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Alberta Energy

In research, Alberta Energy stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,916 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,283 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,864
of 22,385 · #12,699 all time
Rank in Canada
#198
of 305
Research works
925
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Alberta Energy

What is Alberta Energy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,916 of 10,670 4.6%123 #5876
EngineeringField #5,283 of 5,901 3.5%72 #3289

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alberta Energy sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Alberta Energy work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Alberta Energy is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Environmental Science (10%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 143 fractional works · 83.9% of its workEngineering: 83 fractional works · 48.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 12.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 19 fractional works · 11.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlberta Energy170fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences8%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8348.9%
    2. Environmental Science169.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences169.3%
    4. Materials Science116.5%
    5. Computer Science63.3%
    6. Energy42.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy31.8%
    8. Chemistry21.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    1. Social Sciences74.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting31.8%
    3. Decision Sciences20.9%
    4. Psychology10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Medicine63.6%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Alberta Energy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 21.3 works6.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.91× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.87× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.26× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.86× its world share, 11 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.91×16 works
  2. Engineering3.26×83 works
  3. Veterinary2.89×1 works
  4. Energy2.87×4 works
  5. Environmental Science1.94×16 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.93×1 works
  7. Materials Science1.86×11 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.93×2 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.81×3 works
  10. Chemistry0.77×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.43×6 works
  13. Nursing0.39×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.37×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.33×7 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×2 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.24×1 works
  20. Psychology0.24×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  22. Medicine0.19×6 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alberta Energy?

Ranked on the quality score, Stefan Bachu, Kristine Haug and D.B. Bennion lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alberta Energy.

  1. 1 Stefan Bachu Canada · #276,338 worldwide 19k citations · 205 works
  2. 2 Kristine Haug Canada · #1,087,699 worldwide 632 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 D.B. Bennion Canada · #1,276,090 worldwide 4.1k citations · 120 works
  4. 4 Yuebin Ning Canada · #1,785,401 worldwide 936 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 D.J. Berger Canada · #2,652,191 worldwide 270 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Todd C. Shipman Canada · #2,925,508 worldwide 609 citations · 213 works
  7. 7 Biswanath N. Nandi Canada · #2,987,341 worldwide 523 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Frances J. Hein Canada · #3,370,770 worldwide 2.7k citations · 104 works
  9. 9 Subir Chowdhury Canada · #3,461,011 worldwide 1.9k citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Gordon J. Leary Canada · #4,413,422 worldwide 746 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Alberta Energy

What are the most cited papers from Alberta Energy?

The most cited paper from Alberta Energy is "CO2 storage in geological media: Role, means, status and barriers to deployment" (Stefan Bachu, 2007), with 1,161 citations. Next come "CO2 storage capacity estimation: Methodology and gaps" (1,161) and "Sequestration of CO2 in geological media: criteria and approach for site selection in response to climate change" (1,083).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CO2 storage in geological media: Role, means, status and barriers to deployment Stefan Bachu · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science Dec 2007 1,161
2 CO2 storage capacity estimation: Methodology and gaps Stefan Bachu, D. Bonijoly, John Bradshaw et al. · International journal of greenhouse gas control 3 Aug 2007 1,161
3 Sequestration of CO2 in geological media: criteria and approach for site selection in response to climate change Stefan Bachu · Energy Conversion and Management Jun 2000 1,083
4 Tipping Toward Sustainability: Emerging Pathways of Transformation Frances R. Westley, Per G Olsson, Carl Folke et al. · AMBIO Open access 5 Oct 2011 993
5 Sequestration of CO2 in geological media in response to climate change: capacity of deep saline aquifers to sequester CO2 in solution Stefan Bachu, Jennifer J. Adams · Energy Conversion and Management 7 Aug 2003 815
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Energy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Hydraulic Fracturing, Vibration Analysis, Corrosion, Rheological Properties, Drilling Fluids, Well Integrity and Natural Gas.

▲ 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 institution'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. Machine Learning14▲ 2.5×23 topics
  2. CO2 Sequestration11▲ 32×4 topics
  3. Nanoparticles10▲ 4.6×6 topics
  4. Hydraulic Fracturing9▲ 51×2 topics
  5. Vibration Analysis9▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Corrosion8▲ 40×5 topics
  7. Rheological Properties8▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Drilling Fluids8▲ 88×1 topic
  9. Well Integrity8▲ 88×1 topic
  10. Natural Gas8▲ 50×3 topics
  11. Climate Change8▲ 1.67×29 topics
  12. Renewable Energy8▲ 3.1×17 topics
  13. Pipeline7▲ 41×3 topics
  14. Pitting Corrosion7▲ 80×2 topics
  15. Fracture Propagation7▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Shale Gas Reservoirs7▲ 67×1 topic
  17. Shale Gas6▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Material Characterization6▲ 30×3 topics
  19. Defect Detection6▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Eddy Current Testing5▲ 79×1 topic
  21. Non-Destructive Evaluation5▲ 79×1 topic
  22. Optimization5▲ 6.7×5 topics
  23. Reliability Assessment5▲ 69×1 topic
  24. Risk Analysis5▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Mechanical Properties5▲ 3.0×7 topics
  26. Energy Storage4▲ 3.7×7 topics
  27. Hydrogen Embrittlement4▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Pore Structure4▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Gas Permeability4▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Mudstones4▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Cathode Materials4▲ 5.4×3 topics
  32. Data Assimilation4▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Geophysical Imaging4▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Inverse Problems3▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Well Placement3▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Reactive Transport3▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Full-Waveform Tomography3▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Seismic Waveform Inversion3▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Emissions3▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Alberta Energy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Non-Destructive Testing Techniques and Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis.

Drilling and Well Engineering: 8 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 7 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing …5Non-Destructive Testing Techniques: 5 fractional worksStructural Integrity and…5Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 5 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 4 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 3 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…3Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 3 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 2 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available16.8%not open83.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alberta Energy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% higher 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 Alberta Energy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Alberta Energy0.00073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alberta Energy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Alberta Energy5.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.2% in 2006.

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