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Petroleum Research
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Petroleum Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 412 13 15 8
Engineering and Technology 1251 8 10 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 29
Documents by Best Scientists*: 32
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 28
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.771
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Petroleum Research?

Petroleum Research focuses on Petroleum engineering, Geochemistry, Oil shale, Structural basin and Source rock. The presented studies in Petroleum reservoir and Enhanced oil recovery fall within the purview of Petroleum engineering but it also intertwines with topics in Drilling fluid and Methane. The studies in Geochemistry featured incorporate elements of Geomorphology, Tectonics and Facies.

The concepts on Oil shale presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Porosity and Mineralogy, Diagenesis, Clay minerals. Many of the studies tackled connect Porosity with a similar field of study like Permeability (earth sciences). While Structural basin is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Well logging, Petrophysics and Petroleum.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Source rock, it also covered topics in Hydrocarbon exploration, Rift, Tight oil, Shale oil and Petrology. The studies on Petrology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Compaction, Natural gas field and Submarine pipeline. In addition to Sedimentary rock research, it aims to explore topics under Sedimentary depositional environment and Lithology.

  • Petroleum engineering (24.39%)
  • Geochemistry (21.46%)
  • Oil shale (19.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Shale gas reservoirs: Theoretical, practical and research issues (27 citations)
  • Basic characteristics and evaluation of shale oil reservoirs (24 citations)
  • Pore evolution characteristic of shale in the Longmaxi Formation, Sichuan Basin (20 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Petroleum Research:

The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Petroleum engineering, Oil shale, Source rock, Flow (psychology) and Volume (thermodynamics). The published articles deal with Oil shale in conjunction with other fields like

  • Porosity, which have a strong connection to Total organic carbon, Dissolution, Maturity (geology) and Mineralogy,
  • Sedimentary depositional environment and related Deep sea, Sedimentary rock and Ordovician.. The works on Source rock tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Shell in situ conversion process, Shale oil, Tight oil and Geochemistry.

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

  • Sedimentary rock
  • Composite material
  • Carbon dioxide

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Petroleum engineering, Sedimentary rock, Sedimentary depositional environment, Artificial intelligence and Nanoparticle. Topics in Petroleum engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Emulsion, Pipeline transport and Filtration. The work on Sedimentary rock tackled in it brings together disciplines like Tectonics, Diagenesis and Paleogene.

Sedimentary depositional environment research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Geochemistry, Authigenic and Mineralogy. While Petroleum Research focused on Nanoparticle, it was also able to explore topics like Swelling and Enhanced oil recovery. The Porosity works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Pore water pressure and Oil shale.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Review analysis on cloud computing based smart grid technology in the oil pipeline sensor network system (18 citations)
  • Investigating dynamic rock quality in two-phase flow systems using TEM-function: A comparative study of different rock typing indices (10 citations)
  • Miniaturized antenna design for communication establishment of peer-to-peer communication in the oil pipelines (6 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 Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Afshin Davarpanah (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Nagham Amer Sami (4 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Anirbid Sircar (4 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Yongshi Wang (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yanqing Huang (3 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 Petroleum Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • PetroChina (46 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sinopec (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Petroleum (25 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • China National Petroleum Corporation (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (10 papers) published 1 paper 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, 4.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.12% of all publications and 28.81% 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

  • Identification of gas zones and chimneys using seismic attributes analysis at the Scarab field, offshore, Nile Delta, Egypt

    Amir Ismail;Amir Ismail;Hatem Farouk Ewida;Mohammad Galal Al-Ibiary;Sergio Gammaldi

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Comparison of accuracy and computational performance between the machine learning algorithms for rate of penetration in directional drilling well

    Omid Hazbeh;Saeed Khezerloo-ye Aghdam;Hamzeh Ghorbani;Nima Mohamadian

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Application of AVO attributes for gas channels identification, West offshore Nile Delta, Egypt

    Amir Ismail;Amir Ismail;Hatem Farouk Ewida;Mohammad Galal Al-Ibiary;Aldo Zollo

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • A new framework for selection of representative samples for special core analysis

    Abouzar Mirzaei-Paiaman;Abouzar Mirzaei-Paiaman;Seyed Reza Asadolahpour;Hadi Saboorian-Jooybari;Zhangxin Chen

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • A robust deep structured prediction model for petroleum reservoir characterization using pressure transient test data

    Rakesh Kumar Pandey;Anil Kumar;Ajay Mandal

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Geochemical assessment of upper Cretaceous crude oils from the Iranian part of the Persian Gulf Basin: Implications for thermal maturity, potential source rocks, and depositional setting

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Study the suitability of neem seed oil for formulation of eco-friendly oil based drilling fluid

    Adesina Fadairo;Adesina Fadairo;Gbadegesin Adeyemi;Temitope Ogunkunle;Kegang Ling

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • An improved model for severe slugging stability criteria in offshore pipeline-riser systems

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Estimation of the minimum miscibility pressure for CO2–crude-oil systems by molecular dynamics simulation

    (2022)
    12 Citations

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