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Tor Austad

Tor Austad publishes mostly in Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

World rank
#110,964
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Norway
#531
of 6,482
Works
24
Citations
404
Citations per work
16.8

What does Tor Austad research?

Ocean Engineering: 30.0%Mechanics of Materials: 17.5%Mechanical Engineering: 15.0%Organic Chemistry: 10.0%other fields: 27.5%30%top field
Ocean Engineering30.0%Mechanics of Materials17.5%Mechanical Engineering15.0%Organic Chemistry10.0%other fields27.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Ocean Engineering30% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials18% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering15% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry10% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry5% of their works
  6. 6Geology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Tor Austad's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Surfactants, Pore-scale Modeling, X-ray Computed Tomography, Pore Structure, Shale Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Gas Reservoirs and Biodegradation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Surfactants143 topics
  2. Pore-scale Modeling91 topic
  3. X-ray Computed Tomography91 topic
  4. Pore Structure71 topic
  5. Shale Gas71 topic
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing61 topic
  7. Shale Gas Reservoirs61 topic
  8. Biodegradation32 topics
  9. Ensemble Kalman Filter31 topic
  10. Micelles31 topic
  11. Optimization31 topic
  12. Self-Assembly31 topic
  13. Environmental Fate21 topic
  14. Quaternary Ammonium Compounds21 topic
  15. Asphaltenes11 topic
  16. Hydrocolloids11 topic
  17. Petroleum11 topic
  18. Thickening Agents11 topic

Where does Tor Austad work?

Tor Austad's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Stavanger, Norway.

How many publications and citations does Tor Austad have?

Science Explorer counts 24 works and 404 citations for Tor Austad, ranking #110,964 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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