports research published primarily through DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Geophysical Research Letters, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Scientific Reports, and Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

The prolific nature of their work is evident in the number of publications across these venues, highlighting a sustained research effort in the analysis of physical processes relevant to sustainable energy, seismicity, and reservoir engineering. Their studies integrate laboratory reviews, field case studies, and computational modeling to address complex biophysical and geomechanical challenges in energy and environmental engineering contexts.

Best Publications

  • Fault activation and induced seismicity in geological carbon storage – Lessons learned from recent modeling studies

    Jonny Rutqvist;Antonio P. Rinaldi;Antonio P. Rinaldi;Frederic Cappa;Frederic Cappa;Pierre Jeanne

  • Geologic carbon storage is unlikely to trigger large earthquakes and reactivate faults through which CO2 could leak

    Victor Vilarrasa;Victor Vilarrasa;Jesus Carrera

  • Coupled hydromechanical modeling of CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers

    Victor Vilarrasa;Victor Vilarrasa;Diogo Bolster;Diogo Bolster;Sebastia Olivella;Jesus Carrera

  • Liquid CO2 injection for geological storage in deep saline aquifers

    Víctor Vilarrasa;Víctor Vilarrasa;Orlando Silva;Jesús Carrera;Sebastià Olivella

  • Thermal effects on geologic carbon storage

    Victor Vilarrasa;Jonny Rutqvist

  • Long term impacts of cold CO2 injection on the caprock integrity

    Víctor Vilarrasa;Sebastià Olivella;Jesús Carrera;Jonny Rutqvist

  • Effects of CO2 compressibility on CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers.

    Victor Vilarrasa;Victor Vilarrasa;Diogo Bolster;Marco Dentz;Sebastia Olivella

  • Thermal coupling may control mechanical stability of geothermal reservoirs during cold water injection

    Silvia De Simone;Silvia De Simone;Victor Vilarrasa;Victor Vilarrasa;Jesús Carrera;Andrés Alcolea

  • Induced seismicity in geologic carbon storage

    Víctor Vilarrasa;Jesus Carrera;Sebastià Olivella;Jonny Rutqvist

  • The risks of long-term re-injection in supercritical geothermal systems

    Francesco Parisio;Francesco Parisio;Victor Vilarrasa;Wenqing Wang;Olaf Kolditz;Olaf Kolditz

  • Chemo-hydro-mechanical effects of CO2 injection on reservoir and seal rocks: A review on laboratory experiments

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  • Hydromechanical characterization of CO2 injection sites

    Víctor Vilarrasa;Víctor Vilarrasa;Jesús Carrera;Sebastià Olivella

  • Fault reactivation during CO2 sequestration: Effects of well orientation on seismicity and leakage

    Antonio P. Rinaldi;Antonio P. Rinaldi;Victor Vilarrasa;Victor Vilarrasa;Jonny Rutqvist;Frédéric Cappa;Frédéric Cappa

  • Deep enclosures versus pumping to reduce settlements during shaft excavations

    Estanislao Pujades;Estanislao Pujades;Enric Vázquez-Suñé;Jesus Carrera;Victor Vilarrasa;Victor Vilarrasa

  • Geomechanical analysis of the influence of CO2 injection location on fault stability

    Víctor Vilarrasa;Víctor Vilarrasa;Roman Y. Makhnenko;Roman Y. Makhnenko;Sohrab Gheibi

  • Hubs and clusters approach to unlock the development of carbon capture and storage – Case study in Spain

    Xiaolong Sun;Juan Alcalde;Mahdi Bakhtbidar;Mahdi Bakhtbidar;Javier Elío

  • Hydraulic characterization of diaphragm walls for cut and cover tunnelling

    Estanislao Pujades;Estanislao Pujades;Jesus Carrera;Enric Vázquez-Suñé;Anna Jurado;Anna Jurado

  • A methodology for characterizing the hydraulic effectiveness of an annular low-permeability barrier

    Víctor Vilarrasa;Víctor Vilarrasa;Jesús Carrera;Anna Jurado;Anna Jurado;Estanislao Pujades;Estanislao Pujades

  • Shear-Induced Flow Channels in a Single Rock Fracture and Their Effect on Solute Transport

    Victor Vilarrasa;Victor Vilarrasa;Tomofumi Koyama;Ivars Neretnieks;Lanru Jing

  • Probabilistic analysis of groundwater-related risks at subsurface excavation sites

    A. Jurado;A. Jurado;F. De Gaspari;F. De Gaspari;V. Vilarrasa;V. Vilarrasa;Diogo Bolster;Diogo Bolster

  • Coupled Hydromechanical Modelling of CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers

    V. Vilarrasa;S. Olivella;J. Carrera

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesús Carrera
Jesús Carrera Spanish National Research Council
Jonny Rutqvist
Jonny Rutqvist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Antonio Pio Rinaldi
Antonio Pio Rinaldi Swiss Seismological Service
Lyesse Laloui
Lyesse Laloui École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Diogo Bolster
Diogo Bolster University of Notre Dame
Frédéric Cappa
Frédéric Cappa Université Côte d'Azur
Jens Birkholzer
Jens Birkholzer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Olaf Kolditz
Olaf Kolditz TU Dresden
Lanru Jing
Lanru Jing Royal Institute of Technology
Xavier Sanchez-Vila
Xavier Sanchez-Vila Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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