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Shell (United Kingdom)

In research, Shell (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,915 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#3,470 of 9,532 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#1,418 of 2,525 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,291
of 22,385 · #8,316 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#754
of 862
Research works
1.8k
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Shell (United Kingdom)

What is Shell (United Kingdom) 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 #4,915 of 17,446 9.0%1,356
EngineeringField #3,470 of 9,532 8.4%719
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,418 of 2,525 8.3%149
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,395 of 2,224 12.3%142
Life SciencesDomain #7,605 of 11,023 8.2%183
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #594 of 850 4.0%257
Environmental ScienceField #4,010 of 5,407 5.8%154
Social SciencesDomain #14,088 of 14,833 10.1%144

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

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Shell (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 83.7% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 43.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.7% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKShell (UnitedKingdom)78fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3443.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1214.7%
    3. Environmental Science1012.8%
    4. Computer Science33.3%
    5. Materials Science33.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering22.0%
    7. Energy11.7%
    8. Chemistry10.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    10. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.4%
    2. Decision Sciences22.6%
    3. Social Sciences22.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Medicine33.7%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.75× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.38× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.93× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.58× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.38×12 works
  2. Chemical Engineering5.75×2 works
  3. Engineering2.93×34 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.67×2 works
  5. Environmental Science2.58×10 works
  6. Energy1.82×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.58×3 works
  8. Materials Science0.93×3 works
  9. Chemistry0.52×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.52×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.45×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.43×3 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.30×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.20×2 works
  16. Medicine0.19×3 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  18. Nursing0.17×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  22. Psychology0.07×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shell (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, GAUTAM T. KALGHATGI, Martin Haigh and Roger Cracknell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shell (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 GAUTAM T. KALGHATGI United Kingdom · #24,044 worldwide 12k citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Martin Haigh United Kingdom · #233,150 worldwide 4.7k citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Roger Cracknell United Kingdom · #400,406 worldwide 6.3k citations · 176 works
  4. 4 Neal M. Morgan United Kingdom · #1,272,120 worldwide 1.5k citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Charles V. Eadsforth United Kingdom · #1,304,804 worldwide 1.5k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Robert J. Watkinson United Kingdom · #1,475,637 worldwide 1.4k citations · 31 works
  7. 7 R. C. Coy United Kingdom · #1,618,168 worldwide 1.1k citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Stephen J. Hammond United Kingdom · #1,860,263 worldwide 1.6k citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Geoffrey A. Chamberlain United Kingdom · #1,892,256 worldwide 1.6k citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Michael Steventon United Kingdom · #2,200,059 worldwide 275 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Shell (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Shell (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Shell (United Kingdom) is "Lithium-ion battery fast charging: A review" (Anna Tomaszewska, Zhengyu Chu, Xuning Feng et al., 2019), with 1,577 citations. Next come "Furfural—A Promising Platform for Lignocellulosic Biofuels" (1,320) and "Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070" (1,043).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lithium-ion battery fast charging: A review Anna Tomaszewska, Zhengyu Chu, Xuning Feng et al. · eTransportation Open access Aug 2019 1,577
2 Furfural—A Promising Platform for Lignocellulosic Biofuels Jean‐Paul Lange, Evert van der Heide, Jeroen van Buijtenen et al. · ChemSusChem 23 Dec 2011 1,320
3 Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070 Jeffrey Rissman et al. · Applied Energy Open access 29 Mar 2020 1,043
4 The production of resveratrol by Vitis vinifera and other members of the Vitaceae as a response to infection or injury Peter Langcake, Robert J. Pryce · Physiological Plant Pathology Jul 1976 908
5 Valeric Biofuels: A Platform of Cellulosic Transportation Fuels Jean‐Paul Lange, Richard J. Price, Paul M. Ayoub et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 5 May 2010 779
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shell (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Hydraulic Fracturing, Data Assimilation, Renewable Energy, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Uncertainty Quantification, Optimization and Emissions.

▲ 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. Climate Change5▲ 2.4×19 topics
  2. Renewable Energy5▲ 4.2×16 topics
  3. Machine Learning4▲ 1.67×16 topics
  4. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 28×2 topics
  5. Hydraulic Fracturing4▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Data Assimilation4▲ 30×3 topics
  7. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Uncertainty Quantification4▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Emissions3▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Optimization3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  11. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.4×12 topics
  12. Closed-Loop Control3▲ 89×1 topic
  13. Fracture Propagation3▲ 66×1 topic
  14. Nanoparticles3▲ 3.2×4 topics
  15. Shale Gas Reservoirs3▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Well Placement3▲ 89×1 topic
  17. Vibration Analysis3▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Reactive Transport3▲ 61×2 topics
  19. Chemical Kinetics2▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Global Warming2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  21. Shale Gas2▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Carbon Capture2▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Geological Storage2▲ 89×1 topic
  24. Drilling Fluids2▲ 51×1 topic
  25. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  26. Well Integrity2▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Natural Gas2▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Tectonics2▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Geophysical Imaging2▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  31. Combustion2▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Fuel Consumption2▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Geodetic Measurements2▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Internal Combustion Engines2▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Mudstones2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Pore Structure2▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Soot Formation2▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Full-Waveform Tomography1▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Seismic Waveform Inversion1▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Shell (United Kingdom) publish most on?

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

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 3 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 3 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Ge…2CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 2 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…2Drilling and Well Engineering: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 2 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …1earthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 1 fractional worksCombustion and Detonation Processes: 1 fractional worksVehicle emissions and pe…1Vehicle emissions and performance: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringMechanics of Materials4 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 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive 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 available10.3%not open89.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shell (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% 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 (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Shell (United Kingdom)0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Shell (United Kingdom) 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.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2024Shell (United Kingdom)7.1% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.0% in 2010.

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