Question 1

What is Petro-Canada known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Petro-Canada stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,329 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,164 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 25.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Petro-Canada rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Petro-Canada ranks #14,070 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#13,697 all time), and #185 of 305 in Canada.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Petro-Canada?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, A. J. Tankard, Ross W. Groom and John W. Peirce lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Petro-Canada.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Petro-Canada?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Petro-Canada is "On the Automatic Generation of Medical Imaging Reports" (Baoyu Jing, Pengtao Xie, Eric Xing, 2018), with 412 citations. Next come "Preformed Particle Gel for Conformance Control: Factors Affecting Its Properties and Applications" (334) and "Dynamics and facies model of a macrotidal sand‐bar complex, Cobequid Bay—Salmon River Estuary (Bay of Fundy)" (310).

Question 5

Which research topics does Petro-Canada publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Petro-Canada?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pore Structure, Shale Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Gas Permeability, Nanopores, Mudstones, Thermal Maturity and Fracture Propagation.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Petro-Canada work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Petro-Canada is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (46%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Petro-Canada's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% higher than in 2018-2021.

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