Question 1

What is Petrobras (Brazil) known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Petrobras (Brazil) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,756 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,839 of 5,901 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#115 of 301 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes (Ocean Engineering is 48.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Petrobras (Brazil) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Petrobras (Brazil) ranks #4,367 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#3,540 all time), and #193 of 684 in Brazil.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Petrobras (Brazil)?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Leonardo Ribeiro Tedeschi, Eugênio V. Santos Neto and Rafael Menegassi de Almeida lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Petrobras (Brazil).

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Petrobras (Brazil)?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Petrobras (Brazil) is "Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity" (Carina Hoorn, Frank P. Wesselingh, Hans ter Steege et al., 2010), with 2,430 citations. Next come "NMR nomenclature. Nuclear spin properties and conventions for chemical shifts(IUPAC Recommendations 2001)" (1,371) and "Seismic features diagnostic of contourite drifts" (653).

Question 5

Which research topics does Petrobras (Brazil) publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Petrobras (Brazil)?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Data Assimilation, Uncertainty Quantification, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Closed-Loop Control, Well Placement, CO2 Sequestration and Machine Learning.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Petrobras (Brazil) work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Petrobras (Brazil) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Petrobras (Brazil)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.