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Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)

In research, Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,156 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,353 of 5,901 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#122 of 301 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Metals and Alloys (Ocean Engineering is 46.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,395
of 22,385 · #1,970 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#13
of 91
Research works
11k
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
114k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%

What is Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,156 of 10,670 4.2%3,238 #993
EngineeringField #1,353 of 5,901 3.3%2,083 #886
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #122 of 301 2.1%859 #60
Environmental ScienceField #1,523 of 3,334 5.9%198 #1938
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #614 of 1,319 2.5%476 #455
ChemistryField #720 of 1,299 6.0%86 #1017
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #622 of 1,088 3.5%332 #753
Computer ScienceField #2,594 of 4,417 9.2%198 #2283
Materials ChemistrySubfield #899 of 1,473 6.3%101 #1092
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,386 of 2,176 7.4%108 #1532

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#993 #1,156
  2. Engineering#886 #1,353
  3. Ocean Engineering#60 #122
  4. Environmental Science#1,938 #1,523
  5. Mechanical Engineering#455 #614
  6. Chemistry#1,017 #720
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences#753 #622
  8. Computer Science#2,283 #2,594
  9. Materials Chemistry#1,092 #899
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,532 #1,386
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (59%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,510 fractional works · 92.3% of its workEngineering: 2,245 fractional works · 59.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 925 fractional works · 24.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 511 fractional works · 13.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 216 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 121 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 115 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 80 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 57 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 356 fractional works · 9.4% of its workGeophysics: 241 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 223 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 91 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 217 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 84 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 180 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 108 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomaterials: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMetals and Alloys: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 91 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 84 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 68 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 134 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 121 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMedicine: 91 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSaudi Aramco(Saudi Arabia)3,804fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences3%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2,24559.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3569.4%
    3. Environmental Science2235.8%
    4. Computer Science2175.7%
    5. Materials Science1804.7%
    6. Chemistry912.4%
    7. Energy842.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering741.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy371.0%
    10. Mathematics40.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting411.1%
    2. Social Sciences300.8%
    3. Decision Sciences300.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance150.4%
    5. Psychology90.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities80.2%
    1. Medicine912.4%
    2. Health Professions220.6%
    3. Dentistry40.1%
    4. Nursing30.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology180.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences120.3%
    3. Neuroscience60.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 46.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 924.9 works47×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 240.7 works18×
  3. Metals and AlloysSubfield · 20.0 works16×
  4. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 38.5 works13×
  5. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 33.0 works8.5×
  6. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 216.0 works8.0×
  7. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 511.5 works7.3×
  8. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 53.4 works7.2×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.54× its world share, 74 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.53× its world share, 91 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 217 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.97× its world share, 356 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.39× its world share, 84 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.93× its world share, 2,245 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 222 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.35× its world share, 180 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.97×356 works
  2. Chemical Engineering5.54×74 works
  3. Engineering3.93×2,245 works
  4. Energy2.39×84 works
  5. Chemistry1.53×91 works
  6. Materials Science1.35×180 works
  7. Environmental Science1.18×222 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.82×30 works
  9. Computer Science0.73×217 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.44×37 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×41 works
  12. Dentistry0.22×4 works
  13. Health Professions0.22×22 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×15 works
  15. Nursing0.14×3 works
  16. Medicine0.12×91 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×18 works
  18. Neuroscience0.09×6 works
  19. Mathematics0.08×4 works
  20. Psychology0.08×9 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×12 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×3 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.07×8 works
  24. Social Sciences0.06×30 works
  25. Veterinary0.05×0 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)?

Ranked on the quality score, Issam Gereige, Aqil Jamal and Balaji Mohan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia).

  1. 1 Issam Gereige Saudi Arabia · #128,398 worldwide 4.5k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Aqil Jamal Saudi Arabia · #188,682 worldwide 4.4k citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Balaji Mohan Saudi Arabia · #383,075 worldwide 2.6k citations · 100 works
  4. 4 Aadesh Harale Saudi Arabia · #516,976 worldwide 2.4k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Nan Shi Saudi Arabia · #651,813 worldwide 3.1k citations · 130 works
  6. 6 Sai P. R. Katikaneni Saudi Arabia · #757,671 worldwide 3.2k citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Hassan S. Al Qahtani Saudi Arabia · #914,494 worldwide 706 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Stephen N. Paglieri Saudi Arabia · #926,943 worldwide 2.7k citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Ammar H. Alahmed Saudi Arabia · #1,011,242 worldwide 455 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Amir F.N. Abdul-Manan Saudi Arabia · #1,179,301 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)

What are the most cited papers from Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)?

