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Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Germany · Est. 2011

ISSN2190-0558eISSN2190-0566

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.691

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.245

Total Worksi

2,093

Total Citationsi

33,083

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology is an international open access journal that publishes leading edge studies in the field of petroleum engineering, petroleum geology and exploration geophysics and the implementation of related technologies to the development and management of oil and gas reservoirs from their discovery through their entire production cycle.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,093

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-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

CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2190-0558 / 2190-0566

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

214

5.2k

2019

229

4.8k

2020

371

5.5k

2021

167

2.7k

2022

132

1.6k

2023

144

1.1k

2024

206

934

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)Q2

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsEngineering, PetroleumGeosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyEnergy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEnhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesDrilling and Well EngineeringReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsPetroleum Processing and AnalysisSeismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesOil and Gas Production TechniquesRock Mechanics and ModelingGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production

Is Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production: 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 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production?

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production 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 3.77.

Is Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.