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Shell (United States)

In research, Shell (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,919 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,281 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 30.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,621
of 22,385 · #7,111 all time
Rank in United States
#1,619
of 3,332
Research works
3.2k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
125k
39.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Shell (United States)

What is Shell (United States) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,919 of 10,670 6.3%192 #4916
EngineeringField #3,281 of 5,901 5.2%110 #3291

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

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Shell (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%), Materials Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 208 fractional works · 90.4% of its workEngineering: 118 fractional works · 51.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 37 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 13.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 9.4% of its workGeophysics: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFiltration and Separation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShell (UnitedStates)230fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences3%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11851.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences229.4%
    3. Materials Science208.8%
    4. Environmental Science198.4%
    5. Computer Science83.6%
    6. Energy83.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering62.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy41.6%
    9. Chemistry20.8%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Decision Sciences31.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    3. Social Sciences10.6%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Medicine52.3%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shell (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 30.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 36.8 works31×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 31.4 works7.4×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 8.00× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.98× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.73× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.42× its world share, 118 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.70× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.53× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering8.00×6 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.98×22 works
  3. Energy3.73×8 works
  4. Engineering3.42×118 works
  5. Materials Science2.53×20 works
  6. Environmental Science1.70×19 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.23×3 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.71×4 works
  9. Chemistry0.52×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.46×8 works
  11. Health Professions0.37×2 works
  12. Veterinary0.30×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×4 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×2 works
  15. Nursing0.25×0 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.21×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×2 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×1 works
  20. Psychology0.16×1 works
  21. Medicine0.12×5 works
  22. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.05×1 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Steven C. Bergman, Ryan Stephens and Daniel Minisini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shell (United States).

  1. 1 Steven C. Bergman United States · #385,143 worldwide 3.6k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Ryan Stephens United States · #637,319 worldwide 1.2k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Daniel Minisini United States · #640,228 worldwide 2.2k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Charles Daniel Wagner United States · #873,626 worldwide 10k citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Christian Andrew Davies United States · #907,279 worldwide 4.9k citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Jerry H. Schachtschneider United States · #986,920 worldwide 3.3k citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Nicolas Tsesmetzis United States · #1,021,289 worldwide 1.6k citations · 56 works
  8. 8 D. P. Stevenson United States · #1,051,966 worldwide 6.5k citations · 106 works
  9. 9 Joseph P. Salanitro United States · #1,108,945 worldwide 3.2k citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Nishank Saxena United States · #1,225,149 worldwide 2.8k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Shell (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Shell (United States) is "Theory of Propagation of Elastic Waves in a Fluid-Saturated Porous Solid. I. Low-Frequency Range" (M. A. Biot, 1956), with 8,176 citations. Next come "Model predictive control: Theory and practice—A survey" (5,344) and "Theory of Propagation of Elastic Waves in a Fluid-Saturated Porous Solid. II. Higher Frequency Range" (4,425).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Theory of Propagation of Elastic Waves in a Fluid-Saturated Porous Solid. I. Low-Frequency Range M. A. Biot · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Mar 1956 8,176
2 Model predictive control: Theory and practice—A survey Carlos E. García, David M. Prett, Manfred Morari · Automatica May 1989 5,344
3 Theory of Propagation of Elastic Waves in a Fluid-Saturated Porous Solid. II. Higher Frequency Range M. A. Biot · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Mar 1956 4,425
4 Mechanics of Deformation and Acoustic Propagation in Porous Media M. A. Biot · Journal of Applied Physics Open access Apr 1962 3,959
5 Theory of Elasticity and Consolidation for a Porous Anisotropic Solid M. A. Biot · Journal of Applied Physics Open access Feb 1955 2,169
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shell (United States)?

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

▲ 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. Machine Learning15▲ 1.97×22 topics
  2. Renewable Energy15▲ 4.4×19 topics
  3. Nanoparticles14▲ 5.0×8 topics
  4. Optimization14▲ 13×9 topics
  5. CO2 Sequestration13▲ 28×2 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties11▲ 5.0×15 topics
  7. Data Assimilation10▲ 27×4 topics
  8. Uncertainty Quantification10▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Hydraulic Fracturing10▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Closed-Loop Control10▲ 97×1 topic
  11. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 43×2 topics
  12. Well Placement10▲ 97×1 topic
  13. Fracture Propagation10▲ 70×1 topic
  14. Shale Gas Reservoirs10▲ 70×1 topic
  15. Vibration Analysis9▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Rheological Properties9▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Drilling Fluids8▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Well Integrity8▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Geophysical Imaging8▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Full-Waveform Tomography7▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Inverse Problems7▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Seismic Waveform Inversion7▲ 74×1 topic
  23. Hydrogen Embrittlement7▲ 37×3 topics
  24. Microstructure7▲ 5.6×8 topics
  25. Catalysis7▲ 4.3×10 topics
  26. Energy Storage6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  27. Corrosion Behavior6▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Pitting Corrosion6▲ 50×2 topics
  29. Porous Media6▲ 19×5 topics
  30. Fault Diagnosis6▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Grain Boundary Engineering6▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Passive Films6▲ 72×1 topic
  33. Stainless Steels6▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Predictive Maintenance5▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Reactive Transport5▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Artificial Lift Systems5▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Catalysts5▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Electric Submersible Pumps5▲ 77×1 topic
  39. Carbon Capture5▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Oil and Gas5▲ 56×2 topics

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

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

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 10 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 10 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…8Drilling and Well Engineering: 8 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…7Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 7 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 6 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 5 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and…4Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 4 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 4 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 4 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 3 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeophysicsMetals and Alloys1 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 7 works
  5. 5 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 6 works
  6. 6 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 3 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 available11.4%not open88.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher 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 States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Shell (United States)0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Shell (United States) 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.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Shell (United States)7.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.2% in 2010.

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