The impact factors of petroleum exploration and development 20 10 and 20 1 1 ranked second and third respectively in the national science and technology core journals, ranked 1 in the energy science and technology journals for seven consecutive years, and won the "China 100 Excellent Academic Journals" award for nine times; In 2009, 20 10 and 20 1 year, the three papers were awarded as "Top 100 Most Influential Academic Papers in China". 20 12 was rated as "the most influential academic journal in China".
In 2008 and 20 1 1 year, the Ministry of Science and Technology selected "China Excellent Sci-tech Journals" twice, and petroleum exploration and development won this honor twice in a row. China Institute of Science and Technology Information has selected 5,000 research papers representing the highest academic level in China from the papers published in China's top-quality sci-tech journals from October to February, 2007. Twenty-two papers published in Petroleum Exploration and Development magazine have been nominated as "Top 5 000 Excellent Papers of China Sci-tech Journals" and are now being publicized. China Scientific Evaluation and Research Center (RCCSE) of Wuhan University released the evaluation results of China academic journals, and Petroleum Exploration and Development won the highest (A+) evaluation of China academic journals for three consecutive years, and was named "China authoritative academic journal".
Petroleum Exploration and Development is published in both Chinese and English internationally, and papers by foreign authors are translated into Chinese for publication. The English version is distributed globally on the ScienceDirect platform of Elsevier, the world's largest publisher. The global download volume of 20 12 English papers on petroleum exploration and development is 230 19, which is the highest over the years. The readers of the English version of Petroleum Exploration and Development are distributed in 83 countries and regions including the United States, Britain, Russia, Iran, France, Malaysia, Australia, Brazil and other major oil-producing countries. Nowadays, "oil exploration and development" has already had academic influence in the world, and the contribution of foreign scholars has increased year by year, and the publication of the paper has aroused widespread concern abroad.
Petroleum Exploration and Development is a national academic journal of petroleum technology, which is headed by the Science and Technology Management Department of China Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation and sponsored by China Petroleum Exploration and Development Research Institute. Founded in 1974, this journal is a national technical journal.