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Gas Technology Institute

In research, Gas Technology Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,826 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,089 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 30.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,528
of 22,385 · #8,430 all time
Rank in United States
#1,604
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Gas Technology Institute

What is Gas Technology Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,826 of 10,670 8.1%251 #3759
EngineeringField #3,089 of 5,901 7.4%166 #3298

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gas Technology Institute 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 Gas Technology Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at Gas Technology Institute is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (60%), Materials Science (8%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 369 fractional works · 94.4% of its workEngineering: 233 fractional works · 59.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 16.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 62 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 42 fractional works · 10.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 30 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGas TechnologyInstitute391fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences4%

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. Engineering23359.8%
    2. Materials Science307.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences297.4%
    4. Environmental Science256.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy164.1%
    6. Computer Science123.1%
    7. Energy82.1%
    8. Chemistry82.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering61.6%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Social Sciences51.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting30.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    5. Decision Sciences20.5%
    6. Psychology10.2%
    1. Medicine20.5%
    2. Health Professions20.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Gas Technology Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 30.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 61.6 works30×
  2. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 42.3 works15×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 66.1 works9.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.45× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.30× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.70× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.32× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.98× its world share, 234 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.23× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.85× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.70×29 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.45×6 works
  3. Engineering3.98×234 works
  4. Energy2.32×8 works
  5. Materials Science2.23×30 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.85×16 works
  7. Chemistry1.30×8 works
  8. Environmental Science1.29×25 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.55×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.40×12 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×3 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×3 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.20×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.15×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.11×5 works
  17. Psychology0.08×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  21. Medicine0.03×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gas Technology Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Shiguang Li, John J. Kilbane and James M. B. Evans lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gas Technology Institute.

  1. 1 Shiguang Li United States · #449,268 worldwide 7.4k citations · 183 works
  2. 2 John J. Kilbane United States · #858,824 worldwide 3k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 James M. B. Evans United States · #1,122,268 worldwide 4.1k citations · 95 works
  4. 4 Shaojun James Zhou United States · #1,679,089 worldwide 938 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Howard S. Meyer United States · #1,706,026 worldwide 436 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Rachid B. Slimane United States · #1,809,264 worldwide 3k citations · 31 works
  7. 7 H. Ronald Isaacson United States · #1,966,832 worldwide 663 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Larry G. Felix United States · #2,052,665 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 David Gregory Hill United States · #2,107,618 worldwide 2.3k citations · 237 works
  10. 10 Terry Marker United States · #2,355,670 worldwide 1.3k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Gas Technology Institute

What are the most cited papers from Gas Technology Institute?

The most cited paper from Gas Technology Institute is "Progress in carbon dioxide separation and capture: A review" (Hongqun Yang, Zhenghe Xu, Maohong Fan et al., 2008), with 2,093 citations. Next come "Ultrathin, Molecular-Sieving Graphene Oxide Membranes for Selective Hydrogen Separation" (1,369) and "The Viscosity of Natural Gases" (743).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Progress in carbon dioxide separation and capture: A review Hongqun Yang, Zhenghe Xu, Maohong Fan et al. · Journal of Environmental Sciences 2008 2,093
2 Ultrathin, Molecular-Sieving Graphene Oxide Membranes for Selective Hydrogen Separation Hang Li, Zhuonan Song, Xiaojie Zhang et al. · Science 3 Oct 2013 1,369
3 The Viscosity of Natural Gases Anthony L. Lee, Mario Henrique Gonzalez, Bertram E. Eakin · Journal of Petroleum Technology Open access Aug 1966 743
4 Instantaneous spectral analysis: Detection of low-frequency shadows associated with hydrocarbons John Patrick Castagna, Shengjie Sun, Robert W. Siegfried · The Leading Edge Feb 2003 664
5 Tundra uptake of atmospheric elemental mercury drives Arctic mercury pollution Daniel Obrist, Yannick Agnan, Martin Jiskra et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2017 472
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gas Technology Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, CO2 Sequestration, Pore Structure, Shale Gas, Nanoparticles and Gas Permeability.

▲ 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 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. Hydraulic Fracturing38▲ 91×2 topics
  2. Fracture Propagation34▲ 147×1 topic
  3. Shale Gas Reservoirs34▲ 147×1 topic
  4. Nanoparticles31▲ 6.3×20 topics
  5. CO2 Sequestration30▲ 40×4 topics
  6. Pore Structure30▲ 62×3 topics
  7. Shale Gas30▲ 63×2 topics
  8. Gas Permeability28▲ 73×2 topics
  9. Mudstones26▲ 92×1 topic
  10. Thermal Maturity26▲ 92×1 topic
  11. Vibration Analysis23▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Rheological Properties22▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Drilling Fluids21▲ 104×1 topic
  14. Well Integrity21▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Machine Learning21▲ 1.62×21 topics
  16. Surfactants17▲ 43×5 topics
  17. Porous Media16▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Optimization14▲ 8.1×7 topics
  19. Pore-scale Modeling14▲ 95×1 topic
  20. X-ray Computed Tomography14▲ 95×1 topic
  21. Corrosion13▲ 27×5 topics
  22. Renewable Energy13▲ 2.3×22 topics
  23. Pitting Corrosion11▲ 56×2 topics
  24. Mechanical Properties11▲ 2.9×20 topics
  25. Natural Gas11▲ 31×3 topics
  26. Pipeline11▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Data Assimilation10▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Well Placement10▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Fault Diagnosis10▲ 18×4 topics
  31. Geophysical Imaging9▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Artificial Lift Systems9▲ 81×1 topic
  33. Electric Submersible Pumps9▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Rock Mechanics8▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Finite Element Analysis8▲ 8.7×6 topics
  36. Petroleum7▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Tectonics7▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Inverse Problems7▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Dynamic Behavior7▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Molecular Dynamics Simulation7▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Gas Technology Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Hydraulic Fracturing and…34Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 34 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 26 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 21 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 14 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 10 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…9Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 9 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 6 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 6 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 6 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 6 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringGeophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 34 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 26 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 21 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 6 works
  8. 8 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 6 works
  10. 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 6 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gas Technology Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Gas Technology Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Gas Technology Institute0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gas Technology Institute 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, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Gas Technology Institute8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2003.

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