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Petroleum Processing and Analysis

Petroleum Processing and Analysis is a research topic within Analytical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advances in petroleum chemistry and analysis, with a particular emphasis on the characterization of complex petroleum components such as asphaltenes and naphthenic acids. The use of mass spectrometry for detailed chemical analysis, biodegradation studies, nanoaggregation behavior, and the impact of these components on oil sands and heavy oil are also key areas of research.

  • Petroleum
  • Asphaltenes
  • Naphthenic Acids
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Oil Sands
  • Biodegradation
  • Nanoaggregation
  • Wax Deposition
  • Heavy Oil
  • Chemical Characterization
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Petroleum Processing and Analysis

Which countries lead Petroleum Processing and Analysis research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (2k and 435 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2k works
  2. 2 Russia 435 works
  3. 3 United States 393 works
  4. 4 India 273 works
  5. 5 Iran 235 works
  6. 6 Canada 235 works
  7. 7 Brazil 167 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 126 works
  9. 9 Saudi Arabia 116 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 113 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 49.3%Russia: 10.5%United States: 9.5%India: 6.6%6 others listed: 24.0%49%largest
China2,031 · 49.3%Russia435 · 10.5%United States393 · 9.5%India273 · 6.6%6 others listed991 · 24.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Petroleum Processing and Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, China University of Petroleum, Beijing publishes the most Petroleum Processing and Analysis research, followed by China National Petroleum Corporation (China) and China University of Petroleum, East China.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 160 works
  2. 2 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 149 works
  3. 3 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 145 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 144 works
  5. 5 Sinopec (China)China 92 works
  6. 6 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 74 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 72 works
  8. 8 Northeast Petroleum UniversityChina 59 works
  9. 9 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 58 works
  10. 10 University of AlbertaCanada 56 works

Who are the leading researchers in Petroleum Processing and Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Petroleum Processing and Analysis include Kai You Wang, Guangming Zeng and David Julian McClements.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  3. 3 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  4. 4 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  5. 5 William A. Goddard United States 182k citations
  6. 6 Kläus Müllen Germany 182k citations
  7. 7 Avelino Corma Spain 176k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Petroleum Processing and Analysis?

The most cited paper in Petroleum Processing and Analysis is "Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Fluids Containing Oxide Nanoparticles" (S. Lee, Soo-Chang Choi, Shuai Li et al., 1999), with 3,073 citations. Next come "A review of sterol markers for marine and terrigenous organic matter" (1,971) and "Méthode rapide de caractérisation des roches mètres, de leur potentiel pétrolier et de leur degré d'évolution" (1,454).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Fluids Containing Oxide Nanoparticles S. Lee, Soo-Chang Choi, Shuai Li et al. · ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer May 1999 3,073
2 A review of sterol markers for marine and terrigenous organic matter John K. Volkman · Organic Geochemistry 1986 1,971
3 Méthode rapide de caractérisation des roches mètres, de leur potentiel pétrolier et de leur degré d'évolution J. Espitalié, J Laporte, M. Madec et al. · Revue de l Institut Français du Pétrole Open access 1977 1,454
4 Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons Sunita Varjani · Bioresource Technology 18 Oct 2016 1,354
5 Applications of steranes, terpanes and monoaromatics to the maturation, migration and source of crude oils WOLFGANG K. SEIFERT, J. Michael Moldowan · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1978 1,335
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Petroleum Processing and Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Petroleum Processing and Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Chengdu (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Daqing, Ipoh and Dhahran.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 619 works
  2. 2 QingdaoChina 174 works
  3. 3 ChengduChina 159 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 119 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 109 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 104 works
  7. 7 DaqingChina 104 works
  8. 8 Kazan’Russia 84 works
  9. 9 DhahranSaudi Arabia 74 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 64 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DaqingCN · 104.3 works71×
  2. IpohMY · 27.4 works30×
  3. DhahranSA · 74.0 works29×
  4. JingzhouCN · 37.6 works27×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Petroleum Processing and Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Petroleum Processing and Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Petroleum, East China, Ilam University and Chang'an University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 25.3%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Ilam UniversityChang'an UniversityChina University of …China University of …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 63.912.9%65.0×145 +24.3%
2Ilam UniversityIran 62.141.1%37.0×9 +164.9%
3Chang'an UniversityChina 61.430.8%9.3×16 +102.3%
4China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 60.010.6%86.2×160 +14.1%
5Southeast UniversityChina 57.837.3%1.5×11 +223.7%
6Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 57.641.8%2.7×8 +37.2%
7King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 54.215.1%28.2×46 +3.4%
8Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 54.112.4%31.9×58 +54.2%
9Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 52.228.4%7.3×14 +37.6%
10Tarbiat Modares UniversityIran 51.722.6%14.1×19 +28.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Petroleum Processing and Analysis, country by country

Is Petroleum Processing and Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Petroleum Processing and Analysis.

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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 Petroleum Processing and Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Petroleum Processing and Analysis0.021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Petroleum Processing and Analysis 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.

still counting5%10%15%Petroleum Processing and Analysis10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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