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Sunoco (United States)

In research, Sunoco (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,141 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#9,868 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,254
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,551
of 8,685
Research works
626
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

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 #9,141 of 21,541 10.9%494
EngineeringField #9,868 of 11,412 7.9%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.96× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 5.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.77× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.64× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.93× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, H. C. Wayman, G. Eberhardt and G. F. Handel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sunoco (United States).

  1. 1 H. C. Wayman · #141,938 worldwide 0 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 G. Eberhardt · #511,235 worldwide 79 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 G. F. Handel · #582,209 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Hugh J. Mitchell-Tapping · #1,537,832 worldwide 7 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Sunoco (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Sunoco (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Math Search, Mathematical Information Retrieval, Innovation, Garment Industry, Labor Conditions, Sustainability and Digital Humanities.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 2.6×8 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  3. Innovation2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  4. Math Search2▲ 996×1 topic
  5. Mathematical Information Retrieval2▲ 996×1 topic
  6. Garment Industry2▲ 2966×1 topic
  7. Labor Conditions2▲ 142×1 topic
  8. Corporate Governance1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  9. Digital Humanities1▲ 271×1 topic
  10. Literary History1▲ 112×1 topic
  11. Software Development1▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.93×5 topics
  13. Big Data1▲ 3.3×4 topics
  14. Information Technology1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  15. Machine Learning1▼ 0.80×8 topics
  16. Rheological Properties1▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.77×5 topics
  18. Business Networks1▲ 125×1 topic
  19. Coopetition1▲ 125×1 topic
  20. Data Integration1▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Dietary Fiber1▲ 22×1 topic
  22. Globalization1▲ 1.22×2 topics
  23. Glycemic Index1▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Reproducibility1▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Scientific Workflows1▲ 70×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing, Software Engineering and Design Patterns, Digital Humanities and Scholarship and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization.

Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering and Design Patterns: 2 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 1 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and In…1Business Strategy and Innovation: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsDevelopmentLiterature and Literary TheoryCivil and Structural Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Mathematics, Computing, and Information ProcessingComputational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  2. 2 Software Engineering and Design PatternsDevelopment 2 works
  3. 3 Digital Humanities and ScholarshipLiterature and Literary Theory 1 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationCivil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Food composition and propertiesNutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  6. 6 Scientific Computing and Data ManagementInformation Systems and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Business Strategy and InnovationStrategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesMarketing 1 works
  9. 9 Data Quality and ManagementManagement Science and Operations Research 1 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness and International Management 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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