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Sinopec (China)

In research, Sinopec (China) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#676 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#633 of 5,901 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#568 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geology and Geophysics (Ocean Engineering is 25.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,508
of 22,385 · #2,011 all time
Rank in China
#324
of 2,481
Research works
19k
▲ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
132k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Sinopec (China)

What is Sinopec (China) 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 #676 of 10,670 10.5%4,113 #1071
EngineeringField #633 of 5,901 9.5%2,194 #1226
Environmental ScienceField #568 of 3,334 11.4%317 #1385
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #212 of 1,088 13.6%462 #465
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #289 of 1,319 9.1%545 #641
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #117 of 482 11.4%459 #403
Materials ScienceField #600 of 2,276 11.0%407 #983
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #84 of 301 9.6%567 #236
Materials ChemistrySubfield #493 of 1,473 12.0%263 #926
GeologySubfield #17 of 47 27.2%107 #83

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sinopec (China) 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#1,071 #676
  2. Engineering#1,226 #633
  3. Environmental Science#1,385 #568
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#465 #212
  5. Mechanical Engineering#641 #289
  6. Mechanics of Materials#403 #117
  7. Materials Science#983 #600
  8. Ocean Engineering#236 #84
  9. Materials Chemistry#926 #493
  10. Geology#83 #17
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Sinopec (China) work in?

In 2022-now, 96% of research at Sinopec (China) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,752 fractional works · 96.1% of its workEngineering: 2,516 fractional works · 50.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 643 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 622 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 522 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 188 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 168 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 110 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 74 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 67 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 554 fractional works · 11.2% of its workGeophysics: 267 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeology: 122 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 472 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 300 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 373 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 100 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 74 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 342 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 111 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 107 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 92 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 154 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCatalysis: 111 fractional works · 2.2% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 143 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 130 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 139 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 74 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 71 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSinopec (China)4,943fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2,51650.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences55411.2%
    3. Materials Science4729.6%
    4. Environmental Science3737.6%
    5. Chemistry3426.9%
    6. Chemical Engineering1543.1%
    7. Energy1432.9%
    8. Computer Science1392.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy541.1%
    10. Mathematics50.1%
    1. Social Sciences250.5%
    2. Decision Sciences210.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting120.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities80.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.2%
    6. Psychology30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology491.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences140.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
    4. Neuroscience30.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.0%
    1. Medicine340.7%
    2. Health Professions70.2%
    3. Dentistry10.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sinopec (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 25.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 642.9 works25×
  2. GeologySubfield · 122.5 works18×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 266.6 works15×
  4. CatalysisSubfield · 110.6 works15×
  5. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 522.3 works15×
  6. Process Chemistry and TechnologySubfield · 24.3 works12×
  7. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 110.9 works12×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 8.93× its world share, 154 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.41× its world share, 342 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 139 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.14× its world share, 554 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.14× its world share, 143 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.39× its world share, 2,516 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 373 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.74× its world share, 472 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 54 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering8.93×154 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.14×554 works
  3. Chemistry4.41×342 works
  4. Engineering3.39×2,516 works
  5. Energy3.14×143 works
  6. Materials Science2.74×472 works
  7. Environmental Science1.52×373 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.49×54 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.45×22 works
  10. Computer Science0.36×139 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×49 works
  13. Mathematics0.09×5 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×12 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×8 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×14 works
  17. Health Professions0.06×7 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.06×8 works
  19. Dentistry0.04×1 works
  20. Medicine0.04×34 works
  21. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.04×25 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×2 works
  24. Neuroscience0.03×3 works
  25. Psychology0.02×3 works
  26. Nursing0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sinopec (China)?

Ranked on the quality score, Zhijun Jin, Quanyou Liu and Ruyue Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sinopec (China).

  1. 1 Zhijun Jin China · #62,356 worldwide 11k citations · 419 works
  2. 2 Quanyou Liu China · #172,239 worldwide 5.8k citations · 250 works
  3. 3 Ruyue Wang China · #186,672 worldwide 4k citations · 184 works
  4. 4 Maowen Li China · #232,997 worldwide 6.7k citations · 205 works
  5. 5 Tonglou Guo China · #293,978 worldwide 4k citations · 95 works
  6. 6 Yingcheng Li China · #323,840 worldwide 2.7k citations · 162 works
  7. 7 Xusheng Guo China · #363,319 worldwide 2.6k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Haikuan Nie China · #366,253 worldwide 2.6k citations · 77 works
  9. 9 Zhiguo Shu China · #371,291 worldwide 1.7k citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Chuanming Wang China · #385,060 worldwide 4.7k citations · 124 works
All ranked researchers at Sinopec (China)

What are the most cited papers from Sinopec (China)?

