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North Oil Company (Qatar)

In research, North Oil Company (Qatar) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#21,278 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering — Engineering is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,774
of 28,054 · #42,145 all time
Rank in Qatar
#26
of 26
Research works
144
▲ 318% vs 2013–17
Citations
423
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is North Oil Company (Qatar) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #21,278 of 21,541 3.8%125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Oil Company (Qatar) 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 North Oil Company (Qatar) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 33.9 works3.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.79× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.50× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.54× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.54× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at North Oil Company (Qatar)?

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

▲ 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. Optimization8▲ 26×6 topics
  2. Data Assimilation7▲ 67×3 topics
  3. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 103×1 topic
  4. Well Placement7▲ 222×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning4▲ 1.85×8 topics
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing4▲ 53×1 topic
  7. Shale Gas Reservoirs4▲ 97×1 topic
  8. Vibration Analysis3▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Nanoparticles3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  10. Renewable Energy3▲ 3.2×13 topics
  11. Rheological Properties3▲ 25×2 topics
  12. CO2 Sequestration3▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Drilling Fluids3▲ 76×1 topic
  14. Well Integrity3▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Pore Structure2▲ 32×1 topic
  16. Shale Gas2▲ 32×1 topic
  17. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  18. Nanomaterials2▲ 3.1×5 topics
  19. Biochar2▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Adsorption2▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Porous Media2▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Wastewater Treatment2▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Contaminant Removal1▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Geophysical Imaging1▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Surface Area1▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Surfactants1▲ 22×4 topics
  28. Artificial Lift Systems1▲ 71×1 topic
  29. Electric Submersible Pumps1▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Ionic Liquids1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  31. Nanofluids1▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Geological Mapping1▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Principal Component Analysis1▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Support Vector Machines1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  35. Desulfurization1▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Full-Waveform Tomography1▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Hydrodeoxygenation1▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Pore-scale Modeling1▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Seismic Waveform Inversion1▲ 42×1 topic
  40. X-ray Computed Tomography1▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does North Oil Company (Qatar) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Reservoir Engineering an…7Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 7 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…4Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 4 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…3Drilling and Well Engineering: 3 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …2Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorpti…1Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…1Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 1 fractional worksCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies: 1 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 1 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 1 fractional worksEnergy Efficiency and Management: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsWater Science and Technology2 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  5. 5 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Energy Efficiency and Management Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.1%domestic only45.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Oil Company (Qatar)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 318% 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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