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Total (Belgium)

In research, Total (Belgium) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,072 of 10,670 worldwide), Ocean Engineering (#267 of 301 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,695 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Geophysics (Ocean Engineering is 43.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,695
of 22,385 · #10,664 all time
Rank in Belgium
#49
of 105
Research works
733
▲ 239% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.6k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Total (Belgium)

What is Total (Belgium) 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 #6,072 of 10,670 1.8%271 #4494
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #267 of 301 0.8%73 #611
EngineeringField #5,695 of 5,901 1.1%139 #6085

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 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#4,494 #6,072
  2. Ocean Engineering#611 #267
  3. Engineering#6,085 #5,695
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 Total (Belgium) work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Total (Belgium) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 289 fractional works · 85.5% of its workEngineering: 148 fractional works · 43.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 76 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 48 fractional works · 14.3% of its workGeophysics: 33 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTotal (Belgium)338fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences9%

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. Engineering14843.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4814.3%
    3. Environmental Science3510.3%
    4. Computer Science123.7%
    5. Materials Science123.7%
    6. Chemistry102.9%
    7. Energy102.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering92.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy41.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences133.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting92.6%
    3. Decision Sciences51.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    6. Psychology00.0%
    1. Medicine92.5%
    2. Health Professions30.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Total (Belgium) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 43.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 76.4 works43×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 32.5 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 7.96× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.82× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.14× its world share, 48 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.08× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.92× its world share, 148 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 13 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.14×48 works
  2. Chemical Engineering7.96×9 works
  3. Energy3.08×10 works
  4. Engineering2.92×148 works
  5. Environmental Science2.08×35 works
  6. Chemistry1.82×10 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.52×5 works
  8. Materials Science1.05×12 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×9 works
  10. Veterinary0.69×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.54×4 works
  12. Computer Science0.47×12 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×2 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.32×3 works
  16. Social Sciences0.30×13 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×3 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.16×2 works
  19. Neuroscience0.14×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  21. Medicine0.13×8 works
  22. Nursing0.12×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×2 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  26. Psychology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Total (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, Joseph A. Stewart, Daniel Curulla‐Ferré and Moritz W. Schreiber lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Total (Belgium).

  1. 1 Joseph A. Stewart Belgium · #480,142 worldwide 3.6k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Daniel Curulla‐Ferré Belgium · #675,681 worldwide 6.3k citations · 121 works
  3. 3 Moritz W. Schreiber Belgium · #790,115 worldwide 2.1k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Pierre Dath Belgium · #1,109,151 worldwide 1.3k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Nikolai Nesterenko Belgium · #1,167,234 worldwide 1.8k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Abbas Razavi Belgium · #1,490,316 worldwide 2.5k citations · 87 works
  7. 7 Delphine Minoux Belgium · #1,576,678 worldwide 901 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Aurélien Vantomme Belgium · #1,725,017 worldwide 1.5k citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Olivier Miserque Belgium · #2,648,795 worldwide 867 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Geoffrey W. Coffey Belgium · #2,829,721 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Total (Belgium)

What are the most cited papers from Total (Belgium)?

The most cited paper from Total (Belgium) is "Indium Oxide as a Superior Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis by CO 2 Hydrogenation" (Oliver Martin, Antonio José Martín, Cecilia Mondelli et al., 2016), with 1,113 citations. Next come "Impact of Zeolites on the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry" (993) and "Status and prospects in higher alcohols synthesis from syngas" (750).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Indium Oxide as a Superior Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis by CO 2 Hydrogenation Oliver Martin, Antonio José Martín, Cecilia Mondelli et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 17 Mar 2016 1,113
2 Impact of Zeolites on the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry Walter Vermeiren, Jean‐Pierre Gilson · Topics in Catalysis 14 May 2009 993
3 Status and prospects in higher alcohols synthesis from syngas Ho Ting Luk, Cecilia Mondelli, Daniel Curulla‐Ferré et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 24 Dec 2016 750
4 Mechanistic Understanding of CO 2 Reduction Reaction (CO2RR) Toward Multicarbon Products by Heterogeneous Copper-Based Catalysts Tanya Kumanova Todorova, Moritz W. Schreiber, Marc Fontecave · ACS Catalysis 30 Dec 2019 592
5 Overview and Industrial Assessment of Synthesis Strategies towards Zeolites with Mesopores Robin Chal, Corine Gérardin, Metin Bulut et al. · ChemCatChem 7 Oct 2010 502
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Total (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Data Assimilation, CO2 Sequestration, 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-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. Optimization32▲ 21×3 topics
  2. Data Assimilation31▲ 57×2 topics
  3. CO2 Sequestration31▲ 47×4 topics
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter31▲ 90×1 topic
  5. Well Placement31▲ 204×1 topic
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing26▲ 73×2 topics
  7. Nanoparticles24▲ 5.6×13 topics
  8. Fracture Propagation22▲ 112×1 topic
  9. Shale Gas Reservoirs22▲ 112×1 topic
  10. Machine Learning22▲ 1.94×25 topics
  11. Geophysical Imaging22▲ 119×2 topics
  12. Inverse Problems21▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Full-Waveform Tomography21▲ 147×1 topic
  14. Seismic Waveform Inversion21▲ 147×1 topic
  15. Rheological Properties17▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Drilling Fluids17▲ 96×1 topic
  17. Well Integrity17▲ 96×1 topic
  18. Catalysis15▲ 6.6×18 topics
  19. Reactive Transport14▲ 77×2 topics
  20. Renewable Energy14▲ 2.9×17 topics
  21. Carbon Capture14▲ 88×1 topic
  22. Geological Storage14▲ 128×1 topic
  23. Shale Gas13▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Gas Permeability10▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Carbon Dioxide10▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Pore Structure10▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Mudstones9▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Thermal Maturity9▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Data Analytics9▲ 58×2 topics
  30. Fault Diagnosis8▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Artificial Lift Systems8▲ 91×1 topic
  32. Electric Submersible Pumps8▲ 91×1 topic
  33. Methane Oxidation8▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Tomography8▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Anaerobic8▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Gas Hydrates8▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Seismic Noise8▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Surface Wave8▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Porous Media7▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Carbon Dioxide Capture7▲ 23×2 topics

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

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

Reservoir Engineering an…31Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 31 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 22 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 21 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 17 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 14 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …9Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 9 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: 7 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 31 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 22 works
  3. 3 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 21 works
  4. 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 17 works
  5. 5 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 14 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 9 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 7 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 239% 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 Total (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Total (Belgium)0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Total (Belgium) 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 2025Total (Belgium)1.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.9% in 2009.

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