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Journal of Petroleum Geology

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN1747-5457

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

0.628

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.898

Total Worksi

2,418

Total Citationsi

32,028

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Fuel Technology; Geology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,418

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1747-5457

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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

336

2019

189

2020

189

2021

162

2022

145

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2

Fuel TechnologyQ2

GeologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)GeologyFuel TechnologyEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisGeological Studies and ExplorationGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological and Geophysical StudiesGeological formations and processesHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological and Geochemical AnalysisMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaPetroleum Processing and Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Petroleum Geology

Is Journal of Petroleum Geology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Petroleum Geology: 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 Petroleum Geology?

Journal of Petroleum Geology 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 0.64.

Is Journal of Petroleum Geology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Petroleum Geology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Petroleum Geology?