Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
King Fahd University of Petroleum Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Petroleum Engineering Rankings 2025
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Petroleum Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,718
12,139
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Engineering
Cementing
Drilling Fluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,167
8,563
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Modeling
Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,411
7,171
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Reactive and Complex fluids
Molecular Simulation
EOR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,785
5,888
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
petroleum engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,712
2,750
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Organic-Inorganic Polymeric Nanocomposite
Water Treatment
Water Purification
Oil-Water Separation
Sensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
3,609
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,308
3,323
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,888
2,713
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
HydroGeophysics
Near Surface Geophysics
Engineering Geophysics
Environmental Geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,809
2,149
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Smart Structures
Piezoelectric Actuators
MEMS Sensors
Guided Waves
Vibration and Acoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,287
538
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Energy Sustainability
Heat transfer
Net- Zero Energy System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,137
3,040
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Urban Sustainability and Planning
Smart and sustainable cities
Campus and University Sustainability Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,974
1,781
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Igneous Petrology
Tectonics
Cosmochemistry
Planetary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,965
2,103
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Engineering
Drilling Fluids
oil and Gas Well Cementing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,948
2,070
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,822
1,917
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,119
1,603
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Water flooding
CEOR
CO2EOR and storage
Wettability and reservoir Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,056
1,256
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Computational Multiphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,943
541
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,772
594
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Drilling Engineering
Well Cementing
Artificial intelligence in Petroleum Eng.
Well Completion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,640
1,612
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Relay cooperative networks
Optical communications
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
1,388
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Petroleum Engineering
fluid flow in porous media
Petrophysics
Foam transport in porous media
CO2 geosequestration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,571
1,275
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
GIS and Urban Remote Sensing
Natural Hazards
Urban Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,433
1,312
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Hydrocarbon Resources
PVT
EOR
Adsorption
AI and Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,342
1,335
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Persistent Luminescence
Upconversion
Phosphors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,333
1,171
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,158
182
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohamed A Mahmoud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,718
12,139
0.885
Petroleum Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,718
295
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Salaheldin Elkatatny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,167
8,563
0.934
Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Engineering
Cementing
Drilling Fluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,562
330
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Babatunde Mustapha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,411
7,171
0.853
Modeling
Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,161
444
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Abdullah Sultan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,785
5,888
0.868
Reactive and Complex fluids
Molecular Simulation
EOR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,843
456
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ruud Weijermars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,712
2,750
0.410
petroleum engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,408
815
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Umair Baig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
3,609
0.825
Organic-Inorganic Polymeric Nanocomposite
Water Treatment
Water Purification
Oil-Water Separation
Sensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,596
832
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Khalid R Alhooshani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,308
3,323
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,437
938
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fahhad H Alharbi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,888
2,713
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,965
962
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pantelis Soupios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,809
2,149
0.564
HydroGeophysics
Near Surface Geophysics
Engineering Geophysics
Environmental Geophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,736
1,143
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Muhammad A Hawwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,287
538
0.164
Smart Structures
Piezoelectric Actuators
MEMS Sensors
Guided Waves
Vibration and Acoustics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,405
1,204
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kashif Irshad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,137
3,040
0.969
Energy Sustainability
Heat transfer
Net- Zero Energy System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,157
1,281
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Habib Alshuwaikhat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,974
1,781
0.599
Urban Sustainability and Planning
Smart and sustainable cities
Campus and University Sustainability Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,939
1,285
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Scott A Whattam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,965
2,103
0.709
Igneous Petrology
Tectonics
Cosmochemistry
Planetary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,485
1,289
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Abdulaziz Al Majed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,948
2,070
0.702
Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Engineering
Drilling Fluids
oil and Gas Well Cementing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,915
1,351
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,822
1,917
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,600
1,825
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sidqi Abu Khamsin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,119
1,603
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,965
1,892
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xianmin Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,056
1,256
0.611
Water flooding
CEOR
CO2EOR and storage
Wettability and reservoir Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,665
2,015
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shahzada Zaman Shuja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,943
541
0.278
Computational Multiphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,124
2,216
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hassan Al Muallem
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,772
594
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,157
2,394
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ahmed Abdulhamid Mahmoud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,640
1,612
0.983
Drilling Engineering
Well Cementing
Artificial intelligence in Petroleum Eng.
Well Completion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,326
2,414
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anas M Salhab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
1,388
0.854
Relay cooperative networks
Optical communications
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,642
2,477
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Abdulrauf Adebayo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,571
1,275
0.812
Petroleum Engineering
fluid flow in porous media
Petrophysics
Foam transport in porous media
CO2 geosequestration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,564
2,688
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,433
1,312
0.916
GIS and Urban Remote Sensing
Natural Hazards
Urban Modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,015
2,824
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shams Kalam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,342
1,335
0.995
Hydrocarbon Resources
PVT
EOR
Adsorption
AI and Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,406
2,840
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yafei Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,333
1,171
0.878
Persistent Luminescence
Upconversion
Phosphors