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Petroleum Science and Technology
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Petroleum Science and Technology

1091-6466

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/lpet20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 673 14 15 2
Engineering and Technology 794 45 55 10
Chemistry 842 26 31 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 120
Documents by Best Scientists*: 125
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.404
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Petroleum Science and Technology?

The journal focuses on Chemical engineering, Organic chemistry, Chromatography, Catalysis and Asphaltene. The Chemical engineering works featured in Petroleum Science and Technology incorporate elements from Viscosity, Mineralogy and Adsorption. It encompasses Viscosity studies in the context of Thermodynamics as a whole.

The journal encompasses presentations on Organic chemistry, specifically Gasoline and Hydrocarbon. Catalysis research discussed connects with the study of Inorganic chemistry. Asphaltene research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Asphalt and Analytical chemistry.

  • Chemical engineering (17.03%)
  • Organic chemistry (14.19%)
  • Chromatography (11.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) (232 citations)
  • ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION AND SOLVENT PROPERTIES OF CRUDE OILS (210 citations)
  • MANAGEMENT OF OIL SANDS TAILINGS (176 citations)

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

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Asphaltene, Chemical engineering, Chromatography, Organic chemistry and Asphalt. While the journal papers focused on Asphaltene, they were also able to explore topics like Precipitation (chemistry), Solvent, Mineralogy, Analytical chemistry and Flocculation. The works on Chemical engineering tackled in the most cited papers bring together disciplines like Viscosity, Adsorption and Polymer.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Petroleum engineering, Chemical engineering, Pulp and paper industry, Structural basin and Oil shale. Topics in Petroleum engineering explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Low permeability, Permeability (earth sciences) and Drilling fluid. While it focused on Chemical engineering, it was also able to explore topics like Reduction (complexity), Surface tension and Phase (matter).

Concepts in Thermal, as well as related topics in Viscosity, are covered in the Surface tension research presented in the journal. Petroleum Science and Technology features research on Viscosity in an attempt to reinforce studies in the field of Thermodynamics. The presented Pulp and paper industry research provided insight into the related

  • Oil refinery that intertwine with fields like Microwave assisted, Microwave irradiation, Aqueous solution, Asphaltene and Residue (complex analysis),
  • Yield (engineering) which intersects with area such as Coal swelling, Enhanced coal bed methane recovery, Nitrogen, Biodiesel and Biodiesel production..

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Effect of anionic and non-anionic surfactants on the adsorption density (8 citations)
  • Experimental investigation of ionic content effect on wettability alteration in smart water for enhanced oil recovery (4 citations)
  • Kinetics of thermal decomposition of the polyester nanocomposites (2 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 Science and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • James G. Speight (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sunggyu Lee (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alireza Bahadori (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Riyaz Kharrat (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alireza Baghban (48 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 Science and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • China University of Petroleum (410 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Petroleum University of Technology (280 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (214 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (156 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • East China University of Science and Technology (150 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 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, 3.17% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.07% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.92% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.20% of all publications and 50.82% 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

  • A neural computing strategy to estimate dew-point pressure of gas condensate reservoirs

    Reza Daneshfar;Farhad Keivanimehr;Mohammad Mohammadi-Khanaposhtani;Alireza Baghban

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Formulation and characterization of nanoemulsions stabilized by nonionic surfactant and their application in enhanced oil recovery

    (2023)
    18 Citations
  • A study on the characteristics of Algerian Hassi-Messaoud asphaltenes: solubility and precipitation

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Emission study on the effect of ignition improver in diesel fueled engine

    Yuvarajan Devarajan;Gautam Choubey;Sivasaravanan Sellappan;Sunil Kumar Muniraj

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Evaluation of source, depositional environment, thermal maturity and biodegradation of organic matter from Kohat-Potwar Basin, Pakistan

    Arif Nazir;Munawar Iqbal;Abubakar Siddique;Waheed Ahmed

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Smart phase behavior modeling of asphaltene precipitation using advanced computational frameworks: ENN, GMDH, and MPMR

    Navid Kardani;Pradeep T;Pijush Samui;Dookie Kim

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Characterization of nano based drilling fluid for shale swelling inhibition

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • A comparative study of mathematical and ANFIS models to determine the effect of ultrasonic waves on the viscosity of crude oil

    (2021)
    13 Citations

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