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Natural Gas Geoscience
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Natural Gas Geoscience

1672-1926

Published by: Science Press Ltd.

http://www.nggs.ac.cn/EN/home

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 442 10 13 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 27
Documents by Best Scientists*: 29
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 46
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.731
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Natural Gas Geoscience?

Natural Gas Geoscience primarily focuses on research topics in Geochemistry, Structural basin, Geotechnical engineering, Source rock and Petrology. Topics in Geochemistry explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Facies, Fossil fuel, Geomorphology and Natural gas. In Natural Gas Geoscience, Carbon, Isotopes of carbon, Coal and Methane are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Natural gas research.

The study of Sedimentary rock and how it intertwines with concepts under Sedimentary depositional environment were explored in the presented Structural basin research. Issues in Geotechnical engineering were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Petroleum reservoir, Petroleum engineering and Oil shale. In addition to Source rock research, Natural Gas Geoscience aims to explore topics under Organic matter, Permian, Hydrocarbon and Maturity (geology).

Environmental chemistry, Pyrolysis and Mineralogy are some topics wherein Hydrocarbon research discussed in Natural Gas Geoscience have an impact. Lithology is a focus of the presented Petrology works and it dives deep in Lithology. Natural Gas Geoscience focuses on Diagenesis but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Cementation (geology) and Compaction.

  • Geochemistry (29.76%)
  • Structural basin (28.04%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (22.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • DEVELOPING TRENDS OF NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY AND THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON NATURAL GAS GEOLOGICAL THEORIES IN CHINA (65 citations)
  • Implications from Marine Shale Gas Exploration Breakthrough in Complicated Structural Area at High Thermal Stage: Taking Longmaxi Formation in Well JY1 as an Example (62 citations)
  • Geological characteristics, main challenges and future prospect of shale gas (58 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Natural Gas Geoscience:

The journal articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Geochemistry, Oil shale, Source rock, Natural gas and Geotechnical engineering. While the journal articles focused on Geochemistry, they were also able to explore topics like Geomorphology, Maturity (geology) and Isotopes of carbon. Tectonics and Petrology are some topics wherein Geotechnical engineering research discussed in the published articles has an impact.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Sedimentary rock
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Geochemistry, Natural gas field, Natural gas, Adsorption and Structural basin. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Geochemistry and the similar topic of Facies. The subject of Petroleum engineering, which is connected to the field of Development plan, Lead (geology) and Conceptual design, serves as the foundation of the Natural gas field research featured in Natural Gas Geoscience.

The journal explores topics in Natural gas which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Period (geology) and China. The concepts on Adsorption presented in Natural Gas Geoscience can also apply to other research fields, including Isothermal process, Dissolution, Hydrocarbon, Methane and Coal. The work on Structural basin tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Fault (geology) and Petrology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Generation and resource potential of abiogenic alkane gas under organic–inorganic interactions in petroliferous basins (1 citations)
  • Geochemical characteristics of natural gas in tight sandstone of the Chengdu large gas field, Western Sichuan Depression, Sichuan Basin, China (0 citations)
  • Inter-well interference and well spacing optimization for shale gas reservoirs (0 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 Natural Gas Geoscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xiaoqi Wu (8 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dazhong Dong (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Quanyou Liu (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Chen Qi-lin (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jinxing Dai (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Natural Gas Geoscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • PetroChina (420 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sinopec (128 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (116 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Petroleum (104 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • China National Petroleum Corporation (79 papers) absent at the last 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 2021 edition, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 85.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.00% of all publications and 5.00% 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

  • 2021–2025 is a period of great development of China's natural gas industry: Suggestions on the exploration and development of natural gas during the 14th five-year plan in China

    Jinxing Dai;Yunyan Ni;Dazhong Dong;Shengfei Qin

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Discussion on the characteristics and controlling factors of differential enrichment of shale gas in the Wufeng-Longmaxi formations in south China

    Zhen Qiu;Caineng Zou;Hongyan Wang;Dazhong Dong

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • The geochemical characteristics and origin of Ordovician ultra-deep natural gas in the North Shuntuoguole area, Tarim Basin, NW China

    Anlai Ma;Zhiliang He;Lu Yun;Xian Wu

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Generation and resource potential of abiogenic alkane gas under organic–inorganic interactions in petroliferous basins

    Quanyou Liu;Xiaoqi Wu;Dongya Zhu;Qingqiang Meng

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Characteristics and main controlling factors of Ordovician deep subsalt reservoir in central and eastern Ordos Basin, China

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Inter-well interference and well spacing optimization for shale gas reservoirs

    Jingyuan Chen;Yunsheng Wei;Junlei Wang;Wei Yu

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Experimental evaluation method for permeability changes of organic-rich shales by high-temperature thermal stimulation

    Yili Kang;Dongsheng Yang;Lijun You;Xinlei Li

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Sandstone characteristics and hydrocarbon exploration significance of the Middle-Lower Jurassic of the central-eastern part of the northern tectonic belt of the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin, China

    Ronghu Zhang;Haijun Yang;Hongxing Wei;Chaofeng Yu

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Recent progress on the research of Re–Os geochronology and Re–Os elemental and isotopic systematics in petroleum systems

    Yanming Sai;Keyu Jin;Mingzhuang Luo;Hui Tian

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Rift-uplift-depression accumulation-controlling models of the large gas province in Cambrian pre-salt, Tarim Basin, China

    (2022)
    2 Citations

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