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BHP Laboratories

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Research works
115
▲ 760% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

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.

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: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.40× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.76× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.73× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsSocial Sciences: 0.40× 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.

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 2022–2025: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Iron and Steelmaking Processes, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics.

Geochemistry and Geologi…2Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Processes: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 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 worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 0 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 0 fractional worksCoal and Coke Industries Research: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringBiomedical Engineering2 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 1 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical 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 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Coal and Coke Industries Research Fuel Technology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BHP Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 760% 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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