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Ecopetrol (Colombia)

In research, Ecopetrol (Colombia) stands highest in Engineering (#6,155 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,987 of 12,888 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#272 of 286 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Mechanical Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 61.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,933
of 28,054 · #26,561 all time
Rank in Colombia
#135
of 173
Research works
1.1k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.3k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Ecopetrol (Colombia) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #6,155 of 6,636 4.9%107 #6685
Physical SciencesDomain #11,987 of 12,888 5.3%167 #15666
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #272 of 286 5.7%62 #587

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ecopetrol (Colombia) 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#6,685 #6,155
  2. Physical Sciences#15,666 #11,987
  3. Ocean Engineering#587 #272
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Ecopetrol (Colombia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 61.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 62.3 works61×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 24.5 works8.0×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 21.0 works5.8×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.12× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.97× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.63× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.63× its world share, 107 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ecopetrol (Colombia)?

Ranked on the composite score, E. Castillo, Roberto Dorado and Eduardo Manrique lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ecopetrol (Colombia).

  1. 1 E. Castillo Colombia · #95,544 worldwide 203 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Roberto Dorado Colombia · #300,159 worldwide 0 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Eduardo Manrique Colombia · #360,469 worldwide 79 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Andrés Mora Colombia · #438,714 worldwide 145 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 G. Ojeda Colombia · #574,377 worldwide 52 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Juan Manuel Bello León Colombia · #1,007,754 worldwide 7 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Ecopetrol (Colombia)

Which keywords describe research at Ecopetrol (Colombia)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Fault Diagnosis, Artificial Lift Systems, Electric Submersible Pumps, Machine Learning and Hydraulic Fracturing.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Optimization24▲ 27×3 topics
  2. Machine Learning23▲ 3.6×11 topics
  3. Data Assimilation23▲ 75×1 topic
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter23▲ 117×1 topic
  5. Fault Diagnosis19▲ 67×2 topics
  6. Artificial Lift Systems19▲ 326×1 topic
  7. Electric Submersible Pumps19▲ 326×1 topic
  8. Hydraulic Fracturing14▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Subduction14▲ 97×3 topics
  10. Porous Media14▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Fracture Propagation13▲ 112×1 topic
  12. Shale Gas Reservoirs13▲ 112×1 topic
  13. Surfactants13▲ 67×4 topics
  14. Nanofluids13▲ 78×2 topics
  15. Pore-scale Modeling12▲ 176×1 topic
  16. Tectonic Evolution12▲ 296×2 topics
  17. X-ray Computed Tomography12▲ 176×1 topic
  18. Andean Geodynamics11▲ 825×1 topic
  19. Caribbean Plate Boundary11▲ 825×1 topic
  20. CO2 Sequestration11▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Nanoparticles11▲ 4.4×11 topics
  22. Shale Gas9▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Biodegradation8▲ 44×4 topics
  24. Asphaltenes8▲ 170×1 topic
  25. Petroleum8▲ 83×1 topic
  26. Mudstones8▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Pore Structure8▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Vibration Analysis8▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Rheological Properties8▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Drilling Fluids7▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Well Integrity7▲ 69×1 topic
  32. Renewable Energy6▲ 1.96×11 topics
  33. Energy Efficiency4▲ 2.4×9 topics
  34. Geophysical Imaging4▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Reactive Transport4▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Carbon Capture4▲ 45×2 topics
  37. Geological Storage3▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Mineral Carbonation3▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Full-Waveform Tomography3▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Seismic Waveform Inversion3▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Ecopetrol (Colombia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Oil and Gas Production Techniques, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Reservoir Engineering an…23Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 23 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 19 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 13 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 12 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 11 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and…8Petroleum Processing and Analysis: 8 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 8 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 7 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 3 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 3 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeophysicsAnalytical Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 23 works
  2. 2 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 19 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 13 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 11 works
  6. 6 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 8 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  8. 8 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 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 available37.3%not open62.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ecopetrol (Colombia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

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.

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