| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Unconventional shale-gas systems: The Mississippian Barnett Shale of north-central Texas as one model for thermogenic shale-gas assessment | AAPG Bulletin | 2007 | 2,264 |
| 2 | Spectrum of pore types and networks in mudrocks and a descriptive classification for matrix-related mudrock pores | AAPG Bulletin | 2012 | 1,865 |
| 3 | Characterization of gas shale pore systems by porosimetry, pycnometry, surface area, and field emission scanning electron microscopy/transmission electron microscopy image analyses: Examples from the Barnett, Woodford, Haynesville, Marcellus, and Doig units | AAPG Bulletin | 2012 | 1,204 |
| 4 | Pore-throat sizes in sandstones, tight sandstones, and shales | AAPG Bulletin | 2009 | 976 |
| 5 | Organic matter-hosted pore system, Marcellus Formation (Devonian), Pennsylvania | AAPG Bulletin | 2013 | 847 |
| 6 | Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale and their importance for hydraulic fracture treatments | AAPG Bulletin | 2007 | 840 |
| 7 | Mississippian Barnett Shale: Lithofacies and depositional setting of a deep-water shale-gas succession in the Fort Worth Basin, Texas | AAPG Bulletin | 2007 | 692 |
| 8 | Mississippian Barnett Shale, Fort Worth basin, north-central Texas: Gas-shale play with multi–trillion cubic foot potential | AAPG Bulletin | 2005 | 687 |
| 9 | Pore types in the Barnett and Woodford gas shales: Contribution to understanding gas storage and migration pathways in fine-grained rocks | AAPG Bulletin | 2011 | 676 |
| 10 | Natural Fractures in shale: A review and new observations | AAPG Bulletin | 2014 | 645 |
| 11 | Porosity of Devonian and Mississippian New Albany Shale across a maturation gradient: Insights from organic petrology, gas adsorption, and mercury intrusion | AAPG Bulletin | 2013 | 626 |
| 12 | Characterizing the shale gas resource potential of Devonian–Mississippian strata in the Western Canada sedimentary basin: Application of an integrated formation evaluation | AAPG Bulletin | 2008 | 582 |
| 13 | Volumetric strain associated with methane desorption and its impact on coalbed gas production from deep coal seams | AAPG Bulletin | 2005 | 566 |
| 14 | Barnett Shale gas production, Fort Worth Basin: Issues and discussion | AAPG Bulletin | 2007 | 565 |
| 15 | Microstructural investigation of gas shales in two and three dimensions using nanometer-scale resolution imaging | AAPG Bulletin | 2012 | 551 |
| 16 | Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomite reservoir facies: An overview | AAPG Bulletin | 2006 | 541 |
| 17 | Fractured shale-gas systems | AAPG Bulletin | 2002 | 503 |
| 18 | Sandstone diagenesis and reservoir quality prediction: Models, myths, and reality | AAPG Bulletin | 2010 | 464 |
| 19 | The impact of diagenesis on the heterogeneity of sandstone reservoirs: A review of the role of depositional facies and sequence stratigraphy | AAPG Bulletin | 2010 | 462 |
| 20 | Guidelines for Evaluating Petroleum Source Rock Using Programmed Pyrolysis | AAPG Bulletin | 1986 | 433 |
| 21 | Mechanisms of shale gas storage: Implications for shale gas exploration in China | AAPG Bulletin | 2013 | 432 |
| 22 | Experimental investigation of matrix permeability of gas shales | AAPG Bulletin | 2014 | 394 |
| 23 | Tectonic and stratigraphic controls of hydrocarbon systems in the Ordos basin: A multicycle cratonic basin in central China | AAPG Bulletin | 2005 | 381 |
| 24 | Seal bypass systems | AAPG Bulletin | 2007 | 352 |
| 25 | Geologic Nomenclature and Classification of Porosity in Sedimentary Carbonates | AAPG Bulletin | 1970 | 348 |
| 26 | Mudstone diversity: Origin and implications for source, seal, and reservoir properties in petroleum systems | AAPG Bulletin | 2011 | 345 |
| 27 | Sandstone vs. carbonate petroleum reservoirs: A global perspective on porosity-depth and porosity-permeability relationships | AAPG Bulletin | 2005 | 341 |
| 28 | Factors controlling prolific gas production from low-permeability sandstone reservoirs: Implications for resource assessment, prospect development, and risk analysis | AAPG Bulletin | 2004 | 339 |
| 29 | Plate Tectonics and Sandstone Compositions | AAPG Bulletin | 1979 | 328 |
| 30 | Mechanical and fracture stratigraphy | AAPG Bulletin | 2009 | 306 |
| 31 | Open or closed geochemical systems during diagenesis in sedimentary basins: Constraints on mass transfer during diagenesis and the prediction of porosity in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs | AAPG Bulletin | 2012 | 303 |
| 32 | Structural History and Tectonics of Iran: A Review | AAPG Bulletin | 1968 | 303 |
| 33 | Evaluation of a Simple Model of Vitrinite Reflectance Based on Chemical Kinetics (1) | AAPG Bulletin | 1990 | 293 |
| 34 | A scale-independent approach to fracture intensity and average spacing measurement | AAPG Bulletin | 2006 | 290 |
| 35 | Density, Porosity, and Compaction of Sedimentary Rocks | AAPG Bulletin | 1930 | 289 |
| 36 | Natural fracture characterization in tight gas sandstones: Integrating mechanics and diagenesis | AAPG Bulletin | 2009 | 281 |
| 37 | Evidence for multiple stages of oil cracking and thermochemical sulfate reduction in the Puguang gas field, Sichuan Basin, China | AAPG Bulletin | 2008 | 279 |
| 38 | Practical approaches to identifying sealed and open fractures | AAPG Bulletin | 2003 | 276 |
| 39 | Structural styles in the deep-water fold and thrust belts of the Niger Delta | AAPG Bulletin | 2005 | 275 |
| 40 | Pore types and pore-size distributions across thermal maturity, Eagle Ford Formation, southern Texas | AAPG Bulletin | 2015 | 275 |
| 41 | Mass-transport complexes and associated processes in the offshore area of Trinidad and Venezuela | AAPG Bulletin | 2006 | 268 |
| 42 | Three common source rock evaluation errors made by geologists during prospect or play appraisals | AAPG Bulletin | 2009 | 263 |
| 43 | Joint sets that enhance production from Middle and Upper Devonian gas shales of the Appalachian Basin | AAPG Bulletin | 2009 | 260 |
| 44 | Longmen Shan fold-thrust belt and its relation to the western Sichuan Basin in central China: New insights from hydrocarbon exploration | AAPG Bulletin | 2006 | 259 |
| 45 | Practical Petrographic Classification of Limestones | AAPG Bulletin | 1959 | 254 |
| 46 | Geologic framework of the Mississippian Barnett Shale, Barnett-Paleozoic total petroleum system, Bend arch–Fort Worth Basin, Texas | AAPG Bulletin | 2007 | 251 |
| 47 | Estimation of kerogen porosity in source rocks as a function of thermal transformation: Example from the Mowry Shale in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming | AAPG Bulletin | 2012 | 245 |
| 48 | Quantification of pore structure and its effect on sonic velocity and permeability in carbonates | AAPG Bulletin | 2009 | 241 |
| 49 | Geochemical constraints on the origin and volume of gas in the New Albany Shale (Devonian–Mississippian), eastern Illinois Basin | AAPG Bulletin | 2010 | 232 |
| 50 | A Practical Model for Organic Richness from Porosity and Resistivity Logs | AAPG Bulletin | 1990 | 232 |
