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Science in British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands ranks #172 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#134 all time), with 627 research works and 2.1% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#172
of 189 · #134 all time
Works, 2022-now
627
▼ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
107k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
2.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
4%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
British Virgin Islands

What is British Virgin Islands strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022-now, the British Virgin Islands ranks highest in Ocean Engineering (#36 of 54) and Engineering (#112 of 131). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Geology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #36 of 54 1.0%247 #26 Institutions
EngineeringField #112 of 131 0.8%390 #70 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more (or less) of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where "twice the world share" and "half of it" are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 249.2 works · #52 of 213 active here73×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 62.4 works · #69 of 208 active here27×
  3. GeologySubfield · 10.4 works · #94 of 199 active here12×
  4. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 7.5 works · #105 of 199 active here11×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 87.4 works · #91 of 223 active here8.5×
  6. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 33.5 works · #95 of 200 active here7.2×
  7. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 81.7 works · #97 of 203 active here6.8×
  8. Metals and AlloysSubfield · 1.0 works · #104 of 147 active here4.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.51× its world share, 87 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.04× its world share, 397 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.51×87 works
  2. Engineering4.04×397 works
  3. Energy1.00×6 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.99×6 works
  5. Environmental Science0.62×20 works
  6. Chemistry0.58×6 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.41×8 works
  8. Social Sciences0.40×33 works
  9. Computer Science0.39×20 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.36×5 works
  11. Psychology0.33×7 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.32×6 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×4 works
  15. Mathematics0.29×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.29×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×4 works
  18. Medicine0.20×25 works
  19. Materials Science0.18×4 works
  20. Nursing0.18×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×5 works
  22. Neuroscience0.17×2 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×3 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.06×0 works

Which fields of science does British Virgin Islands work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research in British Virgin Islands is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 548 fractional works · 83.7% of its workEngineering: 397 fractional works · 60.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 249 fractional works · 38.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 33 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 87 fractional works · 13.4% of its workGeophysics: 62 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBritish VirginIslands655fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering39760.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences8713.4%
    3. Computer Science203.1%
    4. Environmental Science203.1%
    5. Energy60.9%
    6. Chemistry60.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy50.8%
    8. Materials Science40.6%
    9. Mathematics20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences335.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities81.2%
    3. Psychology71.0%
    4. Decision Sciences61.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting40.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.6%
    1. Medicine253.8%
    2. Health Professions60.9%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in British Virgin Islands?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country'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▲ 31×5 topics
  2. Uncertainty Quantification91▲ 176×2 topics
  3. Data Assimilation91▲ 85×1 topic
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter91▲ 136×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning90▲ 4.1×20 topics
  6. CO2 Sequestration80▲ 62×4 topics
  7. Vibration Analysis76▲ 43×3 topics
  8. Nanoparticles75▲ 9.1×5 topics
  9. Rheological Properties75▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Drilling Fluids75▲ 217×1 topic
  11. Well Integrity75▲ 217×1 topic
  12. Hydraulic Fracturing74▲ 106×2 topics
  13. Fracture Propagation70▲ 179×1 topic
  14. Shale Gas Reservoirs70▲ 179×1 topic
  15. Fault Diagnosis63▲ 67×3 topics
  16. Predictive Maintenance63▲ 130×3 topics
  17. Data Analytics62▲ 211×2 topics
  18. Artificial Lift Systems62▲ 344×1 topic
  19. Electric Submersible Pumps62▲ 344×1 topic
  20. Geophysical Imaging45▲ 129×2 topics
  21. Inverse Problems42▲ 57×2 topics
  22. Full-Waveform Tomography42▲ 152×1 topic
  23. Seismic Waveform Inversion42▲ 152×1 topic
  24. Shale Gas28▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Gas Permeability24▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Pore Structure24▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Mudstones24▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Thermal Maturity24▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Porous Media14▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Tomography14▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Seismic Noise13▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Surface Wave13▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Pore-scale Modeling11▲ 44×1 topic
  34. X-ray Computed Tomography11▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Geological Conditions9▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Performance Prediction9▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Geological Mapping9▲ 18×2 topics
  38. TBM9▲ 53×1 topic
  39. rock fragmentation9▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Continental Margin9▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does British Virgin Islands publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

Reservoir Engineering an…91Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 91 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 75 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 70 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…62Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 62 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…41Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 41 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 24 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 13 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 11 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 9 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 7 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 7 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 6 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeophysicsMechanics of Materials3 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 91 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 75 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 70 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 62 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 41 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 24 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 13 works
  8. 8 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 11 works
  9. 9 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 7 works
  11. 11 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 7 works
  12. 12 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 6 works

Which universities in British Virgin Islands lead research?

Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) rank highest in British Virgin Islands on research quality in 2022-now.

  1. 1Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)Company · Road Town · #7,766 worldwide2.1% top 10% · 627 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in British Virgin Islands

Who are the top researchers in British Virgin Islands?

Oliver C. Mullins, William E. Kenyon and M. W. O’Keefe rank highest among researchers based in British Virgin Islands.

  1. 1 Oliver C. Mullins #391,740 worldwide 19k citations · 399 works
  2. 2 William E. Kenyon #708,981 worldwide 2.9k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 M. W. O’Keefe #928,836 worldwide 592 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Christopher N. Fredd #1,017,027 worldwide 2.9k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Marc J. Thiercelin #1,070,070 worldwide 3.2k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Xiaowei Weng #1,227,317 worldwide 4.4k citations · 94 works
  7. 7 Peter A. Goode #1,354,387 worldwide 1.3k citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Mark Gavin Mack #1,420,528 worldwide 2.1k citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Jean Desroches #1,429,349 worldwide 3.4k citations · 98 works
  10. 10 C. Straley #1,458,083 worldwide 2k citations · 18 works
Top researchers in British Virgin Islands

How open and international is British Virgin Islands's research?

4% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 35% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available3.8%not open96.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.4%domestic only64.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

In 2022-now, 16% of its research is openly available (world 63%) and 35% is written with co-authors abroad (world 22%). Against what its own mix of topics predicts, that is 0.54× the expected open access and 1.35× the expected international share, which puts it #168 of 173 countries on openness.

How has British Virgin Islands's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is British Virgin Islands as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00084% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%British Virgin Islands0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of British Virgin Islands over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 4.6% of its 11k works since 1950 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025British Virgin Islands6.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 1991.

Which countries have research most like the British Virgin Islands'?

Montenegro is the British Virgin Islands' closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like the British Virgin Islands', with both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences.

  1. 1 MontenegroBoth strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering 0.54 Compare
  2. 2 Turkmenistan 0.43 Compare
  3. 3 NorwayBoth strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.43 Compare
  4. 4 KuwaitBoth strong in Engineering 0.41 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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