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Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada)

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Research works
43
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
425
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada) work in?

In all years, 87% of research at Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (47%), Environmental Science (25%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 86.6% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 47.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 10.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 25.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAmec FosterWheeler (Canada)43fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2047.0%
    2. Environmental Science1125.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences37.8%
    4. Materials Science24.2%
    5. Energy11.6%
    6. Computer Science00.8%
    1. Arts and Humanities12.8%
    2. Social Sciences12.0%
    3. Decision Sciences01.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    1. Health Professions12.3%
    2. Medicine11.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

    What are the most cited papers from Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada)?

    The most cited paper from Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada) is "Mineralogical characterization of mine waste" (Heather Edith Jamieson, Stephen R. Walker, Michael B. Parsons, 2015), with 242 citations. Next come "Flue gas carbonation of cement-based building products" (83) and "Maximizing CO2 sequestration in cement-bonded fiberboards through carbonation curing" (64).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 Mineralogical characterization of mine waste Heather Edith Jamieson, Stephen R. Walker, Michael B. Parsons · Applied Geochemistry 9 Jan 2015 242
    2 Flue gas carbonation of cement-based building products Zhen He, Sam C. Wang, Mehrdad Mahoutian et al. · Journal of CO2 Utilization 7 Jan 2020 83
    3 Maximizing CO2 sequestration in cement-bonded fiberboards through carbonation curing Zhen He, Yaodong Jia, Sam C. Wang et al. · Construction and Building Materials Open access 12 Apr 2019 64
    4 The 2011 flood event in the Red River Basin: Causes, assessment and damages Tricia Stadnyk, Karen E. Dow, Lucas Wazney et al. · Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques Open access 8 Apr 2015 43
    5 Comparative Evaluation of a New Family of Transformerless Modular DC–DC Converters for High-Power Applications Abdelrahman Hagar, Peter W. Lehn · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 24 Jan 2014 43
    All 75 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which keywords describe research at Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada)?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Risk Perception, Renewable Energy, Sediment Transport, Renewable Energy Integration and Land Use Change.

    ▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

    All 35 words, with their numbers
    1. Climate Change6▲ 5.4×11 topics
    2. Remote Sensing4▲ 9.2×7 topics
    3. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 29×2 topics
    4. Renewable Energy2▲ 5.8×6 topics
    5. Risk Perception2▲ 28×2 topics
    6. Sediment Transport2▲ 29×3 topics
    7. Sustainability2▲ 2.4×7 topics
    8. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 15×3 topics
    9. Land Use Change2▲ 12×3 topics
    10. Optimization2▲ 6.6×5 topics
    11. Arctic1▲ 32×2 topics
    12. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 15×3 topics
    13. Flood Risk1▲ 64×1 topic
    14. Smart Grid Applications1▲ 36×2 topics
    15. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 68×1 topic
    16. Fatigue Crack Closure1▲ 66×1 topic
    17. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 24×2 topics
    18. Fracture Toughness Testing1▲ 66×1 topic
    19. Invasive Species1▲ 5.5×3 topics
    20. Machine Learning1▲ 1.42×6 topics
    21. Construction Safety1▲ 48×2 topics
    22. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.1×8 topics
    23. Probabilistic Analysis1▲ 47×2 topics
    24. Wastewater Treatment1▲ 14×2 topics
    25. Distributed Generation1▲ 43×3 topics
    26. Model Evaluation1▲ 24×1 topic
    27. Water Resources1▲ 12×1 topic
    28. Anammox Bacteria1▲ 60×1 topic
    29. Decline1▲ 87×1 topic
    30. Hydrology1▲ 21×2 topics
    31. Nitrogen-Cycling Network1▲ 60×1 topic
    32. Occupational Safety1▲ 32×1 topic
    33. Safety Culture1▲ 38×1 topic
    34. Sea Ice1▲ 87×1 topic
    35. Voltage Control1▲ 44×2 topics

    Which research topics does Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada) publish most on?

    By volume: Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Fatigue and fracture mechanics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal.

    Flood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksFatigue and fracture mec…1Fatigue and fracture mechanics: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 1 fractional worksOptimal Power Flow Distribution: 1 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Tex…1Fashion and Cultural Textiles: 1 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 1 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 1 fractional works
    Global and Planetary ChangeMechanics of MaterialsWater Science and TechnologyPollution6 others

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

    1. 1 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
    2. 2 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 1 works
    3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
    4. 4 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 1 works
    5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
    6. 6 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 1 works
    7. 7 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
    8. 8 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 1 works
    9. 9 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 1 works
    10. 10 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 1 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors22.2%domestic only77.8%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada)'s research output changed?

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

    1990200020102020
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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 Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000076% in 2019.

    0.00020%0.00040%Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada)0.0000051% in 202019801990200020102020

    Fractional works of Amec Foster Wheeler (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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