Geophysical Prospecting for Petroleum is a scientific and technical journal with a long history. Since its inception in 1962, it has been the oldest and earliest publicly circulated professional journal on exploration geophysics in China's oil and gas exploration industry. This journal records the development of China's exploration geophysical science career. It is supervised by PetroChina Petrochemical Group Company, hosted by Sinopec Petroleum Physical Exploration Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. and jointly published by Science Press and Editorial Department of Petroleum Physical Exploration. The journal mainly publishes the contents of seismic acquisition, processing, offset imaging, interpretation, inversion, reservoir prediction, reservoir geophysics, petrophysics, physical exploration equipment, physical exploration software system research and development, comprehensive interpretation of seismic geology, development of seismic, logging technology, heavy magneto-electricity technology, the application of artificial intelligence in oil and gas exploration, fibre-optic sensing technology, shale gas, coal-bed methane, natural gas hydrates and other research fields.
The journal is dedicated to introducing scientific research results, promoting advanced technologies, conducting academic discussions and exchanging working experiences, using to promote the development of oil and gas geophysical exploration in China. It is a comprehensive academic journal covering basic theories of oil and gas geophysical exploration, methodology and technology, applied research, experience exchange, academic forums and problem discussions.
Geophysical Prospecting for Petroleum is included in several core journal databases, including National Chinese Core Journals, China Science Citation Database (CSCD) Source Journals (Core), China Science and Technology Core Journals, and RCCSE China Core Academic Journals (Class A). In addition, it has been selected in Chinese Core Journals (Selection) Database, Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database, China Science and Technology Papers and Citation Database, China Journal Full Text Database, China Academic Journal Comprehensive Evaluation Database, China Petroleum Abstracts, and China Academic Journal Texts.