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Petronas (Malaysia)

In research, Petronas (Malaysia) stands highest in Engineering (#1,977 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,092 of 12,888 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#141 of 286 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geology and Geophysics — Ocean Engineering is 60.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,604
of 28,054 · #10,330 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#45
of 137
Research works
5k
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Petronas (Malaysia) 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
EngineeringField #1,977 of 6,636 4.8%883 #2782
Physical SciencesDomain #4,092 of 12,888 5.6%1,332 #6444
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #141 of 286 2.9%465 #280
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #864 of 1,351 5.9%175 #1389
Social SciencesDomain #8,296 of 10,521 14.3%96 #9658
Environmental ScienceField #2,918 of 3,551 6.7%112 #4532
GeologySubfield #41 of 45 2.1%65 #137
GeophysicsSubfield #222 of 237 6.1%62 #751
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #432 of 458 4.3%73 #1224
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,182 of 1,209 4.3%156 #2550

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Petronas (Malaysia) 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. Engineering#2,782 #1,977
  2. Physical Sciences#6,444 #4,092
  3. Ocean Engineering#280 #141
  4. Mechanical Engineering#1,389 #864
  5. Social Sciences#9,658 #8,296
  6. Environmental Science#4,532 #2,918
  7. Geology#137 #41
  8. Geophysics#751 #222
  9. Mechanics of Materials#1,224 #432
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences#2,550 #1,182
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 Petronas (Malaysia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 60.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 465.2 works61×
  2. GeologySubfield · 65.3 works33×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 61.6 works12×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 73.5 works7.0×
  5. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 22.3 works6.9×
  6. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 155.6 works6.7×
  7. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 174.5 works6.4×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.16× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.73× its world share, 156 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.52× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.99× its world share, 883 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 112 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Petronas (Malaysia)?

Ranked on the composite score, Günther Anders, Antoine Sfeir and Ravi Kant Pathak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Petronas (Malaysia).

  1. 1 Günther Anders · #291,668 worldwide 5 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Antoine Sfeir · #507,751 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Ravi Kant Pathak · #632,145 worldwide 95 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Max A. Meju · #637,150 worldwide 77 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Théodore Monod · #1,014,778 worldwide 11 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Mazlan Madon · #1,138,402 worldwide 48 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Sanjeev Rajput · #1,330,899 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 A.R. Ghazali · #1,342,272 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Rahim Masoudi · #1,402,634 worldwide 14 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 M. Jaya · #1,437,306 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Petronas (Malaysia)

Which keywords describe research at Petronas (Malaysia)?

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

▲ 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. Optimization168▲ 25×16 topics
  2. Uncertainty Quantification158▲ 130×2 topics
  3. Data Assimilation157▲ 68×2 topics
  4. Ensemble Kalman Filter157▲ 106×1 topic
  5. Well Placement157▲ 229×1 topic
  6. CO2 Sequestration141▲ 50×4 topics
  7. Machine Learning136▲ 2.8×48 topics
  8. Hydraulic Fracturing117▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Fracture Propagation112▲ 125×1 topic
  10. Shale Gas Reservoirs112▲ 125×1 topic
  11. Nanoparticles111▲ 6.0×21 topics
  12. Vibration Analysis99▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Rheological Properties97▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Drilling Fluids96▲ 119×1 topic
  15. Well Integrity96▲ 119×1 topic
  16. Predictive Maintenance95▲ 81×4 topics
  17. Fault Diagnosis94▲ 44×4 topics
  18. Data Analytics92▲ 133×2 topics
  19. Artificial Lift Systems91▲ 211×1 topic
  20. Electric Submersible Pumps91▲ 211×1 topic
  21. Renewable Energy89▲ 4.2×31 topics
  22. Sustainability85▲ 2.4×41 topics
  23. Continental Margin65▲ 71×2 topics
  24. Crustal Structure65▲ 71×2 topics
  25. Shale Gas62▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Gas Permeability61▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Pore Structure58▲ 32×3 topics
  28. Mudstones58▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Thermal Maturity58▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Plate Tectonics57▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Cenozoic Evolution57▲ 104×1 topic
  32. Rifting57▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Geophysical Imaging49▲ 62×2 topics
  34. Oil and Gas46▲ 85×2 topics
  35. Flow Assurance45▲ 329×1 topic
  36. Subsea45▲ 329×1 topic
  37. Reactive Transport45▲ 58×2 topics
  38. Full-Waveform Tomography44▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Seismic Waveform Inversion44▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Carbon Capture42▲ 70×3 topics

Which research topics does Petronas (Malaysia) 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…157Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 157 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 112 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…96Drilling and Well Engineering: 96 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…91Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 91 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …58Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 58 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…57Geological and Geophysical Studies: 57 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and…45Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 45 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 44 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 41 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 36 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeology2 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsOcean Engineering 157 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisMechanical Engineering 112 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well EngineeringOcean Engineering 96 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production TechniquesOcean Engineering 91 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 58 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geophysical StudiesGeology 57 works
  7. 7 Offshore Engineering and TechnologiesOcean Engineering 45 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesGeophysics 44 works
  9. 9 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic InteractionsEnvironmental Engineering 41 works
  10. 10 Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesOcean Engineering 36 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Petronas (Malaysia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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