The most cited paper from Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) is "Nanomaterials: a review of synthesis methods, properties, recent progress, and challenges" (Nadeem Baig, Irshad Kammakakam, Wail S. Falath, 2021), with 3,260 citations. Next come "A Hierarchical and Comparative Kinetic Modeling Study of C 1 − C 2 Hydrocarbon and Oxygenated Fuels" (1,189) and "Bartter's syndrome, hypokalaemic alkalosis with hypercalciuria, is caused by mutations in the Na–K–2CI cotransporter NKCC2" (911).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nanomaterials: a review of synthesis methods, properties, recent progress, and challenges Nadeem Baig, Irshad Kammakakam, Wail S. Falath · Materials Advances Open access 2021 3,260
2 A Hierarchical and Comparative Kinetic Modeling Study of C 1 − C 2 Hydrocarbon and Oxygenated Fuels Wayne K. Metcalfe, Sinéad M. Burke, Syed Sayeed Ahmed et al. · International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 17 Aug 2013 1,189
3 Bartter's syndrome, hypokalaemic alkalosis with hypercalciuria, is caused by mutations in the Na–K–2CI cotransporter NKCC2 David B. Simon, Fiona E. Karet, Jahed M. Hamdan et al. · Nature Genetics Jun 1996 911
4 Genetic heterogeneity of Barter's syndrome revealed by mutations in the K+ channel, ROMK David B. Simon, Fiona E. Karet, Juan Rodríguez‐Soriano et al. · Nature Genetics Oct 1996 830
5 Mutations in the Sulfonylurea Receptor Gene in Familial Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy Pamela M. Thomas, Gilbert J. Cote, Nelson Wohllk et al. · Science 21 Apr 1995 820
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)?

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

▲ 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 Learning382▲ 3.0×68 topics
  2. CO2 Sequestration362▲ 48×4 topics
  3. Nanoparticles347▲ 7.2×33 topics
  4. Hydraulic Fracturing328▲ 81×2 topics
  5. Fracture Propagation310▲ 137×1 topic
  6. Shale Gas Reservoirs310▲ 137×1 topic
  7. Vibration Analysis303▲ 30×8 topics
  8. Rheological Properties296▲ 43×6 topics
  9. Drilling Fluids293▲ 146×1 topic
  10. Well Integrity293▲ 146×1 topic
  11. Optimization278▲ 16×17 topics
  12. Data Assimilation249▲ 40×4 topics
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter246▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Uncertainty Quantification246▲ 82×2 topics
  15. Closed-Loop Control246▲ 144×1 topic
  16. Well Placement246▲ 144×1 topic
  17. Fault Diagnosis183▲ 33×4 topics
  18. Predictive Maintenance179▲ 64×3 topics
  19. Data Analytics176▲ 103×2 topics
  20. Artificial Lift Systems176▲ 168×1 topic
  21. Electric Submersible Pumps176▲ 168×1 topic
  22. Geophysical Imaging158▲ 78×2 topics
  23. Porous Media154▲ 31×6 topics
  24. Shale Gas151▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Gas Permeability142▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Surfactants142▲ 38×5 topics
  27. Inverse Problems140▲ 33×4 topics
  28. Renewable Energy138▲ 2.5×34 topics
  29. Elastic Properties138▲ 46×3 topics
  30. Full-Waveform Tomography136▲ 86×1 topic
  31. Seismic Waveform Inversion136▲ 86×1 topic
  32. Nanopores135▲ 38×2 topics
  33. Pore Structure135▲ 29×3 topics
  34. Mudstones133▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Thermal Maturity133▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Nanofluids128▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Pore-scale Modeling126▲ 89×1 topic
  38. X-ray Computed Tomography126▲ 89×1 topic
  39. Reactive Transport73▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Emissions61▲ 8.2×6 topics

Which research topics does Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 310 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 293 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 246 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 176 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 136 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 133 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 126 works
  8. 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 58 works
  9. 9 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 50 works
  10. 10 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 49 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 available13.4%not open86.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.6%domestic only74.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)3.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2012.

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