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Suncor Energy (Canada)

In research, Suncor Energy (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,502 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,618 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,070
of 22,385 · #24,651 all time
Rank in Canada
#289
of 305
Research works
326
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Suncor Energy (Canada)

What is Suncor Energy (Canada) 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 #9,502 of 17,446 7.4%281
EngineeringField #5,618 of 9,532 7.6%182

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

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Suncor Energy (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Environmental Science (11%), Materials Science (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 84.1% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 53.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 16.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 13.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 11.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMetals and Alloys: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFuel Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSuncor Energy(Canada)72fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences3%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3853.0%
    2. Environmental Science811.3%
    3. Materials Science79.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.8%
    5. Computer Science12.0%
    6. Chemistry11.9%
    7. Energy11.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    1. Medicine34.3%
    2. Veterinary00.7%
    3. Health Professions00.7%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences11.0%
    2. Social Sciences10.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    5. Psychology00.1%
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: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.45× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.53× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.27× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.69× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.14×0 works
  2. Engineering3.53×38 works
  3. Materials Science2.69×7 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.45×3 works
  5. Environmental Science2.27×8 works
  6. Energy1.65×1 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.55×0 works
  8. Chemistry1.21×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.09×4 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.06×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.26×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.25×0 works
  14. Medicine0.22×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  18. Nursing0.19×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  21. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Suncor Energy (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, R.J. Chung, David Pernitsky and C. R. Cutler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Suncor Energy (Canada).

  1. 1 R.J. Chung Canada · #677,559 worldwide 826 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 David Pernitsky Canada · #919,885 worldwide 1.3k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 C. R. Cutler Canada · #1,122,457 worldwide 2.4k citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Christine Daly Canada · #1,682,857 worldwide 802 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 P. G. Nix Canada · #3,131,536 worldwide 173 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 K.C. Yeung Canada · #3,299,015 worldwide 109 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 W. S. James Canada · #3,734,387 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Bob Mitchell Canada · #4,364,982 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Michael Fefer Canada · #4,423,747 worldwide 376 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Trent Pehlke Canada · #4,759,626 worldwide 49 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Suncor Energy (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Suncor Energy (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Suncor Energy (Canada) is "Estuarine and Incised-Valley Facies Models" (Ron Boyd, Robert W. Dalrymple, Brian A. Zaitlin, 2006), with 252 citations. Next come "Carbon and Sulfur Cycling by Microbial Communities in a Gypsum-Treated Oil Sands Tailings Pond" (199) and "Chip-off-the-old-rock: the study of reservoir-relevant geological processes with real-rock micromodels" (173).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estuarine and Incised-Valley Facies Models Ron Boyd, Robert W. Dalrymple, Brian A. Zaitlin · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks Book chapter 2006 252
2 Carbon and Sulfur Cycling by Microbial Communities in a Gypsum-Treated Oil Sands Tailings Pond Esther Ramos-Padrón, Sylvain Bordenave, Shiping Lin et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 3 Dec 2010 199
3 Chip-off-the-old-rock: the study of reservoir-relevant geological processes with real-rock micromodels Wen Ling Song, Thomas W. de Haas, Hossein Fadaei et al. · Lab on a Chip 2014 173
4 Indigenous Peoples, Resource Extraction and Sustainable Development: An Ethical Approach David Lertzman, Harrie Vredenburg · Journal of Business Ethics Feb 2005 164
5 Infrastructure Management: Integrated AHP/ANN Model to Evaluate Municipal Water Mains’ Performance Hassan Al-Barqawi, Tarek M. Zayed · Journal of Infrastructure Systems 15 Nov 2008 151
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Suncor Energy (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Corrosion, Microstructure, Optimization, Failure Analysis, Fault Diagnosis, Surfactants and Predictive Maintenance.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties6▲ 9.3×11 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 2.2×8 topics
  3. Corrosion4▲ 44×5 topics
  4. Microstructure4▲ 9.5×6 topics
  5. Optimization4▲ 11×3 topics
  6. Nanoparticles3▲ 3.6×7 topics
  7. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.4×9 topics
  8. Failure Analysis3▲ 44×2 topics
  9. Fault Diagnosis3▲ 28×2 topics
  10. Surfactants3▲ 40×3 topics
  11. Predictive Maintenance3▲ 53×2 topics
  12. Artificial Lift Systems3▲ 133×1 topic
  13. Electric Submersible Pumps3▲ 133×1 topic
  14. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Hydraulic Fracturing3▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Pitting Corrosion3▲ 70×2 topics
  17. Data Assimilation2▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Hydrogen Embrittlement2▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 30×1 topic
  20. Fatigue Fracture2▲ 263×1 topic
  21. Fracture Mechanisms2▲ 263×1 topic
  22. Fracture Propagation2▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Numerical Simulation2▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Shale Gas Reservoirs2▲ 51×1 topic
  25. Well Placement2▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Pipeline2▲ 29×3 topics
  27. Shale Gas2▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Wear Resistance2▲ 77×2 topics
  29. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  30. Gas Permeability2▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Passive Films2▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Rheological Properties2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Stainless Steels2▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Mudstones2▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Pore Structure2▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Pore-scale Modeling2▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Steel2▲ 56×2 topics
  38. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria2▲ 36×2 topics
  39. X-ray Computed Tomography2▲ 62×1 topic
  40. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Suncor Energy (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Oil and Gas Production Techniques, Mechanical Failure Analysis and Simulation, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

Oil and Gas Production T…3Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 3 fractional worksMechanical Failure Analy…2Mechanical Failure Analysis and Simulation: 2 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…2Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 2 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement a…2Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 2 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksMetal Alloys Wear and Pr…2Metal Alloys Wear and Properties: 2 fractional worksPhotodynamic Therapy Research Studies: 1 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMetals and AlloysMechanics of Materials2 others

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

  1. 1 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Failure Analysis and Simulation Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 2 works
  6. 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  8. 8 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties Materials Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 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 available16.7%not open83.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Suncor Energy (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Suncor Energy (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Suncor Energy (Canada)0.00021% in 20251990200020102020

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