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Yanbu University College

In research, Yanbu University College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,077 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,407 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 4.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#7,137
of 22,385 · #7,935 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#45
of 91
Research works
699
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.4k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%

What is Yanbu University 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 #3,077 of 10,670 15.3%175 #4319
EngineeringField #2,407 of 5,901 18.4%85 #3791

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

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Yanbu University College is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Computer Science (11%), Materials Science (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 230 fractional works · 72.5% of its workEngineering: 111 fractional works · 35.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 34 fractional works · 10.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 5.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 5.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 30 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 6.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKYanbu UniversityCollege317fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering11135.1%
    2. Computer Science3410.7%
    3. Materials Science299.1%
    4. Energy165.1%
    5. Environmental Science165.1%
    6. Chemistry92.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy61.9%
    8. Mathematics41.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.8%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    1. Social Sciences144.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting72.1%
    3. Psychology62.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities51.7%
    5. Decision Sciences41.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    1. Medicine226.9%
    2. Health Professions41.2%
    3. Dentistry31.0%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.8%
    3. Neuroscience20.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Yanbu University College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 25.2 works4.3×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.27× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.81× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.59× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.34× its world share, 111 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.60× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.15× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy5.59×16 works
  2. Materials Science2.60×29 works
  3. Engineering2.34×111 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.27×2 works
  5. Dentistry2.15×3 works
  6. Chemistry1.81×9 works
  7. Computer Science1.38×34 works
  8. Mathematics1.15×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.15×4 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.06×1 works
  11. Environmental Science1.02×16 works
  12. Nursing0.87×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.85×6 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×7 works
  15. Psychology0.65×6 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×9 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.58×5 works
  18. Health Professions0.45×4 works
  19. Neuroscience0.41×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×1 works
  21. Medicine0.36×22 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.34×14 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×6 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×2 works
  26. Veterinary0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yanbu University College?

Ranked on the quality score, Yusuf Adedoyin Aina, Majdi Talal Amin and Abdullah M. A. Alsharif lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yanbu University College.

  1. 1 Yusuf Adedoyin Aina Saudi Arabia · #80,431 worldwide 2.9k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Majdi Talal Amin Saudi Arabia · #1,095,034 worldwide 458 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Abdullah M. A. Alsharif Saudi Arabia · #1,118,231 worldwide 93 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ayman K. Alhejji Saudi Arabia · #1,286,158 worldwide 556 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Mohamed I. Mosaad Saudi Arabia · #1,456,851 worldwide 4k citations · 211 works
  6. 6 Hazim Abdulaziz Moria Saudi Arabia · #1,609,344 worldwide 2.5k citations · 135 works
  7. 7 Fayez Aldawi Saudi Arabia · #1,917,635 worldwide 664 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Salem Mohammed Batiyah Saudi Arabia · #2,235,982 worldwide 234 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Nadeem Akhtar Saudi Arabia · #2,521,924 worldwide 279 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Yasser Ali Alshehri Saudi Arabia · #2,881,012 worldwide 238 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Yanbu University College

What are the most cited papers from Yanbu University College?

The most cited paper from Yanbu University College is "Interacting with educational chatbots: A systematic review" (Mohammad Amin Kuhail, Nazik Alturki, Salwa Alramlawi et al., 2022), with 813 citations. Next come "Some properties of soft topological spaces" (299) and "Investigation of Some Antiviral N-Heterocycles as COVID 19 Drug: Molecular Docking and DFT Calculations" (295).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interacting with educational chatbots: A systematic review Mohammad Amin Kuhail, Nazik Alturki, Salwa Alramlawi et al. · Education and Information Technologies ReviewOpen access 9 Jul 2022 813
2 Some properties of soft topological spaces Sabir Hussain, Bashir Ahmad · Computers & Mathematics with Applications Open access 27 Oct 2011 299
3 Investigation of Some Antiviral N-Heterocycles as COVID 19 Drug: Molecular Docking and DFT Calculations Mohamed Hagar, Hoda A. Ahmed, Ghadah Faraj Aljohani et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 30 May 2020 295
4 Transferrin conjugated nontoxic carbon dots for doxorubicin delivery to target pediatric brain tumor cells Shanghao Li, Daniel Amat, Zhili Peng et al. · Nanoscale 2016 225
5 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
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yanbu University College?

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

▲ 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 Energy22▲ 4.8×26 topics
  2. Machine Learning21▲ 2.0×47 topics
  3. Deep Learning19▲ 1.75×42 topics
  4. Heat Transfer17▲ 11×14 topics
  5. Power Electronics13▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Renewable Energy Integration13▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Nanoparticles11▲ 2.8×24 topics
  8. Environmental Impact11▲ 1.98×27 topics
  9. Nanocomposites10▲ 4.1×15 topics
  10. Healthcare10▲ 2.8×11 topics
  11. Energy Storage10▲ 4.8×11 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency10▲ 3.2×21 topics
  13. Internet of Things8▲ 3.0×10 topics
  14. Thermal Management8▲ 7.4×5 topics
  15. Phase Change Materials7▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Smart Grid7▲ 6.1×6 topics
  17. Solar Energy7▲ 7.0×4 topics
  18. Thermodynamic Analysis7▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Smart Grid Applications7▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Experimental Investigation6▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Decentralized Control6▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Heat Exchangers6▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology6▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Solar Thermal Collectors6▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Energy Storage Systems6▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Review6▲ 15×2 topics
  27. IoT Security6▲ 5.8×3 topics
  28. Numerical Simulation6▲ 6.2×4 topics
  29. Distributed Power Generation5▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Electric Vehicles5▲ 5.9×4 topics
  31. Microgrid Control5▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Waste Heat Recovery5▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Model Predictive Control5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  34. Pressure Drop5▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Smart Cities5▲ 6.3×4 topics
  36. Fluid Flow5▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Convective Heat Transfer5▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Parameter Estimation5▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Experimental Study5▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Microchannel5▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Yanbu University College publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  7. 7 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  9. 9 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 2 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 available59.8%not open40.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.9%domestic only52.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yanbu University College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 University College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Yanbu University College0.0013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Yanbu University College 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 counting10%20%Yanbu University College17.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.7% in 2016.

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