Science and Global Security

Aims & Scope

Science & Global Security is an international journal for peer-reviewed scientific and technical studies to support international security, arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation policy.

The journal covers nuclear, biological, chemical, space and cyber technologies and programs and related security issues.

Its goals are to help develop the technical basis for new policy initiatives to reduce the risks from these technologies to international peace and security and to provide a resource for further scholarship and policy analysis.

Articles for the journal should be written so that the results can be checked and reproduced by technical analysts while the essential issues and conclusions are accessible to a policy audience.

Beyond providing a basis for policy, the journal publishes review articles, short research and occasional notes.

All issues of the journal are translated into Russian.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	0.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.184

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22256

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17

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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 Engineering, 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.

• Explosive properties of reactor‐grade plutonium

  Citation: 137

  Authors: J. Carson

• Detecting nuclear warheads

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Steve, Valery A., Marvin, Robert, Oleg F., Stanislav N., Roald Z.

• Tomographic Imaging with Cosmic Ray Muons

  Citation: 81

  Authors: C. L., C. C., J. D., K. N., D. J., R., C. J., A. M., M. C., J. A., J. S., J. J., N. W., G. E., A. V., M. F., P., J. J., F. E., W. C., J. C., A., R. C., L. J., M. J., G. S.

• U‐232 and the proliferation‐resistance of U‐233 in spent fuel

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Jungmin, Frank N.

• Analyzing and Reducing the Risks of Inadvertent Nuclear War Between the United States and Russia

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Anthony M., Seth D., Kelly

• Analysis of Debris from the Collision of the Cosmos 2251 and the Iridium 33 Satellites

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Ting

• A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya, 1955–1990

  Citation: 52

  Authors: VITALY I., TATYANA G., PAUL G., WILLIAM S.

• Thorium fuel for light water reactors—reducing proliferation potential of nuclear power fuel cycle

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Alex, Paul, Alvin

• Hypersonic Boost-Glide Weapons

  Citation: 47

  Authors: James M.

• Acoustic weapons ‐ a prospective assessment

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Jürgen

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