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Fugro (United Kingdom)

In research, Fugro (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,782 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,151
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,823
of 1,844
Research works
135
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Fugro (United Kingdom)

What is Fugro (United Kingdom) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #13,782 of 17,446 7.5%122

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

Which fields of science does Fugro (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Fugro (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (32%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 122 fractional works · 90.3% of its workEngineering: 58 fractional works · 43.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 16.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 43 fractional works · 31.8% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFugro (UnitedKingdom)135fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5843.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4331.8%
    3. Environmental Science1712.3%
    4. Computer Science21.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.2%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences53.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    1. Medicine21.2%
    2. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.53× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.71× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.59× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences15.53×3 works
  2. Environmental Science3.59×2 works
  3. Engineering2.71×5 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.80×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.89×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.51×1 works
  7. Computer Science0.33×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fugro (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Gus Jeans and Duane E. Sharp lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fugro (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Gus Jeans United Kingdom · #2,657,565 worldwide 585 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Duane E. Sharp United Kingdom · #2,938,220 worldwide 125 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Fugro (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Fugro (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Fugro (United Kingdom) is "Assessment of uncertainty in the ocean reflectance determined by three satellite ocean color sensors (MERIS, SeaWiFS and MODIS‐A) at an offshore site in the Mediterranean Sea (BOUSSOLE project)" (David Antoine, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Stanford B. Hooker et al., 2008), with 290 citations. Next come "Field trials of suction caissons in clay for offshore wind turbine foundations" (194) and "Do marine protected areas deliver flows of ecosystem services to support human welfare?" (190).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessment of uncertainty in the ocean reflectance determined by three satellite ocean color sensors (MERIS, SeaWiFS and MODIS‐A) at an offshore site in the Mediterranean Sea (BOUSSOLE project) David Antoine, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Stanford B. Hooker et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access Jul 2008 290
2 Field trials of suction caissons in clay for offshore wind turbine foundations G. T. Houlsby, Richard Kelly, John Huxtable et al. · Géotechnique May 2005 194
3 Do marine protected areas deliver flows of ecosystem services to support human welfare? Tavis Potts, Daryl Burdon, Emma L. Jackson et al. · Marine Policy Open access 22 Aug 2013 190
4 Automated global water mapping based on wide-swath orbital synthetic-aperture radar Rogier Westerhoff, M. P. H. Kleuskens, Hessel Winsemius et al. · Hydrology and earth system sciences Open access 12 Feb 2013 168
5 Modelling the oxygen isotope distribution of ancient seawater using a coupled ocean–atmosphere GCM: Implications for reconstructing early Eocene climate Julia C. Tindall, Rachel Flecker, Paul J. Valdes et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters 21 Feb 2010 164
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fugro (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: GIS-based Modeling, Climate Change, Data Integration, Pipeline, Geological Mapping, Geological Modeling, Uncertainty Analysis and Tectonics.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Climate Change13▲ 3.5×24 topics
  2. Machine Learning9▲ 3.2×12 topics
  3. GIS-based Modeling9▲ 85×2 topics
  4. Data Integration7▲ 23×2 topics
  5. Pipeline7▲ 56×2 topics
  6. Geological Mapping7▲ 54×2 topics
  7. Geological Modeling7▲ 213×1 topic
  8. Uncertainty Analysis7▲ 213×1 topic
  9. Tectonics7▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Data Assimilation6▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Liquefaction Resistance6▲ 203×1 topic
  12. Particle Shape Effects6▲ 203×1 topic
  13. Marine Sediments6▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Fluvial Systems6▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Renewable Energy6▲ 4.2×3 topics
  16. Sedimentation6▲ 54×1 topic
  17. Remote Sensing5▲ 3.6×13 topics
  18. Acoustic Techniques5▲ 95×1 topic
  19. Seafloor Mapping5▲ 95×1 topic
  20. Finite Element Analysis5▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Liquefaction5▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Oil and Gas5▲ 111×1 topic
  23. Subsea5▲ 275×1 topic
  24. Tunnel5▲ 47×2 topics
  25. Analysis4▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Seismic4▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Holocene4▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Methane Oxidation4▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Anaerobic4▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Gas Hydrates4▲ 46×1 topic
  31. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Geosynthetics4▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Soil Reinforcement4▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Vibration Analysis4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  36. Glacial Cycles3▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Paleoclimatology3▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Rheological Properties3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Corrosion3▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Drilling Fluids3▲ 46×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Geological Modeling and Analysis, Spatial and Panel Data Analysis and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis.

Geotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 1 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional worksSpatial and Panel Data Analysis: 0 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 0 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…0Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…0Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical and constru…0Geotechnical and construction materials studies: 0 fractional worksGeographic Information S…0Geographic Information Systems Studies: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringGeochemistry and PetrologyEconomics and EconometricsTransportation3 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  3. 3 Spatial and Panel Data Analysis Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 0 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 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 available13.4%not open86.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fugro (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Fugro (United Kingdom)0.000040% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Fugro (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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