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Petro-Canada

In research, Petro-Canada stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,678 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,049 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,603
of 28,054 · #21,438 all time
Rank in Canada
#284
of 403
Research works
914
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.1k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Petro-Canada known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #9,678 of 12,888 9.4%112 #12871
EngineeringField #6,049 of 6,636 6.4%67 #7930

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Petro-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 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.30× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.27× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.06× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Petro-Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, A. J. Tankard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Petro-Canada.

  1. 1 A. J. Tankard · #176,407 worldwide 422 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Petro-Canada

Which keywords describe research at Petro-Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Shale Gas, Pore Structure, Gas Permeability, Nanopores, Mudstones, Thermal Maturity, 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 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 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. Shale Gas11▲ 65×2 topics
  2. Pore Structure11▲ 65×2 topics
  3. Gas Permeability11▲ 78×2 topics
  4. Mudstones11▲ 101×1 topic
  5. Nanopores11▲ 81×2 topics
  6. Thermal Maturity11▲ 101×1 topic
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing10▲ 68×2 topics
  8. Fracture Propagation10▲ 117×1 topic
  9. Shale Gas Reservoirs10▲ 117×1 topic
  10. Nanoparticles8▲ 4.9×10 topics
  11. CO2 Sequestration8▲ 29×3 topics
  12. Vibration Analysis7▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Drilling Fluids6▲ 83×1 topic
  14. Rheological Properties6▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Well Integrity6▲ 83×1 topic
  16. Optimization6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  17. Environmental Impact5▲ 2.2×12 topics
  18. Data Assimilation5▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Ensemble Kalman Filter5▲ 34×1 topic
  20. Porous Media5▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Surfactants5▲ 34×4 topics
  22. Renewable Energy4▲ 2.1×17 topics
  23. Continental Margin4▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Crustal Structure4▲ 48×2 topics
  25. Nanofluids4▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Petroleum4▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Pore-scale Modeling4▲ 79×1 topic
  28. X-ray Computed Tomography4▲ 79×1 topic
  29. Geophysical Imaging4▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Full-Waveform Tomography3▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Seismic Waveform Inversion3▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Tectonics3▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Plate Tectonics3▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Biodegradation3▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Cenozoic Evolution3▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Rifting3▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Asphaltenes2▲ 77×1 topic
  39. Naphthenic Acids2▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Fault Diagnosis2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Petro-Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Hydrocarbon exploration …11Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 11 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…10Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 10 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 6 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 5 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 4 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…3Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 3 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 2 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 2 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 2 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringGeophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 11 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisMechanical Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well EngineeringOcean Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsOcean Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesOcean Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesGeophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geophysical StudiesGeology 3 works
  8. 8 Petroleum Processing and AnalysisAnalytical Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Oil and Gas Production TechniquesOcean Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesPolymers and Plastics 2 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.4%domestic only57.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Petro-Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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