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Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
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Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 26 171 490 44
Engineering and Technology 69 259 706 52

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 671
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1334
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 18
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Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering?

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering mainly deals with areas of study such as Petroleum engineering, Mechanics, Permeability (earth sciences), Mineralogy and Chemical engineering. The study on Petroleum engineering presented in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering intersects with subjects under the field of Drilling. The Drilling research dealing mostly with Drilling fluid is the focus of the journal.

The studies in Mechanics featured incorporate elements of Geotechnical engineering, Fracture (geology) and Porous medium. Topics in Permeability (earth sciences) were tackled in line with various other fields like Petroleum reservoir and Porosity. The studies on Mineralogy discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Saturation (chemistry), Carbonate and Oil shale.

While the primary focus in the journal is Oil shale, it also dissects topics surrounding Geochemistry and Structural basin as a whole. The studies in Chemical engineering featured incorporate elements of Rheology, Adsorption and Polymer. Wetting study tackled is connected to the field of Contact angle.

  • Petroleum engineering (19.37%)
  • Mechanics (15.29%)
  • Permeability (earth sciences) (15.01%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Influence of brine composition and fines migration on crude oil/brine/rock interactions and oil recovery (763 citations)
  • Empirical relations between rock strength and physical properties in sedimentary rocks (544 citations)
  • Natural gas-hydrates — A potential energy source for the 21st Century (514 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering:

The main points discussed in the journal papers deal with Petroleum engineering, Mineralogy, Permeability (earth sciences), Geotechnical engineering and Mechanics. The journal articles tackle studies in Drilling fluid and the interrelated subject of Rheology to gain insights into Petroleum engineering. The most cited articles address concerns in Permeability (earth sciences) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Petroleum reservoir and Porosity.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering mainly cover the fields of Fracture (geology), Petroleum engineering, Mechanics, Geochemistry and Oil shale. The journal addresses concerns in Fracture (geology) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Hydraulic fracturing, Stress (mechanics) and Petrology. The presented Petroleum engineering research focuses mostly on Permeability (earth sciences) and, on occasion, topics in Saturation (chemistry).

Specifically, studies on Flow (psychology) are prevalent in the Mechanics works discussed. The study of Geochemistry encompasses disciplines such as Source rock, as well as fields such as Maturity (geology), all of which overlap with one another. In the journal, Total organic carbon and Adsorption are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Oil shale research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Capturing dynamic behavior of propped and unpropped fractures during flowback and early-time production of shale gas wells using a novel flow-geomechanics coupled model (4 citations)
  • Experimental and simulation investigations of the impact of polyacrylamide on CBM ad-/desorption (4 citations)
  • Fracture mechanism and damage characteristics of coal subjected to a water jet under different triaxial stress conditions (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kamy Sepehrnoori (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Denis José Schiozer (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tayfun Babadagli (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jun Yao (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • George V. Chilingarian (42 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • China University of Petroleum (1390 papers) published 78 papers at the last edition, 189 less than at the previous edition,
  • PetroChina (524 papers) published 38 papers at the last edition, 91 less than at the previous edition,
  • Southwest Petroleum University (423 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 76 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sinopec (388 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 70 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Texas at Austin (331 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 36 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 9.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 47.70% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.60% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.25% of all publications and 25.44% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Application of supervised machine learning paradigms in the prediction of petroleum reservoir properties: Comparative analysis of ANN and SVM models

    Daniel Asante Otchere;Tarek Omar Arbi Ganat;Raoof Gholami;Syahrir Ridha

    (2021)
    443 Citations
  • Occurrence space and state of shale oil: A review

    Unknown

    (2022)
    330 Citations
  • H2−brine interfacial tension as a function of salinity, temperature, and pressure; implications for hydrogen geo-storage

    Unknown

    (2022)
    273 Citations
  • Hydrogen wettability of quartz substrates exposed to organic acids; Implications for hydrogen geo-storage in sandstone reservoirs

    Muhammad Ali;Muhammad Ali;Nilesh Kumar Jha;Ahmed Al-Yaseri;Yihuai Zhang

    (2021)
    177 Citations
  • Experimental investigation into hydraulic fracture geometry and proppant migration characteristics for southeastern Sichuan deep shale reservoirs

    Peng Tan;Huiwen Pang;Ruxin Zhang;Yan Jin

    (2020)
    172 Citations
  • Simulation of hybrid nanofluid flow within a microchannel heat sink considering porous media analyzing CPU stability

    Jinyuan Wang;Yi-Peng Xu;Raed Qahiti;M. Jafaryar

    (2022)
    151 Citations
  • Machine learning for predicting properties of porous media from 2d X-ray images

    Naif Alqahtani;Fatimah Alzubaidi;Ryan T. Armstrong;Pawel Swietojanski

    (2020)
    146 Citations

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