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Sunoco (United States)

In research, Sunoco (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,226 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#7,215 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,967
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,681
of 7,310
Research works
626
▲ 229% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Sunoco (United States)

What is Sunoco (United States) 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 #6,226 of 17,446 6.5%494
EngineeringField #7,215 of 9,532 4.7%247

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

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Sunoco (United States) is in Social Sciences, 41% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Social Sciences (18%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 23 fractional works · 42.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 41.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 17.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 13.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 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 · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKSunoco (UnitedStates)54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences42%

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. Social Sciences917.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting59.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities36.2%
    4. Decision Sciences35.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.1%
    6. Psychology00.5%
    1. Engineering1017.8%
    2. Computer Science713.3%
    3. Materials Science12.7%
    4. Environmental Science12.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.7%
    6. Mathematics11.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    8. Chemistry00.6%
    9. Energy00.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Medicine36.0%
    2. Nursing12.0%
    3. Health Professions11.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
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: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.71× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 4.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.15× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.02× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.24× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.24×3 works
  2. Nursing4.11×1 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.02×5 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.15×3 works
  5. Computer Science1.71×7 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.45×2 works
  7. Social Sciences1.39×10 works
  8. Engineering1.19×10 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.07×3 works
  10. Mathematics1.05×1 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.89×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.87×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.79×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.78×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×1 works
  16. Energy0.58×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.41×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.40×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.36×0 works
  20. Medicine0.31×3 works
  21. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works
  23. Psychology0.18×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Richard L. Raymond, Paul E. Ellis and Cyril H. Goulden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sunoco (United States).

  1. 1 Richard L. Raymond United States · #1,449,990 worldwide 1k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Paul E. Ellis United States · #2,817,977 worldwide 930 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Cyril H. Goulden United States · #2,828,220 worldwide 676 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Robert W. Warren United States · #2,941,970 worldwide 726 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 P.L. Grizzle United States · #3,186,568 worldwide 384 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Peter Hagström United States · #3,497,977 worldwide 716 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 John O. Turner United States · #3,542,466 worldwide 349 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 William C. Hardy United States · #3,769,826 worldwide 249 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 David Berube United States · #3,798,803 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 W. Andrew Wright United States · #3,829,776 worldwide 473 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Sunoco (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Sunoco (United States) is "Deconvolution with the l 1 norm" (Howard L. Taylor, Stephen C. Banks, John F. Mccoy, 1979), with 437 citations. Next come "Theory of Electric Polarisation" (406) and "The constitutive equation for a dilute emulsion" (360).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Deconvolution with the l 1 norm Howard L. Taylor, Stephen C. Banks, John F. Mccoy · Geophysics 1979 437
2 Theory of Electric Polarisation C.J.F. Böttcher, William Fuller Brown · Physics Today May 1953 406
3 The constitutive equation for a dilute emulsion N. A. Frankel, Andreas Acrivos · Journal of Fluid Mechanics 21 Oct 1970 360
4 Correlational Aspects of the Viscosity-Temperature-Pressure Relationship of Lubricating Oils (Dr In dissertation at Technical University of Delft, 1966) C. J. A. Roelands, W. O. Winer, W. Andrew Wright · Journal of Lubrication Technology 1971 310
5 Selective air oxidation of light alkanes catalyzed by activated metalloporphyrins - the search for a suprabiotic system Peter Ellis · Coordination Chemistry Reviews Nov 1990 263
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sunoco (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Math Search, Mathematical Information Retrieval, Supply Chain Management, Innovation, Ethnic Conflict, Democracy, Garment Industry and Labor Conditions.

▲ 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 39 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 2.1×9 topics
  2. Innovation3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  4. Math Search2▲ 659×1 topic
  5. Mathematical Information Retrieval2▲ 659×1 topic
  6. Ethnic Conflict2▲ 80×2 topics
  7. Democracy2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  8. Garment Industry2▲ 1607×1 topic
  9. Labor Conditions2▲ 104×1 topic
  10. Globalization2▲ 1.58×3 topics
  11. Renewable Energy2▲ 2.0×10 topics
  12. Big Data2▲ 2.8×5 topics
  13. Machine Learning2▼ 0.86×10 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.86×6 topics
  15. Global Governance1▲ 11×2 topics
  16. Civil War1▲ 80×1 topic
  17. Corporate Governance1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  18. Digital Humanities1▲ 168×1 topic
  19. E-commerce1▲ 4.2×3 topics
  20. Information Technology1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  21. Literary History1▲ 82×1 topic
  22. Political Institutions1▲ 121×1 topic
  23. Social Media1▲ 1.72×3 topics
  24. Software Development1▲ 47×2 topics
  25. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.52×5 topics
  26. International Law1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  27. Bioinformatics1▲ 18×2 topics
  28. History1▲ 3.0×3 topics
  29. Policy1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  30. Rheological Properties1▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Security1▲ 3.1×6 topics
  32. Business Networks1▲ 108×1 topic
  33. Coopetition1▲ 108×1 topic
  34. Data Integration1▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Dietary Fiber1▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Glycemic Index1▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Neoliberalism1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  38. Reproducibility1▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Scientific Workflows1▲ 47×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing, Software Engineering and Design Patterns, Political Conflict and Governance and Digital Humanities and Scholarship.

Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering and Design Patterns: 2 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and G…1Political Conflict and Governance: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and S…1Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 1 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and In…1Business Strategy and Innovation: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 1 fractional worksHistory of Computing Technologies: 1 fractional worksPost-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsDevelopmentSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  2. 2 Software Engineering and Design Patterns Development 2 works
  3. 3 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  7. 7 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 History of Computing Technologies Computer Science Applications 1 works
  10. 10 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 229% 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 Sunoco (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Sunoco (United States)0.00044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sunoco (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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