BP (United States)
In research, BP (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,245 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 60.1× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #20,627 of 28,054 · #15,166 all time
- Rank in United States
- #3,038 of 4,192
- Research works
- 694 ▼ 13% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 17k 24.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.5% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 10% world 28%
What is BP (United States) known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #10,245 of 12,888 | 10.7% | 69 | #8983 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BP (United States) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).
What does BP (United States) specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 60.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 23.7 works60×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 9.3×
- Engineering 4.1×
- Decision Sciences 3.3×
- Chemical Engineering 1.9×
- Environmental Science 1.4×
- Materials Science 1.0×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.6×
- Health Professions 0.6×
- Chemistry 0.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.4×
- Energy 0.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.3×
- Psychology 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Medicine 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at BP (United States)?
Ranked on the composite score, John Etgen and Philippe Jeanjean lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BP (United States).
- 1 John Etgen United States · #144,016 worldwide 205 citations · 28 works
- 2 Philippe Jeanjean United States · #498,770 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
Which keywords describe research at BP (United States)?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Sequestration, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Vibration Analysis, Optimization, Data Assimilation and Ensemble Kalman Filter.
- Carbon Capture
- Corrosion Behavior
- X-ray Computed Tomography
- Surface Wave
- Seismic Noise
- Pitting Corrosion
- Finite Element Analysis
- Mudstones
- Fault Tree Analysis
- Porous Media
- Shale Gas
- Full-Waveform Tomography
- Artificial Lift Systems
- Fault Diagnosis
- Well Integrity
- Machine Learning
- Ensemble Kalman Filter
- Optimization
- Shale Gas Reservoirs
- CO2 Sequestration
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Fracture Propagation
- Vibration Analysis
- Data Assimilation
- Nanoparticles
- Drilling Fluids
- Predictive Maintenance
- Geophysical Imaging
- Electric Submersible Pumps
- Seismic Waveform Inversion
- Mechanical Properties
- Bayesian Networks
- Reactive Transport
- Pore Structure
- Oil and Gas
- Pore-scale Modeling
- Subsea
- Tomography
- Tectonics
- Hydrogen Embrittlement
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Hydraulic Fracturing8▲ 101×2 topics
- CO2 Sequestration8▲ 55×3 topics
- Fracture Propagation8▲ 169×1 topic
- Shale Gas Reservoirs8▲ 169×1 topic
- Vibration Analysis7▲ 35×3 topics
- Optimization7▲ 20×2 topics
- Data Assimilation7▲ 58×1 topic
- Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 91×1 topic
- Nanoparticles7▲ 7.3×3 topics
- Machine Learning7▲ 2.7×9 topics
- Drilling Fluids7▲ 159×1 topic
- Well Integrity7▲ 159×1 topic
- Predictive Maintenance5▲ 83×2 topics
- Fault Diagnosis5▲ 44×2 topics
- Geophysical Imaging5▲ 113×2 topics
- Artificial Lift Systems4▲ 200×1 topic
- Electric Submersible Pumps4▲ 200×1 topic
- Full-Waveform Tomography4▲ 130×1 topic
- Seismic Waveform Inversion4▲ 130×1 topic
- Shale Gas2▲ 25×2 topics
- Mechanical Properties2▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Porous Media2▲ 23×3 topics
- Bayesian Networks2▲ 28×1 topic
- Fault Tree Analysis2▲ 51×1 topic
- Reactive Transport2▲ 47×2 topics
- Mudstones2▲ 31×1 topic
- Pore Structure2▲ 19×1 topic
- Finite Element Analysis2▲ 9.6×5 topics
- Oil and Gas2▲ 59×1 topic
- Pitting Corrosion2▲ 44×2 topics
- Pore-scale Modeling2▲ 63×1 topic
- Seismic Noise2▲ 46×1 topic
- Subsea2▲ 236×1 topic
- Surface Wave2▲ 46×1 topic
- Tomography2▲ 13×2 topics
- X-ray Computed Tomography2▲ 63×1 topic
- Tectonics2▲ 17×3 topics
- Corrosion Behavior1▲ 22×2 topics
- Hydrogen Embrittlement1▲ 22×2 topics
- Carbon Capture1▲ 44×2 topics
Which research topics does BP (United States) publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering and Oil and Gas Production Techniques.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 8 works
- 2 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 7 works
- 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 7 works
- 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 4 works
- 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 4 works
- 6 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
- 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
- 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 2 works
- 9 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 2 works
- 10 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has BP (United States)'s research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017.
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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