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  1. Sakhaee-Pour, A. (in press). Deep learning for characterizing fracture toughness from the nanoindentation image of a complex heterogeneous medium. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics.
  2. Alipour, A., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2025). Equation of state for nanopores and shale: Pore size–dependent acentric factor. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 244, 213470.
  3. Alessa, S., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2024). Hydrogen unclogging of caprock. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 77(5), 434–440.
  4. Aruah, B., Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Hatzignatiou, D. (2024). Alteration of pore structure and effects on critical properties of shale formations undergone cryogenic thermal shock. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 240, 213002.
  5. Alipour, A., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2024). Critical pressure (Pc) and critical temperature (Tc) of Midra shale. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 1–10.
  6. Aruah, B., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Hatzignatiou, D., Sadooni, F.N., and Al-Kuwari, H.A. (2024). Altering shale permeability by cold shock. Gas Science and Engineering, 125, 205291.
  7. Alipour, A., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2023). Application of Young-Laplace with size-dependent contact angle and interfacial tension in shale. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 231, 212447.
  8. Kasha, A., Myers, M., Hathon, L., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Sadooni, F., Nasser, M., Hussein, I., and Al-Kuwari, H. A. (2023). Integrated approach for closure correction of mercury injection capillary pressure measurements. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 230, 212245.
  9. Sadooni, F.N., Al-Kuwari, H.A.S., Sakhaee-Pour, A. and Mattar, W.S. (2023). Microporosity evolution and destruction in the Jurassic Arab D reservoir, Qatar. Carbonates and Evaporites, 38(2), 45.
  10. Alessa, S., Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Alipour, A. (2022). Safe Pressure for Hydrogen Storage in Subsurface. Energy Reports, 8, 15702–15711.
  11. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Alessa, S. (2022). Hydrogen Permeability in Subsurface. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(63), 27071–27079.
  12. Alessa, S., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Sadooni, F., and Al-Kuwari, H. (2022). Capillary Pressure Correction of Cuttings. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 217,110908.
  13. Alipour, M., Kasha, A., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Sadooni, F., and Al-Kuwari, H. (2022). Empirical Relation for Capillary Pressure in Shale. Petrophysics, 63 (05): 591–603.
  14. Kasha, A., Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Hussein, I. (2022). Machine Learning for Capillary Pressure Estimation. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 25 (01): 1–20.
  15. Berdiyorov, G. R., Elbashier, E., Carchini, G., Hussein, I. A., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2021). The effect of vacancy defects on the adsorption of methane on calcite 104 surface. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 14, 3051–3058.
  16. Esatyana, E., Alipour, M., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2021). Characterizing anisotropic fracture toughness of shale using nanoindentation. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering.
  17. Alessa, S., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Sadooni, F., and Al-Kuwari, H. (2021). Comprehensive pore size characterization of Midra shale. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 203, 108576.
  18. Elbashier, E., Hussein, I., Carchini, G., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Berdiyorov. G.R. (2021). Effect of strain on gas adsorption in tight gas carbonates: A DFT study. Computational Materials Science, 188, 110186.
  19. Alipour, M., Esatyana, E., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Sadooni, F., and Al-Kuwari, H. (2021). Characterizing fracture toughness using machine learning. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 200, 108202.
  20. Esatyana, E., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Sadooni, F., and Al-Kuwari, H. (2020). Nanoindentation of shale cuttings and its application to core measurements. Petrophysics, 61(05), 404–416.
  21. Tran, H., Kasha, A., Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Hussein, I. (2020). Predicting carbonate formation permeability using machine learning. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 195, 107581.
  22. Onawole, A. T., Hussein, I. A., Carchini, G., Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Berdiyorov, G. R. (2020). Effect of surface morphology on methane interaction with calcite: a DFT study. RSC Advances, 10(28), 16669 –16674.
  23. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Li, W. (2019). Two-scale geomechanics of shale. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 22(01), 161–172.
  24. Tran, H., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2019). The compressibility factor (Z) of shale gas at the core scale. Petrophysics, 60(04), 494–506.
  25. Tran, H., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2018). Critical properties (Tc, Pc) of shale gas at the core scale. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 127, 579–588.
  26. Tran, H., Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Bryant, S. L. (2018). A simple relation for estimating shale permeability. Transport in Porous Media, 124(3), 883–901.
