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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Physical Sciences#993 #1,156
- Engineering#886 #1,353
- Ocean Engineering#60 #122
- Environmental Science#1,938 #1,523
- Mechanical Engineering#455 #614
- Chemistry#1,017 #720
- Earth and Planetary Sciences#753 #622
- Computer Science#2,283 #2,594
- Materials Chemistry#1,092 #899
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,532 #1,386
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.
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
- Physical Sciences3,51092.3%
- Engineering2,24559.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3569.4%
- Environmental Science2235.8%
- Computer Science2175.7%
- Materials Science1804.7%
- Chemistry912.4%
- Energy842.2%
- Chemical Engineering741.9%
- Physics and Astronomy371.0%
- Mathematics40.1%
- Social Sciences1343.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting411.1%
- Social Sciences300.8%
- Decision Sciences300.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance150.4%
- Psychology90.2%
- Arts and Humanities80.2%
- Health Sciences1213.2%
- Medicine912.4%
- Health Professions220.6%
- Dentistry40.1%
- Nursing30.1%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Life Sciences391.0%
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.
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 924.9 works47×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 240.7 works18×
- Metals and AlloysSubfield · 20.0 works16×
- Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 38.5 works13×
- Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 33.0 works8.5×
- Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 216.0 works8.0×
- Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 511.5 works7.3×
- Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 53.4 works7.2×
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.
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
- Earth and Planetary Sciences5.97×356 works
- Chemical Engineering5.54×74 works
- Engineering3.93×2,245 works
- Energy2.39×84 works
- Chemistry1.53×91 works
- Materials Science1.35×180 works
- Environmental Science1.18×222 works
- Decision Sciences0.82×30 works
- Computer Science0.73×217 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.44×37 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.34×41 works
- Dentistry0.22×4 works
- Health Professions0.22×22 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×15 works
- Nursing0.14×3 works
- Medicine0.12×91 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×18 works
- Neuroscience0.09×6 works
- Mathematics0.08×4 works
- Psychology0.08×9 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×12 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.07×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.07×8 works
- Social Sciences0.06×30 works
- Veterinary0.05×0 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 6.0×
- Chemical Engineering 5.5×
- Engineering 3.9×
- Energy 2.4×
- Chemistry 1.5×
- Materials Science 1.4×
- Environmental Science 1.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Health Professions 0.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.2×
- Nursing 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Neuroscience 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Psychology 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Veterinary 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.0×
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
Issam Gereige
Saudi Arabia · #128,398 worldwide 4.5k citations · 91 works
- 2
Aqil Jamal
Saudi Arabia · #188,682 worldwide 4.4k citations · 109 works
- 3
Balaji Mohan
Saudi Arabia · #383,075 worldwide 2.6k citations · 100 works
- 4
Aadesh Harale
Saudi Arabia · #516,976 worldwide 2.4k citations · 36 works
- 5
Nan Shi
Saudi Arabia · #651,813 worldwide 3.1k citations · 130 works
- 6
Sai P. R. Katikaneni
Saudi Arabia · #757,671 worldwide 3.2k citations · 64 works
- 7
Hassan S. Al Qahtani
Saudi Arabia · #914,494 worldwide 706 citations · 22 works
- 8
Stephen N. Paglieri
Saudi Arabia · #926,943 worldwide 2.7k citations · 58 works
- 9
Ammar H. Alahmed
Saudi Arabia · #1,011,242 worldwide 455 citations · 23 works
- 10
Amir F.N. Abdul-Manan
Saudi Arabia · #1,179,301 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
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.
- Emissions
- X-ray Computed Tomography
- Nanofluids
- Mudstones
- Nanopores
- Full-Waveform Tomography
- Renewable Energy
- Surfactants
- Shale Gas
- Geophysical Imaging
- Artificial Lift Systems
- Predictive Maintenance
- Well Placement
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Data Assimilation
- Well Integrity
- Rheological Properties
- Shale Gas Reservoirs
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- CO2 Sequestration
- Machine Learning
- Nanoparticles
- Fracture Propagation
- Vibration Analysis
- Drilling Fluids
- Optimization
- Ensemble Kalman Filter
- Closed-Loop Control
- Fault Diagnosis
- Data Analytics
- Electric Submersible Pumps
- Porous Media
- Gas Permeability
- Inverse Problems
- Elastic Properties
- Seismic Waveform Inversion
- Pore Structure
- Thermal Maturity
- Pore-scale Modeling
- Reactive Transport
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
- Machine Learning382▲ 3.0×68 topics
- CO2 Sequestration362▲ 48×4 topics
- Nanoparticles347▲ 7.2×33 topics
- Hydraulic Fracturing328▲ 81×2 topics
- Fracture Propagation310▲ 137×1 topic
- Shale Gas Reservoirs310▲ 137×1 topic
- Vibration Analysis303▲ 30×8 topics
- Rheological Properties296▲ 43×6 topics
- Drilling Fluids293▲ 146×1 topic
- Well Integrity293▲ 146×1 topic
- Optimization278▲ 16×17 topics
- Data Assimilation249▲ 40×4 topics
- Ensemble Kalman Filter246▲ 64×2 topics
- Uncertainty Quantification246▲ 82×2 topics
- Closed-Loop Control246▲ 144×1 topic
- Well Placement246▲ 144×1 topic
- Fault Diagnosis183▲ 33×4 topics
- Predictive Maintenance179▲ 64×3 topics
- Data Analytics176▲ 103×2 topics
- Artificial Lift Systems176▲ 168×1 topic
- Electric Submersible Pumps176▲ 168×1 topic
- Geophysical Imaging158▲ 78×2 topics
- Porous Media154▲ 31×6 topics
- Shale Gas151▲ 33×2 topics
- Gas Permeability142▲ 39×2 topics
- Surfactants142▲ 38×5 topics
- Inverse Problems140▲ 33×4 topics
- Renewable Energy138▲ 2.5×34 topics
- Elastic Properties138▲ 46×3 topics
- Full-Waveform Tomography136▲ 86×1 topic
- Seismic Waveform Inversion136▲ 86×1 topic
- Nanopores135▲ 38×2 topics
- Pore Structure135▲ 29×3 topics
- Mudstones133▲ 48×1 topic
- Thermal Maturity133▲ 48×1 topic
- Nanofluids128▲ 41×2 topics
- Pore-scale Modeling126▲ 89×1 topic
- X-ray Computed Tomography126▲ 89×1 topic
- Reactive Transport73▲ 34×2 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 310 works
- 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 293 works
- 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 246 works
- 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 176 works
- 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 136 works
- 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 133 works
- 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 126 works
- 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 58 works
- 9 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 50 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other research institutions in Dhahran
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- King Fahd Military Medical Complex
- Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal Hospital
- Saudi Center for Theoretical Physics
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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