Journal profile · Engineering, Petroleum
SPE Drilling & Completion
ISSN 1064-6671 · Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
SPE Drilling & Completion: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.26; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SPE Drilling & Completion is published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Oil and Gas Production Techniques, together about 66.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ocean Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Covers horizontal and directional drilling, drilling fluids, bit technology, sand control, perforating, cementing, well control, completions and drilling operations.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Petroleum
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Drilling and Well EngineeringEngineering30.9%
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisEngineering22.6%
- Oil and Gas Production TechniquesEngineering12.9%
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsEngineering10.2%
- Tunneling and Rock MechanicsEngineering5.9%
- Offshore Engineering and TechnologiesEngineering3.4%
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarth and Planetary Sciences2.3%
- Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesEngineering1.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Petroleum | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Petroleum | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Petroleum | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.26LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 719OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.28%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,237 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 33 | 4 | 248 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3 | 215 |
| 2021 | 51 | 3 | 487 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1064-6671
- Society / sponsor
- Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SPE Drilling & Completion
What CAS zone is SPE Drilling & Completion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SPE Drilling & Completion is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Petroleum. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of SPE Drilling & Completion?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.26; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 68.
How long does peer review take at SPE Drilling & Completion?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index SPE Drilling & Completion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SPE Drilling & Completion is indexed in Scopus.
Is SPE Drilling & Completion open access, and what is the APC?
SPE Drilling & Completion is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .