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Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

In research, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,697 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,550 of 6,403 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,933 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pollution and Water Science and Technology (Pollution is 8.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,405
of 22,385 · #12,250 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#9
of 23
Research works
3.5k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
62k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

What is Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,697 of 3,157 10.1%80 #2989
Life SciencesDomain #3,550 of 6,403 10.3%115 #8249
Environmental ScienceField #1,933 of 3,334 7.5%162 #3541
Physical SciencesDomain #7,053 of 10,670 6.1%482 #8012
EngineeringField #4,283 of 5,901 4.7%134 #4847

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,989 #1,697
  2. Life Sciences#8,249 #3,550
  3. Environmental Science#3,541 #1,933
  4. Physical Sciences#8,012 #7,053
  5. Engineering#4,847 #4,283
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (24%), Engineering (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 538 fractional works · 71.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 180 fractional works · 23.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 31 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPollution: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 147 fractional works · 19.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 25 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 64 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomaterials: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 63 fractional works · 8.3% of its workOceanography: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 39 fractional works · 5.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 143 fractional works · 18.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 103 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKuwait Institutefor Scientific…757fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences5%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science18023.8%
    2. Engineering14719.4%
    3. Materials Science648.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences638.3%
    5. Energy395.1%
    6. Chemistry172.2%
    7. Computer Science141.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering60.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy40.6%
    10. Mathematics30.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10313.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology293.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology70.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Medicine192.5%
    2. Nursing91.2%
    3. Health Professions71.0%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Social Sciences152.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting40.5%
    4. Psychology30.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.4%
    6. Decision Sciences30.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pollution takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PollutionSubfield · 24.0 works8.1×
  2. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 31.2 works8.0×
← 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: 2.87× its world share, 103 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.43× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.42× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.31× its world share, 63 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.55× its world share, 39 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 147 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.79× its world share, 180 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.41× its world share, 64 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy5.55×39 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.31×63 works
  3. Environmental Science4.79×180 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.87×103 works
  5. Nursing2.52×9 works
  6. Chemical Engineering2.43×6 works
  7. Materials Science2.41×64 works
  8. Chemistry1.42×17 works
  9. Engineering1.30×147 works
  10. Veterinary1.24×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×3 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×7 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×29 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×11 works
  15. Mathematics0.38×3 works
  16. Health Professions0.37×7 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.36×3 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.26×4 works
  19. Computer Science0.24×14 works
  20. Dentistry0.21×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.16×15 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×4 works
  23. Medicine0.13×19 works
  24. Psychology0.13×3 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.12×3 works
  26. Neuroscience0.07×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Ali M. Al-Hemoud, Suad Al-Hooti and Sahar Zaghloul lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.

  1. 1 Ali M. Al-Hemoud Kuwait · #132,210 worldwide 2.4k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Suad Al-Hooti Kuwait · #763,867 worldwide 2.9k citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Sahar Zaghloul Kuwait · #771,948 worldwide 3.5k citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Yasir Ali Arfat Kuwait · #799,218 worldwide 3.8k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Husam Alomirah Kuwait · #1,036,068 worldwide 5.3k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Sameer F. Al-Zenki Kuwait · #1,053,633 worldwide 2.3k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Salah Elias Zoorob Kuwait · #1,215,338 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Mehrajfatema Zafar Mulla Kuwait · #1,278,027 worldwide 2.9k citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Noor Al-Dousari Kuwait · #1,311,445 worldwide 869 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Abeer Alsaleh Kuwait · #1,349,272 worldwide 491 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

What are the most cited papers from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research?

The most cited paper from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research is "Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters" (Denise L. Breitburg et al., 2018), with 3,320 citations. Next come "Recent advances in the science and technology of ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) production" (1,259) and "A review on thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of plastic solid waste (PSW)" (1,209).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters Denise L. Breitburg et al. · Science Open access 5 Jan 2018 3,320
2 Recent advances in the science and technology of ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) production Antony Stanislaus, Abdulazeem M.J. Marafi, Mohan S. Rana · Catalysis Today 17 Jun 2010 1,259
3 A review on thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of plastic solid waste (PSW) Sultan Majed Al-Salem, А. Л. Антелава, Achilleas Constantinou et al. · Journal of Environmental Management Open access 4 Apr 2017 1,209
4 The Gulf: A young sea in decline Charles R C Sheppard et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin 17 Dec 2009 801
5 Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Honor Bixby et al. · Nature Open access1,155 authors 8 May 2019 758
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Health Effects, Nanomaterials, Remote Sensing, Sustainability and Recycling.

▲ 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. Climate Change86▲ 4.2×60 topics
  2. Environmental Impact55▲ 4.3×38 topics
  3. Sustainability42▲ 2.3×34 topics
  4. Renewable Energy42▲ 3.8×30 topics
  5. Remote Sensing34▲ 3.7×20 topics
  6. Nanomaterials33▲ 4.1×14 topics
  7. Health Effects28▲ 6.2×19 topics
  8. Nanoparticles24▲ 2.5×23 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications23▲ 2.5×23 topics
  10. Recycling22▲ 7.4×7 topics
  11. Graphene21▲ 4.0×9 topics
  12. Nanocomposites20▲ 3.4×16 topics
  13. Waste Management19▲ 6.3×7 topics
  14. Water Quality19▲ 6.3×10 topics
  15. Water Splitting17▲ 6.1×4 topics
  16. Solar Energy16▲ 6.8×5 topics
  17. Hydrogen Production16▲ 7.8×4 topics
  18. Visible Light16▲ 9.1×2 topics
  19. Aquaculture14▲ 7.5×7 topics
  20. Semiconductor14▲ 5.8×4 topics
  21. Sediment Transport14▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Global Warming14▲ 4.3×10 topics
  23. CO2 Reduction14▲ 8.4×2 topics
  24. Groundwater14▲ 19×5 topics
  25. Metal Recovery14▲ 9.1×3 topics
  26. Environmental Impacts13▲ 6.5×6 topics
  27. Health Benefits13▲ 5.2×11 topics
  28. Ecosystem Functioning13▲ 8.1×5 topics
  29. Photocatalyst13▲ 9.7×1 topic
  30. Plasmonic13▲ 9.7×1 topic
  31. Biodegradation12▲ 16×5 topics
  32. Probiotics12▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Life Cycle Assessment12▲ 5.7×6 topics
  34. Membrane Technology12▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Membrane Distillation11▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Precipitation11▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Air Quality11▲ 7.8×6 topics
  38. Isotopes11▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Stable11▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Desalination10▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Membrane Separation Technologies and Aeolian processes and effects.

Advanced Photocatalysis …13Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 13 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope …11Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 11 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 10 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 9 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 8 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 8 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 8 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…8Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 8 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 7 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 6 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentGeochemistry and PetrologyWater Science and TechnologyEarth-Surface Processes5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 13 works
  2. 2 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 11 works
  3. 3 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 10 works
  4. 4 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 9 works
  5. 5 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  7. 7 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 8 works
  8. 8 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 8 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research0.0026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research 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 2025Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2016.

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