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Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
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ISSN 2332-8975Verify ISSN ↗2332-8983Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiation | 35 / 75 | 54th | Q2 |
| Nuclear Energy and Engineering | 47 / 85 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science is Q2 in Radiation (rank 35 of 75) and Q3 in Nuclear Energy and Engineering (rank 47 of 85), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.339, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 19.
Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science is published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Its print ISSN is 2332-8975 and its online ISSN is 2332-8983.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0.9 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #36 of 62 Scopus journals in Radiation.
Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 129. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Czechia (21.5%), Canada (15.5%) and China (13.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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