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International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

Inderscience Publishers · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1753-3309eISSN1753-3317

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 1.4. 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

0.225

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.4

SNIPi

0.276

Total Worksi

1,609

Total Citationsi

5,729

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IJOGCT is a multidisciplinary refereed journal that is concerned with exploration, production, processing and refining, storage and transportation, economical, managerial, business, environmental, safety and security issues related to oil, natural gas, coal and petrochemicals as well as manufacturing and refining of biofuels. Topics covered include Exploration, geological studies, reserves estimation Production/recovery methods, drilling technology, subsea engineering Production rates, forecasting future demand Heavy oil, oil sand/shale recovery/processing, oil/gas field processing Petroleum refining, coal liquid/hydrogen production, petrochemical industry Ultra low sulphur fuels, LNG, CNG and LPG, natural gas processing Gasoline from natural gas/coal liquid, biorefining, biofuels Nano/biotechnology, computerisation/automation, modelling/simulation Refinery process optimisation, management of refining industry, major oil companies Fuel quality/specifications, storage, transportation Environmental issues, carbon management, sequestration, storage Oil spill occurrence, monitoring, clean up methods, contingency plans Fuel prices, future market fluctuations, forecasting, safety/security Business/international trade regulations, political/governmental/economic issues Biofuels vs fossil fuels; future technology, business

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Frequency8 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,609

Publisher OrgInderscience Publishers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Inderscience Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1753-3309 / 1753-3317

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind review

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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

148

441

2019

168

408

2020

155

245

2021

125

188

2022

156

2023

2024

122

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 (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsEngineering, ChemicalEngineering, Petroleum

Scopus Categories

Energy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsEnhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesCoal Properties and UtilizationDrilling and Well EngineeringOil and Gas Production TechniquesGeoscience and Mining TechnologyPetroleum Processing and AnalysisBiodiesel Production and Applications

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

Is International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal 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 International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology?

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4.

Is International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.