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Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods is a research topic within Ocean Engineering. Science Explorer counts 61k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advanced techniques in reservoir management, including the use of Ensemble Kalman Filter for data assimilation and model updating, optimization of well placement and production operations, uncertainty quantification in production forecasting, and closed-loop control strategies. The research also covers topics such as smart wells, history matching, and the integration of geological models for improved reservoir characterization.

  • Ensemble Kalman Filter
  • Optimization
  • Data Assimilation
  • Well Placement
  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • Closed-Loop Control
  • Smart Wells
  • History Matching
  • Production Forecasting
  • Geological Models
Research works
61k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Which countries lead Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 1.8k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 United States 1.8k works
  3. 3 Russia 474 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 419 works
  5. 5 Brazil 369 works
  6. 6 India 311 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 296 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 268 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 266 works
  10. 10 Norway 257 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 37.2%United States: 25.5%Russia: 6.7%United Kingdom: 5.9%6 others listed: 24.8%37%largest
China2,648 · 37.2%United States1,815 · 25.5%Russia474 · 6.7%United Kingdom419 · 5.9%6 others listed1,768 · 24.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods research?

By volume in 2022-now, China National Petroleum Corporation (China) publishes the most Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods research, followed by Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) and China University of Petroleum, Beijing.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 475 works
  2. 2 Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)Saudi Arabia 246 works
  3. 3 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 227 works
  4. 4 Abu Dhabi National Oil (United Arab Emirates)United Arab Emirates 194 works
  5. 5 Daqing Oilfield General HospitalChina 173 works
  6. 6 Petronas (Malaysia)Malaysia 164 works
  7. 7 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 136 works
  8. 8 Sinopec (China)China 117 works
  9. 9 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 108 works
  10. 10 Petrobras (Brazil)Brazil 107 works

Who are the leading researchers in Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods include Yoshua Bengio, Reza Malekzadeh and Philippe Ciais.

  1. 1 Yoshua Bengio Canada 476k citations
  2. 2 Reza Malekzadeh Iran 278k citations
  3. 3 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  4. 4 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  5. 5 Vladimir N. Vapnik United States 227k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 Patrick W.J.C. Serruys Netherlands 206k citations
  8. 8 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods?

The most cited paper in Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods is "Long-Term Storage Capacity of Reservoirs" (H. E. Hurst, 1951), with 6,327 citations. Next come "The Price of Robustness" (4,567) and "Adapting to Unknown Smoothness via Wavelet Shrinkage" (4,375).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long-Term Storage Capacity of Reservoirs H. E. Hurst · Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1951 6,327
2 The Price of Robustness Dimitris Bertsimas, Melvyn Sim · Operations Research Feb 2004 4,567
3 Adapting to Unknown Smoothness via Wavelet Shrinkage David L. Donoho, Iain M. Johnstone · Journal of the American Statistical Association Dec 1995 4,375
4 The Behavior of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Joseph E. Warren, Paul J. Root · Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal Sep 1963 4,237
5 The Mathematical Theory of Viscous Incompressible Flow Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Richard A. Silverman, Jacob T. Schwartz et al. · Physics Today Feb 1964 2,940
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods research done?

The largest centres of Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Houston (United States), Daqing (China) and Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Road Town, Arbroath and San Ramon.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1.1k works
  2. 2 HoustonUnited States 333 works
  3. 3 DaqingChina 234 works
  4. 4 Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates 232 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 226 works
  6. 6 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 188 works
  7. 7 QingdaoChina 175 works
  8. 8 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 164 works
  9. 9 DhahranSaudi Arabia 160 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 154 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Road TownVG · 90.7 works309×
  2. ArbroathGB · 80.0 works298×
  3. San RamonUS · 33.5 works115×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China University of Petroleum, East China and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 67.018.1%62.5×227 +23.4%
2China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 65.918.7%31.2×136 +51.4%
3King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 63.718.7%16.5×43 +99.0%
4China University of GeosciencesChina 61.730.9%9.3×39 +112.9%
5Qingdao University of TechnologyChina 61.638.9%6.2×9 +483.5%
6King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 58.618.9%18.9×60 -8.0%
7Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 57.515.9%24.8×88 +74.9%
8University of TulsaUnited States 56.226.3%49.1×25 +6.5%
9Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 56.114.4%36.4×108 +62.0%
10Jilin UniversityChina 55.934.6%1.7×18 +168.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, country by country

Is Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

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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 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.050% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods 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.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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