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Shell (Malaysia)

In research, Shell (Malaysia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,290 of 17,446 worldwide), Ocean Engineering (#659 of 850 worldwide) and Engineering (#8,190 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 85.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#22,641
of 34,923
Rank in Malaysia
#101
of 141
Research works
336
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Shell (Malaysia)

What is Shell (Malaysia) 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 #7,290 of 17,446 3.4%314
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #659 of 850 1.9%164
EngineeringField #8,190 of 9,532 2.3%231

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

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Shell (Malaysia) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (66%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 85.6% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 65.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 26 fractional works · 44.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 9.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKShell (Malaysia)59fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences2%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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3965.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences46.5%
    3. Environmental Science35.9%
    4. Computer Science22.7%
    5. Materials Science12.3%
    6. Chemistry11.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    8. Energy00.6%
    1. Social Sciences34.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    3. Decision Sciences11.3%
    4. Psychology11.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Health Professions11.0%
    2. Medicine00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shell (Malaysia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 85.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 26.3 works86×
  2. EngineeringField · 38.7 works4.4×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.16× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.37× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.37×39 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.16×4 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.38×1 works
  4. Environmental Science1.19×4 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×1 works
  6. Chemistry0.72×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.65×1 works
  8. Energy0.61×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.39×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.38×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.37×3 works
  14. Computer Science0.35×2 works
  15. Psychology0.34×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×0 works
  19. Medicine0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shell (Malaysia)?

Ranked on the quality score, Kit Reed and Laurent Alessio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shell (Malaysia).

  1. 1 Kit Reed Malaysia · #3,817,610 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Laurent Alessio Malaysia · #5,216,055 worldwide 96 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Shell (Malaysia)

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

The most cited paper from Shell (Malaysia) is "Sandstone diagenesis and reservoir quality prediction: Models, myths, and reality" (Thomas R. Taylor, Melvyn R. Giles, Lori Hathon et al., 2010), with 681 citations. Next come "Microplastics in the freshwater and terrestrial environments: Prevalence, fates, impacts and sustainable solutions" (675) and "Fragments of the earliest land plants" (611).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sandstone diagenesis and reservoir quality prediction: Models, myths, and reality Thomas R. Taylor, Melvyn R. Giles, Lori Hathon et al. · AAPG Bulletin 20 Jul 2010 681
2 Microplastics in the freshwater and terrestrial environments: Prevalence, fates, impacts and sustainable solutions Johnny Kee Hong Wong, Kek Kin Lee, Kuok Ho Daniel Tang et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 22 Feb 2020 675
3 Fragments of the earliest land plants Charles H. Wellman, Peter L. Osterloff, Uzma Mohiuddin · Nature Sep 2003 611
4 The Brunei slide: A giant submarine landslide on the North West Borneo Margin revealed by 3D seismic data M.J.R. Gee, Homerson Uy, John K. Warren et al. · Marine Geology 17 Aug 2007 186
5 Field Measurements of Rogue Water Waves Marios Andreas Christou, Kevin Ewans · Journal of Physical Oceanography 15 May 2014 175
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shell (Malaysia)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas, Subsea, CO2 Sequestration, Drilling Fluids, Well Integrity, Ensemble Kalman Filter and Optimization.

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

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Renewable Energy8▲ 9.4×3 topics
  2. Oil and Gas7▲ 353×1 topic
  3. Subsea7▲ 1321×1 topic
  4. CO2 Sequestration6▲ 48×2 topics
  5. Machine Learning6▲ 2.9×6 topics
  6. Drilling Fluids5▲ 172×1 topic
  7. Well Integrity5▲ 172×1 topic
  8. Environmental Impact5▲ 4.7×5 topics
  9. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 75×1 topic
  10. Optimization4▲ 17×1 topic
  11. Artificial Lift Systems4▲ 264×1 topic
  12. Fault Diagnosis4▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Sustainability4▲ 3.0×4 topics
  14. Hydraulic Fracturing4▲ 59×1 topic
  15. Shale Gas Reservoirs4▲ 106×1 topic
  16. Offshore Decommissioning4▲ 661×1 topic
  17. Ship Recycling4▲ 661×1 topic
  18. Continental Margin2▲ 57×2 topics
  19. Crustal Structure2▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.3×3 topics
  21. Cenozoic Evolution1▲ 68×1 topic
  22. Plate Tectonics1▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Climate Change1▼ 0.76×6 topics
  24. Material Properties1▲ 21×3 topics
  25. Anaerobic1▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  27. Methane Oxidation1▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Microbial Communities1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  29. Pipeline1▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Pitting Corrosion1▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Reliability Assessment1▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Coastal Dynamics1▲ 59×1 topic
  34. Economic Growth1▲ 2.1×2 topics
  35. Financial Performance1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  36. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Supply Chain Management1▲ 1.89×6 topics

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

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

Offshore Engineering and…7Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 7 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 5 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 4 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…4Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 4 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…4Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 4 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 4 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 1 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 1 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeologyEnvironmental Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 1 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  10. 10 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis 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 available6.1%not open93.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.3%domestic only60.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Shell (Malaysia) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Shell (Malaysia)0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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