Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Nuclear Fusion is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by IOP Publishing Ltd..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0029-5515Verify ISSN ↗1741-4326Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 13 / 97 | 87th | Q1 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 95 / 446 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1969–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.7.
Nuclear Fusion is Q1 in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (rank 13 of 97) and Q1 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 95 of 446), by CiteScore 2025.
Nuclear Fusion is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 6.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.270, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 148.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,595 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.
Nuclear Fusion is published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0029-5515 and its online ISSN is 1741-4326.
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 Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Nuclear Fusion has an h-index of 188 and a 2-year mean of 3.88 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 90 Scopus journals in Nuclear and High Energy Physics.
Nuclear Fusion published 584 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 645. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (29.8%), United States (20.9%) and Germany (10.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
Comments load as you scroll here.