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Gas Technology Institute

In research, Gas Technology Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,489 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,406 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 33.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,118
of 28,054 · #7,568 all time
Rank in United States
#1,649
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Gas Technology Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,489 of 12,888 10.0%251 #4597
EngineeringField #4,406 of 6,636 9.9%166 #3521

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Gas Technology Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 33.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 45.6 works33×
  2. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 30.9 works16×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 45.8 works9.4×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.31× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.83× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.49× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.19× its world share, 166 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.22× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gas Technology Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Shiguang Li, D.L. Klass and James M. B. Evans lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gas Technology Institute.

  1. 1 Shiguang Li United States · #213,817 worldwide 284 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 D.L. Klass United States · #223,517 worldwide 118 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 James M. B. Evans United States · #772,585 worldwide 42 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Javad Abbasian United States · #1,322,669 worldwide 44 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Hamid Abbasi United States · #1,340,171 worldwide 23 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 H.R. Linden United States · #1,427,004 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Sinopec Southwest United States · #1,497,917 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 H.L. Feldkirchner United States · #1,565,303 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 F.E. Becker United States · #1,576,964 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 F.S. Lau United States · #1,579,706 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Gas Technology Institute

Which keywords describe research at Gas Technology Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 Fracturing27▲ 94×2 topics
  2. Fracture Propagation25▲ 153×1 topic
  3. Shale Gas Reservoirs25▲ 153×1 topic
  4. CO2 Sequestration23▲ 46×4 topics
  5. Nanoparticles23▲ 6.8×16 topics
  6. Pore Structure22▲ 68×3 topics
  7. Shale Gas22▲ 66×2 topics
  8. Gas Permeability21▲ 79×2 topics
  9. Mudstones20▲ 96×1 topic
  10. Thermal Maturity20▲ 96×1 topic
  11. Vibration Analysis17▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Rheological Properties17▲ 35×2 topics
  13. Drilling Fluids17▲ 115×1 topic
  14. Well Integrity17▲ 115×1 topic
  15. Machine Learning16▲ 1.86×16 topics
  16. Surfactants11▲ 42×4 topics
  17. Porous Media10▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Optimization10▲ 7.8×6 topics
  19. Corrosion9▲ 28×5 topics
  20. Fault Diagnosis9▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Pore-scale Modeling9▲ 92×1 topic
  22. X-ray Computed Tomography9▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Artificial Lift Systems8▲ 101×1 topic
  24. Electric Submersible Pumps8▲ 101×1 topic
  25. Mechanical Properties8▲ 3.0×16 topics
  26. Pipeline8▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Pitting Corrosion8▲ 56×2 topics
  28. Natural Gas7▲ 29×3 topics
  29. Data Assimilation7▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Well Placement7▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Geophysical Imaging6▲ 43×2 topics
  33. Rock Mechanics6▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Petroleum5▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Tectonics5▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Inverse Problems5▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Continental Margin5▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Crustal Structure5▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Full-Waveform Tomography5▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Seismic Waveform Inversion5▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Gas Technology Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Hydraulic Fracturing and…25Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 25 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 20 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 17 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 9 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 8 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…7Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 7 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 5 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 4 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 4 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 4 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringGeophysics2 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 25 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 20 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 7 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 5 works
  8. 8 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 4 works
  9. 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 4 works
  10. 10 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 4 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gas Technology Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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