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PetroVietnam University

In research, PetroVietnam University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,647 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,134
of 34,923
Rank in Vietnam
#154
of 156
Research works
157
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
PetroVietnam University

What is PetroVietnam University 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 #12,647 of 17,446 4.4%147

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where PetroVietnam University 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 fields of science does PetroVietnam University work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at PetroVietnam University is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 88.6% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 56.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 14.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 11.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.7% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPetroVietnamUniversity56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3256.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences711.7%
    3. Materials Science46.6%
    4. Environmental Science35.6%
    5. Chemistry12.2%
    6. Computer Science12.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    8. Energy11.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.6%
    10. Mathematics00.6%
    1. Psychology11.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    3. Social Sciences11.0%
    1. Medicine23.5%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.46× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.79× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.89× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.46×7 works
  2. Engineering3.79×32 works
  3. Materials Science1.89×4 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.70×0 works
  5. Chemistry1.39×1 works
  6. Energy1.15×1 works
  7. Environmental Science1.12×3 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.62×1 works
  9. Psychology0.62×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.51×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.41×1 works
  13. Nursing0.40×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.27×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  17. Medicine0.18×2 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.08×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PetroVietnam University?

Ranked on the quality score, Nguyễn Văn Lợi, Văn Hùng Nguyễn and Hong Quang Pham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PetroVietnam University.

  1. 1 Nguyễn Văn Lợi Vietnam · #1,962,859 worldwide 500 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Văn Hùng Nguyễn Vietnam · #3,550,341 worldwide 154 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Hong Quang Pham Vietnam · #3,824,090 worldwide 120 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Le Van Sy Vietnam · #4,206,387 worldwide 322 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Minh Hung Vu Vietnam · #5,843,527 worldwide 247 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at PetroVietnam University

What are the most cited papers from PetroVietnam University?

The most cited paper from PetroVietnam University is "A study on the mixed corrosion inhibitor with a dominant cathodic inhibitor for mild steel in aqueous chloride solution" (N.D. Nam, Phạm Văn Hiến, Nguyen To Hoai et al., 2018), with 101 citations. Next come "Effects of CNT diameter on mechanical properties of aligned CNT sheets and composites" (100) and "Decay solutions for a class of fractional differential variational inequalities" (91).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A study on the mixed corrosion inhibitor with a dominant cathodic inhibitor for mild steel in aqueous chloride solution N.D. Nam, Phạm Văn Hiến, Nguyen To Hoai et al. · Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 30 Jun 2018 101
2 Effects of CNT diameter on mechanical properties of aligned CNT sheets and composites Tran Huu Nam, Ken Goto, Yudai Yamaguchi et al. · Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing Open access 17 Jun 2015 100
3 Decay solutions for a class of fractional differential variational inequalities Tran Dinh Ke, Nguyễn Văn Lợi, Valeri Vladimirovich Obukhovskii · Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis 23 May 2015 91
4 EXISTENCE AND GLOBAL BIFURCATION OF PERIODIC SOLUTIONS TO A CLASS OF DIFFERENTIAL VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES Zhenhai Liu, Nguyễn Văn Lợi, Valeri Vladimirovich Obukhovskii · International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos Jul 2013 70
5 Corrosion behavior of TiN, TiAlN, TiAlSiN-coated 316L stainless steel in simulated proton exchange membrane fuel cell environment Nguyễn Đăng Nam, Mahesh Vaka, Nguyen Tran Hung · Journal of Power Sources Open access 7 Jun 2014 67
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PetroVietnam University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Vibration Analysis, Hydraulic Fracturing, Rheological Properties, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Drilling Fluids and Well Integrity.

▲ 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. Machine Learning4▲ 2.1×9 topics
  2. Nanoparticles3▲ 4.4×5 topics
  3. CO2 Sequestration3▲ 27×3 topics
  4. Vibration Analysis3▲ 20×2 topics
  5. Hydraulic Fracturing3▲ 46×2 topics
  6. Rheological Properties3▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Drilling Fluids3▲ 88×1 topic
  8. Fracture Propagation3▲ 79×1 topic
  9. Shale Gas Reservoirs3▲ 79×1 topic
  10. Well Integrity3▲ 88×1 topic
  11. Optimization2▲ 10×5 topics
  12. Continental Margin2▲ 71×2 topics
  13. Crustal Structure2▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.4×11 topics
  15. Surface Roughness2▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Data Assimilation2▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Uncertainty Quantification2▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Well Placement2▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Elastic Properties2▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Shale Gas2▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Bioinspired Design2▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Mudstones2▲ 44×1 topic
  24. Plate Tectonics2▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Pore Structure2▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Superhydrophobic Surfaces2▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Material Characterization2▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Process Optimization2▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Cenozoic Evolution2▲ 83×1 topic
  30. Eddy Current Testing2▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Non-Destructive Evaluation2▲ 69×1 topic
  32. Rifting2▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Tectonics2▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Non-Destructive Testing2▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Material Modeling1▲ 91×2 topics
  36. Predictive Maintenance1▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Ductile Fracture1▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Dynamic Recrystallization1▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Microstructural Evolution1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Numerical Simulation1▲ 7.7×4 topics

Which research topics does PetroVietnam University publish most on?

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

Hydraulic Fracturing and…3Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 3 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…3Drilling and Well Engineering: 3 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…2Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …2Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksSurface Modification and Superhydrophobicity: 2 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing Techniques: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…2Geological and Geophysical Studies: 2 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 1 fractional worksMetal Forming Simulation Techniques: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsSurfaces, Coatings and Films1 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  5. 5 Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Surfaces, Coatings and Films 2 works
  6. 6 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 2 works
  8. 8 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  9. 9 Metal Forming Simulation Techniques Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.7%domestic only65.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PetroVietnam University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is PetroVietnam University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%PetroVietnam University0.00025% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of PetroVietnam University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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