Journal profile · Engineering, Petroleum
SPE Production & Operations
ISSN 1930-1855 · eISSN 1930-1863 · Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
SPE Production & Operations: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SPE Production & Operations 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 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, together about 55.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ocean Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
SPE Production & Operations includes papers on production operations, artificial lift, downhole equipment, formation damage control, multiphase flow, workovers, stimulation, facility design and operations, water treatment, project management, construction methods and equipment, and related PFC systems and emerging technologies.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Petroleum
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisEngineering21.5%
- Drilling and Well EngineeringEngineering18.1%
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsEngineering15.5%
- Oil and Gas Production TechniquesEngineering11.5%
- Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesEngineering7.6%
- Petroleum Processing and AnalysisChemistry3.1%
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEngineering3%
- Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionMaterials Science2.4%
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 3 |
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 4 |
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 514OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.93%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 930 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31 | 4 | 149 |
| 2022 | 61 | 3 | 305 |
| 2021 | 54 | 4 | 408 |
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)
- over 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Articles in press are accepted and edited, peer reviewed articles not yet assigned to volumes/issues, citable using DOI. Model summary
Articles in press are accepted and edited, peer reviewed articles that are not yet assigned to volumes/issues, but are citable using DOI.
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
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1930-1855
- Electronic ISSN
- 1930-1863
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SPE Production & Operations
What CAS zone is SPE Production & Operations in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SPE Production & Operations is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 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 Production & Operations?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.4; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 59.
How long does peer review take at SPE Production & Operations?
Authors report an average review time of over 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 Production & Operations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SPE Production & Operations is indexed in Scopus.
Is SPE Production & Operations open access, and what is the APC?
SPE Production & Operations 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: .