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Schlumberger (Canada)

In research, Schlumberger (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,439 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#2,202 of 9,532 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#213 of 850 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#6,895
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#146
of 718
Research works
976
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.32×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
3%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Schlumberger (Canada)

What is Schlumberger (Canada) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #2,439 of 17,446 9.0%946
EngineeringField #2,202 of 9,532 9.1%786
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #213 of 850 10.0%432
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #960 of 2,525 6.4%201

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

In all years, 97% of research at Schlumberger (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (81%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%), Environmental Science (4%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 946 fractional works · 97.0% of its workEngineering: 786 fractional works · 80.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 432 fractional works · 44.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 201 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 50 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 42 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 39 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeophysics: 31 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSchlumberger(Canada)976fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences97%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering78680.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences394.0%
    3. Environmental Science343.5%
    4. Chemistry293.0%
    5. Materials Science181.8%
    6. Computer Science171.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy121.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering90.9%
    9. Energy30.3%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Decision Sciences50.5%
    2. Social Sciences30.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.2%
    1. Medicine30.3%
    2. Health Professions20.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 6.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.89× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.52× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.23×0 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.89×1 works
  3. Engineering2.52×5 works
  4. Computer Science2.18×2 works
  5. Chemistry1.67×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.63×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.10×1 works
  8. Materials Science1.00×0 works
  9. Energy0.95×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.85×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.71×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.55×1 works
  14. Medicine0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Schlumberger (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Kenneth G. Nolte, J. L. Elbel and Roger John Card lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Schlumberger (Canada).

  1. 1 Kenneth G. Nolte Canada · #794,903 worldwide 2.8k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 J. L. Elbel Canada · #1,368,941 worldwide 951 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Roger John Card Canada · #1,380,298 worldwide 1.3k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Hemanta Mukherjee Canada · #1,403,382 worldwide 691 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 John Ratulowski Canada · #1,433,916 worldwide 1.9k citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Erik B. Nelson Canada · #2,056,866 worldwide 671 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Reinaldo C. Navarrete Canada · #2,080,793 worldwide 803 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 J. Ernest Brown Canada · #2,317,199 worldwide 516 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 J. F. Baret Canada · #2,839,909 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 L. Vandamme Canada · #2,861,149 worldwide 328 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Schlumberger (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Schlumberger (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Schlumberger (Canada) is "Advances in Asphaltene Science and the Yen–Mullins Model" (Oliver C. Mullins, Hassan Sabbah, Joëlle Eyssautier et al., 2012), with 1,075 citations. Next come "Analysis and Modeling of Inertial Sensors Using Allan Variance" (895) and "A rendering algorithm for visualizing 3D scalar fields" (489).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advances in Asphaltene Science and the Yen–Mullins Model Oliver C. Mullins, Hassan Sabbah, Joëlle Eyssautier et al. · Energy & Fuels 18 Apr 2012 1,075
2 Analysis and Modeling of Inertial Sensors Using Allan Variance Naser El‐Sheimy, Haiying Hou, Xiaoji Niu · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 20 Dec 2007 895
3 A rendering algorithm for visualizing 3D scalar fields Paolo Sabella · ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Jun 1988 489
4 Poroelastic response of a borehole in a non-hydrostatic stress field Emmanuel Detournay, Alexander H.‐D. Cheng · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts Jun 1988 487
5 Petroleum reservoir characterization using downhole microseismic monitoring S. C. Maxwell, James T. Rutledge, R. Jones et al. · Geophysics 2010 453
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Schlumberger (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Nanoparticles, Hydraulic Fracturing, Rheological Properties, Vibration Analysis, Drilling Fluids, Well Integrity and Fracture Propagation.

▲ 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 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 Sequestration187▲ 137×4 topics
  2. Nanoparticles182▲ 14×7 topics
  3. Hydraulic Fracturing178▲ 155×2 topics
  4. Rheological Properties176▲ 114×3 topics
  5. Vibration Analysis176▲ 59×4 topics
  6. Drilling Fluids175▲ 346×1 topic
  7. Fracture Propagation175▲ 297×1 topic
  8. Shale Gas Reservoirs175▲ 297×1 topic
  9. Well Integrity175▲ 346×1 topic
  10. Machine Learning132▲ 6.3×17 topics
  11. Optimization110▲ 21×7 topics
  12. Data Assimilation107▲ 59×2 topics
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter107▲ 94×1 topic
  14. Well Placement107▲ 199×1 topic
  15. Fault Diagnosis101▲ 46×3 topics
  16. Artificial Lift Systems100▲ 342×1 topic
  17. Electric Submersible Pumps100▲ 342×1 topic
  18. Porous Media45▲ 29×5 topics
  19. Surfactants40▲ 34×4 topics
  20. Pore-scale Modeling36▲ 111×1 topic
  21. X-ray Computed Tomography36▲ 111×1 topic
  22. Shale Gas30▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Pore Structure28▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Gas Permeability27▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Mudstones27▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Thermal Maturity27▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Geophysical Imaging26▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Biodegradation25▲ 23×4 topics
  29. Petroleum24▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Mass Spectrometry23▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Asphaltenes22▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Naphthenic Acids22▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Elastic Properties20▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Inverse Problems20▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Full-Waveform Tomography20▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Seismic Waveform Inversion20▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Performance Prediction16▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Rock Mechanics15▲ 14×3 topics
  39. TBM15▲ 70×1 topic
  40. rock fragmentation15▲ 70×1 topic

Which research topics does Schlumberger (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Oil and Gas Production Techniques and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Hydraulic Fracturing and…1Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 1 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …1Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…1Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…0Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 0 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Technologic…0Economic and Technological Innovation: 0 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 0 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 0 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringComputer Networks and Communications4 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  3. 3 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  7. 7 Economic and Technological Innovation Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  9. 9 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 0 works
  10. 10 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 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 available3.2%not open96.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.1%domestic only71.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Schlumberger (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% 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 (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000052% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Schlumberger (Canada)0.000064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Schlumberger (Canada) 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.

5%10%15%Schlumberger (Canada)11.0% in 2011all institutions10.0% in 201120002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2011.

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