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Shell (Netherlands)

In research, Shell (Netherlands) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,174 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,654 of 6,636 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#239 of 286 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Geophysics — Ocean Engineering is 41.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,834
of 28,054 · #1,037 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#58
of 237
Research works
12k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
329k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

What is Shell (Netherlands) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,174 of 12,888 9.7%565 #753
EngineeringField #2,654 of 6,636 8.2%321 #616
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #239 of 286 4.4%142 #10
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,134 of 1,351 7.6%71 #208
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,134 of 1,209 12.7%72 #684

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shell (Netherlands) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#753 #4,174
  2. Engineering#616 #2,654
  3. Ocean Engineering#10 #239
  4. Mechanical Engineering#208 #1,134
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#684 #1,134
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Shell (Netherlands) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 41.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 141.7 works41×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 46.8 works20×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.23× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.02× its world share, 72 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.52× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.25× its world share, 321 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.14× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shell (Netherlands)?

Ranked on the composite score, Steffen Berg, René-Édouard Plessix and Gautam Kalghatgi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shell (Netherlands).

  1. 1 Steffen Berg · #55,026 worldwide 261 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 René-Édouard Plessix · #90,954 worldwide 435 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Gautam Kalghatgi · #96,879 worldwide 392 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ronald W. McLeod · #126,483 worldwide 127 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Andreas Busch · #154,329 worldwide 297 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 W. M. H. Sachtler · #167,729 worldwide 286 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Ian E. Maxwell · #211,613 worldwide 126 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Jean‐Paul Lange · #215,013 worldwide 278 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Olaf G. Podlaha · #243,924 worldwide 519 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Paul Hatchell · #249,881 worldwide 91 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Shell (Netherlands)

Which keywords describe research at Shell (Netherlands)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Data Assimilation, Uncertainty Quantification, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Well Placement, Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Sequestration 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 2022–2025 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. Optimization55▲ 18×11 topics
  2. Data Assimilation51▲ 50×3 topics
  3. Uncertainty Quantification51▲ 95×2 topics
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter51▲ 77×1 topic
  5. Well Placement51▲ 167×1 topic
  6. Machine Learning47▲ 2.2×41 topics
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing47▲ 64×2 topics
  8. CO2 Sequestration46▲ 37×4 topics
  9. Fracture Propagation43▲ 107×1 topic
  10. Shale Gas Reservoirs43▲ 107×1 topic
  11. Nanoparticles38▲ 4.6×13 topics
  12. Renewable Energy35▲ 3.7×32 topics
  13. Inverse Problems30▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Vibration Analysis30▲ 17×4 topics
  15. Geophysical Imaging29▲ 83×2 topics
  16. Drilling Fluids28▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Well Integrity28▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Elastic Properties28▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Full-Waveform Tomography28▲ 100×1 topic
  20. Seismic Waveform Inversion28▲ 100×1 topic
  21. Fault Diagnosis22▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Data Analytics22▲ 73×2 topics
  23. Predictive Maintenance22▲ 43×2 topics
  24. Artificial Lift Systems22▲ 114×1 topic
  25. Electric Submersible Pumps22▲ 114×1 topic
  26. Reactive Transport20▲ 60×2 topics
  27. Porous Media20▲ 23×5 topics
  28. Shale Gas18▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Surfactants18▲ 29×5 topics
  30. Carbon Capture18▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Geological Storage18▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Pore-scale Modeling16▲ 69×1 topic
  33. X-ray Computed Tomography16▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Gas Permeability16▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Nanopores15▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Pore Structure15▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Mudstones15▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Thermal Maturity15▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Carbon Dioxide13▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Tomography12▲ 9.8×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.

Reservoir Engineering an…51Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 51 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 43 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 28 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 28 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 22 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Ge…18CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 18 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 16 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 15 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 11 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 10 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeophysicsEnvironmental Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsOcean Engineering 51 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisMechanical Engineering 43 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well EngineeringOcean Engineering 28 works
  4. 4 Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesGeophysics 28 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production TechniquesOcean Engineering 22 works
  6. 6 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic InteractionsEnvironmental Engineering 18 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesOcean Engineering 16 works
  8. 8 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 15 works
  9. 9 Seismic Waves and AnalysisGeophysics 11 works
  10. 10 Offshore Engineering and TechnologiesOcean Engineering 10 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 available11.9%not open88.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.