Question 1

What is Total (Belgium) known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Total (Belgium) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Total (Belgium) ranks #11,695 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#10,664 all time), and #49 of 105 in Belgium.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Total (Belgium)?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Total (Belgium)?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Total (Belgium) work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Total (Belgium)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 239% higher than in 2018-2021.