Nuclear Science and Techniques

Aims & Scope

Nuclear Science and Techniques (NST) reports scientific findings, technical advances and important results in the fields of nuclear science and techniques.

The aim of this periodical is to stimulate cross-fertilization of knowledge among scientists and engineers working in the fields of nuclear research.

Scope covers the following subjects: • Synchrotron radiation applications, beamline technology; • Accelerator, ray technology and applications; • Nuclear chemistry, radiochemistry, radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear medicine; • Nuclear electronics and instrumentation; • Nuclear physics and interdisciplinary research; • Nuclear energy science and engineering.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.8
2024	3.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.796

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	38

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6826

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1786

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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 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.

• Search for the QCD critical point with fluctuations of conserved quantities in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC: an overview

  Citation: 371

  Authors: Xiaofeng, Nu

• Upgrade of macromolecular crystallography beamline BL17U1 at SSRF

  Citation: 234

  Authors: Qi-Sheng, Kun-Hao, Yin, Zhi-Jun, Qiang-Yan, Ke, Bo, Huan, Min-Jun, Qin, Chun-Yan, Feng, Jian-Hua

• The protein complex crystallography beamline (BL19U1) at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Wei-Zhe, Jian-Chao, Si-Sheng, Zhi-Jun, Wen-Ming, Jian-Hua

• Method for detector description transformation to Unity and application in BESIII

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Kai-Xuan, Zhi-Jun, Zhen, Jiang, Hao-Yuan, Yu-Mei, Sheng-Sen, Zheng-Yun

• Novel quantum phenomena induced by strong magnetic fields in heavy-ion collisions

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Koichi, Xu-Guang

• Recent development of hydrodynamic modeling in heavy-ion collisions

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Chun, Li

• Collective flow and hydrodynamics in large and small systems at the LHC

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Huichao, You, Katarína

• Anomalous chiral transports and spin polarization in heavy-ion collisions

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Yu-Chen, Xu-Guang

• Recent developments in chiral and spin polarization effects in heavy-ion collisions

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Jian-Hua, Guo-Liang, Shi, Qun

• Review of fully coherent free-electron lasers

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Chao, Hai-Xiao

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