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Petroleum Geoscience
H-index 13

Petroleum Geoscience

1354-0793

Published by: Geological Society of London

https://pg.lyellcollection.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 280 52 76 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 60
Documents by Best Scientists*: 82
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.647
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Petroleum Geoscience?

Petroleum Geoscience mainly tackles studies in Petrology, Paleontology, Tectonics, Structural basin and Regional geology. The studies on Petrology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Permeability (earth sciences), Volcanism, Gemology, Igneous petrology and Hydrogeology. The Permeability (earth sciences) study featured falls within the wider field of Geotechnical engineering.

The study of Mineralogy and how it intertwines with concepts under Porosity, Petrophysics and Oil shale were explored in the presented Hydrogeology research. The presentations discussing Paleontology offer insights in topics such as Cretaceous, Facies, Rift, Sedimentary depositional environment and Source rock. The Source rock works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Geochemistry and Maturity (geology).

It links adjacent topics like Tectonics with Fault (geology). Structural basin research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Sedimentary rock, Submarine pipeline and Petroleum. The journal tackles studies in Environmental geology and the interrelated subject of Geobiology to gain insights into Regional geology.

  • Petrology (34.31%)
  • Paleontology (28.77%)
  • Tectonics (23.56%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Variations in fracture system geometry and their implications for fluid flow in fractures hydrocarbon reservoirs (344 citations)
  • Fault transmissibility multipliers for flow simulation models (246 citations)
  • Methods for quantifying the uncertainty of production forecasts: a comparative study (221 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Petroleum Geoscience:

The most cited papers aim to foster the development of research in Petrology, Paleontology, Tectonics, Regional geology and Mineralogy. The Petrology research tackled in the published articles is interrelated with Facies which concerns subjects like Sedimentary depositional environment, Diagenesis and Lithology. The published papers explore topics in Regional geology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Engineering geology, Environmental geology and Economic geology.

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

  • Thermodynamics
  • Sedimentary rock
  • Mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Petrology, Permeability (earth sciences), Geochemistry, Submarine pipeline and Structural basin. The research on Petrology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Outcrop, Structural complexity, Turbidite, Facies and Well logging. In the journal, Porosity, Fault (geology) and Tectonics are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Permeability (earth sciences) research.

Issues in Geochemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Sedimentary depositional environment, Petrophysics, Petroleum and Source rock. Some problems in Submarine pipeline that were presented in Petroleum Geoscience overlapped with concepts under Volume (thermodynamics), Co2 storage, Petroleum engineering, Geophysical imaging and Halite. The Structural basin research presented falls under the domain of Paleontology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Deformation and sedimentation processes, and hydrocarbon accumulations on upturned salt diapir flanks in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal (4 citations)
  • Intra-salt structure and strain partitioning in layered evaporites: implications for drilling through Messinian salt in the eastern Mediterranean (3 citations)
  • Ranking and selecting fault models using flow-indicator fault properties and simple streamline simulations (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 Petroleum Geoscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John R. Underhill (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • John A. Howell (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Graham Yielding (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tom Manzocchi (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Patrick William Michael Corbett (13 papers) published 2 papers 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 Petroleum Geoscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Equinor (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Heriot-Watt University (51 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Royal Dutch Shell (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Imperial College London (42 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Bergen (40 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, 5.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 21.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.79% of all publications and 28.95% 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

  • The principles of helium exploration

    Unknown

    (2022)
    83 Citations
  • Impact of basin architecture on diagenesis and dolomitization in a fault-bounded carbonate platform: outcrop analogue of a pre-salt carbonate reservoir, Red Sea rift, NW Saudi Arabia

    Khalid Al-Ramadan;Ardiansyah Koeshidayatullah;Ardiansyah Koeshidayatullah;Dave Cantrell;Peter K. Swart

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • The role of organic carbon in the Southern Uplands-Down-Longford Terrane accretionary prism, Scotland and Ireland

    (2023)
    27 Citations
  • Significance of fault seal in assessing CO2 storage capacity and containment risks – an example from the Horda Platform, northern North Sea

    Long Wu;Rune Thorsen;Signe Ottesen;Renata Meneguolo

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • The competition for salt and kinematic interactions between minibasins during density-driven subsidence: observations from numerical models

    Naiara Fernandez;Michael R Hudec;Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson;Tim P Dooley

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Lithological and chemostratigraphic discrimination of facies within the Bowland Shale Formation within the Craven and Edale basins, UK

    Colin N. Waters;Colin N. Waters;Christopher H. Vane;Simon J. Kemp;Richard B. Haslam

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Fault seal modelling – the influence of fluid properties on fault sealing capacity in hydrocarbon and CO2 systems

    Rūta Karolytė;Gareth Johnson;Graham Yielding;Stuart M.V. Gilfillan

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Structural and lithological controls on the architecture of igneous intrusions: examples from the NW Australian Shelf

    Niall Mark;Simon P. Holford;Nick Schofield;Christian Haug Eide

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Structural constraints on Lower Carboniferous shale gas exploration in the Craven Basin, NW England

    Iain Anderson;John R. Underhill

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Sedimentary and tectonic controls on lower carboniferous (visean) mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposition in NE England and the Southern North Sea: Implications for reservoir architecture

    Matthew G. Booth;John R. Underhill;Andy Gardiner;Duncan McLean

    (2020)
    16 Citations

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