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Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)

In research, Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,777 of 10,670 worldwide), Ocean Engineering (#203 of 301 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#941 of 1,319 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Ocean Engineering is 73.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,766
of 22,385 · #3,860 all time
Research works
11k
▼ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
107k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
4%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)

What is Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) 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 #4,777 of 10,670 1.0%536 #2477
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #203 of 301 1.0%247 #77
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #941 of 1,319 0.4%81 #531
EngineeringField #4,296 of 5,901 0.8%390 #1337
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #851 of 1,088 0.3%85 #925
GeophysicsSubfield #186 of 225 0.0%61 #308

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,477 #4,777
  2. Ocean Engineering#77 #203
  3. Mechanical Engineering#531 #941
  4. Engineering#1,337 #4,296
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#925 #851
  6. Geophysics#308 #186
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 548 fractional works · 83.7% of its workEngineering: 397 fractional works · 60.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 249 fractional works · 38.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 33 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 87 fractional works · 13.4% of its workGeophysics: 62 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSchlumberger(British Virgin…655fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering39760.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences8713.4%
    3. Computer Science203.1%
    4. Environmental Science203.1%
    5. Energy60.9%
    6. Chemistry60.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy50.8%
    8. Materials Science40.6%
    9. Mathematics20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences335.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities81.2%
    3. Psychology71.0%
    4. Decision Sciences61.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting40.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.6%
    1. Medicine253.8%
    2. Health Professions60.9%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 73.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 249.2 works73×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 62.4 works27×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 87.4 works8.5×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 33.5 works7.2×
  5. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 81.7 works6.8×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.51× its world share, 87 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.04× its world share, 397 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.51×87 works
  2. Engineering4.04×397 works
  3. Energy1.00×6 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.99×6 works
  5. Environmental Science0.62×20 works
  6. Chemistry0.58×6 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.41×8 works
  8. Social Sciences0.40×33 works
  9. Computer Science0.39×20 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.36×5 works
  11. Psychology0.33×7 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.32×6 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×4 works
  15. Mathematics0.29×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.29×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×4 works
  18. Medicine0.20×25 works
  19. Materials Science0.18×4 works
  20. Nursing0.18×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×5 works
  22. Neuroscience0.17×2 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×3 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)?

Ranked on the quality score, Oliver C. Mullins, William E. Kenyon and M. W. O’Keefe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands).

  1. 1 Oliver C. Mullins British Virgin Islands · #391,740 worldwide 19k citations · 399 works
  2. 2 William E. Kenyon British Virgin Islands · #708,981 worldwide 2.9k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 M. W. O’Keefe British Virgin Islands · #928,836 worldwide 592 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Christopher N. Fredd British Virgin Islands · #1,017,027 worldwide 2.9k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Marc J. Thiercelin British Virgin Islands · #1,070,070 worldwide 3.2k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Xiaowei Weng British Virgin Islands · #1,227,317 worldwide 4.4k citations · 94 works
  7. 7 Peter A. Goode British Virgin Islands · #1,354,387 worldwide 1.3k citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Mark Gavin Mack British Virgin Islands · #1,420,528 worldwide 2.1k citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Jean Desroches British Virgin Islands · #1,429,349 worldwide 3.4k citations · 98 works
  10. 10 C. Straley British Virgin Islands · #1,458,083 worldwide 2k citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)

What are the most cited papers from Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)?

The most cited paper from Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) is "Snakes: Active contour models" (Michael Kass, Andrew Witkin, Demetri Terzopoulos, 1988), with 17,142 citations. Next come "Fast wavelet transforms and numerical algorithms I" (1,784) and "An overview of the KL-ONE Knowledge Representation System" (1,623).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Snakes: Active contour models Michael Kass, Andrew Witkin, Demetri Terzopoulos · International Journal of Computer Vision 1988 17,142
2 Fast wavelet transforms and numerical algorithms I Gregory Beylkin, Ronald R. Coifman, Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics Mar 1991 1,784
3 An overview of the KL-ONE Knowledge Representation System R. J. Brachman, James G. Schmolze · Cognitive Science Jun 1985 1,623
4 A self-similar model for sedimentary rocks with application to the dielectric constant of fused glass beads Parongama Sen, C. M. Scala, M. H. Cohen · Geophysics May 1981 1,076
5 An Overview of the KL‐ONE Knowledge Representation System* Ronald J. Brachman, James G. Schmolze · Cognitive Science Open access Apr 1985 977
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Uncertainty Quantification, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, CO2 Sequestration, Vibration Analysis, Nanoparticles and Rheological Properties.

▲ 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. Optimization92▲ 31×5 topics
  2. Uncertainty Quantification91▲ 176×2 topics
  3. Data Assimilation91▲ 85×1 topic
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter91▲ 136×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning90▲ 4.1×20 topics
  6. CO2 Sequestration80▲ 62×4 topics
  7. Vibration Analysis76▲ 43×3 topics
  8. Nanoparticles75▲ 9.1×5 topics
  9. Rheological Properties75▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Drilling Fluids75▲ 217×1 topic
  11. Well Integrity75▲ 217×1 topic
  12. Hydraulic Fracturing74▲ 106×2 topics
  13. Fracture Propagation70▲ 179×1 topic
  14. Shale Gas Reservoirs70▲ 179×1 topic
  15. Fault Diagnosis63▲ 67×3 topics
  16. Predictive Maintenance63▲ 130×3 topics
  17. Data Analytics62▲ 211×2 topics
  18. Artificial Lift Systems62▲ 344×1 topic
  19. Electric Submersible Pumps62▲ 344×1 topic
  20. Geophysical Imaging45▲ 129×2 topics
  21. Inverse Problems42▲ 57×2 topics
  22. Full-Waveform Tomography42▲ 152×1 topic
  23. Seismic Waveform Inversion42▲ 152×1 topic
  24. Shale Gas28▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Gas Permeability24▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Pore Structure24▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Mudstones24▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Thermal Maturity24▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Porous Media14▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Tomography14▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Seismic Noise13▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Surface Wave13▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Pore-scale Modeling11▲ 44×1 topic
  34. X-ray Computed Tomography11▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Geological Conditions9▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Performance Prediction9▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Geological Mapping9▲ 18×2 topics
  38. TBM9▲ 53×1 topic
  39. rock fragmentation9▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Continental Margin9▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Oil and Gas Production Techniques.

Reservoir Engineering an…91Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 91 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 75 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 70 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…62Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 62 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…42Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 42 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 24 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 13 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 11 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 9 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 7 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeophysicsMechanics of Materials2 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 91 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 75 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 70 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 62 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 42 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 24 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 13 works
  8. 8 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 11 works
  9. 9 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 7 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 available3.8%not open96.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.4%domestic only64.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00084% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands) 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)6.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 1991.

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