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Research in Dhahran

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) and King Fahd Military Medical Complex.

Research institutions
5
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
33k
▲ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
657k
19.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Dhahran

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Dhahran?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsUniversity 27,480 #1,157
2Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)Company 11,061 #2,395
3King Fahd Military Medical ComplexHospital / health system 457 #12,561
4Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal HospitalHospital / health system 221 #18,430
5Saudi Center for Theoretical PhysicsResearch facility 80 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 69.9%Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia): 28.1%King Fahd Military Medical Complex: 1.2%Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal Hospital: 0.6%1 other listed: 0.2%70%largest
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals27k · 69.9%Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)11k · 28.1%King Fahd Military Medical Complex457 · 1.2%Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal Hospital221 · 0.6%1 other listed80 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Dhahran work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research in Dhahran is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Materials Science (8%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9,549 fractional works · 85.6% of its workEngineering: 5,036 fractional works · 45.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 927 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 875 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 803 fractional works · 7.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 425 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 402 fractional works · 3.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 363 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 360 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 214 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 196 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 152 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 141 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 97 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 945 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 577 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 98 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 898 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 247 fractional works · 2.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 230 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 898 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 311 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 172 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 133 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 122 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 484 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 391 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 438 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeophysics: 221 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 342 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 101 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 97 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 208 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCatalysis: 116 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 158 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 143 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 715 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 216 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 104 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 199 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 123 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 624 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 508 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 277 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 267 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 124 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDhahran11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences6%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5,03645.1%
    2. Materials Science9458.5%
    3. Environmental Science8988.0%
    4. Computer Science8988.0%
    5. Energy4844.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences4383.9%
    7. Chemistry3423.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering2081.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy1581.4%
    10. Mathematics1431.3%
    1. Social Sciences2161.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1991.8%
    3. Decision Sciences1231.1%
    4. Psychology870.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance710.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities190.2%
    1. Medicine5084.6%
    2. Health Professions880.8%
    3. Dentistry160.1%
    4. Nursing100.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1241.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences740.7%
    3. Neuroscience430.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology170.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dhahran strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dhahran is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering, Metals and Alloys and Energy Engineering and Power Technology (14.6× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 721.8 works15×
  2. Metals and AlloysSubfield · 38.5 works12×
  3. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 71.1 works6.9×
  4. CatalysisSubfield · 91.4 works6.5×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 199.3 works6.0×
  6. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 42.4 works5.7×
  7. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 94.1 works5.1×
  8. Chemical EngineeringField · 169.2 works5.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 104 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.07× its world share, 169 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.08× its world share, 311 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 765 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 379 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.61× its world share, 404 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.04× its world share, 4,352 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 757 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.48× its world share, 824 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 123 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 132 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 73 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 407 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 165 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 106 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 62 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 68 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 179 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering5.07×169 works
  2. Energy4.61×404 works
  3. Engineering3.04×4,352 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.53×379 works
  5. Materials Science2.48×824 works
  6. Chemistry2.08×311 works
  7. Environmental Science1.60×757 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.15×106 works
  9. Mathematics1.09×123 works
  10. Computer Science1.03×765 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.62×132 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×165 works
  13. Dentistry0.32×15 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×62 works
  15. Health Professions0.29×73 works
  16. Psychology0.23×68 works
  17. Neuroscience0.22×34 works
  18. Medicine0.22×407 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×104 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×7 works
  21. Nursing0.18×8 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×14 works
  23. Social Sciences0.15×179 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×62 works
  25. Veterinary0.06×1 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.06×16 works

Which keywords describe research in Dhahran?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Renewable Energy, Nanoparticles, Machine Learning, Hydraulic Fracturing, Vibration Analysis, Fracture Propagation 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 city'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 Learning685▲ 1.84×90 topics
  2. Renewable Energy615▲ 3.8×48 topics
  3. Nanoparticles562▲ 4.0×44 topics
  4. CO2 Sequestration448▲ 20×4 topics
  5. Deep Learning434◆ 1.13×80 topics
  6. Nanomaterials374▲ 3.2×20 topics
  7. Sustainability362▲ 1.33×73 topics
  8. Environmental Impact358▲ 1.88×58 topics
  9. Hydraulic Fracturing321▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties317▲ 2.9×38 topics
  11. Vibration Analysis312▲ 10×8 topics
  12. Fracture Propagation304▲ 46×1 topic
  13. Shale Gas Reservoirs304▲ 46×1 topic
  14. Optimization299▲ 6.0×25 topics
  15. Energy Storage298▲ 4.1×12 topics
  16. Catalysis290▲ 3.9×29 topics
  17. Rheological Properties273▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Drilling Fluids264▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Well Integrity264▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Energy Efficiency244▲ 2.4×39 topics
  21. Porous Media234▲ 16×6 topics
  22. Gas Permeability234▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Pore Structure227▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Heat Transfer222▲ 4.1×19 topics
  25. Shale Gas217▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Surfactants215▲ 20×5 topics
  27. Nanopores208▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Nanofluids207▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Mudstones200▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Thermal Maturity200▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Pore-scale Modeling178▲ 43×1 topic
  32. X-ray Computed Tomography178▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Data Assimilation170▲ 9.3×4 topics
  34. Solar Energy167▲ 4.8×5 topics
  35. Uncertainty Quantification164▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Ensemble Kalman Filter163▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Closed-Loop Control160▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Well Placement160▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Membrane Technology134▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Reactive Transport128▲ 20×2 topics

What research is done in Dhahran?

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 281 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 246 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …188Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 188 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…154Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 154 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 144 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 98 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…96Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 96 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 90 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 79 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 73 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 281 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 246 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 188 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 154 works
  5. 5 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 144 works
  6. 6 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 98 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 96 works
  8. 8 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 90 works
  9. 9 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 79 works
  10. 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 73 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Dhahran22.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.0% in 2016.

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