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Weatherford (Switzerland)

In research, Weatherford (Switzerland) stands highest in Ocean Engineering (#407 of 850 worldwide), Engineering (#4,773 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,260 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Engineering and Physical Sciences (Ocean Engineering is 83.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#19,632
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#238
of 378
Research works
534
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Weatherford (Switzerland)

What is Weatherford (Switzerland) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #407 of 850 4.8%229
EngineeringField #4,773 of 9,532 4.8%367
Physical SciencesDomain #12,260 of 17,446 4.9%458

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weatherford (Switzerland) 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 (Switzerland) work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Weatherford (Switzerland) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (71%), Medicine (4%), Computer Science (4%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 83.3% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 70.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 29 fractional works · 43.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWeatherford(Switzerland)66fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences8%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4770.6%
    2. Computer Science23.7%
    3. Environmental Science23.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    6. Energy00.5%
    7. Mathematics00.5%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences23.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    3. Decision Sciences11.4%
    4. Psychology00.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine34.1%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Weatherford (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 83.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 28.9 works84×
  2. EngineeringField · 46.8 works4.7×
  3. Physical SciencesDomain · 55.2 works2.1×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.70× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.70×47 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.77×2 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.43×1 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy0.74×1 works
  5. Environmental Science0.64×2 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×1 works
  7. Energy0.55×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.47×2 works
  11. Health Professions0.46×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.43×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.28×2 works
  15. Psychology0.25×0 works
  16. Medicine0.22×3 works
  17. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Weatherford (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Mike Luke, Hossein Alimi and Harold W. Hyde lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Weatherford (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Mike Luke Switzerland · #2,911,704 worldwide 843 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Hossein Alimi Switzerland · #3,383,529 worldwide 307 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Harold W. Hyde Switzerland · #3,743,465 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Woodward H. Brown Switzerland · #3,914,288 worldwide 459 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Meliza H. Agabin Switzerland · #4,136,306 worldwide 38 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Tad Bostick Switzerland · #4,325,678 worldwide 176 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Patrick M. Moran Switzerland · #4,835,088 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Harpreet Kaur Dalgit Singh Switzerland · #5,074,356 worldwide 57 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Calvin S. Holt Switzerland · #5,168,010 worldwide 201 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Steve Nas Switzerland · #5,667,930 worldwide 232 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Weatherford (Switzerland)

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

The most cited paper from Weatherford (Switzerland) is "Shale Gas-in-Place Calculations Part I: New Pore-Scale Considerations" (Ray J. Ambrose, Robert C. Hartman, Mery Diaz-Campos et al., 2011), with 656 citations. Next come "Global survey of the omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid in the blood stream of healthy adults" (529) and "New Pore-scale Considerations for Shale Gas in Place Calculations" (480).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Shale Gas-in-Place Calculations Part I: New Pore-Scale Considerations Ray J. Ambrose, Robert C. Hartman, Mery Diaz-Campos et al. · SPE Journal 7 Nov 2011 656
2 Global survey of the omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid in the blood stream of healthy adults Ken D. Stark, Mary E. Van Elswyk, Marguerite Higgins et al. · Progress in Lipid Research Open access 22 May 2016 529
3 New Pore-scale Considerations for Shale Gas in Place Calculations Ray J. Ambrose, Robert C. Hartman, Mery Diaz-Campos et al. Conference paper 23 Feb 2010 480
4 Improved results of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic coronary disease: an analysis of 1,546 consecutive carotid operations. Coyness L. Ennix, Gerald M. Lawrie, G. C. Morris et al. · Stroke Open access Mar 1979 244
5 Discontinuous Galerkin Time-Domain Methods for Multiscale Electromagnetic Simulations: A Review Jiefu Chen, Qing Huo Liu · Proceedings of the IEEE 16 Nov 2012 186
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Weatherford (Switzerland)?

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

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning12▲ 5.6×10 topics
  2. CO2 Sequestration11▲ 83×3 topics
  3. Nanoparticles11▲ 13×2 topics
  4. Drilling Fluids10▲ 298×1 topic
  5. Well Integrity10▲ 298×1 topic
  6. Predictive Maintenance8▲ 172×2 topics
  7. Artificial Lift Systems8▲ 453×1 topic
  8. Fault Diagnosis8▲ 87×1 topic
  9. Data Assimilation8▲ 69×3 topics
  10. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 106×2 topics
  11. Optimization7▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Uncertainty Quantification7▲ 135×1 topic
  13. Well Placement7▲ 238×1 topic
  14. Hydraulic Fracturing7▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Shale Gas Reservoirs7▲ 171×1 topic
  16. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.2×6 topics
  17. Renewable Energy2▲ 2.5×7 topics
  18. Sustainability2▲ 1.45×7 topics
  19. Risk Assessment2▲ 3.6×3 topics
  20. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  21. Educational Technology1▲ 1.74×3 topics
  22. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 4.8×3 topics
  23. Energy Efficiency1▲ 1.99×3 topics
  24. Marine Pollution1▲ 92×2 topics
  25. Deep Learning1▼ 0.50×3 topics
  26. Oil and Gas1▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Subsea1▲ 173×1 topic
  28. Tool Wear1▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Big Data1▲ 1.62×3 topics
  30. Climate Change1▼ 0.58×9 topics
  31. Digital Textbooks1▲ 319×1 topic
  32. E-Books1▲ 319×1 topic
  33. Plant Disease Detection1▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Smart Farming1▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Supply Chain Management1▲ 1.70×2 topics

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

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

Drilling and Well Engine…10Drilling and Well Engineering: 10 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…8Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 8 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 7 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 7 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 1 fractional worksLibrary Collection Development and Digital Resources: 1 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 1 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringInformation SystemsPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  5. 5 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Library Collection Development and Digital Resources Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 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 available6.7%not open93.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.7%domestic only49.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Weatherford (Switzerland)0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Weatherford (Switzerland) 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Weatherford (Switzerland)5.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2011.

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