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SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering
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SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

1094-6470

Published by: OnePetro

https://onepetro.org/ree

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 256 29 50 15
Engineering and Technology 572 32 69 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 62
Documents by Best Scientists*: 103
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Spe Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Petroleum engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Field (physics), Mechanics and Permeability (earth sciences). Topics in Petroleum engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Oil shale, Shale gas and Relative permeability.

  • Petroleum engineering (36.82%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (10.59%)
  • Field (physics) (7.59%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • How Permeability Depends on Stress and Pore Pressure in Coalbeds: A New Model (578 citations)
  • Laboratory Investigation of the Impact of Injection-Water Salinity and Ionic Content on Oil Recovery From Carbonate Reservoirs (419 citations)
  • Reservoir Modeling in Shale-Gas Reservoirs (387 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Spe Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Petroleum engineering, Permeability (earth sciences), Geotechnical engineering, Mechanics and Wetting. The published papers aim to bridge the gap between the study of Petroleum engineering and Field (physics). While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Permeability (earth sciences), it also covers topics in Soil science, Porosity, Compressibility, Mineralogy and Petrology.

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

  • Statistics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Petroleum engineering, Chemical engineering, Artificial intelligence, Enhanced oil recovery and Mechanics. Transient analysis, Shale oil and Type (model theory) are some topics wherein Petroleum engineering research discussed in it have an impact. The journal features works in Chemical engineering, more specifically Pulmonary surfactant, Nanoparticle, Pickering emulsion and Thermal stability, and explores their relation to disciplines like Production function.

Issues in Artificial intelligence were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Machine learning, Workflow and Pattern recognition. Topics in Enhanced oil recovery explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Wetting, Composition (visual arts), Environmental chemistry, Low salinity and Pulp and paper industry. The subject of Viscous fingering, which is connected to the field of Compressibility and Convective dispersion, serves as the foundation of the Mechanics research featured in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Stability and Behavior in Carbonate Cores for New Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Polymers at Elevated Temperatures in Hard Saline Brines (8 citations)
  • Analysis of Production Data from Communicating Multifractured Horizontal Wells Using the Dynamic Drainage Area Concept (3 citations)
  • Measurement and modeling of minimum miscibility pressure: A state-of-the-art review (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 Spe Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tayfun Babadagli (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Roberto Aguilera (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Roland N. Horne (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hossein Kazemi (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Erdal Ozkan (19 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 Spe Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Texas at Austin (129 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chevron Corporation (120 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Texas A&M University (96 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Calgary (86 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Royal Dutch Shell (85 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, 12.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 53.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.16% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.24% of all publications and 26.53% 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

  • Stability and Behavior in Carbonate Cores for New Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Polymers at Elevated Temperatures in Hard Saline Brines

    Randall S. Seright;Kathryn E. Wavrik;Guoyin Zhang;Abdulkareem M. AlSofi

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Performance Comparison of Novel Chemical Agents for Mitigating Water-Blocking Problem in Tight Gas Sandstones

    Hai Huang;Tayfun Babadagli;Xin Chen;Huazhou Li

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Measurement and modeling of minimum miscibility pressure: A state-of-the-art review

    Birol Dindoruk;Russell Johns;Franklin M. Orr

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Optimizing CO2- and Field-Gas-Injection EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs Using the Fast-Marching Method

    Atsushi Iino;Tsubasa Onishi;Akhil Datta-Gupta

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Shut-In Effect in Removing Water Blockage in Shale-Oil Reservoirs With Stress-Dependent Permeability Considered

    Nur Wijaya;James J. Sheng

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Fracture-Hit Detection Using LF-DAS Signals Measured during Multifracture Propagation in Unconventional Reservoirs

    Yongzan Liu;Kan Wu;Ge Jin;George Moridis

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Incorporation of Physics into Machine Learning for Production Prediction from Unconventional Reservoirs: A Brief Review of the Gray-Box Approach

    Hui-Hai Liu;Jilin Zhang;Feng Liang;Cenk Temizel

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Field-Scale Modeling of Hybrid Steam and In-Situ-Combustion Recovery Process in Oil-Sands Reservoirs Using Dynamic Gridding

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Stability Improvement of Carbon Dioxide Foam Using Nanoparticles and Viscoelastic Surfactants for Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Applications

    Ahmed Farid Ibrahim;Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din

    (2020)
    31 Citations

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