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Petroleum

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 1942

ISSN2405-5816

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.919

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.222

Total Worksi

635

Total Citationsi

16,419

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Energy & Fuels; Engineering, Chemical; Engineering, Petroleum; Geology; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Fuel Technology; Geochemistry and Petrology.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1942

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications635

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2014

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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

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2405-5816

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

1.4k

2019

1.1k

2020

1.4k

2021

868

2022

860

2023

205

2024

334

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.

GeologyQ1

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ1

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2

Fuel TechnologyQ2

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsEngineering, ChemicalEngineering, Petroleum

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and PetrologyGeologyFuel TechnologyGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEnhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesDrilling and Well EngineeringReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsPetroleum Processing and AnalysisOil and Gas Production TechniquesCO2 Sequestration and Geologic InteractionsTunneling and Rock MechanicsRock Mechanics and Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Petroleum

Is Petroleum a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Petroleum: 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?

Petroleum 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 3.22.

Is Petroleum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Petroleum is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.