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BP (United Kingdom)

In research, BP (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,590 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,311 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Ocean Engineering is 30.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#6,802
of 22,385 · #3,853 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#244
of 862
Research works
6k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
128k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%

What is BP (United Kingdom) 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 #3,590 of 10,670 6.8%220 #2684
EngineeringField #3,311 of 5,901 7.0%128 #1941

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where BP (United Kingdom) 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 BP (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at BP (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Medicine (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 257 fractional works · 68.9% of its workEngineering: 140 fractional works · 37.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 59 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 46 fractional works · 12.4% of its workGeophysics: 27 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 60 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBP (UnitedKingdom)372fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering14037.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4612.4%
    3. Environmental Science236.1%
    4. Materials Science133.5%
    5. Computer Science123.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering61.6%
    7. Energy61.5%
    8. Chemistry51.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy41.2%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Medicine4712.6%
    2. Health Professions112.9%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences164.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.9%
    3. Decision Sciences51.2%
    4. Psychology40.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does BP (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 30.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 58.6 works30×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 27.4 works21×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 46.3 works7.9×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.64× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.93× its world share, 46 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.51× its world share, 140 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.93×46 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.64×6 works
  3. Engineering2.51×140 works
  4. Veterinary1.85×1 works
  5. Energy1.65×6 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.26×4 works
  7. Environmental Science1.22×23 works
  8. Health Professions1.10×11 works
  9. Materials Science1.00×13 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×7 works
  11. Chemistry0.82×5 works
  12. Medicine0.66×47 works
  13. Dentistry0.56×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.54×4 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×9 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.43×12 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×7 works
  20. Social Sciences0.35×16 works
  21. Psychology0.31×4 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.26×3 works
  23. Nursing0.24×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  25. Neuroscience0.19×1 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×2 works

Who are the top researchers at BP (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Glenn J. Sunley, Leslie W. Bolton and Anthony R. Fraser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BP (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Glenn J. Sunley United Kingdom · #501,515 worldwide 5.1k citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Leslie W. Bolton United Kingdom · #902,472 worldwide 857 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Anthony R. Fraser United Kingdom · #1,189,921 worldwide 4.2k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Gary Russell Jerauld United Kingdom · #1,241,656 worldwide 3.2k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Corneliu Buda United Kingdom · #1,250,614 worldwide 2.4k citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Peter J. Maddox United Kingdom · #1,472,357 worldwide 3.4k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Richard J. Dixon United Kingdom · #1,678,732 worldwide 15k citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Trevor P. Burchette United Kingdom · #1,814,494 worldwide 4.5k citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Robert C. Pitkethly United Kingdom · #2,062,343 worldwide 902 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Roberto Morana United Kingdom · #2,096,396 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at BP (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from BP (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from BP (United Kingdom) is "A review of process fault detection and diagnosis" (Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Kewen Yin et al., 2003), with 2,709 citations. Next come "Late Middle Eocene to Recent Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy" (1,587) and "Phase equilibria by simulation in the Gibbs ensemble" (1,170).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A review of process fault detection and diagnosis Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Kewen Yin et al. · Computers & Chemical Engineering Mar 2003 2,709
2 Late Middle Eocene to Recent Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy Walter H. Blow Conference paper 1969 1,587
3 Phase equilibria by simulation in the Gibbs ensemble Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, N. Quirke, Michael R. Stapleton et al. · Molecular Physics Mar 1988 1,170
4 Carbonate ramp depositional systems Trevor P. Burchette, V. Paul Wright · Sedimentary Geology Aug 1992 1,152
5 Global estimates of hydrate-bound gas in marine sediments: how much is really out there? Alexei V. Milkov · Earth-Science Reviews 7 Feb 2004 1,109
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BP (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Sequestration, Optimization, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter and Uncertainty Quantification.

▲ 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 Learning24▲ 1.95×30 topics
  2. Nanoparticles22▲ 4.6×16 topics
  3. Hydraulic Fracturing21▲ 52×2 topics
  4. CO2 Sequestration19▲ 26×4 topics
  5. Optimization19▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Fracture Propagation18▲ 82×1 topic
  7. Shale Gas Reservoirs18▲ 82×1 topic
  8. Data Assimilation18▲ 30×4 topics
  9. Ensemble Kalman Filter18▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Uncertainty Quantification17▲ 59×1 topic
  11. Well Placement17▲ 104×1 topic
  12. Vibration Analysis17▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Rheological Properties16▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Geophysical Imaging16▲ 79×2 topics
  15. Drilling Fluids16▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Well Integrity16▲ 80×1 topic
  17. Inverse Problems16▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Elastic Properties15▲ 52×2 topics
  19. Full-Waveform Tomography15▲ 97×1 topic
  20. Seismic Waveform Inversion15▲ 97×1 topic
  21. Fault Diagnosis11▲ 20×4 topics
  22. Predictive Maintenance10▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Artificial Lift Systems10▲ 95×1 topic
  24. Electric Submersible Pumps10▲ 95×1 topic
  25. Shale Gas9▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Tomography9▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Seismic Noise8▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Surface Wave8▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Gas Permeability7▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Pore Structure6▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Mudstones6▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Thermal Maturity6▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Porous Media6▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Surfactants6▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Carbon Dioxide6▲ 9.7×3 topics
  36. Pore-scale Modeling5▲ 37×1 topic
  37. X-ray Computed Tomography5▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Oil and Gas5▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Subsea5▲ 140×1 topic
  40. Reactive Transport5▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does BP (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  2. 2 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 16 works
  4. 4 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 15 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 8 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 6 works
  8. 8 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 3 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 available9.6%not open90.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BP (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 BP (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%BP (United Kingdom)0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BP (United Kingdom) 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025BP (United Kingdom)7.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 1990.

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