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Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)

In research, Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,679 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,413 of 6,636 worldwide) and Ocean Engineering (#111 of 286 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials — Ocean Engineering is 38.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,833
of 28,054 · #4,786 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#37
of 98
Research works
4k
▲ 106% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,679 of 12,888 11.2%1,625 #3115
EngineeringField #1,413 of 6,636 8.8%1,010 #2547
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #111 of 286 6.3%355 #333
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #564 of 1,351 8.2%237 #1270
Computer ScienceField #2,081 of 4,667 22.4%111 #3894
Materials ScienceField #1,128 of 2,468 11.3%117 #2283
Environmental ScienceField #2,370 of 3,551 14.5%114 #3084
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,146 of 1,556 13.1%74 #2172
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,735 of 2,318 11.5%70 #2773
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #927 of 1,209 15.0%129 #1880

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 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. Physical Sciences#3,115 #1,679
  2. Engineering#2,547 #1,413
  3. Ocean Engineering#333 #111
  4. Mechanical Engineering#1,270 #564
  5. Computer Science#3,894 #2,081
  6. Materials Science#2,283 #1,128
  7. Environmental Science#3,084 #2,370
  8. Materials Chemistry#2,172 #1,146
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,773 #1,735
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,880 #927
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 Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 38.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 354.6 works39×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 74.6 works12×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 101.8 works8.2×
  4. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 27.1 works8.0×
  5. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 236.8 works7.3×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.93× its world share, 36 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.90× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 111 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.69× its world share, 129 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.61× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.84× its world share, 1,010 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 114 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.91× its world share, 117 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Sai P. Katikaneni, Saleh Al‐Dossary and Jihad Badra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia).

  1. 1 Sai P. Katikaneni Saudi Arabia · #426,988 worldwide 145 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Saleh Al‐Dossary Saudi Arabia · #491,796 worldwide 82 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Jihad Badra Saudi Arabia · #632,739 worldwide 113 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Aqil Jamal Saudi Arabia · #725,353 worldwide 174 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Issam Gereige Saudi Arabia · #812,246 worldwide 160 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mohammed B. Alotaibi Saudi Arabia · #1,017,104 worldwide 62 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Klemens Katterbauer Saudi Arabia · #1,214,878 worldwide 41 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Nanoparticles, Hydraulic Fracturing, Vibration Analysis, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Machine Learning 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. Machine Learning177▲ 3.1×55 topics
  2. Nanoparticles141▲ 6.4×22 topics
  3. CO2 Sequestration140▲ 42×4 topics
  4. Hydraulic Fracturing123▲ 63×2 topics
  5. Vibration Analysis116▲ 24×8 topics
  6. Fracture Propagation116▲ 108×1 topic
  7. Shale Gas Reservoirs116▲ 108×1 topic
  8. Rheological Properties112▲ 36×4 topics
  9. Drilling Fluids111▲ 116×1 topic
  10. Well Integrity111▲ 116×1 topic
  11. Optimization109▲ 13×16 topics
  12. Data Assimilation90▲ 33×3 topics
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter89▲ 50×2 topics
  14. Uncertainty Quantification89▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Closed-Loop Control88▲ 108×1 topic
  16. Well Placement88▲ 108×1 topic
  17. Fault Diagnosis74▲ 29×4 topics
  18. Predictive Maintenance74▲ 54×3 topics
  19. Artificial Lift Systems72▲ 139×1 topic
  20. Electric Submersible Pumps72▲ 139×1 topic
  21. Renewable Energy69▲ 2.7×33 topics
  22. Shale Gas69▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Gas Permeability68▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Nanopores62▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Pore Structure62▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Mudstones62▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Thermal Maturity62▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Porous Media59▲ 26×6 topics
  29. Surfactants58▲ 34×5 topics
  30. Nanofluids50▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Pore-scale Modeling50▲ 78×1 topic
  32. X-ray Computed Tomography50▲ 78×1 topic
  33. Geophysical Imaging46▲ 49×2 topics
  34. Inverse Problems42▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Elastic Properties41▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Full-Waveform Tomography41▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Seismic Waveform Inversion41▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Corrosion38▲ 17×5 topics
  39. Reactive Transport32▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Pitting Corrosion29▲ 33×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods and Oil and Gas Production Techniques.

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 116 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 111 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 88 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 72 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 62 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…50Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 50 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 41 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 25 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 24 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 23 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 116 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 111 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 88 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 72 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 62 works
  6. 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 50 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 41 works
  8. 8 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 25 works
  9. 9 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 24 works
  10. 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 23 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 available20.4%not open79.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 106% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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