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Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait)

In research, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,764 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,671 of 6,636 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#255 of 286 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials — Ocean Engineering is 65.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,352
of 28,054 · #17,107 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#10
of 23
Research works
2.6k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
10%
world 28%

What is Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait) 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 #6,764 of 12,888 4.8%504 #10503
EngineeringField #3,671 of 6,636 3.5%393 #5014
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #255 of 286 1.6%198 #408
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,272 of 1,351 2.6%90 #2017

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait) 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#10,503 #6,764
  2. Engineering#5,014 #3,671
  3. Ocean Engineering#408 #255
  4. Mechanical Engineering#2,017 #1,272
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 Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 65.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 197.7 works65×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 90.0 works8.4×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 33.1 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.49× its world share, 393 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait)?

Ranked on the composite score, Anil K. Jain and Judy Corbett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait).

  1. 1 Anil K. Jain Kuwait · #1,011,151 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Judy Corbett Kuwait · #1,187,311 worldwide 2 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait)

Which keywords describe research at Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Uncertainty Quantification, Well Placement, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation and Shale Gas Reservoirs.

▲ 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. Optimization86▲ 32×10 topics
  2. Data Assimilation82▲ 90×2 topics
  3. Ensemble Kalman Filter82▲ 140×2 topics
  4. Uncertainty Quantification82▲ 172×1 topic
  5. Well Placement82▲ 302×1 topic
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing76▲ 117×2 topics
  7. Fracture Propagation75▲ 209×1 topic
  8. Shale Gas Reservoirs75▲ 209×1 topic
  9. Nanoparticles59▲ 8.0×12 topics
  10. Machine Learning57▲ 3.0×33 topics
  11. CO2 Sequestration57▲ 51×3 topics
  12. Vibration Analysis55▲ 35×2 topics
  13. Rheological Properties55▲ 53×4 topics
  14. Drilling Fluids54▲ 171×1 topic
  15. Well Integrity54▲ 171×1 topic
  16. Fault Diagnosis37▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Artificial Lift Systems37▲ 215×1 topic
  18. Electric Submersible Pumps37▲ 215×1 topic
  19. Shale Gas30▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Mudstones29▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Pore Structure29▲ 39×1 topic
  22. Porous Media25▲ 32×4 topics
  23. Nanofluids20▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Pore-scale Modeling19▲ 92×1 topic
  25. X-ray Computed Tomography19▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Geophysical Imaging16▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Sustainability14◆ 0.99×21 topics
  28. Full-Waveform Tomography12▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Seismic Waveform Inversion12▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Energy Efficiency11▲ 2.0×14 topics
  31. Biodegradation6▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Photovoltaics5▲ 5.6×4 topics
  33. Process Monitoring5▲ 9.2×2 topics
  34. Mass Spectrometry5▲ 5.6×2 topics
  35. Petroleum5▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Asphaltenes5▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Naphthenic Acids5▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Diffusion4▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Hydrogeology4▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance4▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Oil and Gas Production Techniques.

Reservoir Engineering an…82Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 82 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…75Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 75 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 54 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 37 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 29 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 19 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 12 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 5 fractional worksNMR spectroscopy and applications: 4 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 4 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 82 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 75 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 54 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 37 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 29 works
  6. 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 19 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 12 works
  8. 8 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 5 works
  9. 9 NMR spectroscopy and applications Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  10. 10 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural 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 available10.3%not open89.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.1%domestic only68.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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