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Imperial Oil (Canada)

In research, Imperial Oil (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,186 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#6,160 of 9,532 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#666 of 850 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,085
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#303
of 718
Research works
722
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Imperial Oil (Canada)

What is Imperial Oil (Canada) 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 #6,186 of 17,446 6.8%647
EngineeringField #6,160 of 9,532 7.2%352
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #666 of 850 6.8%139

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

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Imperial Oil (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (56%), Environmental Science (14%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 91.4% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 55.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 14.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 13.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKImperial Oil(Canada)40fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences2%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2255.5%
    2. Environmental Science513.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences37.8%
    4. Chemistry24.5%
    5. Computer Science23.8%
    6. Materials Science13.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy11.7%
    8. Energy01.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine12.8%
    1. Decision Sciences11.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
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: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.84× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.01× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.70× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.76× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.01×3 works
  2. Engineering3.70×22 works
  3. Chemistry2.84×2 works
  4. Environmental Science2.76×5 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.46×1 works
  6. Energy1.22×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.20×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.85×1 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.80×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.76×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.49×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  15. Medicine0.14×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Imperial Oil (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Francis Bacon, Jan Jansonius and M A Poirier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imperial Oil (Canada).

  1. 1 Francis Bacon Canada · #1,902,369 worldwide 5.1k citations · 888 works
  2. 2 Jan Jansonius Canada · #2,350,143 worldwide 4k citations · 44 works
  3. 3 M A Poirier Canada · #2,547,720 worldwide 751 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Frank L. Staplin Canada · #2,659,161 worldwide 643 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Gerald A. MacAlpine Canada · #2,956,343 worldwide 437 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Shaofeng Sun Canada · #3,139,474 worldwide 548 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 N W Mcleod Canada · #3,517,493 worldwide 352 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Thomas J. Boone Canada · #3,582,113 worldwide 289 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Tadahiro Okazawa Canada · #4,053,001 worldwide 418 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 P. R. Kry Canada · #4,057,116 worldwide 481 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Imperial Oil (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Imperial Oil (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Imperial Oil (Canada) is "The determination of yield strength from hardness measurements" (J. R. Cahoon, W. H. Broughton, A. R. Kutzak, 1971), with 794 citations. Next come "Coke Formation over a Nickel Catalyst under Methane Dry Reforming Conditions: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Models" (318) and "Molecular indicators of secondary oil migration distances" (304).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The determination of yield strength from hardness measurements J. R. Cahoon, W. H. Broughton, A. R. Kutzak · Metallurgical Transactions Jul 1971 794
2 Coke Formation over a Nickel Catalyst under Methane Dry Reforming Conditions: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Models Jason M. Ginsburg, Juliana Piña, Tarek El Solh et al. · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Open access 4 Feb 2005 318
3 Molecular indicators of secondary oil migration distances Steve Larter, B. F. J. Bowler, Maowen Li et al. · Nature Oct 1996 304
4 Statistical Hydrodynamics in Porous Media Adrian E. Scheidegger · Journal of Applied Physics Aug 1954 298
5 Bacterial degradation of crude oil: Comparison of field and experimental data N.J.L. Bailey, Allen M. Jobson, Michael Armin Rogers · Chemical Geology Jun 1973 263
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Which keywords describe research at Imperial Oil (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Optimization, Process Monitoring, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Biodegradation, Artificial Lift Systems and Data-Driven Techniques.

▲ 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. Machine Learning6▲ 4.7×9 topics
  2. Optimization4▲ 23×4 topics
  3. Process Monitoring2▲ 50×2 topics
  4. Artificial Lift Systems2▲ 154×1 topic
  5. Biodegradation2▲ 43×3 topics
  6. Data Assimilation2▲ 27×1 topic
  7. Data-Driven Techniques2▲ 52×1 topic
  8. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 43×1 topic
  9. Fault Detection2▲ 31×1 topic
  10. Fault Diagnosis2▲ 29×1 topic
  11. Inverse Problems2▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Porous Media2▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Shale Gas2▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Surfactants2▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Geophysical Imaging2▲ 71×2 topics
  17. Nonlinear Systems2▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Pore-scale Modeling2▲ 100×1 topic
  19. X-ray Computed Tomography2▲ 100×1 topic
  20. Fracture Propagation1▲ 54×1 topic
  21. Full-Waveform Tomography1▲ 81×1 topic
  22. Mass Spectrometry1▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Mudstones1▲ 44×1 topic
  24. Petroleum1▲ 71×2 topics
  25. Pore Structure1▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Seismic Waveform Inversion1▲ 81×1 topic
  27. Shale Gas Reservoirs1▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Asphaltenes1▲ 121×1 topic
  29. Genetic Algorithms1▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Microbial Communities1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  31. Naphthenic Acids1▲ 121×1 topic
  32. BIM-GIS Integration1▲ 198×1 topic
  33. CityGML1▲ 198×1 topic
  34. Defect Detection1▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Earthquake Detection1▲ 120×1 topic
  36. Leak Detection1▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Model Predictive Control1▲ 9.9×1 topic
  38. Robust Control1▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Seismic Noise1▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Seismic Signals1▲ 120×1 topic

Which research topics does Imperial Oil (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Fault Detection and Control Systems, Oil and Gas Production Techniques and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Reservoir Engineering an…2Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional worksFault Detection and Cont…2Fault Detection and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 2 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…2Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 2 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…1Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 1 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 1 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and…1Petroleum Processing and Analysis: 1 fractional works3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications: 1 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringGeophysicsMechanical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  8. 8 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications Building and Construction 1 works
  10. 10 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Imperial Oil (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% higher 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 Imperial Oil (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Imperial Oil (Canada)0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

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