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Reservoir Engineering Research Institute

In research, Reservoir Engineering Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,362 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,666 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,483
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,418
of 7,310
Research works
259
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
40.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.52×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Reservoir Engineering Research Institute

What is Reservoir Engineering Research Institute 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 #3,362 of 17,446 25.9%253
EngineeringField #3,666 of 9,532 27.5%171

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Reservoir Engineering Research Institute 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 Reservoir Engineering Research Institute work in?

In all years, 98% of research at Reservoir Engineering Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (66%), Environmental Science (12%), Chemistry (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 253 fractional works · 97.8% of its workEngineering: 171 fractional works · 66.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 60 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 31 fractional works · 12.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 21 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKReservoirEngineering…259fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences98%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering17166.1%
    2. Environmental Science3011.6%
    3. Chemistry166.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences155.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy72.5%
    6. Computer Science41.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering41.4%
    8. Materials Science31.3%
    9. Mathematics20.7%
    10. Energy10.6%
    1. Social Sciences20.8%
    2. Psychology20.6%
    3. Decision Sciences10.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine00.0%
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: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 13.28× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.60× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.97× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.12× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.49× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering13.28×1 works
  2. Chemistry5.60×2 works
  3. Energy3.97×1 works
  4. Environmental Science3.49×3 works
  5. Engineering3.12×8 works
  6. Materials Science1.57×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.48×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.77×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.45×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.18×0 works
  12. Psychology0.05×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works
  14. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Reservoir Engineering Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Abbas Firoozabadi, Tomás Eduardo Chávez-Miyauchi and Ali Zidane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reservoir Engineering Research Institute.

  1. 1 Abbas Firoozabadi United States · #132,688 worldwide 20k citations · 439 works
  2. 2 Tomás Eduardo Chávez-Miyauchi United States · #1,895,290 worldwide 561 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Ali Zidane United States · #4,325,322 worldwide 439 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Reservoir Engineering Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Reservoir Engineering Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Reservoir Engineering Research Institute is "Nucleation of gas hydrates" (Dimo Kashchiev, Abbas Firoozabadi, 2002), with 384 citations. Next come "Induction time in crystallization of gas hydrates" (371) and "Numerical modeling of two-phase flow in heterogeneous permeable media with different capillarity pressures" (309).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nucleation of gas hydrates Dimo Kashchiev, Abbas Firoozabadi · Journal of Crystal Growth Sep 2002 384
2 Induction time in crystallization of gas hydrates Dimo Kashchiev, Abbas Firoozabadi · Journal of Crystal Growth 28 Feb 2003 371
3 Numerical modeling of two-phase flow in heterogeneous permeable media with different capillarity pressures Hussein Hoteit, Abbas Firoozabadi · Advances in Water Resources 6 Jul 2007 309
4 An efficient numerical model for incompressible two-phase flow in fractured media Hussein Hoteit, Abbas Firoozabadi · Advances in Water Resources 11 Mar 2008 304
5 Adsorption behaviors of shale oil in kerogen slit by molecular simulation Yongfei Yang, Jie Liu, Jun Ping Yao et al. · Chemical Engineering Journal 7 Jan 2020 300
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Reservoir Engineering Research Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Porous Media, Hydraulic Fracturing, Surfactants, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Nanofluids, Pore-scale Modeling and X-ray Computed Tomography.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Porous Media44▲ 108×5 topics
  2. Hydraulic Fracturing40▲ 132×2 topics
  3. Surfactants39▲ 124×3 topics
  4. Fracture Propagation38▲ 244×1 topic
  5. Shale Gas Reservoirs38▲ 244×1 topic
  6. Nanofluids37▲ 214×2 topics
  7. Pore-scale Modeling36▲ 424×1 topic
  8. X-ray Computed Tomography36▲ 424×1 topic
  9. Shale Gas29▲ 86×2 topics
  10. Nanopores28▲ 112×2 topics
  11. Pore Structure28▲ 99×2 topics
  12. Gas Permeability27▲ 110×1 topic
  13. Mudstones27▲ 142×1 topic
  14. Nanoparticles26▲ 7.7×7 topics
  15. Reactive Transport21▲ 145×2 topics
  16. CO2 Sequestration17▲ 47×3 topics
  17. Optimization14▲ 10.0×2 topics
  18. Thermodynamic Properties14▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Uncertainty Quantification14▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Monte Carlo Simulation13▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Data Assimilation13▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Ensemble Kalman Filter13▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Groundwater Flow13▲ 138×1 topic
  24. Transport Modeling13▲ 138×1 topic
  25. Extraction12▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Supercritical Fluids12▲ 77×2 topics
  27. Biodegradation12▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Asphaltenes12▲ 180×1 topic
  29. Equation of State12▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Perturbed-Chain SAFT12▲ 98×1 topic
  31. Petroleum12▲ 87×1 topic
  32. Geophysical Imaging10▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Rheological Properties9▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Fluid-Structure Interaction9▲ 19×4 topics
  35. Elastic Properties8▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Drilling Fluids8▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Well Integrity8▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Full-Waveform Tomography8▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Seismic Waveform Inversion8▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Carbon Capture8▲ 79×1 topic

Which research topics does Reservoir Engineering Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Petroleum Processing and Analysis.

Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 2 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 2 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 1 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 1 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional worksPhase Equilibria and The…1Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 1 fractional worksGeothermal Energy Systems and Applications: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics: 0 fractional worksPolymer Foaming and Composites: 0 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAnalytical Chemistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  6. 6 Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  8. 8 Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics 0 works
  10. 10 Polymer Foaming and Composites Polymers and Plastics 0 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 available7.0%not open93.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Reservoir Engineering Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Reservoir Engineering Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000039% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Reservoir Engineering Research Institute0.00013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Reservoir Engineering Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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