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ExxonMobil (United States)

In research, ExxonMobil (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#748 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,241 of 5,901 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#96 of 301 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials (Ocean Engineering is 35.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,060
of 22,385 · #1,468 all time
Rank in United States
#392
of 3,332
Research works
15k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
506k
34.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
ExxonMobil (United States)

What is ExxonMobil (United States) 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 #748 of 10,670 6.5%576 #801
EngineeringField #1,241 of 5,901 3.9%306 #1001
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #96 of 301 2.3%116 #165
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #367 of 1,088 5.5%76 #568
Environmental ScienceField #1,318 of 3,334 12.3%61 #1413
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #525 of 1,319 3.6%70 #544

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ExxonMobil (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#801 #748
  2. Engineering#1,001 #1,241
  3. Ocean Engineering#165 #96
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#568 #367
  5. Environmental Science#1,413 #1,318
  6. Mechanical Engineering#544 #525
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does ExxonMobil (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at ExxonMobil (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 625 fractional works · 91.3% of its workEngineering: 327 fractional works · 47.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 126 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 75 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 40 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 83 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGeophysics: 44 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 67 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 52 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 32 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCatalysis: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKExxonMobil(United States)684fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

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. Engineering32747.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences8312.2%
    3. Environmental Science679.8%
    4. Materials Science527.6%
    5. Chemistry324.7%
    6. Computer Science274.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering152.2%
    8. Energy101.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy91.3%
    10. Mathematics20.4%
    1. Decision Sciences91.3%
    2. Social Sciences81.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting60.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.5%
    6. Psychology10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology101.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Medicine50.7%
    2. Health Professions40.6%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does ExxonMobil (United States) 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 · 126.2 works35×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 43.8 works18×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 40.0 works8.2×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 83.3 works7.8×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.29× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.98× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.77× its world share, 83 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.19× its world share, 327 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 67 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.19× its world share, 52 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.77×83 works
  2. Chemical Engineering6.29×15 works
  3. Engineering3.19×327 works
  4. Chemistry2.98×32 works
  5. Materials Science2.19×52 works
  6. Environmental Science1.97×67 works
  7. Energy1.52×10 works
  8. Veterinary1.30×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.30×9 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.58×9 works
  11. Computer Science0.51×27 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×5 works
  13. Mathematics0.31×2 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×6 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×10 works
  17. Health Professions0.22×4 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×5 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.16×3 works
  20. Social Sciences0.09×8 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  23. Psychology0.05×1 works
  24. Medicine0.04×5 works
  25. Neuroscience0.03×0 works
  26. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at ExxonMobil (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Lewis J. Fetters, Peter I. Ravikovitch and Roger C. Prince lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ExxonMobil (United States).

  1. 1 Lewis J. Fetters United States · #52,055 worldwide 23k citations · 344 works
  2. 2 Peter I. Ravikovitch United States · #108,840 worldwide 13k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Roger C. Prince United States · #169,439 worldwide 23k citations · 371 works
  4. 4 Cynthia A. Randles United States · #178,744 worldwide 15k citations · 118 works
  5. 5 Lisa Saunders Baugh United States · #227,039 worldwide 1.8k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Brian P. Flannery United States · #258,811 worldwide 82k citations · 111 works
  7. 7 Adam K. Usadi United States · #271,190 worldwide 2.1k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Clifford C. Walters United States · #297,436 worldwide 7.4k citations · 146 works
  9. 9 D. A. Weitz United States · #301,328 worldwide 11k citations · 122 works
  10. 10 Harry William Deckman United States · #335,392 worldwide 5k citations · 107 works
All ranked researchers at ExxonMobil (United States)

What are the most cited papers from ExxonMobil (United States)?

The most cited paper from ExxonMobil (United States) is "Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism" (Charles T. Kresge, Michael E. Leonowicz, Wiesław J. Roth et al., 1992), with 16,257 citations. Next come "ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction—Executive Summary" (8,374) and "Pattern Classification" (7,895).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism Charles T. Kresge, Michael E. Leonowicz, Wiesław J. Roth et al. · Nature Oct 1992 16,257
2 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction—Executive Summary Elliott Marshall Antman et al. · Circulation 2 Aug 2004 8,374
3 Pattern Classification Evan L. Russell, Leo H. Chiang, Richard D. Braatz · Advances in industrial control Book chapter 2000 7,895
4 Chronology of Fluctuating Sea Levels Since the Triassic Bilal Ul Haq, Jan Hardenbol, Peter R. Vail · Science 6 Mar 1987 7,338
5 Principal Component Analysis Leo H. Chiang, Evan L. Russell, Richard D. Braatz · Advanced textbooks in control and signal processing Book chapter 2001 6,639
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ExxonMobil (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Optimization, Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Sequestration, Data Assimilation, Uncertainty Quantification, Ensemble Kalman Filter and Closed-Loop Control.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles59▲ 6.9×18 topics
  2. Optimization47▲ 15×14 topics
  3. Machine Learning45▲ 1.96×30 topics
  4. Hydraulic Fracturing43▲ 60×2 topics
  5. CO2 Sequestration43▲ 32×4 topics
  6. Data Assimilation42▲ 37×3 topics
  7. Uncertainty Quantification41▲ 76×2 topics
  8. Ensemble Kalman Filter40▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Closed-Loop Control40▲ 132×1 topic
  10. Well Placement40▲ 132×1 topic
  11. Fracture Propagation37▲ 90×1 topic
  12. Shale Gas Reservoirs37▲ 90×1 topic
  13. Rheological Properties33▲ 27×4 topics
  14. Vibration Analysis32▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Shale Gas31▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Drilling Fluids30▲ 84×1 topic
  17. Well Integrity30▲ 84×1 topic
  18. Catalysis30▲ 6.6×20 topics
  19. Gas Permeability28▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Geophysical Imaging27▲ 73×2 topics
  21. Nanopores25▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Mudstones25▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Pore Structure25▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Thermal Maturity25▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Elastic Properties25▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Inverse Problems25▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Full-Waveform Tomography24▲ 85×1 topic
  28. Seismic Waveform Inversion24▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Renewable Energy22▲ 2.2×21 topics
  30. Predictive Maintenance20▲ 39×3 topics
  31. Fault Diagnosis19▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Artificial Lift Systems19▲ 100×1 topic
  33. Electric Submersible Pumps19▲ 100×1 topic
  34. Porous Media17▲ 19×5 topics
  35. Surfactants14▲ 21×4 topics
  36. Tectonics13▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Pore-scale Modeling13▲ 51×1 topic
  38. X-ray Computed Tomography13▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Natural Gas13▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Reactive Transport12▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does ExxonMobil (United States) publish most on?

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

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 40 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 37 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…30Drilling and Well Engineering: 30 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …25Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 25 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 24 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 19 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 13 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 11 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 9 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 9 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeophysics2 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 40 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 37 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 30 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 25 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 24 works
  6. 6 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 19 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 13 works
  8. 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 11 works
  9. 9 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 9 works
  10. 10 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 9 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 available9.7%not open90.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ExxonMobil (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% 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 ExxonMobil (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%ExxonMobil (United States)0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ExxonMobil (United States) 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 2025ExxonMobil (United States)5.9% 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 1994.

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