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Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute

Japan Petroleum Institute · Japan · Est. 1960

ISSN1346-8804eISSN1349-273X

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.184

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.252

Total Worksi

1,161

Total Citationsi

8,563

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute covers the fields of petroleum engineering and energy & fuels. It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).

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General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageJapanese

1st Year Published1960

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,161

Publisher OrgJapan Petroleum Institute

OA Since2012

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japan Petroleum Institute

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1346-8804 / 1349-273X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

Japanese

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

256

2019

329

2020

139

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ4

Fuel TechnologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsEngineering, Petroleum

Scopus Categories

Fuel TechnologyEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsCatalysts for Methane ReformingCatalysis for Biomass ConversionZeolite Catalysis and SynthesisPetroleum Processing and AnalysisLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and Strategies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute

Is Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute?

Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.51.

Is Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.