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Weatherford (Norway)

In research, Weatherford (Norway) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,027 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,278 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 113.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,156
of 22,385 · #7,260 all time
Rank in Norway
#123
of 123
Research works
1.1k
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
1%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Weatherford (Norway)

What is Weatherford (Norway) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #9,027 of 10,670 0.8%95 #2869
EngineeringField #5,278 of 5,901 0.9%90 #3261

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weatherford (Norway) 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 fields of science does Weatherford (Norway) work in?

In 2022-now, 98% of research at Weatherford (Norway) is in Physical Sciences, 1% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (92%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%), Physics and Astronomy (2%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 103 fractional works · 98.4% of its workEngineering: 96 fractional works · 92.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 62 fractional works · 58.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 19.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWeatherford(Norway)105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences98%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences0%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9692.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    4. Environmental Science10.8%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Computer Science00.5%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Medicine11.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    2. Decision Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Weatherford (Norway) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 113.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 61.6 works113×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 20.1 works10×
  3. EngineeringField · 96.4 works6.2×
  4. Physical SciencesDomain · 102.9 works2.5×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 6.15× its world share, 96 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering6.15×96 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.52×2 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy0.72×2 works
  4. Energy0.69×1 works
  5. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  9. Medicine0.05×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Weatherford (Norway)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ali Khalid, Reza Safari and Jian Guo Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Weatherford (Norway).

  1. 1 Ali Khalid Norway · #1,189,614 worldwide 2.3k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Reza Safari Norway · #2,398,539 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Jian Guo Huang Norway · #2,975,379 worldwide 1k citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Mark A. Smith Norway · #2,999,314 worldwide 168 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Steve P. Beare Norway · #3,026,918 worldwide 377 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Daryl Stroud Norway · #3,212,456 worldwide 248 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Robert S. Epstein Norway · #3,327,957 worldwide 148 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Annabel Green Norway · #3,429,364 worldwide 130 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Curtis Cheatham Norway · #3,437,543 worldwide 302 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Patrick Leon York Norway · #3,449,951 worldwide 427 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Weatherford (Norway)

What are the most cited papers from Weatherford (Norway)?

The most cited paper from Weatherford (Norway) is "Geological modeling and simulation of CO2 injection in the Johansen formation" (G. T. Eigestad, Helge K. Dahle, Bjarte Hellevang et al., 2009), with 146 citations. Next come "Fully Coupled Hydromechanical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in 3D Discrete-Fracture Networks" (143) and "Internationalization of small, computer software firms" (143).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Geological modeling and simulation of CO2 injection in the Johansen formation G. T. Eigestad, Helge K. Dahle, Bjarte Hellevang et al. · Computational Geosciences 13 Aug 2009 146
2 Fully Coupled Hydromechanical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in 3D Discrete-Fracture Networks Mark McClure, Mohsen Babazadeh, Sogo Shiozawa et al. · SPE Journal 6 Jan 2016 143
3 Internationalization of small, computer software firms Øystein Moen, Morten Gavlen, Iver Endresen · European Journal of Marketing Sep 2004 143
4 Distributed Acoustic Sensing - A New Way of Listening to Your Well/Reservoir Kjetil Johannessen, Brian Drakeley, Mahmoud Farhadiroushan · SPE Intelligent Energy International Conference paper 27 Mar 2012 126
5 Plan‐form evolution of ancient meandering rivers reconstructed from longitudinal outcrop sections Massimiliano Ghinassi, Wojciech Nemec, Mauro Aldinucci et al. · Sedimentology 12 Oct 2013 106
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Weatherford (Norway)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Artificial Lift Systems, Fault Diagnosis, CO2 Sequestration, Drilling Fluids, Well Integrity, Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Reservoirs.

▲ 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-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
  1. Machine Learning24▲ 6.9×5 topics
  2. Artificial Lift Systems20▲ 709×1 topic
  3. Fault Diagnosis20▲ 135×1 topic
  4. CO2 Sequestration19▲ 94×3 topics
  5. Drilling Fluids18▲ 336×1 topic
  6. Well Integrity18▲ 336×1 topic
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing18▲ 160×1 topic
  8. Shale Gas Reservoirs18▲ 286×1 topic
  9. Ensemble Kalman Filter17▲ 157×1 topic
  10. Optimization17▲ 36×1 topic
  11. Numerical Simulation4▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Porous Media3▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Pore Structure3▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Geological Conditions3▲ 72×2 topics
  15. Renewable Energy3▲ 1.87×3 topics
  16. Risk Assessment3▲ 4.1×2 topics
  17. Mudstones3▲ 35×1 topic
  18. Shale Gas3▲ 21×1 topic
  19. Geophysical Imaging2▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Performance Prediction2▲ 35×1 topic
  21. TBM2▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Sustainability2◆ 0.91×3 topics
  23. Oil and Gas2▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Subsea2▲ 220×1 topic
  25. Process Monitoring2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Pore-scale Modeling2▲ 47×1 topic
  27. X-ray Computed Tomography2▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Offshore Decommissioning2▲ 178×1 topic
  29. Ship Recycling2▲ 178×1 topic
  30. Diffusion2▲ 121×1 topic
  31. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance2▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Rock Mechanics2▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Electrical Resistivity Tomography1▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Magnetotelluric Imaging1▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Control1▲ 8.2×1 topic
  36. Hydraulic Systems1▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Fertility Preservation1▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Full-Waveform Tomography1▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation1▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Seismic Waveform Inversion1▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Weatherford (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Oil and Gas Production Techniques, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Oil and Gas Production T…20Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 20 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…18Drilling and Well Engineering: 18 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…18Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 18 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 17 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 3 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 2 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 2 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 2 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 2 fractional worksNMR spectroscopy and applications: 2 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsCivil and Structural Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 20 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 17 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  6. 6 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 NMR spectroscopy and applications Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 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 available1.1%not open98.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Weatherford (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Weatherford (Norway) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Weatherford (Norway)0.00023% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Weatherford (Norway) 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024Weatherford (Norway)0.6% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.7% in 2009.

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