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Mari Petroleum Company (Pakistan)

In research, Mari Petroleum Company (Pakistan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,700 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,557 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 66.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,167
of 28,054 · #41,277 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#237
of 241
Research works
192
▲ 104% vs 2013–17
Citations
912
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Mari Petroleum Company (Pakistan) 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 #12,700 of 12,888 4.7%82 #20941
EngineeringField #6,557 of 6,636 2.9%63 #11345

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mari Petroleum Company (Pakistan) 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 Mari Petroleum Company (Pakistan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 66.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 34.3 works67×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.89× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.01× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.21× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.26× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mari Petroleum Company (Pakistan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Optimization, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Nanoparticles and CO2 Sequestration.

▲ 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 Fracturing17▲ 155×2 topics
  2. Fracture Propagation16▲ 271×1 topic
  3. Shale Gas Reservoirs16▲ 271×1 topic
  4. Optimization13▲ 28×3 topics
  5. Data Assimilation12▲ 81×1 topic
  6. Ensemble Kalman Filter12▲ 125×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning12▲ 3.7×14 topics
  8. Nanoparticles10▲ 8.3×4 topics
  9. CO2 Sequestration10▲ 54×3 topics
  10. Drilling Fluids10▲ 185×1 topic
  11. Well Integrity10▲ 185×1 topic
  12. Artificial Lift Systems7▲ 255×1 topic
  13. Data Analytics7▲ 161×2 topics
  14. Fault Diagnosis7▲ 52×1 topic
  15. Predictive Maintenance7▲ 95×2 topics
  16. Shale Gas5▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Mudstones4▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Pore Structure4▲ 37×1 topic
  19. Full-Waveform Tomography4▲ 102×1 topic
  20. Seismic Waveform Inversion4▲ 102×1 topic
  21. Pore-scale Modeling4▲ 115×1 topic
  22. X-ray Computed Tomography4▲ 115×1 topic
  23. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.2×9 topics
  24. Sustainability3◆ 1.14×7 topics
  25. Energy Transition2▲ 12×2 topics
  26. EROI1▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Fossil Fuels1▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Tectonics1▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Eddy Current Testing1▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Fluvial Systems1▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Grouting1▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Material Characterization1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  33. Non-Destructive Evaluation1▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Performance Prediction1▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Plate Tectonics1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  36. Sedimentation1▲ 20×1 topic
  37. TBM1▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Tunnel1▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Bioreactors1▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Odor Control1▲ 129×1 topic

Which research topics does Mari Petroleum Company (Pakistan) publish most on?

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

Hydraulic Fracturing and…16Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 16 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 12 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 10 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 7 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 4 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 4 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 4 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 1 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing Techniques: 1 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeophysics2 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 7 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  6. 6 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 4 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  9. 9 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 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 available22.7%not open77.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mari Petroleum Company (Pakistan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 104% higher 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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