Petroleum Research
KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd. · China · Est. 2016
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Aims & Scope
Founded in 1978, the Chinese Petroleum Society (CPS) is the non-profit, academic, social organisation of scientific and technological professionals in the upstream petroleum industry in China. CPS serves over 640,000 members, and has 23 branches, specialised committees and working committees. CNPC, SINOPEC, CNOOC and PipeChina are the main sponsors... Founded in 1978, theChinese Petroleum Society (CPS)is the non-profit, academic, social organisation of scientific and technological professionals in the upstream petroleum industry in China. CPS serves over 640,000 members, and has 23 branches, specialised committees and working committees. CNPC, SINOPEC, CNOOC and PipeChina are the main sponsors and supporters of CPS. Since its inauguration, CPS has established relationships and collaborations with international academic organisations, such as SPE, SPWLA, SEG, NACE and AAPG, as well as national petroleum societies in countries such as the US, Russia, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Sudan. It has also jointly held many international academic conferences and exhibitions with these partners. To promote the development of the upstream petroleum industry, CPS provides each year: Together, these international and domestic activities make great contributions to the progress of petroleum science and technology in China and the world. Mohammed Falalu Hamza | Hassan Soleimani | Bashir Abubakar Abdulkadir | Saifullahi Shehu Imam | Sabiha Hanim Saleh | Yarima Mudassir Hassan Ren-Shi Nie | Peidong Qiu | Jingcheng Liu | Bin Liu | Zhangxin Chen | Cong Lu | Fan-Hui Zeng Egor Illarionov | Elizaveta Gladchenko | Anton Voskresenskii | Sergey Safonov | Klemens Katterbauer
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Frequently asked questions about Petroleum Research
Is Petroleum Research a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Petroleum Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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 Research?
Petroleum Research 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 7.1.
Is Petroleum Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Petroleum Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Petroleum Research?
Founded in 1978, the Chinese Petroleum Society (CPS) is the non-profit, academic, social organisation of scientific and technological professionals in the upstream petroleum industry in China. CPS serves over 640,000 members, and has 23 branches, specialised committees and working committees. CNPC, SINOPEC, CNOOC and PipeChina are the main sponsors... Founded in 1978, theChinese Petroleum Society (CPS)is the non-profit, academic, social organisation of scientific and technological professionals in the upstream petroleum industry in China. CPS serves over 640,000 members, and has 23 branches, s
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