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Equinor (Norway)

In research, Equinor (Norway) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,552 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,811 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Ocean Engineering is 35.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,941
of 22,385 · #4,624 all time
Rank in Norway
#59
of 123
Research works
4.5k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
90k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Equinor (Norway)

What is Equinor (Norway) 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 #3,552 of 10,670 6.9%225 #2762
EngineeringField #3,811 of 5,901 4.5%128 #1684

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

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Equinor (Norway) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 250 fractional works · 86.0% of its workEngineering: 142 fractional works · 48.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 53 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 48 fractional works · 16.4% of its workGeophysics: 15 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 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: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEquinor (Norway)290fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences8%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering14248.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4816.4%
    3. Environmental Science289.6%
    4. Materials Science93.2%
    5. Computer Science93.0%
    6. Energy41.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy31.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering31.1%
    9. Chemistry20.8%
    10. Mathematics20.5%
    1. Social Sciences62.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting51.6%
    3. Decision Sciences41.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities31.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.0%
    6. Psychology20.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine51.9%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Equinor (Norway) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 35.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 53.5 works35×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 47.7 works10×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.14× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.48× its world share, 48 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.54× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.26× its world share, 142 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.93× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.92× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.48×48 works
  2. Engineering3.26×142 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.14×3 works
  4. Environmental Science1.93×28 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.57×4 works
  6. Energy1.54×4 works
  7. Veterinary1.13×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.92×9 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.53×3 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×5 works
  11. Chemistry0.48×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×3 works
  13. Mathematics0.46×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.39×3 works
  15. Computer Science0.38×9 works
  16. Neuroscience0.31×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  18. Psychology0.27×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×4 works
  20. Health Professions0.24×2 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×3 works
  22. Social Sciences0.16×6 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  24. Medicine0.10×6 works

Who are the top researchers at Equinor (Norway)?

Ranked on the quality score, Tor Oftedal Sømme, Martin Torvald Hovland and Erik Lundin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Equinor (Norway).

  1. 1 Tor Oftedal Sømme Norway · #403,351 worldwide 1.6k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Martin Torvald Hovland Norway · #517,498 worldwide 9.8k citations · 182 works
  3. 3 Erik Lundin Norway · #819,429 worldwide 3.6k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Anthony George Doré Norway · #863,127 worldwide 4.1k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Stephen Neville Ehrenberg Norway · #985,529 worldwide 4.9k citations · 112 works
  6. 6 Medad T. Tweheyo Norway · #995,173 worldwide 2.1k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 S. Bakke Norway · #1,223,939 worldwide 3.6k citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Tor Inge Tjelta Norway · #1,293,004 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Simon Carlsen Norway · #1,300,097 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Karen Schou Pedersen Norway · #1,327,502 worldwide 4.9k citations · 86 works
All ranked researchers at Equinor (Norway)

What are the most cited papers from Equinor (Norway)?

The most cited paper from Equinor (Norway) is "Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy" (Octavian Catuneanu et al., 2008), with 1,492 citations. Next come "Bayesian linearized AVO inversion" (976) and "Extending Predictive Capabilities to Network Models" (736).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy Octavian Catuneanu et al. · Earth-Science Reviews 22 Oct 2008 1,492
2 Bayesian linearized AVO inversion Arild Buland, Henning Omre · Geophysics 2003 976
3 Extending Predictive Capabilities to Network Models P. E. Øren, S. Bakke, Ole Jakob Arntzen · SPE Journal Dec 1998 736
4 An Electrochemical Model for Prediction of Corrosion of Mild Steel in Aqueous Carbon Dioxide Solutions S. Nesic, John Postlethwaite, Stein Olsen · CORROSION Apr 1996 645
5 3-D Pore-Scale Modelling of Sandstones and Flow Simulations in the Pore Networks S. Bakke, Pål‐Eric Øren · SPE Journal Jun 1997 630
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Equinor (Norway)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Renewable Energy, Vibration Analysis, Hydraulic Fracturing, Nanoparticles, Rheological Properties, Drilling Fluids and Well Integrity.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy22▲ 5.2×18 topics
  2. CO2 Sequestration19▲ 33×4 topics
  3. Nanoparticles17▲ 4.7×9 topics
  4. Climate Change17▲ 2.1×27 topics
  5. Machine Learning16▲ 1.68×27 topics
  6. Vibration Analysis14▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing14▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Rheological Properties13▲ 25×2 topics
  9. Drilling Fluids13▲ 85×1 topic
  10. Well Integrity13▲ 85×1 topic
  11. Data Assimilation13▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Optimization13▲ 9.9×8 topics
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter12▲ 41×2 topics
  14. Uncertainty Quantification12▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Technology12▲ 7.8×5 topics
  16. Fracture Propagation12▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Shale Gas Reservoirs12▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Closed-Loop Control11▲ 88×1 topic
  19. Well Placement11▲ 88×1 topic
  20. Tectonics11▲ 32×3 topics
  21. Oil and Gas11▲ 103×2 topics
  22. Flow Assurance10▲ 383×1 topic
  23. Subsea10▲ 383×1 topic
  24. Shale Gas10▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Pore Structure9▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Sedimentation9▲ 55×2 topics
  27. Fluvial Systems9▲ 107×1 topic
  28. Pitting Corrosion9▲ 58×2 topics
  29. Sequence Stratigraphy9▲ 107×1 topic
  30. Finite Element Analysis9▲ 13×6 topics
  31. Gas Permeability8▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Mudstones8▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Corrosion8▲ 23×4 topics
  34. Natural Gas8▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Pipeline8▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Inverse Problems7▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Geophysical Imaging7▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Holocene6▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Sea Level6▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Elastic Properties6▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Equinor (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods and Offshore Engineering and Technologies.

Drilling and Well Engine…13Drilling and Well Engineering: 13 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…12Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 12 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…11Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 11 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and…10Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 10 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 9 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 8 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…6Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 6 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 6 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 5 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringEarth-Surface ProcessesMechanics of Materials2 others

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

  1. 1 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 11 works
  4. 4 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 9 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 5 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 available11.6%not open88.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.5%domestic only73.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Equinor (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Equinor (Norway) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Equinor (Norway)0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Equinor (Norway) 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 2025Equinor (Norway)6.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.5% in 2011.

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