  27. Yu, C., Tran, H., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2018). Pore size of shale based on acyclic pore model. Transport in Porous Media, 124(2), 345–368.
  28. Li, W., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2018). Two-scale geomechanics of carbonates. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51(12), 3667–3679.
  29. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Agrawal, A. (2018). Predicting breakdown pressure and breakdown cycle in cyclic fracturing. SPE Production & Operations, 33(04), 761–769.
  30. Tran, H., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2018). Slippage in shale based on acyclic pore model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 126, 761–772.
  31. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Agrawal, A. (2018). Integrating acoustic emission into percolation theory to predict permeability enhancement. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 160, 152–159.
  32. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Tran, H. (2017). The permeability of a representative carbonate volume with a large vug. Transport in Porous Media, 120(3), 515–534.
  33. Tran, H., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2017). Viscosity of shale gas. Fuel, 1, 87–96.
  34. Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2017). Decomposing J-function to account for the pore structure effect in tight gas sandstones. Transport in Porous Media, 116(2), 453–471.
  35. Zapata, Y., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2017). Pore-body and -throat size distributions of The Geysers. Geothermics, 65, 313–321.
  36. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Wheeler, M. F. (2016). Effective flow properties for cells containing fractures of arbitrary geometry. SPE Journal, 21(03), 965–80.
  37. Li, W., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2016). Macroscale Young’s moduli of shale based on nanoindentations. Petrophysics, 57(6), 597–603.
  38. Zapata, Y., and Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2016). Modeling adsorption-desorption hysteresis in shales: acyclic pore model. Fuel, 181, 557–565.
  39. Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2016). Pore-scale modeling of The Geysers. Geothermics, 60, 58–65.
  40. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Li, W. (2016). Fractal dimensions of shale. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 30, 578–582.
  41. Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2016). Fractality of The Geysers. Geothermal Energy, 4(1), 1–10.
  42. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Bryant, S. (2015). Pore structure of shale. Fuel, 143, 467–475.
  43. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Bryant, S. (2014). Effect of pore structure on the producibility of tight-gas sandstones. AAPG Bulletin, 98(4), 663–694.
  44. Ganis, B., Mear, M. E., Sakhaee-Pour, A., Wheeler, M. F., and Wick, T. (2014). Modeling fluid injection in fractures with a reservoir simulator coupled to a boundary element method. Computational Geosciences, 18(5), 613–624.
  45. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Bryant, S. (2012). Gas permeability of shale. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 15(04), 401–409.                              Top 10 most downloaded articles of SPE, 11/2012 – 6/2015.
  46. Sakhaee-Pour, A., Gowhari-Anaraki, A. R., and Hardy, S. J. (2010). The effect of stiffness on stress intensity factor for a crack in annular disc under constant central torque. International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 19(8), 1001–1015.
  47. Sakhaee-Pour, A., and Vafai, A. (2010). Natural frequencies of C60, C70, and C80 fullerenes. Applied Physics Letters, 96(2), 1903.
  48. Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2009). Elastic properties of single-layered graphene sheet. Solid State Communications, 149(1), 91–95.                                 Top 5 most cited articles of the journal, 10/2012 – 5/2014.
  49. Sakhaee-Pour, A. (2009). Elastic buckling of single-layered graphene sheet. Computational Materials Science, 45(2), 266–270.
  50. Sakhaee-Pour, A., Ahmadian, M. T., and Vafai, A. (2009). Vibrational analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes using beam element. Thin-walled structures, 47(6), 646–652.
  51. Sakhaee-Pour, A., Ahmadian, M. T., and Naghdabadi, R. (2008). Vibrational analysis of single-layered graphene sheets. Nanotechnology, 19(8), 1–7.
  52. Sakhaee-Pour, A., Ahmadian, M. T., and Vafai, A. (2008). Potential application of single-layered graphene sheet as strain sensor. Solid State Communications, 147(7), 336–340.
  53. Sakhaee-Pour, A., Ahmadian, M. T., and Vafai, A. (2008). Applications of single-layered graphene sheets as mass sensors and atomistic dust detectors. Solid State Communications, 145(4), 168–172.
  54. Sakhaee-Pour, A., Ahmadian, M. T., and Gerami, A. (2008). Development of an equation to predict radial modulus of elasticity for single-walled carbon nanotubes. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 222(6), 1109–1115.