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King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

In research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals stands highest in Physical Sciences (#112 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#81 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#89 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Metals and Alloys, Ocean Engineering and Energy Engineering and Power Technology — Metals and Alloys is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#217
of 28,054 · #566 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#4
of 98
Research works
27k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
581k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 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 #112 of 12,888 25.3%6,422 #396
EngineeringField #81 of 6,636 24.2%3,254 #223
Environmental ScienceField #89 of 3,551 32.7%630 #310
Materials ScienceField #67 of 2,468 24.1%695 #199
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #43 of 1,351 25.0%563 #92
Materials ChemistrySubfield #72 of 1,556 23.6%428 #230
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #113 of 2,318 21.8%674 #206
Water Science and TechnologySubfield #15 of 295 30.7%174 #36
EnergyField #39 of 694 23.0%355 #80
ChemistryField #82 of 1,330 27.4%255 #239

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#396 #112
  2. Engineering#223 #81
  3. Environmental Science#310 #89
  4. Materials Science#199 #67
  5. Mechanical Engineering#92 #43
  6. Materials Chemistry#230 #72
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#206 #113
  8. Water Science and Technology#36 #15
  9. Energy#80 #39
  10. Chemistry#239 #82
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Metals and Alloys takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Metals and AlloysSubfield · 23.5 works9.9×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 357.0 works9.6×
  3. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 60.6 works7.8×
  4. CatalysisSubfield · 73.2 works6.9×
  5. EnergyField · 354.6 works5.4×
  6. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 287.4 works5.2×
  7. Chemical EngineeringField · 129.1 works5.2×
  8. GeophysicsSubfield · 122.1 works4.9×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.16× its world share, 129 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.27× its world share, 255 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 634 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 245 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.39× its world share, 355 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.03× its world share, 3,254 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.77× its world share, 630 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.78× its world share, 695 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.38× its world share, 116 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 108 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 136 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 82 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 49 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 147 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals?

Ranked on the composite score, John Humphrey, I.B. Obot and Nouar Tabet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

  1. 1 John Humphrey Saudi Arabia · #28,275 worldwide 438 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 I.B. Obot Saudi Arabia · #32,591 worldwide 855 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Nouar Tabet Saudi Arabia · #39,653 worldwide 378 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Chandrabhan Verma Saudi Arabia · #46,151 worldwide 794 citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Naef A.A. Qasem Saudi Arabia · #49,708 worldwide 655 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Muhammad Shahzad Kamal Saudi Arabia · #52,404 worldwide 530 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Muhammad Sajid Saudi Arabia · #52,836 worldwide 364 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 M. A. Abido Saudi Arabia · #58,677 worldwide 1.2k citations · 127 works
  9. 9 Mahmood Niazi Saudi Arabia · #58,873 worldwide 351 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Shafiqur Rehman Saudi Arabia · #59,276 worldwide 725 citations · 92 works
All ranked researchers at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Which keywords describe research at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Nanoparticles, CO2 Sequestration, Nanomaterials, Machine Learning, Energy Storage, Hydraulic Fracturing and Vibration Analysis.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy433▲ 4.2×41 topics
  2. Machine Learning405▲ 1.73×87 topics
  3. Nanoparticles352▲ 3.9×44 topics
  4. Deep Learning304▲ 1.24×75 topics
  5. Nanomaterials300▲ 4.0×20 topics
  6. CO2 Sequestration250▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Environmental Impact240▲ 1.97×50 topics
  8. Energy Storage228▲ 4.9×12 topics
  9. Sustainability226▲ 1.29×64 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties212▲ 3.0×37 topics
  11. Catalysis206▲ 4.3×27 topics
  12. Hydraulic Fracturing171▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Graphene170▲ 3.5×11 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency168▲ 2.5×35 topics
  15. Vibration Analysis164▲ 8.4×8 topics
  16. Nanocomposites163▲ 2.8×21 topics
  17. Fracture Propagation163▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Shale Gas Reservoirs163▲ 37×1 topic
  19. Heat Transfer158▲ 4.5×17 topics
  20. Gas Permeability150▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Optimization150▲ 4.5×24 topics
  22. Pore Structure148▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Porous Media141▲ 15×6 topics
  24. Rheological Properties136▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Solar Energy135▲ 5.9×5 topics
  26. Shale Gas133▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Drilling Fluids130▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Well Integrity130▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Nanopores130▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Nanofluids128▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Renewable Energy Integration126▲ 5.2×5 topics
  32. Surfactants126▲ 18×5 topics
  33. Mudstones125▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Thermal Maturity125▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Metal-Organic Frameworks123▲ 4.1×6 topics
  36. Power Electronics116▲ 4.9×8 topics
  37. Pore-scale Modeling103▲ 40×1 topic
  38. X-ray Computed Tomography103▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Membrane Technology97▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Decentralized Control87▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals publish most on?

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

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 163 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 130 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …125Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 125 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…103Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 103 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 80 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 63 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…59Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 59 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 55 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 54 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 54 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsWater Science and Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 163 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 130 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 125 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 103 works
  5. 5 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 80 works
  6. 6 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 63 works
  7. 7 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 59 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 55 works
  9. 9 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 54 works
  10. 10 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 54 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 available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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