Journal profile · Energy-Energy (miscellaneous)
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery
ISSN 2688-8246 · Smart Science & Technology LLC · United States
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 64 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery is published by Smart Science & Technology LLC. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, together about 47.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ocean Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery (IOGR) (Electronic ISSN: 2688-8246) is a fully open access, peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to advancing the science and engineering of maximizing hydrocarbon recovery from subsurface reservoirs. The journal serves as a comprehensive platform for disseminating high-quality original research, reviews, and technical notes across the entire spectrum of disciplines that contribute to improved oil and gas recovery.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Energy-Energy (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Reza RezaeePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 19%); most named United States 15, Mainland China 4, Canada 1, Australia 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesEngineering17.8%
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsEngineering17%
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEngineering12.5%
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisEngineering11%
- Drilling and Well EngineeringEngineering7%
- Oil and Gas Production TechniquesEngineering4.3%
- CO2 Sequestration and Geologic InteractionsEnvironmental Science3.3%
- Petroleum Processing and AnalysisChemistry3.3%
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 | Q4 | 289/347 | 16th |
| Fuel Technology | Q4 | 126/138 | 9th |
| Energy (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 99/106 | 7th |
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
PKP|INDEXPublisher website
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 156 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 14 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 350 words
Article types accepted2
- original research articleThis journal only accepts original research article and review. Please note, the submitted manuscript should not be under consideration or published elsewhere. …Length not stated
- reviewThis journal only accepts original research article and review. Please note, the submitted manuscript should not be under consideration or published elsewhere. …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Model summary
Published by the Smart Science & Technology LLC, USA under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Fully open access and peer-reviewed journal publishing articles of the highest quality related to technologies for improving oil and gas recovery. Model summary
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery (Electronic ISSN: 2688-8246 | Abbr.：Improv Oil Gas Recover, IOGR) is a fully open access and peer-reviewed journal publishing articles of the highest quality related to technologies for improving oil and gas recovery.
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
- Smart Science & Technology LLC
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2688-8246
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Improved Oil and Gas Recovery
How long does peer review take at Improved Oil and Gas Recovery?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Improved Oil and Gas Recovery based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 19%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), Mainland China (4) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Improved Oil and Gas Recovery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Improved Oil and Gas Recovery is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Improved Oil and Gas Recovery open access, and what is the APC?
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .