Total (France)
In research, Total (France) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,471 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#3,565 of 5,901 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,706 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Environmental Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 21.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #6,023 of 22,385 · #3,065 all time
- Rank in France
- #167 of 517
- Research works
- 4.8k ▼ 20% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 63k 13.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 6.5% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.84× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 24% world 40%
- International
- 33% world 18%
What is Total (France) known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #3,471 of 10,670 | 5.8% | 477 | #2110 | |
| EngineeringField | #3,565 of 5,901 | 4.3% | 250 | #2410 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #2,706 of 3,334 | 5.0% | 61 | #2833 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #8,039 of 9,585 | 7.1% | 92 | #5217 | |
| Ocean EngineeringSubfield | #256 of 301 | 1.4% | 76 | #330 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #9,029 of 9,902 | 6.9% | 66 | #8467 |
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 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.
- Physical Sciences#2,110 #3,471
- Engineering#2,410 #3,565
- Environmental Science#2,833 #2,706
- Social Sciences#5,217 #8,039
- Ocean Engineering#330 #256
- Health Sciences#8,467 #9,029
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 (France) work in?
In 2022-now, 72% of research at Total (France) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Environmental Science (9%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences53172.4%
- Engineering27637.6%
- Environmental Science709.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences618.4%
- Materials Science324.4%
- Computer Science324.3%
- Chemistry192.7%
- Energy172.4%
- Chemical Engineering101.4%
- Physics and Astronomy101.3%
- Mathematics40.5%
- Social Sciences10214.0%
- Social Sciences476.4%
- Arts and Humanities172.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting162.1%
- Decision Sciences91.2%
- Psychology71.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.9%
- Health Sciences709.5%
- Medicine516.9%
- Health Professions131.8%
- Dentistry50.7%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Nursing00.0%
- Life Sciences304.1%
What does Total (France) specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 21.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 82.3 works22×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 33.2 works13×
- Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 26.4 works6.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Earth and Planetary Sciences5.33×61 works
- Chemical Engineering4.05×10 works
- Energy2.57×17 works
- Engineering2.50×276 works
- Environmental Science1.91×70 works
- Chemistry1.69×20 works
- Dentistry1.54×6 works
- Decision Sciences1.27×9 works
- Materials Science1.26×32 works
- Arts and Humanities0.78×17 works
- Health Professions0.67×13 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.66×16 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.60×10 works
- Computer Science0.56×32 works
- Social Sciences0.51×47 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×16 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×7 works
- Mathematics0.43×4 works
- Neuroscience0.39×5 works
- Medicine0.36×51 works
- Psychology0.33×7 works
- Veterinary0.31×0 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×1 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×8 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.10×1 works
- Nursing0.08×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 5.3×
- Chemical Engineering 4.0×
- Energy 2.6×
- Engineering 2.5×
- Environmental Science 1.9×
- Chemistry 1.7×
- Dentistry 1.5×
- Decision Sciences 1.3×
- Materials Science 1.3×
- Arts and Humanities 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.7×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.6×
- Computer Science 0.6×
- Social Sciences 0.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Neuroscience 0.4×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Psychology 0.3×
- Veterinary 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Nursing 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Total (France)?
Ranked on the quality score, Patrick Unternehr, Jean‐Claude Ringenbach and Cécilia Sambusiti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Total (France).
- 1
Patrick Unternehr
France · #388,579 worldwide 2.6k citations · 45 works
- 2
Jean‐Claude Ringenbach
France · #576,628 worldwide 3.1k citations · 140 works
- 3
Cécilia Sambusiti
France · #674,196 worldwide 3.7k citations · 103 works
- 4
David Aymé‐Perrot
France · #943,766 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
- 5
Magali Pujol
France · #981,484 worldwide 1.4k citations · 45 works
- 6
Florian Meresse
France · #1,039,042 worldwide 1.4k citations · 38 works
- 7
F. Luck
France · #1,041,623 worldwide 3k citations · 70 works
- 8
Guillaume Lassalle
France · #1,176,427 worldwide 676 citations · 37 works
- 9
François Hutschka
France · #1,196,023 worldwide 2.1k citations · 44 works
- 10
Philippe de Clarens
France · #1,347,861 worldwide 998 citations · 28 works
Which keywords describe research at Total (France)?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, CO2 Sequestration, Optimization, Hydraulic Fracturing, Uncertainty Quantification, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter and Closed-Loop Control.
