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Shell (Canada)

In research, Shell (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,455 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#3,910 of 9,532 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#453 of 850 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,348
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#243
of 718
Research works
680
▼ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Shell (Canada)

What is Shell (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 #5,455 of 17,446 7.6%610
EngineeringField #3,910 of 9,532 8.3%397
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #453 of 850 10.7%179

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

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Shell (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Environmental Science (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 86.1% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 56.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 18.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 17.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShell (Canada)30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1756.6%
    2. Environmental Science412.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences27.6%
    4. Materials Science25.8%
    5. Computer Science13.0%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine13.7%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    1. Social Sciences11.8%
    2. Decision Sciences01.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Psychology00.1%
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: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.87× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.77× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.54× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.87×2 works
  2. Engineering3.77×17 works
  3. Environmental Science2.54×4 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.85×1 works
  5. Materials Science1.67×2 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.32×0 works
  7. Nursing0.77×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.39×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×0 works
  11. Energy0.25×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×0 works
  13. Medicine0.19×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.14×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.14×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  19. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shell (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Simon O’Brien, Étienne Tremblay and Leslie Eliuk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shell (Canada).

  1. 1 Simon O’Brien Canada · #1,888,241 worldwide 376 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Étienne Tremblay Canada · #2,081,992 worldwide 430 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Leslie Eliuk Canada · #2,845,810 worldwide 849 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 John Cassin Canada · #3,155,541 worldwide 1.5k citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Terry Smith Canada · #3,398,829 worldwide 1.4k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Zdenka Novosad Canada · #3,616,491 worldwide 337 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Dennis Beliveau Canada · #3,944,604 worldwide 582 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Josef Bojes Canada · #4,044,851 worldwide 203 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Pat J. McLellan Canada · #4,115,304 worldwide 454 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 John J. Baron Canada · #4,209,607 worldwide 201 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Shell (Canada)

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

The most cited paper from Shell (Canada) is "Characterizing the shale gas resource potential of Devonian–Mississippian strata in the Western Canada sedimentary basin: Application of an integrated formation evaluation" (Daniel Ross, Robert Marc Bustin, 2007), with 761 citations. Next come "Impact of Shale Properties on Pore Structure and Storage Characteristics" (513) and "The Development, Testing, and Application Of a Numerical Simulator for Predicting Miscible Flood Performance" (489).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characterizing the shale gas resource potential of Devonian–Mississippian strata in the Western Canada sedimentary basin: Application of an integrated formation evaluation Daniel Ross, Robert Marc Bustin · AAPG Bulletin 11 Dec 2007 761
2 Impact of Shale Properties on Pore Structure and Storage Characteristics Robert Marc Bustin, A. M. M. Bustin, Xinrui Cui et al. Conference paper 16 Nov 2008 513
3 The Development, Testing, and Application Of a Numerical Simulator for Predicting Miscible Flood Performance Michael R. Todd, W.J. Longstaff · Journal of Petroleum Technology Jul 1972 489
4 Geological controls on matrix permeability of Devonian Gas Shales in the Horn River and Liard basins, northeastern British Columbia, Canada Gareth Chalmers, Daniel Ross, Robert Marc Bustin · International Journal of Coal Geology Jun 2012 456
5 Chemical and isotopic evidence of thermochemical sulphate reduction by light hydrocarbon gases in deep carbonate reservoirs H. Roy Krouse, Christian Viau, Leslie Eliuk et al. · Nature Jun 1988 447
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shell (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Vibration Analysis, Drilling Fluids, Well Integrity and Nanoparticles.

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

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 66×2 topics
  2. Hydraulic Fracturing3▲ 96×2 topics
  3. Machine Learning3▲ 2.8×8 topics
  4. Fracture Propagation3▲ 148×1 topic
  5. Shale Gas Reservoirs3▲ 148×1 topic
  6. Nanoparticles2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  7. Vibration Analysis2▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Drilling Fluids2▲ 142×1 topic
  9. Well Integrity2▲ 142×1 topic
  10. Optimization2▲ 15×2 topics
  11. Data Assimilation2▲ 37×1 topic
  12. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 59×1 topic
  13. Reactive Transport2▲ 101×2 topics
  14. Carbon Capture2▲ 120×1 topic
  15. Geological Storage2▲ 175×1 topic
  16. Hydrogen Embrittlement1▲ 55×2 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  18. Aquaculture1▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Deep Learning1▲ 1.21×5 topics
  20. Corrosion Behavior1▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Full-Waveform Tomography1▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Seismic Waveform Inversion1▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Sustainability1▲ 1.39×3 topics

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

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

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 3 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 2 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 2 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…1Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 1 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 1 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 1 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksWelding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringGeophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 1 works
  8. 8 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 1 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 available9.6%not open90.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Shell (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Shell (Canada)0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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