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Caledonian College of Engineering

In research, Caledonian College of Engineering stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,113 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,311 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#25,283
of 34,923
Rank in Oman
#23
of 28
Research works
272
▼ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%

What is Caledonian College of Engineering 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
Physical SciencesDomain #10,113 of 17,446 5.7%226
EngineeringField #6,311 of 9,532 6.4%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Caledonian College of Engineering 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 Caledonian College of Engineering work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Caledonian College of Engineering is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Medicine (12%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 56.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 27.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 19.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 10.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 19.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 12.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCaledonianCollege of…30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences20%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering827.0%
    2. Environmental Science311.3%
    3. Materials Science25.1%
    4. Mathematics13.8%
    5. Computer Science13.2%
    6. Energy12.3%
    7. Chemistry01.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering01.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities310.2%
    2. Social Sciences14.6%
    3. Psychology13.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Medicine412.1%
    2. Health Professions25.5%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Neuroscience12.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.80× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.28× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.55× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.55×3 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.22×0 works
  3. Mathematics3.18×1 works
  4. Energy2.55×1 works
  5. Nursing2.30×0 works
  6. Environmental Science2.28×3 works
  7. Health Professions2.11×2 works
  8. Engineering1.80×8 works
  9. Neuroscience1.50×1 works
  10. Materials Science1.45×2 works
  11. Psychology1.05×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.96×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.77×0 works
  14. Medicine0.63×4 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.58×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.41×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.37×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Caledonian College of Engineering?

Ranked on the quality score, Kishore Ramachandran, Joseph Varghese Thanikal and Sanjay Govind Patil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Caledonian College of Engineering.

  1. 1 Kishore Ramachandran Oman · #499,548 worldwide 2.8k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Joseph Varghese Thanikal Oman · #1,984,854 worldwide 700 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Sanjay Govind Patil Oman · #3,571,651 worldwide 221 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Athinarayanan Vallavaraj Oman · #3,791,475 worldwide 203 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Yaqoob Al Rahbi Oman · #4,641,047 worldwide 47 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 C. V. Sudhir Oman · #5,143,315 worldwide 141 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Syed Mohd Rizwan Oman · #5,914,475 worldwide 291 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Caledonian College of Engineering

What are the most cited papers from Caledonian College of Engineering?

The most cited paper from Caledonian College of Engineering is "Big TAM in Oman: Exploring the promise of on-line banking, its adoption by customers and the challenges of banking in Oman" (M. M. M. A. Riffai, Kevin Grant, David Alex Edgar, 2011), with 271 citations. Next come "Trends in cardiac pacemaker batteries." (246) and "Biotechnology in the petroleum industry: An overview" (233).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Big TAM in Oman: Exploring the promise of on-line banking, its adoption by customers and the challenges of banking in Oman M. M. M. A. Riffai, Kevin Grant, David Alex Edgar · International Journal of Information Management Open access 19 Dec 2011 271
2 Trends in cardiac pacemaker batteries. Venkateswara Sarma Mallela, V. Ilankumaran, N. Srinivasa Rao · PubMed Oct 2004 246
3 Biotechnology in the petroleum industry: An overview Robert Thomas Bachmann, Anbu Clemensis Johnson, Robert G. J. Edyvean · International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 12 Nov 2013 233
4 Waste tea as a novel adsorbent: a review Siam Hussain, K.P. Anjali, Saima Towhida Hassan et al. · Applied Water Science Open access 20 Sep 2018 163
5 Molecular approaches for the detection and monitoring of microbial communities in bioaerosols: A review Keunje Yoo, Tae Kwon Lee, Eun Joo Choi et al. · Journal of Environmental Sciences 26 Jul 2016 158
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Caledonian College of Engineering?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Pore-scale Modeling, X-ray Computed Tomography, Language Policy, Multilingualism, Higher Education, CLIL and Content and Language Integrated 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 institution's work against its share of the world's. The 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact3▲ 5.2×11 topics
  2. Globalization2▲ 2.6×4 topics
  3. Pore-scale Modeling1▲ 126×1 topic
  4. Renewable Energy1▲ 3.2×7 topics
  5. X-ray Computed Tomography1▲ 126×1 topic
  6. Language Policy1▲ 28×2 topics
  7. Multilingualism1▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Higher Education1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  9. Sustainability1▲ 1.46×6 topics
  10. Teacher Training1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  11. CLIL1▲ 54×1 topic
  12. Content and Language Integrated Learning1▲ 54×1 topic
  13. Human Rights1▲ 3.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Caledonian College of Engineering publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Second Language Learning and Teaching, Indian History and Philosophy and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment.

  1. 1 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  3. 3 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 0 works
  4. 4 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 0 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 0 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Analytic and geometric function theory Geometry and Topology 0 works
  8. 8 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Effects of Vibration on Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Structural Response to Dynamic Loads Civil and Structural Engineering 0 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 available46.4%not open53.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.6%domestic only54.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Caledonian College of Engineering's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Caledonian College of Engineering as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Caledonian College of Engineering0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Caledonian College of Engineering over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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