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Virtual Materials Group (Canada)

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Research works
85
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Virtual Materials Group (Canada) 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.30× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.95× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.67× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Virtual Materials Group (Canada)?

Ranked on the composite score, Marco A. Satyro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virtual Materials Group (Canada).

  1. 1 Marco A. Satyro Canada · #1,302,427 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Virtual Materials Group (Canada)

Which keywords describe research at Virtual Materials Group (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Porous Media, Pore-scale Modeling, X-ray Computed Tomography, Shale Gas, Gas Permeability, Thermodynamic Properties and Mudstones.

▲ 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. Optimization9▲ 19×5 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 3.0×13 topics
  3. Porous Media6▲ 42×5 topics
  4. Pore-scale Modeling5▲ 168×1 topic
  5. X-ray Computed Tomography5▲ 168×1 topic
  6. Nanoparticles4▲ 4.0×2 topics
  7. Shale Gas4▲ 40×2 topics
  8. Gas Permeability4▲ 52×2 topics
  9. Mudstones4▲ 64×1 topic
  10. Pore Structure4▲ 44×1 topic
  11. Thermodynamic Properties4▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Data Assimilation4▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Supercritical Fluids4▲ 76×2 topics
  14. Extraction4▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency4▲ 5.3×3 topics
  16. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Hydraulic Fracturing4▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Equation of State4▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Monte Carlo Simulation4▲ 13×1 topic
  20. Scheduling4▲ 49×2 topics
  21. Uncertainty Quantification4▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Well Placement4▲ 74×1 topic
  23. CO2 Sequestration3▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Distillation3▲ 158×1 topic
  25. Process Intensification3▲ 158×1 topic
  26. Fracture Propagation3▲ 61×1 topic
  27. Reactive Transport3▲ 66×2 topics
  28. Shale Gas Reservoirs3▲ 61×1 topic
  29. Petroleum3▲ 64×2 topics
  30. Asphaltenes3▲ 127×1 topic
  31. Biodegradation3▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Naphthenic Acids3▲ 127×1 topic
  33. Inverse Problems2▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Carbon Capture2▲ 69×1 topic
  35. Geological Storage2▲ 140×1 topic
  36. Geophysical Imaging2▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Elastic Properties2▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Full-Waveform Tomography2▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Seismic Waveform Inversion2▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Inventory Management2▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Virtual Materials Group (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques and Forecasting Techniques and Applications.

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…1Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 1 fractional worksForecasting Techniques a…1Forecasting Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 1 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 1 fractional worksGeothermal Energy System…1Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications: 1 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 0 fractional worksRisk Management in Financial Firms: 0 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 0 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsManagement Science and Operations ResearchMechanical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  3. 3 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Forecasting Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  5. 5 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  8. 8 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Risk Management in Financial Firms Accounting 0 works
  10. 10 Drilling and Well Engineering 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virtual Materials Group (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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