JPT Editorial Review Board 2024

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About the Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT) Editorial Review Board
Members of the JPT Editorial Board work with SPE staff to survey the more than 3,500 technical papers submitted to the Society each year to identify innovative, high-interest technical information for publication in JPT. Through shortened versions, or summaries, of papers, the journal covers a broad spectrum of technological advances by featuring the essential information from 10 to 12 papers in each issue.

The committee consists of a chairperson and 48 SME members; all serve 2-year terms. Members may be asked to serve additional terms if their area of expertise is needed.

Qualifications and Experience

• Must be an SPE member
• Must have excellent working knowledge of the specialty topic and  preferably be a recognized industry expert on the topic
• Must have several years of oil and gas industry experience
• Must be able to compose an approximately 300-word introduction for the feature accurately describing the state of the technology
• Should have authored SPE technical papers
• Preference is given to those who have served on an SPE meeting technical session review committee

Expected Time Commitment

• The Board attempts to have one face-to-face meeting each year during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition as well as one teleconference over the course of each year.
• Each committee member is responsible for reviewing between 50 and 250 paper abstracts (these numbers can vary widely) and 10 to 15 full-length papers annually to select three or four papers that JPT staff will synopsize for inclusion in the magazine.
• Members also prepare an approximately 300-word introduction for the feature accurately describing the current state of the technology or discipline. This selection and writing process requires several hours spread over an 8-week period, once per year. SPE staff sorts all the papers into appropriate features as they are processed into the SPE paper-management system for each conference to assist the reviewer.
  

Deliverables and Expectations

Editorial Board members review selected abstracts or papers received by SPE and identify high-interest, broad-based, practical papers applicable to planned JPT themes and current issues for consideration for publication in abbreviated form.