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Repsol (Spain)

In research, Repsol (Spain) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,960 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,589 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Ocean Engineering is 39.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,058
of 22,385 · #14,150 all time
Rank in Spain
#270
of 426
Research works
1.2k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Repsol (Spain)

What is Repsol (Spain) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,960 of 10,670 2.9%156 #7912
EngineeringField #5,589 of 5,901 1.8%81 #7770

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

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Repsol (Spain) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 164 fractional works · 88.3% of its workEngineering: 84 fractional works · 45.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 38 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 fractional works · 16.3% of its workGeophysics: 18 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRepsol (Spain)186fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8445.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3016.3%
    3. Environmental Science179.1%
    4. Energy116.0%
    5. Computer Science105.6%
    6. Materials Science42.0%
    7. Chemistry41.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering31.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    10. Mathematics10.4%
    1. Social Sciences63.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities41.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.7%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine52.6%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Repsol (Spain) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 39.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 38.0 works39×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 30.4 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.44× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.39× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 6.56× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.00× its world share, 84 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.39×30 works
  2. Energy6.56×11 works
  3. Chemical Engineering4.44×3 works
  4. Engineering3.00×84 works
  5. Environmental Science1.83×17 works
  6. Chemistry1.22×4 works
  7. Computer Science0.72×10 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.69×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.65×4 works
  10. Materials Science0.57×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.35×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.27×6 works
  14. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.14×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  19. Medicine0.13×5 works
  20. Psychology0.09×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  23. Nursing0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Repsol (Spain)?

Ranked on the quality score, Antonio Páez, Fermín Oliva and Jesus A. Delgado lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Repsol (Spain).

  1. 1 Antonio Páez Spain · #1,970,279 worldwide 1k citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Fermín Oliva Spain · #2,168,214 worldwide 872 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Jesus A. Delgado Spain · #2,242,866 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Francisco Pángaro Spain · #2,681,795 worldwide 583 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Martí Cortada-García Spain · #2,698,075 worldwide 749 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 C. Gómez de Salazar Spain · #2,705,321 worldwide 580 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Qunshan Zhang Spain · #2,773,484 worldwide 558 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Juan Miguel Jiménez-Mateos Spain · #2,774,753 worldwide 1.4k citations · 27 works
  9. 9 José Sancho Spain · #2,898,309 worldwide 596 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Wilber Hermoza Spain · #2,901,424 worldwide 884 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Repsol (Spain)

What are the most cited papers from Repsol (Spain)?

The most cited paper from Repsol (Spain) is "New catalytic routes for syngas and hydrogen production" (M.A. Pen ̃a, Juan Pedro Montávez Gómez, J.L.G. Fierro, 1996), with 717 citations. Next come "Origin of the Large N 1s Binding Energy in X-ray Photoelectron Spectra of Calcined Carbonaceous Materials" (525) and "PLastic Films for Agricultural Applications" (400).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New catalytic routes for syngas and hydrogen production M.A. Pen ̃a, Juan Pedro Montávez Gómez, J.L.G. Fierro · Applied Catalysis A General Sep 1996 717
2 Origin of the Large N 1s Binding Energy in X-ray Photoelectron Spectra of Calcined Carbonaceous Materials Jordi Casanovas, Josep M. Ricart, J. Rubio et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 1996 525
3 PLastic Films for Agricultural Applications Enrique Espí, A. Salmerón, A. Fontecha et al. · Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting Apr 2006 400
4 Carbon black: a promising electrode material for sodium-ion batteries Ricardo Alcántara, Juan Miguel Jiménez-Mateos, Pedro Lavela et al. · Electrochemistry Communications Nov 2001 379
5 Unlocking the bacterial and fungal communities assemblages of sugarcane microbiome Rafael Soares Correa de Souza, Vagner Katsumi Okura, Jaderson Silveira Leite Armanhi et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 30 Jun 2016 376
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Repsol (Spain)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Optimization, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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-now 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. CO2 Sequestration17▲ 47×4 topics
  2. Optimization16▲ 20×4 topics
  3. Data Assimilation16▲ 52×1 topic
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter16▲ 83×1 topic
  5. Renewable Energy14▲ 5.4×20 topics
  6. Sustainability14▲ 3.1×15 topics
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing14▲ 70×2 topics
  8. Machine Learning13▲ 2.0×19 topics
  9. Nanoparticles12▲ 5.3×8 topics
  10. Fracture Propagation12▲ 111×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs12▲ 111×1 topic
  12. Vibration Analysis10▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Rheological Properties10▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Drilling Fluids10▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Well Integrity10▲ 98×1 topic
  16. Shale Gas8▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Subduction8▲ 60×3 topics
  18. Reactive Transport8▲ 76×2 topics
  19. Pore Structure7▲ 32×3 topics
  20. Gas Permeability7▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Carbon Capture7▲ 84×2 topics
  22. Geological Storage7▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Mineral Carbonation7▲ 120×1 topic
  24. Mudstones7▲ 51×1 topic
  25. Thermal Maturity7▲ 51×1 topic
  26. Tectonic Evolution6▲ 150×2 topics
  27. Tectonics6▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Plate Tectonics6▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Porous Media6▲ 24×4 topics
  30. Energy Transition6▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Nanofluids5▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Surfactants5▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Pore-scale Modeling5▲ 74×1 topic
  34. X-ray Computed Tomography5▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Predictive Maintenance5▲ 37×2 topics
  36. EROI5▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Fossil Fuels5▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Fault Diagnosis5▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Geophysical Imaging5▲ 49×2 topics
  40. Artificial Lift Systems5▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Repsol (Spain) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions.

Reservoir Engineering an…16Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 16 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 12 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 10 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 7 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 7 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…5Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 5 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 5 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 5 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 5 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 4 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringMechanics of Materials2 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 7 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 7 works
  6. 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  8. 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 5 works
  10. 10 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 4 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 available16.5%not open83.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Repsol (Spain)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Repsol (Spain) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Repsol (Spain)0.00075% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Repsol (Spain)2.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.2% in 2000.

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