First Break

Aims & Scope

First Break covers the fields of applied geophysics, petroleum geoscience and reservoir engineering.

The contents range from refereed technical articles to invited or independently submitted contributions of special interest to the communities served by First Break as well as more news oriented features.

Guidance to authors here refers principally to submissions of refereed technical articles, but the style points are relevant to all material offered for publication.

As a general rule, articles should be readable, informative, interesting and succinct.

Authors are encouraged to keep their articles to around 3000 words in length plus illustrations, with a maximum of 4500 words including the list of references and text in figure captions.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.281

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	48

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17284

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	187

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Curvature attributes and their application to 3D interpreted horizons

  Citation: 611

  Authors: Andy

• 2D resistivity surveying for environmental and engineering applications

  Citation: 289

  Authors: T.

• Thematic Set: Full waveform inversion: the next leap forward in imaging at Valhall

  Citation: 278

  Authors: L., O.I., J., J., U., J.H.

• Distributed Acoustic Sensing – a new tool for seismic applications

  Citation: 266

  Authors: Tom, Sergey, Mahmoud

• Geostatistical inversion - a sequential method of stochastic reservoir modelling constrained by seismic data

  Citation: 238

  Authors: A., O.

• Ten years' experience of monitoring CO2 injection in the Utsira Sand at Sleipner, offshore Norway

  Citation: 183

  Authors: R.J., A., O., S., S.

• Comparison of spectral decomposition methods

  Citation: 166

  Authors: J.P., S.

• Increased resolution and penetration from a towed dual-sensor streamer

  Citation: 150

  Authors: D.H., A., W., H., R., N.

• Two-dimensional resistivity mapping with a computer-controlled array

  Citation: 147

  Authors: D.H., J., A.I.

• Seismic Inversion Methods and some of their constraints

  Citation: 127

  Authors: P.C.H., M.

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