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Saudi Water Authority

In research, Saudi Water Authority stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,584 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Water Science and Technology and Environmental Science (Water Science and Technology is 57.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,925
of 22,385 · #27,942 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#91
of 91
Research works
246
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Saudi Water Authority

What is Saudi Water Authority 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 #10,584 of 17,446 9.3%225

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saudi Water Authority 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 Saudi Water Authority work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Saudi Water Authority is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (36%), Engineering (33%), Energy (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 90.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 35.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 20 fractional works · 29.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 32.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 13.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSaudi WaterAuthority69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences1%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2535.8%
    2. Engineering2332.9%
    3. Energy69.0%
    4. Materials Science45.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy22.8%
    6. Chemistry11.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    8. Computer Science00.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    1. Medicine23.2%
    2. Nursing11.1%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences00.7%
    2. Decision Sciences00.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saudi Water Authority specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Water Science and Technology takes 57.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 20.5 works58×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 24.6 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: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 9.78× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.19× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.21× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy9.78×6 works
  2. Environmental Science7.21×25 works
  3. Nursing2.31×1 works
  4. Engineering2.19×23 works
  5. Materials Science1.64×4 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.55×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.27×2 works
  8. Chemistry1.13×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×1 works
  14. Medicine0.17×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.11×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  20. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saudi Water Authority?

Ranked on the quality score, Ahmed Saleh Al-Amoudi, Seungwon Ihm and Abdelkader A. Meroufel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saudi Water Authority.

  1. 1 Ahmed Saleh Al-Amoudi Saudi Arabia · #1,060,447 worldwide 2k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Seungwon Ihm Saudi Arabia · #1,306,617 worldwide 504 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Abdelkader A. Meroufel Saudi Arabia · #1,872,272 worldwide 658 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 A. Mohammed Farooque Saudi Arabia · #2,146,504 worldwide 799 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Osman Ahmed Hamed Saudi Arabia · #2,153,469 worldwide 1.5k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Mohamed Osman Saeed Saudi Arabia · #2,521,247 worldwide 811 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Fahad Ayesh Alharthi Saudi Arabia · #2,596,064 worldwide 126 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Shahreer Ahmad Saudi Arabia · #2,653,338 worldwide 420 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Abdallatif Satti Abdalrhman Saudi Arabia · #2,725,838 worldwide 301 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Abdulrahman Abdullah Abutaleb Saudi Arabia · #2,991,084 worldwide 131 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Saudi Water Authority

What are the most cited papers from Saudi Water Authority?

The most cited paper from Saudi Water Authority is "Fouling strategies and the cleaning system of NF membranes and factors affecting cleaning efficiency" (Ahmed Saleh Al-Amoudi, Robert W. Lovitt, 2007), with 646 citations. Next come "Factors affecting natural organic matter (NOM) and scaling fouling in NF membranes: A review" (349) and "Sustainable seawater desalination: Current status, environmental implications and future expectations" (287).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fouling strategies and the cleaning system of NF membranes and factors affecting cleaning efficiency Ahmed Saleh Al-Amoudi, Robert W. Lovitt · Journal of Membrane Science 31 Jul 2007 646
2 Factors affecting natural organic matter (NOM) and scaling fouling in NF membranes: A review Ahmed Saleh Al-Amoudi · Desalination 14 May 2010 349
3 Sustainable seawater desalination: Current status, environmental implications and future expectations Muhammad Ayaz, M.A. Namazi, Mahru din­­­­­­­­­ et al. · Desalination 10 Aug 2022 287
4 A new approach to membrane and thermal seawater desalination processes using nanofiltration membranes (Part 1) Ata M. Hassan, Mohammad A.K. Al-Sofi, Ahmed Saleh Al-Amoudi et al. · Desalination Sep 1998 225
5 Seawater desalination concentrate—a new frontier for sustainable mining of valuable minerals Basel Abu Sharkh, Ahmad A. Al-Amoudi, Mohammed Farooque et al. · npj Clean Water Open access 25 Mar 2022 209
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saudi Water Authority?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Membrane Distillation, Desalination, Membrane Technology, Capacitive Deionization, Water Desalination, Water Scarcity, Renewable Energy and Nanoparticles.

▲ 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. Membrane Distillation14▲ 273×2 topics
  2. Desalination14▲ 318×1 topic
  3. Membrane Technology14▲ 238×1 topic
  4. Capacitive Deionization6▲ 306×1 topic
  5. Water Desalination6▲ 306×1 topic
  6. Renewable Energy5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  7. Sustainability4▲ 2.6×8 topics
  8. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.7×10 topics
  9. Nanoparticles4▲ 4.8×8 topics
  10. Climate Change4▲ 2.1×5 topics
  11. Water Scarcity4▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Nanomaterials3▲ 4.7×9 topics
  13. Photothermal Materials3▲ 132×1 topic
  14. Solar Desalination3▲ 132×1 topic
  15. Water3▲ 76×2 topics
  16. Energy3▲ 130×1 topic
  17. Nexus3▲ 130×1 topic
  18. Aquaculture3▲ 15×3 topics
  19. IoT2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  20. Water Quality Monitoring2▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Biomedical Applications2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  22. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.9×2 topics
  23. Computer Vision2▲ 12×1 topic
  24. Sensor Networks2▲ 14×1 topic
  25. Drug Delivery2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  26. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Water Splitting2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  28. Visible Light2▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Carbon Nanotubes2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 25×4 topics
  31. Graphene2▲ 3.6×3 topics
  32. Hydrogen Production2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  33. Water Treatment2▲ 18×5 topics
  34. Marine Environment1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Nanofluidics1▲ 91×1 topic
  36. Nanopores1▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing1▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Nanoparticle Encapsulation1▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Photocatalyst1▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Wastewater Treatment1▲ 6.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Saudi Water Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Membrane Separation Technologies, Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques, Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies.

Membrane Separation Tech…14Membrane Separation Technologies: 14 fractional worksMembrane-based Ion Separation Techniques: 6 fractional worksSolar-Powered Water Purification Methods: 3 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 3 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…2Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 2 fractional worksNanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies: 1 fractional worksElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksWater Systems and Optimization: 1 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 1 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyBiomedical EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 14 works
  2. 2 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  4. 4 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  5. 5 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  9. 9 Water Systems and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saudi Water Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% 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 Water Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Saudi Water Authority0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saudi Water Authority over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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