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Research in Road Town

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Road Town, British Virgin Islands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands).

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
5.0%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Road Town?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)Company 10,858 #18,567

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Road Town strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Road Town is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (75.8× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 247.2 works76×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 61.0 works28×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 85.4 works8.7×
  4. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 80.7 works7.0×
  5. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 31.0 works6.9×
  6. EngineeringField · 390.2 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Road Town?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Uncertainty Quantification, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, CO2 Sequestration, Vibration Analysis, Nanoparticles and Rheological Properties.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Optimization92▲ 32×5 topics
  2. Uncertainty Quantification90▲ 176×2 topics
  3. Data Assimilation90▲ 92×1 topic
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter90▲ 143×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning90▲ 4.4×20 topics
  6. CO2 Sequestration79▲ 66×4 topics
  7. Vibration Analysis75▲ 44×3 topics
  8. Nanoparticles75▲ 9.4×5 topics
  9. Rheological Properties74▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Drilling Fluids74▲ 216×1 topic
  11. Well Integrity74▲ 216×1 topic
  12. Hydraulic Fracturing73▲ 105×2 topics
  13. Fracture Propagation69▲ 180×1 topic
  14. Shale Gas Reservoirs69▲ 180×1 topic
  15. Fault Diagnosis62▲ 69×3 topics
  16. Predictive Maintenance62▲ 125×3 topics
  17. Data Analytics61▲ 209×2 topics
  18. Artificial Lift Systems61▲ 334×1 topic
  19. Electric Submersible Pumps61▲ 334×1 topic
  20. Geophysical Imaging44▲ 132×2 topics
  21. Inverse Problems41▲ 61×2 topics
  22. Full-Waveform Tomography41▲ 156×1 topic
  23. Seismic Waveform Inversion41▲ 156×1 topic
  24. Shale Gas27▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Gas Permeability24▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Pore Structure23▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Mudstones23▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Thermal Maturity23▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Porous Media14▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Tomography14▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Seismic Noise13▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Surface Wave13▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Pore-scale Modeling10▲ 46×1 topic
  34. X-ray Computed Tomography10▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Geological Conditions9▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Performance Prediction9▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Geological Mapping9▲ 17×2 topics
  38. TBM9▲ 55×1 topic
  39. rock fragmentation9▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Continental Margin9▲ 23×2 topics

What research is done in Road Town?

Reservoir Engineering an…90Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 90 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 74 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 69 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…61Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 61 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…41Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 41 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 23 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 13 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 10 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 9 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 7 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeophysicsMechanics of Materials2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 90 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 74 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 69 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 61 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 41 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 23 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 13 works
  8. 8 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 10 works
  9. 9 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 7 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.