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Petroleum Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd..
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ISSN 2096-2495Verify ISSN ↗2524-1729Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 15 / 164 | 91st | Q1 |
| Geology | 30 / 333 | 91st | Q1 |
| Energy Engineering and Power Technology | 72 / 347 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.
Petroleum Research is Q1 in Geochemistry and Petrology (rank 15 of 164), Q1 in Geology (rank 30 of 333) and Q1 in Energy Engineering and Power Technology (rank 72 of 347), by CiteScore 2025.
Petroleum Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.600, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 33.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Petroleum Research is published by KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2096-2495 and its online ISSN is 2524-1729.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Petroleum Research has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 3.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #27 of 156 Scopus journals in Geochemistry and Petrology.
Petroleum Research published 89 papers in 2025. 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 94 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (33.5%), Iran (8.3%) and Saudi Arabia (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (5.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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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