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Ocean Engineering research in United States

Stanford University ranks first in United States for Ocean Engineering research in 2022-now (#4 worldwide), followed by The University of Texas at Austin and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

United States's world rank
#2
of 54 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
12k
Top-10% rate
8.3%
Ranked institutions
33

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Ocean Engineering in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Stanford UniversityStanford #475.716.7%135
2The University of Texas at AustinAustin #571.810.7%293
3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #1750.412.8%110
4Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #2245.812.2%259
5Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #4931.811.7%165
6California Institute of TechnologyPasadena #5430.111.4%62
7University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #5629.512.9%76
8University of MichiganAnn Arbor #7025.610.3%89
9University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #7125.317.7%83
10University of HoustonHouston #7324.811.0%115
11Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #8023.210.2%95
12Colorado School of MinesGolden #8522.29.5%115
13Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore #8721.811.2%67
14University of WyomingLaramie #9021.115.7%68
15University of California San DiegoSan Diego #9220.810.5%87
16University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles #9420.413.3%65
17ExxonMobil (United States)Irving #9620.02.2%116
18University of WashingtonSeattle #9819.78.9%68
19University of OklahomaNorman #10518.510.6%108
20Virginia TechBlacksburg #11117.59.4%102
21Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #11716.68.3%94
22University of TulsaTulsa #12116.018.1%86
23Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge #12914.912.6%70
24Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos #13713.86.7%79
25University of FloridaGainesville #14412.99.8%72
26Baker Hughes (United States)Houston #16111.01.0%243
27United States Geological SurveyReston #16610.410.4%66
28Chevron (United States)San Ramon #1858.53.9%96
29United States Department of DefenseWashington #2046.83.9%204
30University of North DakotaGrand Forks #2136.19.7%86
31Halliburton (United States)Houston #2364.31.3%63
32Sandia National LaboratoriesAlbuquerque #2433.84.4%107
33Weatherford CollegeWeatherford #29912.08.9%80

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Ocean Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Ocean Engineering researchers in United States?

Derek Elsworth, Shimin Liu and Louis J. Durlofsky rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Ocean Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Derek Elsworth#39,576 worldwide overall46.4 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Shimin Liu#40,531 worldwide overall38.8 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Louis J. Durlofsky#40,733 worldwide overall35.1 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4J. Herbert Waite#13,470 worldwide overall25.0 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5George J. Hirasaki#40,162 worldwide overall26.7 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6James C. Hower#136,511 worldwide overall26.5 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Anthony Robert Kovscek#172,315 worldwide overall30.5 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Norman R. Morrow#40,970 worldwide overall23.7 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ximing Cai#95,647 worldwide overall23.7 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Gary Arnold Pope#223,150 worldwide overall28.6 of 110 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11R. S. Seright#125,134 worldwide overall27.0 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Kamy Sepehrnoori#620,087 worldwide overall45.6 of 273 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Sankaran Sundaresan#83,123 worldwide overall19.2 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Milica Stojanovic#207,306 worldwide overall25.2 of 90 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15James J. Sheng#291,659 worldwide overall27.3 of 105 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Ocean Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How United States compares with other countries in Ocean Engineering