Journal profile · Energy-Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid
ISSN 1001-5620 · North China Petroleum Administration
Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid is published by North China Petroleum Administration. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and Lubricants and Their Additives, together about 63.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aim: The journal targets the needs and innovation roadmaps of China's oil and gas sector, keeping pace with global technological trends and aligning with domestic drilling fluid and completion fluid necessities. It publishes cutting-edge theories, achievements, insights, procedures, methodologies, and technologies within these fields, thereby propelling the evolution of drilling fluid and completion fluid technologies and bolstering the petroleum exploration and development initiatives in China. Scope: New achievements, technologies, advances, experiences, viewpoints, domestic and foreign scientific and technological newsletters and market trends in the research and production of drilling fluids, completion fluids, cementing fluids, perforating fluids, well control fluids, workover fluids, acidizing fluids, fracturing fluids, etc., as well as new perspectives and understandings from various disciplines in the field of wellbore fluids.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Energy-Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Editor-in-chief CHEN ShichunPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Drilling and Well EngineeringEngineering33.8%
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEngineering18.3%
- Lubricants and Their AdditivesEngineering11.5%
- Grouting, Rheology, and Soil MechanicsEngineering8.2%
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisEngineering5.7%
- Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesEngineering4.7%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering4%
- Rheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesChemical Engineering3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Engineering and Power Technology | Q3 | 197/347 | 43rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, 中文核心期刊, 中国科技论文统计源期刊（中国科技核心期刊）, RCCSE中国核心学术期刊（A-）, 美国《化学文摘》（CA）收录期刊, 美国全学科学术全文数据库（EBSCO）收录期刊, 美国《剑桥科学文摘》（CSA）收录期刊, Ei EnCompass数据库收录期刊, 俄罗斯《文摘杂志》（AJ）收录期刊, JST日本科学技术振兴机构数据库收录期刊, CSCIED科技核心评价数据库, Ei EnCompass, ProQuest (US), AJ (Russia), JST (Japan), EBSCO (US)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,289 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 42 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CNY 2,800 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | CNY 200 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 300–400 words
- Keywords
- 3–8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePreprints
- Preprints
优先出版：经同行评议正式录用的文章在编校过程中即可通过DOI引用。 Model summary
优先发表栏目展示本刊经同行评议确定正式录用的文章，这些文章目前处在编校过程，尚未确定卷期及页码，但可以根据DOI进行引用。
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- North China Petroleum Administration
- ISSN
- 1001-5620
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid
What are the manuscript requirements of Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 300–400 words; Keywords: 3–8; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid open access, and what is the APC?
Drilling Fluid and Completion Fluid is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .