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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Korean Radioactive Waste Society.
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ISSN 1738-1894Verify ISSN ↗2288-5471Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korean Radioactive Waste Society
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Energy and Engineering | 61 / 85 | 28th | Q3 |
| Fuel Technology | 102 / 138 | 26th | Q3 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 270 / 345 | 21st | Q4 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 347 / 432 | 19th | Q4 |
| Waste Management and Disposal | 131 / 151 | 13th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.1.
Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology is Q3 in Nuclear Energy and Engineering (rank 61 of 85), Q3 in Fuel Technology (rank 102 of 138) and Q4 in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (rank 270 of 345), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology 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 1.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 28th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.369, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 9.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$230 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology is published by Korean Radioactive Waste Society. Its print ISSN is 1738-1894 and its online ISSN is 2288-5471.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 1.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #40 of 77 Scopus journals in Nuclear Energy and Engineering.
Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology published 10 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 59. 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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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