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Petroleum Geoscience

Geological Society of London · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1354-0793eISSN2041-496X

SJR Q2✓ 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

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.435

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.133

Total Worksi

1,141

Total Citationsi

28,245

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Economic Geology; Geology; Fuel Technology; Geochemistry and Petrology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,141

Publisher OrgZoological Society of London

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Geological Society of London

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1354-0793 / 2041-496X

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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?

English

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

731

2019

311

2020

330

2021

244

2022

204

2023

137

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Economic GeologyQ2

GeologyQ2

Fuel TechnologyQ3

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Economic GeologyGeochemistry and PetrologyEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)GeologyFuel Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisSeismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesGeological formations and processesReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsGeological and Geophysical StudiesDrilling and Well EngineeringGeological Studies and Explorationearthquake and tectonic studiesMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Frequently asked questions about Petroleum Geoscience

Is Petroleum Geoscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Petroleum Geoscience: 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 Petroleum Geoscience?

Petroleum Geoscience 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 1.54.

Is Petroleum Geoscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Petroleum Geoscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Petroleum Geoscience?