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Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada

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Research works
48
▼ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
132
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
2%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Which keywords describe research at Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pipeline, Corrosion, Pitting Corrosion, Natural Gas, Reliability Assessment, Risk Analysis, Machine Learning and Defect Detection.

▲ 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Pipeline12▲ 260×2 topics
  2. Corrosion10▲ 176×3 topics
  3. Pitting Corrosion10▲ 390×2 topics
  4. Natural Gas10▲ 218×3 topics
  5. Reliability Assessment8▲ 484×1 topic
  6. Risk Analysis8▲ 281×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  8. Defect Detection6▲ 113×2 topics
  9. Eddy Current Testing6▲ 258×1 topic
  10. Non-Destructive Evaluation6▲ 258×1 topic
  11. Renewable Energy4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  12. Seismic4▲ 146×1 topic
  13. Tunnel4▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Sustainability4▲ 4.1×5 topics
  15. Climate Change3▲ 2.0×6 topics
  16. Hydrogen Embrittlement2▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  18. Oil and Gas2▲ 142×1 topic
  19. Subsea2▲ 353×1 topic
  20. Global Governance2▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Passive Films2▲ 104×1 topic
  22. Stainless Steels2▲ 104×1 topic
  23. Optimization2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  24. Risk Management2▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Energy Security2▲ 138×1 topic
  26. Geopolitics2▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Agent-Based Modeling1▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Chloride-induced1▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Construction Projects1▲ 67×2 topics
  31. Corrosion Inhibitors1▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Information Technology1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  33. Leak Detection1▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Metal Corrosion1▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Reinforced Concrete1▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Water Distribution Networks1▲ 94×1 topic
  37. Artificial Lift Systems1▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Electric Submersible Pumps1▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis, Workplace Health and Well-being and Risk and Safety Analysis.

Geotechnical Engineering…0Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksStructural Integrity and…0Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 0 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Well-being: 0 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis0Risk and Safety Analysis: 0 fractional worksmelanin and skin pigment…0melanin and skin pigmentation: 0 fractional worksDyeing and Modifying Tex…0Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers: 0 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and D…0Concrete Corrosion and Durability: 0 fractional worksElectrical Fault Detection and Protection: 0 fractional worksReliability and Maintenance Optimization: 0 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeneral Health ProfessionsStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty5 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  5. 5 melanin and skin pigmentation Cell Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers Building and Construction 0 works
  7. 7 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Electrical Fault Detection and Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Reliability and Maintenance Optimization Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  10. 10 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 0 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 available2.4%not open97.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% lower than in 2013–2017.

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