Spe Journal

Top Research Topics at Spe Journal?

Spe Journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Petroleum engineering, Mechanics, Geotechnical engineering, Chemical engineering and Composite material. The journal investigates Petroleum engineering research which frequently intersects with Oil shale. Fracture (geology) and Hydraulic fracturing are all aspects of Geotechnical engineering discussed in Spe Journal.

• Petroleum engineering (24.17%)
• Mechanics (13.96%)
• Geotechnical engineering (12.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• THE ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER IN RESERVOIR ENGINEERING-A REVIEW (614 citations)
• Extending Predictive Capabilities to Network Models (551 citations)
• An Efficient Discrete-Fracture Model Applicable for General-Purpose Reservoir Simulators (509 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Spe Journal:

The published articles mainly tackle studies in Petroleum engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Mechanics, Chemical engineering and Porous medium. Aside from discussions in Petroleum engineering, the journal publications also deal with the subject of Wetting which intersects with Relative permeability disciplines. The published papers are focused mainly on Geotechnical engineering, particularly Fracture (geology).

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Statistics
• Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Petroleum engineering, Chemical engineering, Mechanics, Composite material and Oil shale are the subjects of interest in the journal. Petroleum engineering study tackled is connected to the field of Drilling fluid. It facilitated presentations on Chemical engineering research, particularly Enhanced oil recovery, Asphaltene and Pulmonary surfactant.

Flow (psychology) is a key component of Mechanics research discussed in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• History Matching of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using a Deep Sparse Autoencoder (58 citations)
• Data-Driven Niching Differential Evolution with Adaptive Parameters Control for History Matching and Uncertainty Quantification (55 citations)
• Multifidelity Genetic Transfer: An Efficient Framework for Production Optimization (30 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Spe Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Kamy Sepehrnoori (50 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Russell T. Johns (49 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Albert C. Reynolds (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Gary A. Pope (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• William R. Rossen (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Spe Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Texas at Austin (233 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Texas A&M University (188 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• China University of Petroleum (164 papers) published 42 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Stanford University (137 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Chevron Corporation (110 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more 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, 1.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 54.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.60% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.60% of all publications and 12.34% 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.