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Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority

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World rank, all time
#33,759
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#726
of 896
Research works
124
▲ 253% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

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: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 7.72× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Petroleum, Mass Spectrometry, Surfactants, Biodegradation, Asphaltenes, Naphthenic Acids, Hydraulic Fracturing and Porous Media.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Petroleum14▲ 216×2 topics
  2. Mass Spectrometry14▲ 51×2 topics
  3. Biodegradation13▲ 99×2 topics
  4. Surfactants13▲ 89×3 topics
  5. Asphaltenes13▲ 418×1 topic
  6. Naphthenic Acids13▲ 418×1 topic
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing13▲ 89×2 topics
  8. Porous Media13▲ 66×2 topics
  9. Pore-scale Modeling13▲ 308×1 topic
  10. X-ray Computed Tomography13▲ 308×1 topic
  11. Fracture Propagation11▲ 152×1 topic
  12. Shale Gas Reservoirs11▲ 152×1 topic
  13. Optimization10▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Data Assimilation10▲ 42×1 topic
  15. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Shale Gas8▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Nanoparticles7▲ 4.2×4 topics
  18. Climate Change6▲ 1.97×16 topics
  19. Sustainability6▲ 3.0×13 topics
  20. Mudstones6▲ 63×1 topic
  21. Pore Structure6▲ 44×1 topic
  22. Renewable Energy5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  23. Deep Learning5▲ 1.99×17 topics
  24. Machine Learning5▲ 1.90×11 topics
  25. Rheological Properties5▲ 26×2 topics
  26. CO2 Sequestration5▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Vibration Analysis4▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Energy Transition4▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Drilling Fluids4▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Fossil Fuels4▲ 87×2 topics
  31. Well Integrity4▲ 64×1 topic
  32. EROI4▲ 108×1 topic
  33. Peak Oil4▲ 108×1 topic
  34. Thermodynamic Properties3▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Extraction3▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Fault Diagnosis3▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Artificial Lift Systems3▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Electric Submersible Pumps3▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Environmental Impacts2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  40. Equation of State2▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks, Neural Networks and Applications and Image and Signal Denoising Methods.

Blockchain Technology Ap…1Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksTarget Tracking and Data…1Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks: 1 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 1 fractional worksImage and Signal Denoising Methods: 0 fractional worksMedical Image Segmentation Techniques: 0 fractional worksFace recognition and analysis: 0 fractional worksChaos-based Image/Signal…0Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption: 0 fractional worksDistributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms: 0 fractional worksCognitive Science and Mapping: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…0Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsArtificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Networks and Communications1 others

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

  1. 1 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Image and Signal Denoising Methods Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  5. 5 Medical Image Segmentation Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  6. 6 Face recognition and analysis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  7. 7 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  8. 8 Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  9. 9 Cognitive Science and Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 0 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 available16.3%not open83.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 253% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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