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Natural Gas Industry B
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Natural Gas Industry B

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 308 12 19 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 55
Documents by Best Scientists*: 78
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.204
Impact Factor: 6.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Natural Gas Industry B?

Natural Gas Industry B mainly deals with areas of study such as Petroleum engineering, Natural gas, Drilling, Oil shale and Natural gas field. Petroleum engineering research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Shale gas, Permeability (earth sciences), Fracture (geology), Drilling fluid and Sichuan basin. Natural Gas Industry B facilitates discussions on Fracture (geology) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Hydraulic fracturing, Flow (psychology), Stress (mechanics) and Volume (thermodynamics).

In it, Structural basin, Source rock, Geochemistry, Petrology and Fossil fuel are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Natural gas research. Topics in Structural basin were tackled in line with various other fields like Ordovician and Coal. It focused on Source rock research but expanded to cover Facies.

The journal explores issues in Facies which can be linked to other research areas like Sedimentary depositional environment, Dolomite and Lithology. The Drilling works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Casing and Borehole. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Oil shale as it also encompasses Outcrop.

  • Petroleum engineering (35.89%)
  • Natural gas (24.18%)
  • Drilling (16.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Energy revolution: From a fossil energy era to a new energy era (201 citations)
  • Breakthrough and prospect of shale gas exploration and development in China (111 citations)
  • Characteristics and controlling factors of micropore structures of the Longmaxi Shale in the Jiaoshiba area, Sichuan Basin (80 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Natural Gas Industry B:

The most cited publications investigate studies in Petroleum engineering, Natural gas, Oil shale, Structural basin and China. The studies on Petroleum engineering discussed at the most cited papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Pore water pressure, Volume (thermodynamics), Shale gas and Permeability (earth sciences). The most cited papers feature studies on Natural gas, including topics such as Natural gas field.

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

  • Mechanical engineering
  • Thermodynamics
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Petroleum engineering, Natural gas, Geochemistry, Drilling and Fracture (geology). The research on Petroleum engineering featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Permeability (earth sciences), Current (stream), Flow (psychology), Computer simulation and Rate of penetration. Some problems in Natural gas that were presented in Natural Gas Industry B overlapped with concepts under Hydraulic fracturing, Hydrate, Fossil fuel and Cabin pressurization.

The journal explores topics in Geochemistry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Structural basin, Facies, Source rock and Oil shale. Issues in Facies were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Outcrop and Permian. The studies in Fracture (geology) featured incorporate elements of Wellhead, Volume (thermodynamics), Petrology and Diffusion (business).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Prospect of marine natural gas hydrate stimulation theory and technology system (8 citations)
  • Genetic mechanism of high-quality shale gas reservoirs in the Wufeng–LongmaxiFms in the Sichuan Basin (4 citations)
  • New understandings and potential of Sinian–Lower Paleozoic natural gas exploration in the central Sichuan paleo-uplift, Sichuan Basin (4 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 Industry B (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jinzhou Zhao (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Liehui Zhang (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dazhong Dong (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Na Wei (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yuman Wang (7 papers) published 1 paper 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 Natural Gas Industry B (based on the number of publications) are:

  • PetroChina (243 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 25 less than at the previous edition,
  • China National Petroleum Corporation (113 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Petroleum (70 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Southwest Petroleum University (69 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sinopec (65 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 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 2021 edition, 11.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 91.49% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 2.13% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • Fields and directions for shale gas exploration in China

    Unknown

    (2022)
    121 Citations
  • Industrial status, technological progress, challenges, and prospects of hydrogen energy

    (2022)
    107 Citations
  • Connotation, innovation and vision of “carbon neutrality”

    Caineng Zou;Huaqing Xue;Bo Xiong;Guosheng Zhang

    (2021)
    105 Citations
  • Application of the combination of high-pressure mercury injection and nuclear magnetic resonance to the classification and evaluation of tight sandstone reservoirs: A case study of the Linxing Block in the Ordos Basin

    Xingxing Kong;Dianshi Xiao;Shu Jiang;Shuangfang Lu

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Shale gas accumulation patterns in China

    (2023)
    23 Citations
  • Unconventional natural gas accumulation system

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Principal characteristics of marine shale gas, and the theory and technology of its exploration and development in China

    (2023)
    19 Citations
  • Connotations of scientific development of giant gas fields in China

    Caineng Zou;Jianlin Guo;Ailin Jia;Yunsheng Wei

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Typical misinterpretations and scientific concepts in well-logging geologic studies

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Stress and deformation characteristics of completion and testing tubing string with expansion joints for ultra-deep HTHP gas wells

    (2020)
    13 Citations

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