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BHP Laboratories

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Research works
115
▼ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
BHP Laboratories

Not ranked overall: BHP Laboratories is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does BHP Laboratories work in?

In all years, 94% of research at BHP Laboratories is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 108 fractional works · 94.0% of its workEngineering: 70 fractional works · 60.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 26.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 25 fractional works · 21.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 14.5% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 9.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFuel Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBHP Laboratories115fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences2%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7060.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1714.5%
    3. Computer Science86.9%
    4. Environmental Science54.7%
    5. Materials Science32.5%
    6. Chemistry21.8%
    7. Energy11.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    10. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences21.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine11.1%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
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.

Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.39× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.63× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.84× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsSocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.39×1 works
  2. Engineering3.84×8 works
  3. Energy2.63×0 works
  4. Computer Science1.90×2 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.63×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.95×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.92×0 works
  8. Chemistry0.58×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.38×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BHP Laboratories?

Ranked on the quality score, Edward A. Turek, Keshav Narayanan and Jenny Hogan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BHP Laboratories.

  1. 1 Edward A. Turek Ireland · #1,938,573 worldwide 644 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Keshav Narayanan Ireland · #3,215,959 worldwide 340 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Jenny Hogan Ireland · #3,755,904 worldwide 121 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at BHP Laboratories

What are the most cited papers from BHP Laboratories?

The most cited paper from BHP Laboratories is "Spreadsheet Modelling of Grain Size Evolution during Rod Rolling." (T. M. Maccagno, John Joseph Jonas, Peter Damian Hodgson, 1996), with 122 citations. Next come "Sedimentology, stable‐isotope geochemistry and palaeoenvironment of dolostones capping late Precambrian glacial sequences in Australia" (113) and "Modelling of the Solids Flow in a Blast Furnace." (88).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spreadsheet Modelling of Grain Size Evolution during Rod Rolling. T. M. Maccagno, John Joseph Jonas, Peter Damian Hodgson · ISIJ International Open access 1996 122
2 Sedimentology, stable‐isotope geochemistry and palaeoenvironment of dolostones capping late Precambrian glacial sequences in Australia George E. Williams · Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 1979 113
3 Modelling of the Solids Flow in a Blast Furnace. S. J. Zhang, Aibing Yu, P. Zulli et al. · ISIJ International Open access 1998 88
4 Sintering Properties of Iron Ore Mixes Containing Titanium. Neil John Bristow, Chin Eng Loo · ISIJ International Open access 1992 75
5 Flow dynamics in thin slab caster moulds Thomas Honeyands, Joe Herbertson · Steel Research Jul 1995 71
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BHP Laboratories?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Optimization, Energy Efficiency, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Metallurgy, Iron Oxides and Reduction Kinetics.

▲ 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. Machine Learning14▲ 5.6×15 topics
  2. Optimization11▲ 17×3 topics
  3. Data Assimilation10▲ 48×1 topic
  4. Energy Efficiency10▲ 11×2 topics
  5. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 76×1 topic
  6. Metallurgy9▲ 116×2 topics
  7. Sustainability8▲ 4.0×3 topics
  8. Iron Oxides8▲ 374×1 topic
  9. Reduction Kinetics8▲ 374×1 topic
  10. Hydraulic Fracturing8▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs8▲ 109×1 topic
  12. Nanoparticles8▲ 5.0×7 topics
  13. CO2 Sequestration6▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Elastic Properties6▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Inverse Problems6▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Vibration Analysis6▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Drilling Fluids6▲ 101×1 topic
  18. Geophysical Imaging6▲ 73×2 topics
  19. Well Integrity6▲ 101×1 topic
  20. Full-Waveform Tomography6▲ 109×1 topic
  21. Seismic Waveform Inversion6▲ 109×1 topic
  22. Databases6▲ 130×1 topic
  23. Thermochemical6▲ 130×1 topic
  24. Microbial Communities4▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Predictive Maintenance4▲ 51×2 topics
  26. Fault Diagnosis4▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Artificial Lift Systems4▲ 113×1 topic
  28. Electric Submersible Pumps4▲ 113×1 topic
  29. Geological Mapping4▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Bioleaching3▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Metal Recovery3▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Porous Media3▲ 19×4 topics
  33. Microstructure3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  34. Tomography3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  35. Seismic Noise3▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Surface Wave3▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Hyperspectral Imaging3▲ 7.1×2 topics
  38. Non-Destructive Testing3▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Comminution2▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Mineral Liberation Analysis2▲ 70×1 topic

Which research topics does BHP Laboratories publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Iron and Steelmaking Processes, Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Geochemistry and Geologi…2Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Processes: 2 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…1Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 1 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 0 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 0 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  2. 2 Iron and Steelmaking Processes Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 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 available26.3%not open73.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.3%domestic only55.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BHP Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% 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 BHP Laboratories as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000032% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%BHP Laboratories0.000056% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BHP Laboratories over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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