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EDF Energy (United Kingdom)

In research, EDF Energy (United Kingdom) stands highest in Engineering (#2,160 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,595 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 22.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,056
of 28,054 · #9,494 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#367
of 1,094
Research works
906
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is EDF Energy (United Kingdom) 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 #2,160 of 6,636 26.0%106 #3047
Physical SciencesDomain #5,595 of 12,888 24.0%168 #5719

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where EDF Energy (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does EDF Energy (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 22.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 21.4 works23×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 23.4 works7.0×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.45× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.90× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.88× its world share, 106 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.18× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at EDF Energy (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, David A. Wood, Peter Budden and Matthew Brown lead among researchers whose main affiliation is EDF Energy (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 David A. Wood United Kingdom · #111,671 worldwide 689 citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Peter Budden United Kingdom · #649,037 worldwide 96 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Matthew Brown United Kingdom · #916,035 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Yuebao Lei United Kingdom · #1,039,149 worldwide 66 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at EDF Energy (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at EDF Energy (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Gas, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Pore Structure, Gas Permeability, Mudstones and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Machine Learning16▲ 2.6×24 topics
  2. Hydraulic Fracturing15▲ 75×2 topics
  3. Shale Gas14▲ 60×2 topics
  4. Renewable Energy13▲ 5.0×24 topics
  5. Fracture Propagation12▲ 110×1 topic
  6. Shale Gas Reservoirs12▲ 110×1 topic
  7. Pore Structure12▲ 53×2 topics
  8. Gas Permeability11▲ 60×1 topic
  9. Mudstones11▲ 78×1 topic
  10. CO2 Sequestration10▲ 29×4 topics
  11. Climate Change8▲ 1.71×20 topics
  12. Nanoparticles7▲ 3.2×6 topics
  13. Vibration Analysis7▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Uncertainty Quantification7▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Drilling Fluids6▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Optimization6▲ 7.7×6 topics
  17. Well Integrity6▲ 66×1 topic
  18. Data Assimilation6▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Neural Networks6▲ 2.2×6 topics
  21. Closed-Loop Control6▲ 72×1 topic
  22. Well Placement6▲ 72×1 topic
  23. Natural Gas6▲ 33×3 topics
  24. Porous Media6▲ 23×5 topics
  25. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Numerical Simulation4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  27. Renewable Energy Integration4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. Nanofluids4▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Geophysical Imaging4▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Particulate Matter4▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Pore-scale Modeling4▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Smart Grid4▲ 5.5×5 topics
  33. X-ray Computed Tomography4▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Fatigue Crack Closure4▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Fracture Toughness Testing4▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Emissions3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  37. Corrosion3▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Geological Mapping3▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Hydrogen Embrittlement3▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Inverse Problems3▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Hydraulic Fracturing and…12Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 12 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 11 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 6 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 6 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 4 fractional worksFatigue and fracture mec…4Fatigue and fracture mechanics: 4 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 3 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringGeophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 11 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 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.

openly available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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