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Fugro (United States)

In research, Fugro (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,736 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#9,199 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,737
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,955
of 8,685
Research works
313
▼ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is Fugro (United States) 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 #14,736 of 21,541 15.5%297
EngineeringField #9,199 of 11,412 16.0%171

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

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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.69× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.29× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Fugro (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Liquefaction Resistance, Particle Shape Effects, Geosynthetics, Soil Reinforcement, Soil Properties, Liquefaction, Tunnel and Analysis.

▲ 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Geosynthetics4▲ 207×1 topic
  2. Liquefaction Resistance4▲ 396×1 topic
  3. Particle Shape Effects4▲ 396×1 topic
  4. Soil Reinforcement4▲ 160×1 topic
  5. Soil Properties4▲ 52×4 topics
  6. Liquefaction4▲ 94×2 topics
  7. Tunnel4▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Analysis3▲ 76×1 topic
  9. Seismic3▲ 119×1 topic
  10. Machine Learning3▲ 1.90×7 topics
  11. Geotechnical Engineering2▲ 88×2 topics
  12. Lateritic Soils2▲ 120×1 topic
  13. Road Construction2▲ 120×1 topic
  14. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  15. Deep Learning2▲ 1.24×4 topics
  16. Marine Pollution2▲ 222×2 topics
  17. Offshore Decommissioning2▲ 443×1 topic
  18. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  19. Ship Recycling2▲ 443×1 topic
  20. Sustainability2▲ 1.71×2 topics
  21. Defect Detection2▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Fluvial Systems2▲ 139×1 topic
  23. Sedimentation2▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Tectonics2▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Climate Change1◆ 1.15×10 topics
  26. GIS-based Modeling1▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Crack Detection1▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Ground-Penetrating Radar1▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Image Processing1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  31. Marine Sediments1▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Pavement1▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Recycled Materials1▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Sedimentology1▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Acoustic Techniques1▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Seafloor Mapping1▲ 76×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Geotechnical and construction materials studies.

Geotechnical Engineering…4Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…4Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical and construction materials studies: 2 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 2 fractional worksGeological formations an…2Geological formations and processes: 2 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 1 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 1 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 1 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringOcean EngineeringEarth-Surface ProcessesOceanography1 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  7. 7 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 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 available16.0%not open84.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% lower 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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