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Research in Jubail

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Jubail Industrial College and Saudi Water Authority.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
14.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Jubail

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 Jubail?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Jubail Industrial CollegeUniversity 697 #9,612
2Saudi Water AuthorityCompany 246 #21,925
3​​Jubail University CollegeUniversity 236 #21,295 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Jubail work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Jubail is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Environmental Science (10%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 294 fractional works · 63.4% of its workEngineering: 114 fractional works · 24.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 28 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 46 fractional works · 9.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 40 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 98 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 51 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKJubail464fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences21%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11424.6%
    2. Environmental Science469.9%
    3. Materials Science408.5%
    4. Computer Science357.6%
    5. Energy194.2%
    6. Chemistry163.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy143.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering51.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    10. Mathematics20.3%
    1. Social Sciences459.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting235.0%
    3. Psychology92.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities61.4%
    6. Decision Sciences51.1%
    1. Medicine418.9%
    2. Health Professions61.4%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences112.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.1%
    3. Neuroscience20.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Jubail strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Jubail is most concentrated in Water Science and Technology (12.8× the world share in Water Science and Technology).

  1. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 25.0 works13×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.62× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.50× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.87× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.74× its world share, 99 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.17× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.56× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.31× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.63× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy4.87×17 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.62×5 works
  3. Materials Science2.56×34 works
  4. Chemistry2.50×15 works
  5. Environmental Science2.17×41 works
  6. Engineering1.74×99 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.63×20 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.31×11 works
  9. Nursing1.22×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.12×4 works
  11. Computer Science0.85×25 works
  12. Psychology0.70×8 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.61×6 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×5 works
  16. Medicine0.54×39 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.50×6 works
  18. Social Sciences0.46×22 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×2 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×8 works
  21. Mathematics0.36×2 works
  22. Dentistry0.33×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×2 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×5 works
  25. Neuroscience0.20×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Jubail?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Membrane Distillation, Membrane Technology, Desalination, Nanofiltration, Machine Learning, Nanomaterials and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy24▲ 3.6×29 topics
  2. Machine Learning23▲ 1.51×35 topics
  3. Deep Learning21▲ 1.33×38 topics
  4. Sustainability16▲ 1.45×27 topics
  5. Environmental Impact16▲ 1.97×30 topics
  6. Membrane Distillation15▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Membrane Technology15▲ 40×2 topics
  8. Desalination15▲ 53×1 topic
  9. Nanofiltration15▲ 53×1 topic
  10. Nanomaterials15▲ 3.1×13 topics
  11. Nanoparticles13▲ 2.2×29 topics
  12. Neural Networks10▲ 1.35×18 topics
  13. Nanocomposites10▲ 2.6×17 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications9▲ 1.58×21 topics
  15. Graphene9▲ 2.8×9 topics
  16. Mechanical Properties8▲ 1.88×14 topics
  17. Solar Energy8▲ 5.7×5 topics
  18. Democracy8▲ 5.0×4 topics
  19. Corporate Governance8▲ 2.3×12 topics
  20. Synthesis7▲ 4.3×17 topics
  21. Global Governance7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  22. Capacitive Deionization7▲ 47×1 topic
  23. Water Desalination7▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Water Splitting6▲ 3.8×3 topics
  25. Carbon Nanotubes6▲ 4.0×8 topics
  26. Visible Light6▲ 5.5×2 topics
  27. Ethnic Conflict6▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Civil War6▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Political Institutions6▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Water Scarcity6▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Applications5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  32. Biochar5▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Financial Stability5▲ 6.0×5 topics
  34. Hydrogen Production5▲ 4.3×5 topics
  35. Adsorption5▲ 5.0×6 topics
  36. Green Analytical Chemistry4▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Photothermal Materials4▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Solar Desalination4▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Method Validation4▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Peacebuilding4▲ 12×4 topics

What research is done in Jubail?

Membrane Separation Tech…13Membrane Separation Technologies: 13 fractional worksMembrane-based Ion Separ…6Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques: 6 fractional worksSolar-Powered Water Puri…4Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksAnalytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals: 3 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 3 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Forecasting: 3 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 3 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 3 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyBiomedical EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentAccounting3 others

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

  1. 1 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 13 works
  2. 2 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  6. 6 Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals Analytical Chemistry 3 works
  7. 7 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  8. 8 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 3 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Jubail19.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.9% in 2016.

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