- Artificial Lift Systems
- Fault Diagnosis
- Seismic Waveform Inversion
- X-ray Computed Tomography
- Elastic Properties
- Geophysical Imaging
- Surfactants
- Drilling Fluids
- Mineral Carbonation
- Thermal Maturity
- Carbon Capture
- Vibration Analysis
- Porous Media
- Reactive Transport
- Shale Gas Reservoirs
- Well Placement
- Ensemble Kalman Filter
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Nanoparticles
- CO2 Sequestration
- Renewable Energy
- Optimization
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Data Assimilation
- Closed-Loop Control
- Fracture Propagation
- Shale Gas
- Gas Permeability
- Pore Structure
- Nanopores
- Mudstones
- Geological Storage
- Rheological Properties
- Well Integrity
- Inverse Problems
- Nanofluids
- Pore-scale Modeling
- Full-Waveform Tomography
- Predictive Maintenance
- Methane Oxidation
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
- Renewable Energy47▲ 4.4×33 topics
- CO2 Sequestration33▲ 23×4 topics
- Optimization29▲ 8.9×12 topics
- Nanoparticles29▲ 3.1×22 topics
- Hydraulic Fracturing23▲ 30×2 topics
- Uncertainty Quantification23▲ 40×2 topics
- Data Assimilation23▲ 19×4 topics
- Ensemble Kalman Filter23▲ 30×2 topics
- Closed-Loop Control22▲ 68×1 topic
- Well Placement22▲ 68×1 topic
- Fracture Propagation20▲ 46×1 topic
- Shale Gas Reservoirs20▲ 46×1 topic
- Shale Gas19▲ 22×2 topics
- Reactive Transport18▲ 44×2 topics
- Gas Permeability17▲ 24×2 topics
- Porous Media17▲ 17×5 topics
- Pore Structure17▲ 19×3 topics
- Vibration Analysis17▲ 8.5×4 topics
- Nanopores16▲ 23×2 topics
- Carbon Capture16▲ 47×2 topics
- Mudstones16▲ 29×1 topic
- Thermal Maturity16▲ 29×1 topic
- Geological Storage16▲ 68×1 topic
- Mineral Carbonation16▲ 68×1 topic
- Rheological Properties16▲ 12×2 topics
- Drilling Fluids15▲ 40×1 topic
- Well Integrity15▲ 40×1 topic
- Surfactants15▲ 21×5 topics
- Inverse Problems14▲ 17×2 topics
- Geophysical Imaging14▲ 35×2 topics
- Nanofluids13▲ 22×2 topics
- Elastic Properties13▲ 23×3 topics
- Pore-scale Modeling13▲ 48×1 topic
- X-ray Computed Tomography13▲ 48×1 topic
- Full-Waveform Tomography13▲ 42×1 topic
- Seismic Waveform Inversion13▲ 42×1 topic
- Predictive Maintenance12▲ 22×3 topics
- Fault Diagnosis12▲ 11×3 topics
- Methane Oxidation11▲ 19×2 topics
- Artificial Lift Systems11▲ 54×1 topic
Which research topics does Total (France) publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 22 works
- 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 20 works
- 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 16 works
- 4 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 16 works
- 5 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 15 works
- 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 13 works
- 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 13 works
- 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 11 works
- 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 11 works
- 10 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 9 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Total (France)'s research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 (France) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0031% in 2024.
Fractional works of Total (France) 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 1991.
Other research institutions in Paris
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Inserm
- Université Paris Cité
- Sorbonne Université
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
- Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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