Nuclear Engineering and Design

Aims & Scope

Nuclear Engineering and Design covers the wide range of disciplines involved in the engineering, design, safety and construction of nuclear fission reactors.

The Editors welcome papers both on applied and innovative aspects and developments in nuclear science and technology.

Fundamentals of Reactor Design include: • Thermal-Hydraulics and Core Physics • Safety Analysis, Risk Assessment (PSA) • Structural and Mechanical Engineering • Materials Science • Fuel Behavior and Design • Structural Plant Design • Engineering of Reactor Components • Experiments Aspects beyond fundamentals of Reactor Design covered: • Accident Mitigation Measures • Reactor Control Systems • Licensing Issues • Safeguard Engineering • Economy of Plants • Reprocessing / Waste Disposal • Applications of Nuclear Energy • Maintenance • Decommissioning Papers on new reactor ideas and developments (Generation IV reactors) such as inherently safe modular HTRs, High Performance LWRs/HWRs and LMFBs/GFR will be considered; Actinide Burners, Accelerator Driven Systems, Energy Amplifiers and other special designs of power and research reactors and their applications are also encouraged.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.772

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	129

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Energy, Engineering, Environmental Science, Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A proposed method of calculating displacement dose rates

  Citation: 1452

  Authors: M.J., M.T., I.M.

• How to use damage mechanics

  Citation: 1116

  Authors: Jean

• Review of two-phase flow instability

  Citation: 686

  Authors: J.A., A.E., L.S.

• Two-fluid model and hydrodynamic constitutive relations

  Citation: 661

  Authors: M., K.

• MOOSE: A parallel computational framework for coupled systems of nonlinear equations

  Citation: 624

  Authors: Derek, Chris, Glen, Damien

• Ductile fracture models and their potential in local approach of fracture

  Citation: 606

  Authors: G.

• Ultimate strength analysis of prestressed concrete pressure vessels

  Citation: 556

  Authors: Y.R.

• Reduced and selective integration techniques in the finite element analysis of plates

  Citation: 537

  Authors: Thomas J.R., Martin, Medhat

• Continuous damage mechanics — A tool to describe phenomena before crack initiation

  Citation: 499

  Authors: Jean-Louis

• Design and development of the AHWR—the Indian thorium fuelled innovative nuclear reactor

  Citation: 475

  Authors: R.K., A.

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