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Nalco (Canada)

In research, Nalco (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,204 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,949
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#704
of 718
Research works
191
▼ 94% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Nalco (Canada)

What is Nalco (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 #14,204 of 17,446 5.2%183

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

In all years, 96% of research at Nalco (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Materials Science (18%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 183 fractional works · 96.1% of its workEngineering: 116 fractional works · 60.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 69 fractional works · 36.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 18.1% of its workBiomaterials: 29 fractional works · 15.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 8.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNalco (Canada)191fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences2%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11660.8%
    2. Materials Science3418.1%
    3. Environmental Science168.2%
    4. Chemistry73.6%
    5. Computer Science42.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    9. Energy10.5%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences31.8%
    2. Social Sciences10.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine00.1%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Nalco (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Edwin H. Hammond, Stephan John Allenson and Sandra Linares-Samaniego lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nalco (Canada).

  1. 1 Edwin H. Hammond Canada · #786,403 worldwide 591 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Stephan John Allenson Canada · #3,586,854 worldwide 347 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Sandra Linares-Samaniego Canada · #3,789,889 worldwide 192 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 N. D. Feasey Canada · #4,178,966 worldwide 409 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Oleg Ishkov Canada · #5,604,335 worldwide 160 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Clare Jennifer Johnston Canada · #5,985,165 worldwide 392 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Myles Martin Jordan Canada · #7,497,917 worldwide 3.1k citations · 218 works
All ranked researchers at Nalco (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Nalco (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Nalco (Canada) is "Nanocellulose in Thin Films, Coatings, and Plies for Packaging Applications: A Review" (Martin Allen Hubbe, Ferrer Ana, Preeti Tyagi et al., 2017), with 326 citations. Next come "Development of a novel waterflood conformance control system" (150) and "Hydrogen-enhanced cracking of superalloys" (115).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nanocellulose in Thin Films, Coatings, and Plies for Packaging Applications: A Review Martin Allen Hubbe, Ferrer Ana, Preeti Tyagi et al. · BioResources Open access Feb 2017 326
2 Development of a novel waterflood conformance control system Harry Frampton, Jessica C. Morgan, S.K. Cheung et al. Conference paper 17 Apr 2004 150
3 Hydrogen-enhanced cracking of superalloys P. D. Hicks, Carl J. Altstetter · Metallurgical Transactions A 1992 115
4 Evaluation of Surfactants for Oil Recovery Potential in Shale Reservoirs Duy Thai Nguyen, Dongmei Wang, Aderaje Oladapo et al. Conference paper 12 Apr 2014 96
5 PWRI: Scale Formation Risk Assessment and Management Eric James Mackay, Ian Ralph Collins, Myles Martin Jordan et al. Conference paper 29 Jan 2003 70
All 53 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nalco (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Crystallization, Bioinspired Materials, Biomineralization, Nanoscale Structure, Hydraulic Fracturing and Fracture Propagation.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties29▲ 16×4 topics
  2. Nanocomposites28▲ 19×4 topics
  3. Crystallization27▲ 235×2 topics
  4. Bioinspired Materials27▲ 176×2 topics
  5. Biomineralization27▲ 154×1 topic
  6. Nanoscale Structure27▲ 776×1 topic
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing22▲ 97×2 topics
  8. Fracture Propagation22▲ 186×1 topic
  9. Shale Gas Reservoirs22▲ 186×1 topic
  10. Porous Media19▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Surfactants19▲ 82×2 topics
  12. Pore-scale Modeling19▲ 296×1 topic
  13. X-ray Computed Tomography19▲ 296×1 topic
  14. Vibration Analysis17▲ 29×3 topics
  15. CO2 Sequestration16▲ 62×3 topics
  16. Nanoparticles16▲ 6.5×5 topics
  17. Drilling Fluids16▲ 159×1 topic
  18. Well Integrity16▲ 159×1 topic
  19. Machine Learning15▲ 3.6×5 topics
  20. Artificial Lift Systems12▲ 211×1 topic
  21. Fault Diagnosis12▲ 28×1 topic
  22. Optimization11▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Data Assimilation10▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Renewable Energy10▲ 5.2×5 topics
  26. Compression8▲ 94×2 topics
  27. Oil and Gas8▲ 128×1 topic
  28. Subsea8▲ 318×1 topic
  29. Mass Spectrometry7▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Biodegradation7▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Petroleum6▲ 63×2 topics
  32. Asphaltenes6▲ 128×1 topic
  33. Naphthenic Acids6▲ 128×1 topic
  34. Water Treatment5▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Shale Gas4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Flotation4▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Gas Permeability4▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Nanobubbles4▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Mudstones4▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Pore Structure4▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Nalco (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Robotic Path Planning Algorithms.

  1. 1 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available5.8%not open94.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nalco (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 94% 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 Nalco (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2020.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Nalco (Canada)0.000017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nalco (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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