Petroleum Research

Aims & Scope

Petroleum Research is an academic journal cosponsored by the Chinese Petroleum Society and Petroleum Industry Press Co., LTD.

This quarterly journal publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed scientific papers on basic and applied studies in petroleum science and technology.

The scope covers the fields of petroleum (especially unconventional oil and gas, including shale oil and gas, tight oil and gas, coal bed methane, natural gas hydrate) exploration, development, and engineering in the upstream petroleum industry, including petroleum geology, reservoir engineering, oil and gas production engineering, drilling engineering, oil and gas storage and transportation engineering, petroleum machinery, and resource evaluation and prediction, etc.

In particular, Petroleum Research primarily focuses on enhanced oil recovery, application of artificial intelligence, material science, and big data application, etc.

Petroleum Research also focuses on economical, safety and environmental protection issue related to the upstream petroleum industry, as well as carbon capture, utilization and sequestration, new energy science and engineering interdiscipline.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Energy, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 800.00 USD. Learn more.

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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.

• Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence in oil and gas industry

  Citation: 294

  Authors: Anirbid, Kriti, Kamakshi, Namrata, Hemangi

• Applications of nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Anirbid, Kamakshi, Namrata, Kriti, Surbhi

• Formation, stabilization and chemical demulsification of crude oil-in-water emulsions: A review

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Edith, Kashala Fabrice, Katende Jonathan, Mahabubur

• A review on the rheology of heavy crude oil for pipeline transportation

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Farid, Abdelhamid, Abdelbaki

• Review analysis on cloud computing based smart grid technology in the oil pipeline sensor network system

  Citation: 58

  Authors: E.B., S., Xiao-Zhi

• Basic characteristics and evaluation of shale oil reservoirs

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Zaixing, Wenzhao, Chao, Yongshi, Huimin, Xiang

• Applications of silica and titanium dioxide nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery: Promises and challenges

  Citation: 54

  Authors: G.S., Sircar, P.

• A systematic review on nanotechnology in enhanced oil recovery

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Himanshu, Hitarth, Jash, Manan

• Identification of gas zones and chimneys using seismic attributes analysis at the Scarab field, offshore, Nile Delta, Egypt

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Amir, Hatem Farouk, Mohammad Galal, Sergio, Aldo

• Artificial intelligence: New age of transformation in petroleum upstream

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Parth, Dhruv, Dhruvikkumar, Bhavesh, Manan, Ameya