Home›Search›Petroleum Science and Technology

Petroleum Science and Technology

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States · Est. 1980

ISSN1532-2459

SJR Q3✓ 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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.342

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.769

Total Worksi

5,582

Total Citationsi

56,029

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Petroleum Science and Technology focuses on engineering topics within petroleum, including chemical engineering and energy & fuels. The journal addresses hydrocarbon transport pipeline leaks by simulating hydrodynamic behavior and using computational tools for leak detection, location, and quantification.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 193 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,582

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1532-2459

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

350

3.6k

2019

882

2020

133

1.2k

2021

333

2.2k

2022

191

836

2023

223

510

2024

164

142

2025

120

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q3

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q3

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ3

Fuel TechnologyQ3

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsEngineering, ChemicalEngineering, Petroleum

Scopus Categories

Fuel TechnologyGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Frequently asked questions about Petroleum Science and Technology

Is Petroleum Science and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Petroleum Science and Technology: 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 Science and Technology?

Petroleum Science and Technology 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 1.04.

Is Petroleum Science and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Petroleum Science and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.