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Valero Energy (United States)

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Research works
100
▼ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Valero Energy (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Neuroscience: 3.04× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 4.26× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 8.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Valero Energy (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Mechanical Properties, Distributed Generation, Optimization, Artificial Neural Network, Tectonics, Finite Element Analysis and Microstructure.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Machine Learning6▲ 2.8×14 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 2.0×8 topics
  4. Optimization3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  5. Distributed Generation3▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Microstructure3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  7. Artificial Neural Network3▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.1×9 topics
  9. Tectonics3▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Big Data3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  11. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Pore Structure2▲ 22×1 topic
  13. Shale Gas2▲ 18×1 topic
  14. Simulation2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  15. Smart Home2▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Fault Detection2▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Supply Chain2▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Emissions2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  19. Smart Grid2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  20. Defect Detection2▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Geophysical Imaging2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Information Quality2▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Microgrid2▲ 103×1 topic
  24. Protection2▲ 103×1 topic
  25. Uncertainty Quantification2▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Data Assimilation2▲ 9.1×1 topic
  27. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Fatigue Crack Closure2▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Fracture Toughness Testing2▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Holocene2▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Pipeline2▲ 18×3 topics
  32. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Failure Analysis2▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Fracture Mechanisms2▲ 119×1 topic
  35. Game Theory2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Digitalization2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Electrical Systems2▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Full-Waveform Tomography1▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Petroleum1▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Seismic Waveform Inversion1▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Valero Energy (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Data Quality and Management, Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies.

Data Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksVaried Academic Research Topics: 0 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…0Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Technologies in Various Fields: 0 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 0 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…0Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 0 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchArtificial IntelligenceManagement Information SystemsDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  2. 2 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies Demography 0 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Varied Academic Research Topics Management Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Technologies in Various Fields Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 0 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 available19.9%not open80.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Valero Energy (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% lower 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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