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Japan Petroleum Energy Center

In research, Japan Petroleum Energy Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,552 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,209 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,789
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#375
of 2,112
Research works
825
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Japan Petroleum Energy Center 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 #6,552 of 21,541 12.1%733
EngineeringField #6,209 of 11,412 12.6%346

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan Petroleum Energy Center 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.69× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.14× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.27× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.52× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× 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, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Japan Petroleum Energy Center?

Ranked on the composite score, 鷹觜 利公, Masanori Nakano and Osamu Takano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Japan Petroleum Energy Center.

  1. 1 鷹觜 利公 Japan · #432,684 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Masanori Nakano Japan · #638,274 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Osamu Takano Japan · #682,064 worldwide 82 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Osamu Oda Japan · #1,057,175 worldwide 89 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Amane Waseda Japan · #1,339,486 worldwide 44 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 M. Uchida Japan · #1,508,413 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Tetsuya Tamagawa Japan · #1,544,449 worldwide 34 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Japan Petroleum Energy Center

Which keywords describe research at Japan Petroleum Energy Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Optimization, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Surfactants, Pore-scale Modeling, X-ray Computed Tomography and Hydraulic Fracturing.

▲ 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. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 44×2 topics
  2. Optimization4▲ 17×2 topics
  3. Data Assimilation4▲ 48×1 topic
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 74×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning4▲ 2.3×9 topics
  6. Pore-scale Modeling3▲ 195×1 topic
  7. Surfactants3▲ 74×2 topics
  8. X-ray Computed Tomography3▲ 195×1 topic
  9. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Fracture Propagation2▲ 82×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs2▲ 82×1 topic
  12. Nanoparticles2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  13. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  14. Shale Gas2▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Gas Permeability2▲ 46×2 topics
  16. Sustainability2▲ 1.90×9 topics
  17. Mudstones2▲ 59×1 topic
  18. Petroleum2▲ 90×2 topics
  19. Pore Structure2▲ 36×1 topic
  20. Reactive Transport2▲ 87×2 topics
  21. Carbon Capture2▲ 106×1 topic
  22. Geological Storage2▲ 157×1 topic
  23. Vibration Analysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Climate Change2▲ 1.51×5 topics
  25. Drilling Fluids2▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Well Integrity2▲ 74×1 topic
  28. Asphaltenes2▲ 154×1 topic
  29. Naphthenic Acids2▲ 154×1 topic
  30. Microbial Communities2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  31. Anaerobic1▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Methane Oxidation1▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.45×5 topics
  34. Tectonics1▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Fault Detection1▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Process Monitoring1▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Japan Petroleum Energy Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 4 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 3 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…2Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …2Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 2 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 2 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and…2Petroleum Processing and Analysis: 2 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 1 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsEnvironmental Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  5. 5 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Japan Petroleum Energy Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher 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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