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SPE Drilling and Completion
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SPE Drilling and Completion

1064-6671

Published by: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

https://onepetro.org/DC/issue/35/03

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 445 6 13 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 27
Documents by Best Scientists*: 39
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Spe Drilling & Completion?

The discussions in Spe Drilling & Completion mainly cover the fields of Petroleum engineering, Drilling, Geotechnical engineering, Drilling fluid and Casing. In the journal, Directional drilling, Oil shale and Well drilling are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Petroleum engineering research. The studies on Drilling discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Manufacturing engineering and Drill.

  • Petroleum engineering (38.06%)
  • Drilling (22.15%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (14.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Pore Pressure Estimation From Velocity Data: Accounting for Overpressure Mechanisms Besides Undercompaction (395 citations)
  • Estimating Mechanical Properties of Shale From Empirical Correlations (280 citations)
  • Evaluation of the Potential for Gas and CO 2 Leakage along Wellbores (225 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Spe Drilling & Completion:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Petroleum engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Drilling, Drilling fluid and Composite material. Wellbore is a focus of the presented Petroleum engineering works in the most cited papers and they dives deep in Wellbore. The study of Geotechnical engineering in the most cited publications encompasses disciplines such as Casing, as well as fields such as Finite element method, all of which overlap with one another.

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

  • Mechanical engineering
  • Composite material
  • Electrical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Spe Drilling & Completion tackles a plethora of topics, such as Petroleum engineering, Mechanics, Drilling, Chemical engineering and Drilling fluid. The works on Petroleum engineering deal in particular with Wellbore. Mechanics research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Rotational speed, Shear (geology), Expression (architecture), Slip (materials science) and Stress concentration.

The journal facilitates discussions on Drilling that incorporate concepts from other fields like Coiled tubing, Rotation, Stability (probability) and Drainage. The concepts on Chemical engineering presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Carbonate and Core (manufacturing). The presented research on Drilling fluid deals specifically with Filter cake but it also addresses topics in Matrix (mathematics), Bentonite, Characterization (materials science) and Nanoparticle.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Matrix Acidizing: A Laboratory and Field Investigation of Sludge Formation and Removal of Oil-Based Drilling Mud Filter Cake (6 citations)
  • Formation-Damage Assessment and Filter-Cake Characterization of Ca-Bentonite Fluids Enhanced with Nanoparticles (5 citations)
  • Shape Memory Polymers as Lost Circulation Materials for Sealing Wide-Opened Natural Fractures (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 Spe Drilling & Completion (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mukul M. Sharma (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stefan Z. Miska (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert F. Mitchell (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mehmet Parlar (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Mengjiao Yu (14 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 Spe Drilling & Completion (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Halliburton (100 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Royal Dutch Shell (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Baker Hughes (65 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chevron Corporation (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Equinor (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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, 24.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 32.50% 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

  • Modeling Fracture Closure with Proppant Settling and Embedment during Shut-In and Production

    Shuang Zheng;Ripudaman Manchanda;Mukul M. Sharma

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Matrix Acidizing: A Laboratory and Field Investigation of Sludge Formation and Removal of Oil-Based Drilling Mud Filter Cake

    Tariq Almubarak;Mohammed AlKhaldi;Jun Hong Ng;Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Factors Controlling the Flow and Connectivity in Fracture Networks in Naturally Fractured Geothermal Formations

    (2022)
    20 Citations
  • Formation-Damage Assessment and Filter-Cake Characterization of Ca-Bentonite Fluids Enhanced with Nanoparticles

    Omar Mahmoud;Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • A Correlation for Estimating the Biot Coefficient

    Qi Li;Roberto Aguilera;Heber Cinco-Ley

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Preloading Depleted Parent Wells To Avoid Fracture Hits: Some Important Design Considerations

    Shuang Zheng;Ripudaman Manchanda;Deepen Gala;Mukul Sharma

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Matrix Acidizing: A Laboratory and Field Investigation of Sludge Formation and Removal of Oil-Based Drilling Mud Filter Cake

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Evaluation of Formation Damage of Oil-Based Drilling Fluids Weighted with Micronized Ilmenite or Micronized Barite

    Ahmed F. Farid Ibrahim;Manayer Q. Al-Mujalhem;Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din;Mohamed Al-Bagoury

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • An Engineered Formation-Damage-Control Drill-In Fluid Technology for Deep-Fractured Tight-Sandstone Oil Reservoir in Northern Tarim Basin

    Chong Lin;Yili Kang;Chengyuan Xu;Lijun You

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Pressure Decline Analysis in Fractured Horizontal Wells: Comparison between Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test, Flowback, and Main Stage Falloff

    HanYi Wang;Brendan Elliott;Mukul Sharma

    (2021)
    8 Citations

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