The most cited paper from Sinopec (China) is "Tuning Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrathin TiO 2 Nanosheets to Boost Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation up to 700 nm" (Yunxuan Zhao, Yufei Zhao, Run Shi et al., 2019), with 1,016 citations. Next come "Green Carbon Science: Scientific Basis for Integrating Carbon Resource Processing, Utilization, and Recycling" (949) and "Active Site Dependent Reaction Mechanism over Ru/CeO2 Catalyst toward CO2 Methanation" (760).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tuning Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrathin TiO 2 Nanosheets to Boost Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation up to 700 nm Yunxuan Zhao, Yufei Zhao, Run Shi et al. · Advanced Materials 4 Mar 2019 1,016
2 Green Carbon Science: Scientific Basis for Integrating Carbon Resource Processing, Utilization, and Recycling Mingyuan He, Yuhan Sun, Buxing Han · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 26 Jul 2013 949
3 Active Site Dependent Reaction Mechanism over Ru/CeO2 Catalyst toward CO2 Methanation Fei Wang, Shan He, Hao Chen et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 2 May 2016 760
4 Adsorption of methylene blue by phoenix tree leaf powder in a fixed-bed column: experiments and prediction of breakthrough curves Runping Han, Yu Wang, Xin Zhao et al. · Desalination 23 Jul 2009 551
5 Nano-scale pore structure and fractal dimension of organic-rich Wufeng-Longmaxi shale from Jiaoshiba area, Sichuan Basin: Investigations using FE-SEM, gas adsorption and helium pycnometry Rui Yang, Sheng He, Jizheng Yi et al. · Marine and Petroleum Geology 2 Dec 2015 545
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sinopec (China)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pore Structure, Shale Gas, Gas Permeability, Nanopores, Mudstones, Thermal Maturity, Nanoparticles and Hydraulic Fracturing.

▲ 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. Pore Structure438▲ 72×3 topics
  2. Shale Gas436▲ 74×2 topics
  3. Gas Permeability410▲ 86×2 topics
  4. Nanoparticles408▲ 6.5×40 topics
  5. Nanopores399▲ 86×2 topics
  6. Mudstones398▲ 111×1 topic
  7. Thermal Maturity398▲ 111×1 topic
  8. Hydraulic Fracturing375▲ 71×2 topics
  9. Catalysis357▲ 11×26 topics
  10. Fracture Propagation336▲ 114×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs336▲ 114×1 topic
  12. CO2 Sequestration322▲ 33×4 topics
  13. Vibration Analysis230▲ 17×7 topics
  14. Porous Media229▲ 35×6 topics
  15. Rheological Properties220▲ 25×6 topics
  16. Surfactants218▲ 45×5 topics
  17. Drilling Fluids212▲ 81×1 topic
  18. Well Integrity212▲ 81×1 topic
  19. Nanofluids185▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Pore-scale Modeling184▲ 99×1 topic
  21. X-ray Computed Tomography184▲ 99×1 topic
  22. Geophysical Imaging176▲ 67×2 topics
  23. Ionic Liquids162▲ 12×10 topics
  24. Inverse Problems148▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Optimization147▲ 6.6×18 topics
  26. Elastic Properties146▲ 38×3 topics
  27. Petroleum146▲ 64×2 topics
  28. Full-Waveform Tomography144▲ 70×1 topic
  29. Seismic Waveform Inversion144▲ 70×1 topic
  30. Tectonics122▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Continental Margin122▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Crustal Structure122▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Data Assimilation119▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Uncertainty Quantification118▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Ensemble Kalman Filter117▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Closed-Loop Control117▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Well Placement117▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Heterogeneous Catalysts115▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Catalytic113▲ 19×6 topics
  40. Biodegradation111▲ 22×6 topics

Which research topics does Sinopec (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Hydrocarbon exploration …398Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 398 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 336 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 212 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 184 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 144 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…117Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 117 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 99 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 92 fractional worksCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies: 72 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 68 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringGeophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 398 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 336 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 212 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 184 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 144 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 117 works
  7. 7 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 99 works
  8. 8 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 92 works
  9. 9 Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies Mechanical Engineering 72 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 68 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 available18.2%not open81.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sinopec (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% higher 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 Sinopec (China) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Sinopec (China)0.022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sinopec (China) 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sinopec (China)10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2023.

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