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Yanbu Industrial College

In research, Yanbu Industrial College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,279 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,328
of 22,385 · #22,923 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#78
of 91
Research works
240
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Yanbu Industrial College

What is Yanbu Industrial College 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 #5,279 of 10,670 12.4%86 #7535

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yanbu Industrial College 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 Yanbu Industrial College work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Yanbu Industrial College is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Computer Science (13%), Materials Science (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 91 fractional works · 86.9% of its workEngineering: 46 fractional works · 44.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 10.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 12.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 8.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYanbu IndustrialCollege105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences9%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4644.5%
    2. Computer Science1412.9%
    3. Materials Science1211.2%
    4. Energy98.1%
    5. Environmental Science66.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.5%
    7. Mathematics11.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    9. Chemistry10.5%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Social Sciences32.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Psychology10.7%
    1. Medicine32.7%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Neuroscience00.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.66× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 8.86× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.96× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.22× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy8.86×8 works
  2. Materials Science3.22×12 works
  3. Engineering2.96×46 works
  4. Computer Science1.66×14 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.42×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.22×6 works
  7. Mathematics0.90×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.79×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.70×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×1 works
  11. Nursing0.54×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.52×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.31×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.24×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.24×1 works
  18. Psychology0.22×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.22×3 works
  20. Medicine0.14×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yanbu Industrial College?

Ranked on the quality score, Bijal Kottukkal Bahuleyan, Fahd A. Banakhr and Aravinthan Gopanna lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yanbu Industrial College.

  1. 1 Bijal Kottukkal Bahuleyan Saudi Arabia · #2,912,816 worldwide 1.2k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Fahd A. Banakhr Saudi Arabia · #3,310,320 worldwide 410 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Aravinthan Gopanna Saudi Arabia · #4,120,454 worldwide 600 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Yanbu Industrial College

What are the most cited papers from Yanbu Industrial College?

The most cited paper from Yanbu Industrial College is "Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) of polypropylene (PP)/cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) blends for qualitative and quantitative analysis" (Aravinthan Gopanna, Ramesh Naidu Mandapati, Selvin P. Thomas et al., 2018), with 224 citations. Next come "Optimal economic study of hybrid PV-wind-fuel cell system integrated to unreliable electric utility using hybrid search optimization technique" (219) and "Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using GIS-Based Analytic Network Process: A Case Study of Perlis, Malaysia" (219).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) of polypropylene (PP)/cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) blends for qualitative and quantitative analysis Aravinthan Gopanna, Ramesh Naidu Mandapati, Selvin P. Thomas et al. · Polymer Bulletin 10 Nov 2018 224
2 Optimal economic study of hybrid PV-wind-fuel cell system integrated to unreliable electric utility using hybrid search optimization technique Mohamed Mahmoud Samy, Mohamed I. Mosaad, Shimaa Barakat · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Sep 2020 219
3 Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using GIS-Based Analytic Network Process: A Case Study of Perlis, Malaysia Umar Lawal Dano, Abdul‐Lateef Balogun, Abdul-Nasir Matori et al. · Water Open access 25 Mar 2019 219
4 Spatial prediction of landslide susceptibility in western Serbia using hybrid support vector regression (SVR) with GWO, BAT and COA algorithms Abdul‐Lateef Balogun, Fatemeh Rezaie, Quoc Bao Pham et al. · Geoscience Frontiers Open access 13 Dec 2020 184
5 Achieving smart sustainable cities with GeoICT support: The Saudi evolving smart cities Yusuf Adedoyin Aina · Cities 20 Jul 2017 182
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yanbu Industrial College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Nanocomposites, Heat Transfer, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Deep Learning, Solar Energy and Thermal Management.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy12▲ 7.8×20 topics
  2. Deep Learning8▲ 2.2×22 topics
  3. Machine Learning7▲ 2.0×19 topics
  4. Nanocomposites7▲ 8.2×12 topics
  5. Heat Transfer6▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Power Electronics6▲ 19×7 topics
  7. Renewable Energy Integration5▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Sustainability5▲ 1.90×14 topics
  9. Nanoparticles4▲ 3.3×9 topics
  10. Energy Storage4▲ 6.2×11 topics
  11. Internet of Things4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  12. Solar Energy4▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  14. Healthcare4▲ 3.2×5 topics
  15. Thermal Management4▲ 11×4 topics
  16. IoT Security3▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Phase Change Materials3▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Biomedical Applications3▲ 2.7×10 topics
  19. Decentralized Control3▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Heat Exchangers3▲ 42×2 topics
  21. Model Predictive Control3▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Numerical Simulation3▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Parameter Estimation3▲ 24×4 topics
  24. Smart Cities3▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Smart Grid Applications3▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Convective Heat Transfer3▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Energy Storage Systems3▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Fluid Flow3▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Microchannel3▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Optimization3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  31. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology3▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Solar Thermal Collectors3▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Distributed Power Generation3▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Microgrid Control3▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Grid Integration2▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Review2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Waste Heat Recovery2▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Thermodynamic Analysis2▲ 32×3 topics
  39. Energy Harvesting2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Experimental Investigation2▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Yanbu Industrial College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Heat Transfer and Optimization, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques.

Solar Thermal and Photov…3Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 3 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Optimi…3Heat Transfer and Optimization: 3 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…3Microgrid Control and Optimization: 3 fractional worksPhotovoltaic System Opti…2Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 2 fractional worksPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties: 2 fractional worksSolar-Powered Water Purification Methods: 2 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…2Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 2 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 2 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Thermoelectric …1Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices: 1 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMechanical EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringPolymers and Plastics3 others

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

  1. 1 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  2. 2 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  5. 5 Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  6. 6 Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  7. 7 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  9. 9 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.9%domestic only50.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yanbu Industrial College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Yanbu Industrial College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Yanbu Industrial College0.00031% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Yanbu Industrial College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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