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Petroleum Research

KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd. · China · Est. 2016

ISSN2096-2495eISSN2524-1729
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.6
H-Indexi
33
CiteScorei
7.1
SNIPi
1.741
Total Worksi
514
Total Citationsi
5,749
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.29
Open Impact Factor alternative

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

General Information

Country / RegionChina
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2016
Annual Volume~ 66 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications514
Publisher OrgElsevier BV
Region🌍 Global South
OA Since2015
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2096-2495 / 2524-1729
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
32
362
2019
36
686
2020
70
2k
2021
49
668
2022
44
329
2023
66
417
2024
89
208
2025
62
41
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 Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2
Geochemistry and PetrologyQ2
GeologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsEngineering, Petroleum

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and PetrologyGeologyEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisEnhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesDrilling and Well EngineeringReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsPetroleum Processing and AnalysisGeological Studies and ExplorationGeological and Geophysical StudiesMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

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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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref