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Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience

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SCImago
Q2
SJR
0.399
CiteScore
3.1
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience
Publications
320
Citations
2 930
h-index
24
Publications
179
Citations
2 613
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 countries
China (221 publications)
Malaysia (5 publications)
USA (4 publications)
China (91 publications)
Nigeria (2 publications)
USA (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Marine and Petroleum Geology
168 citations, 5.73%
Frontiers in Earth Science
147 citations, 5.02%
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
118 citations, 4.03%
Energy & Fuels
113 citations, 3.86%
Energies
94 citations, 3.21%
ACS Omega
80 citations, 2.73%
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
65 citations, 2.22%
Minerals
63 citations, 2.15%
Petroleum Science
61 citations, 2.08%
Processes
60 citations, 2.05%
Fuel
56 citations, 1.91%
Geofluids
55 citations, 1.88%
Geoenergy Science and Engineering
53 citations, 1.81%
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
46 citations, 1.57%
Organic Geochemistry
42 citations, 1.43%
International Journal of Coal Geology
39 citations, 1.33%
Scientific Reports
33 citations, 1.13%
Geological Journal
29 citations, 0.99%
Earth-Science Reviews
28 citations, 0.96%
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
27 citations, 0.92%
Interpretation
26 citations, 0.89%
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
25 citations, 0.85%
Petroleum Exploration and Development
23 citations, 0.78%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
23 citations, 0.78%
Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering
23 citations, 0.78%
Energy Exploration and Exploitation
22 citations, 0.75%
Physics of Fluids
21 citations, 0.72%
Acta Geologica Sinica
20 citations, 0.68%
Journal of Earth Science
20 citations, 0.68%
Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience
20 citations, 0.68%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
19 citations, 0.65%
Natural Resources Research
19 citations, 0.65%
Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils
18 citations, 0.61%
Carbonates and Evaporites
18 citations, 0.61%
Fractal and Fractional
18 citations, 0.61%
Energy Geoscience
18 citations, 0.61%
Sustainability
17 citations, 0.58%
Frontiers of Earth Science
17 citations, 0.58%
Petroleum Science and Technology
16 citations, 0.55%
Energy
15 citations, 0.51%
Lithosphere
14 citations, 0.48%
SPE Journal
14 citations, 0.48%
Science China Earth Sciences
13 citations, 0.44%
Chemical Geology
13 citations, 0.44%
Energy Science and Engineering
12 citations, 0.41%
Chemical Engineering Journal
12 citations, 0.41%
Energy Reports
11 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
10 citations, 0.34%
Geophysics
10 citations, 0.34%
Gas Science and Engineering
10 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Petroleum Geology
9 citations, 0.31%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
9 citations, 0.31%
Natural Gas Industry B
9 citations, 0.31%
Results in Engineering
9 citations, 0.31%
Applied Geochemistry
9 citations, 0.31%
Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
8 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
8 citations, 0.27%
Geosciences (Switzerland)
8 citations, 0.27%
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
8 citations, 0.27%
Separation and Purification Technology
8 citations, 0.27%
Precambrian Research
8 citations, 0.27%
Geoscience Frontiers
7 citations, 0.24%
Journal of African Earth Sciences
7 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Hydrology
7 citations, 0.24%
Acta Petrologica Sinica
7 citations, 0.24%
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
7 citations, 0.24%
Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources
7 citations, 0.24%
SCIENTIA SINICA Terrae
7 citations, 0.24%
Science of the Total Environment
6 citations, 0.2%
RSC Advances
6 citations, 0.2%
Open Geosciences
6 citations, 0.2%
Geosystem Engineering
6 citations, 0.2%
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
6 citations, 0.2%
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
6 citations, 0.2%
Energy Strategy Reviews
6 citations, 0.2%
IEEE Access
6 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Cleaner Production
5 citations, 0.17%
Molecules
5 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Earth Sciences
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Energy Engineering - ASCE
5 citations, 0.17%
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
5 citations, 0.17%
Petroleum
5 citations, 0.17%
Ore Geology Reviews
5 citations, 0.17%
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
5 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Energy Research
5 citations, 0.17%
Chemical Engineering Science
5 citations, 0.17%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
5 citations, 0.17%
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
5 citations, 0.17%
PLoS ONE
5 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
5 citations, 0.17%
Petroleum Research
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
4 citations, 0.14%
International Geology Review
4 citations, 0.14%
Sedimentary Geology
4 citations, 0.14%
Oil and Gas Science and Technology
4 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
4 citations, 0.14%
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
4 citations, 0.14%
Environmental Research
4 citations, 0.14%
Geological Society Special Publication
4 citations, 0.14%
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
4 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
1202 citations, 41.02%
Springer Nature
363 citations, 12.39%
MDPI
340 citations, 11.6%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
218 citations, 7.44%
Frontiers Media S.A.
156 citations, 5.32%
Wiley
109 citations, 3.72%
Hindawi Limited
70 citations, 2.39%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
67 citations, 2.29%
Taylor & Francis
57 citations, 1.95%
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
36 citations, 1.23%
AIP Publishing
25 citations, 0.85%
SAGE
22 citations, 0.75%
IOP Publishing
19 citations, 0.65%
Cambridge University Press
18 citations, 0.61%
Science in China Press
17 citations, 0.58%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
14 citations, 0.48%
GeoScienceWorld
12 citations, 0.41%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
10 citations, 0.34%
Higher Education Press
10 citations, 0.34%
Walter de Gruyter
9 citations, 0.31%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
7 citations, 0.24%
Geological Society of London
7 citations, 0.24%
Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry
7 citations, 0.24%
Oxford University Press
6 citations, 0.2%
Pleiades Publishing
6 citations, 0.2%
ASME International
6 citations, 0.2%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
5 citations, 0.17%
F1000 Research
5 citations, 0.17%
American Scientific Publishers
4 citations, 0.14%
Editions Technip
4 citations, 0.14%
Trans Tech Publications
3 citations, 0.1%
King Saud University
3 citations, 0.1%
Instrument Society of America
3 citations, 0.1%
Geological Society of America
3 citations, 0.1%
American Geophysical Union
3 citations, 0.1%
The Geological Society of Korea
3 citations, 0.1%
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
3 citations, 0.1%
World Scientific
2 citations, 0.07%
Emerald
2 citations, 0.07%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.07%
Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry
2 citations, 0.07%
Georesursy LLC
2 citations, 0.07%
Copernicus
2 citations, 0.07%
Canadian Science Publishing
2 citations, 0.07%
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
2 citations, 0.07%
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
2 citations, 0.07%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.07%
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
2 citations, 0.07%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.03%
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
1 citation, 0.03%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
1 citation, 0.03%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
1 citation, 0.03%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
1 citation, 0.03%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.03%
Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
1 citation, 0.03%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
Gai Kan Bianjibu
1 citation, 0.03%
American Physical Society (APS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
Wydawnictwo Centrum Badan Kosmicznych
1 citation, 0.03%
Mineralogical Society of America
1 citation, 0.03%
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
1 citation, 0.03%
The Palaeontological Society of India
1 citation, 0.03%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
1 citation, 0.03%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.03%
National Library of Serbia
1 citation, 0.03%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1 citation, 0.03%
ASTM International
1 citation, 0.03%
Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Engineering and Sciences Publication - BEIESP
1 citation, 0.03%
IGI Global
1 citation, 0.03%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.03%
Hans Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
Editora Edgard Blucher, Ltda.
1 citation, 0.03%
OOO Zhurnal "Mendeleevskie Soobshcheniya"
1 citation, 0.03%
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China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
24 publications, 7.5%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
18 publications, 5.63%
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
15 publications, 4.69%
Yangtze University
14 publications, 4.38%
Southwest Petroleum University
14 publications, 4.38%
China University of Mining and Technology
12 publications, 3.75%
Northwest University
10 publications, 3.13%
China University of Petroleum (East China)
9 publications, 2.81%
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
8 publications, 2.5%
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
7 publications, 2.19%
China Geological Survey
7 publications, 2.19%
Petronas University of Technology
6 publications, 1.88%
Xi'an Shiyou University
6 publications, 1.88%
Lanzhou University
6 publications, 1.88%
Chengdu University of Technology
5 publications, 1.56%
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
5 publications, 1.56%
Northeast Petroleum University
3 publications, 0.94%
Henan Polytechnic University
3 publications, 0.94%
University of the Punjab
2 publications, 0.63%
Nanjing University
2 publications, 0.63%
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
2 publications, 0.63%
University of Calgary
2 publications, 0.63%
University of Dhaka
2 publications, 0.63%
National University of Oil and Gas «Gubkin University»
1 publication, 0.31%
Bahria University
1 publication, 0.31%
Savitribai Phule Pune University
1 publication, 0.31%
Research Institute of Petroleum Industry Tehran
1 publication, 0.31%
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Sindh
1 publication, 0.31%
Petroleum University of Technology Iran
1 publication, 0.31%
Beihang University
1 publication, 0.31%
Sichuan University
1 publication, 0.31%
Qatar University
1 publication, 0.31%
Chongqing University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.31%
Chongqing Three Gorges University
1 publication, 0.31%
North China Institute of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.31%
Zhejiang Ocean University
1 publication, 0.31%
Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Science and Technology Beijing
1 publication, 0.31%
East China University of Technology
1 publication, 0.31%
American University of Beirut
1 publication, 0.31%
Sichuan Agricultural University
1 publication, 0.31%
Hefei University of Technology
1 publication, 0.31%
Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.31%
Yulin University
1 publication, 0.31%
Chang'an University
1 publication, 0.31%
Linyi University
1 publication, 0.31%
National Research and Innovation Agency
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Ibadan
1 publication, 0.31%
Bayero University, Kano
1 publication, 0.31%
Adekunle Ajasin University
1 publication, 0.31%
Hunan University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.31%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1 publication, 0.31%
Lanzhou City University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Texas at Arlington
1 publication, 0.31%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.31%
Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.31%
Suez University
1 publication, 0.31%
Jahangirnagar University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 0.31%
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.31%
Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.31%
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Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
13 publications, 7.26%
China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
12 publications, 6.7%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
11 publications, 6.15%
China University of Mining and Technology
8 publications, 4.47%
Yangtze University
8 publications, 4.47%
Southwest Petroleum University
8 publications, 4.47%
Northwest University
6 publications, 3.35%
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
3 publications, 1.68%
China University of Petroleum (East China)
3 publications, 1.68%
Chengdu University of Technology
3 publications, 1.68%
Xi'an Shiyou University
3 publications, 1.68%
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 1.68%
Petronas University of Technology
2 publications, 1.12%
Henan Polytechnic University
2 publications, 1.12%
Lanzhou University
2 publications, 1.12%
University of Calgary
2 publications, 1.12%
China Geological Survey
2 publications, 1.12%
University of the Punjab
1 publication, 0.56%
Bahria University
1 publication, 0.56%
Savitribai Phule Pune University
1 publication, 0.56%
Research Institute of Petroleum Industry Tehran
1 publication, 0.56%
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Sindh
1 publication, 0.56%
Sichuan University
1 publication, 0.56%
Qatar University
1 publication, 0.56%
Nanjing University
1 publication, 0.56%
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
1 publication, 0.56%
Chongqing University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.56%
North China Institute of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.56%
Zhejiang Ocean University
1 publication, 0.56%
Sichuan Agricultural University
1 publication, 0.56%
Hefei University of Technology
1 publication, 0.56%
Northeast Petroleum University
1 publication, 0.56%
Linyi University
1 publication, 0.56%
National Research and Innovation Agency
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Ibadan
1 publication, 0.56%
Bayero University, Kano
1 publication, 0.56%
Adekunle Ajasin University
1 publication, 0.56%
Hunan University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.56%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Texas at Arlington
1 publication, 0.56%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.56%
Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.56%
Suez University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Dhaka
1 publication, 0.56%
Jahangirnagar University
1 publication, 0.56%
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.56%
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China, 221, 69.06%
China
221 publications, 69.06%
Malaysia, 5, 1.56%
Malaysia
5 publications, 1.56%
USA, 4, 1.25%
USA
4 publications, 1.25%
Pakistan, 3, 0.94%
Pakistan
3 publications, 0.94%
Bangladesh, 2, 0.63%
Bangladesh
2 publications, 0.63%
Nigeria, 2, 0.63%
Nigeria
2 publications, 0.63%
Russia, 1, 0.31%
Russia
1 publication, 0.31%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.31%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.31%
Venezuela, 1, 0.31%
Venezuela
1 publication, 0.31%
Iran, 1, 0.31%
Iran
1 publication, 0.31%
Canada, 1, 0.31%
Canada
1 publication, 0.31%
Lebanon, 1, 0.31%
Lebanon
1 publication, 0.31%
Japan, 1, 0.31%
Japan
1 publication, 0.31%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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China, 91, 50.84%
China
91 publications, 50.84%
USA, 2, 1.12%
USA
2 publications, 1.12%
Nigeria, 2, 1.12%
Nigeria
2 publications, 1.12%
Pakistan, 2, 1.12%
Pakistan
2 publications, 1.12%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.56%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.56%
Canada, 1, 0.56%
Canada
1 publication, 0.56%
Malaysia, 1, 0.56%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.56%
Japan, 1, 0.56%
Japan
1 publication, 0.56%
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