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Total (Belgium)

In research, Total (Belgium) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,473 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#6,174 of 6,636 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#277 of 286 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Geophysics — Ocean Engineering is 44.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,709
of 28,054 · #12,848 all time
Rank in Belgium
#64
of 138
Research works
733
▲ 176% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Total (Belgium) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,473 of 12,888 3.4%271 #7562
EngineeringField #6,174 of 6,636 2.7%139 #9619
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #277 of 286 2.4%73 #796

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Total (Belgium) 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#7,562 #6,473
  2. Engineering#9,619 #6,174
  3. Ocean Engineering#796 #277
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Total (Belgium) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 44.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 73.3 works45×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 30.5 works28×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 7.75× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.81× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.08× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.11× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.94× its world share, 139 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.16× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Total (Belgium)?

Ranked on the composite score, Nikolai Nesterenko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Total (Belgium).

  1. 1 Nikolai Nesterenko Belgium · #1,414,016 worldwide 38 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Total (Belgium)

Which keywords describe research at Total (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, CO2 Sequestration, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Well Placement, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation and Shale Gas Reservoirs.

▲ 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 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. CO2 Sequestration30▲ 50×4 topics
  2. Optimization30▲ 21×3 topics
  3. Data Assimilation30▲ 61×2 topics
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter30▲ 94×1 topic
  5. Well Placement30▲ 202×1 topic
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing25▲ 72×2 topics
  7. Nanoparticles23▲ 5.8×11 topics
  8. Fracture Propagation21▲ 111×1 topic
  9. Shale Gas Reservoirs21▲ 111×1 topic
  10. Geophysical Imaging21▲ 122×2 topics
  11. Machine Learning20▲ 1.98×24 topics
  12. Inverse Problems20▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Full-Waveform Tomography20▲ 150×1 topic
  14. Seismic Waveform Inversion20▲ 150×1 topic
  15. Rheological Properties17▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Drilling Fluids17▲ 96×1 topic
  17. Well Integrity17▲ 96×1 topic
  18. Reactive Transport14▲ 87×2 topics
  19. Catalysis14▲ 6.6×16 topics
  20. Carbon Capture13▲ 104×1 topic
  21. Geological Storage13▲ 153×1 topic
  22. Renewable Energy13▲ 2.8×17 topics
  23. Shale Gas12▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Gas Permeability9▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Pore Structure9▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Carbon Dioxide9▲ 19×4 topics
  27. Mudstones8▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Thermal Maturity8▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Data Analytics8▲ 57×2 topics
  30. Fault Diagnosis8▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Artificial Lift Systems8▲ 87×1 topic
  32. Electric Submersible Pumps8▲ 87×1 topic
  33. Methane Oxidation8▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Tomography8▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Anaerobic8▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Gas Hydrates8▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Seismic Noise8▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Surface Wave8▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Porous Media7▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Carbon Dioxide Capture6▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Total (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Reservoir Engineering an…30Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 30 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 21 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 20 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 17 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 13 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …8Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 8 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 8 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 8 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 8 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 6 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeophysicsEnvironmental Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 30 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 21 works
  3. 3 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 20 works
  4. 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 17 works
  5. 5 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 13 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  7. 7 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 8 works
  9. 9 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 8 works
  10. 10 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 6 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 available25.6%not open74.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.5%domestic only51.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Total (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 176% higher 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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