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Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 2190-0558Verify ISSN ↗2190-0566Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 46 / 244 | 81st | Q1 |
| Energy (all) | 21 / 79 | 74th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.4.
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology is Q1 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 46 of 244) and Q2 in Energy (all) (rank 21 of 79), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 7.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.691, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 60.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,390 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2190-0558 and its online ISSN is 2190-0566.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology has an h-index of 69 and a 2-year mean of 4.78 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #33 of 211 Scopus journals in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology.
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology published 206 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 371. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (34.2%), Iran (20.9%) and Saudi Arabia (5.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (1.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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