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Total (France)

In research, Total (France) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,696 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,051 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,501 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Environmental Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 22.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,455
of 28,054 · #5,747 all time
Rank in France
#161
of 1,422
Research works
4.8k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Total (France) 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 #3,696 of 12,888 9.7%477 #3815
EngineeringField #3,051 of 6,636 7.8%250 #2861
Social SciencesDomain #9,501 of 10,521 6.7%92 #6790
Health SciencesDomain #11,267 of 11,982 2.8%66 #7706
Environmental ScienceField #3,347 of 3,551 7.5%61 #3450
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #271 of 286 4.4%76 #219

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Total (France) 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#3,815 #3,696
  2. Engineering#2,861 #3,051
  3. Social Sciences#6,790 #9,501
  4. Health Sciences#7,706 #11,267
  5. Environmental Science#3,450 #3,347
  6. Ocean Engineering#219 #271
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 (France) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 22.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 75.6 works22×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 29.7 works13×
  3. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 24.1 works6.8×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.04× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.73× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.21× its world share, 54 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.52× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.52× its world share, 250 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.86× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.50× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Total (France)?

Ranked on the composite score, Christopher Wibberley, Maurice Bourrel and Sylvain Thibeau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Total (France).

  1. 1 Christopher Wibberley France · #189,481 worldwide 224 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Maurice Bourrel France · #235,705 worldwide 114 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Sylvain Thibeau France · #247,824 worldwide 169 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Claude Ringenbach France · #351,758 worldwide 121 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Michel Surya France · #357,670 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Jacques Bertin France · #383,237 worldwide 10 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Vincenzo Spina France · #423,750 worldwide 58 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Roger Goossens France · #448,049 worldwide 1 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Emmanuel Masini France · #472,347 worldwide 131 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Patrick Unternehr France · #481,149 worldwide 177 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Total (France)

Which keywords describe research at Total (France)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, CO2 Sequestration, Optimization, Data Assimilation, Uncertainty Quantification, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Closed-Loop Control and Well Placement.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy39▲ 4.1×31 topics
  2. CO2 Sequestration29▲ 23×4 topics
  3. Optimization28▲ 9.2×12 topics
  4. Nanoparticles26▲ 3.1×18 topics
  5. Data Assimilation22▲ 21×4 topics
  6. Uncertainty Quantification22▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Ensemble Kalman Filter22▲ 32×2 topics
  8. Closed-Loop Control21▲ 69×1 topic
  9. Well Placement21▲ 69×1 topic
  10. Hydraulic Fracturing21▲ 28×2 topics
  11. Fracture Propagation18▲ 46×1 topic
  12. Shale Gas Reservoirs18▲ 46×1 topic
  13. Shale Gas18▲ 21×2 topics
  14. Gas Permeability17▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Reactive Transport16▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Porous Media16▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Pore Structure16▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Nanopores16▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Vibration Analysis16▲ 8.7×4 topics
  20. Mudstones15▲ 30×1 topic
  21. Thermal Maturity15▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Surfactants15▲ 23×5 topics
  23. Rheological Properties14▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Drilling Fluids14▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Well Integrity14▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Carbon Capture14▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Geological Storage14▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Mineral Carbonation14▲ 77×1 topic
  29. Geophysical Imaging13▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Nanofluids13▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Inverse Problems13▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Pore-scale Modeling13▲ 53×1 topic
  33. X-ray Computed Tomography13▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Elastic Properties12▲ 25×3 topics
  35. Full-Waveform Tomography12▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Seismic Waveform Inversion12▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Predictive Maintenance11▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Fault Diagnosis11▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Artificial Lift Systems10▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Electric Submersible Pumps10▲ 52×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Reservoir Engineering an…21Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 21 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…18Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 18 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …15Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 15 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…14Drilling and Well Engineering: 14 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 14 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 13 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…12Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 12 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 10 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 9 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 8 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsEnvironmental Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 21 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 15 works
  4. 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 14 works
  6. 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 13 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 12 works
  8. 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 10 works
  9. 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 9 works
  10. 10 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 8 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 available23.6%not open76.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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