Journal profile · Nuclear Science & Technology
FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ISSN 1536-1055 · eISSN 1943-7641 · American Nuclear Society · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.17; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 145 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 153 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is published by American Nuclear Society and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fusion materials and technologies, Magnetic confinement fusion research and Nuclear Materials and Properties, together about 43.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Fusion Science and Technology aims to be the leading source of timely information on peaceful uses of fusion research. We publish research articles, notes, review articles, rapid communications, and letters to the editor on fusion applications, design, and system studies. Research articles present original contributions to the field of knowledge. Notes are contributions narrowly focused on a specific research subject or are minor extensions of previous works. Review articles combine a focused topical overview with an extensive literature review to critically evaluate the state-of-the-art, but do not necessarily add new knowledge to the field. Rapid communications report fast-breaking research, after accelerated review, of high and immediate interest to the journal readership. Letters to the editor are miscellaneous correspondence to the journal’s editorial office that is not specifically a comment on or response to a published article. Addendum describes published work that adds additional information or clarification to another work. The title may include “Addendum” with the related article that is the subject of the addendum mentioned. Corrections are modifications or corrections of errors in previously published material. We welcome submissions that explore the following topics: Fusion plasma physics Fusion plasma engineering Fusion plasma–enabling science and technology Fusion nuclear technology and material science Plasma and fusion energy physics Tokamak experiments Stellarators Next-step burning plasma experiments Target fabrication and technology for inertial confinement fusion Inertial fusion science and applications Tritium science and technology Magnetic and inertial fusion energy reactor studies Heating and current drive physics and technology Plasma control Plasma diagnostics Once your article has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will be reviewed by expert referees. The peer review is single-anonymous. Author benefits Fusion Science and Technology is abstracted and indexed in several prestigious databases, including The Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, INIS Collections Search, and more. We are an international research journal of the American Nuclear Society, providing your research an expanded reach to our 11,000 global members plus dozens of research libraries and institutions. Our Author Services page provides you with tips and tricks for promoting your research on social media and through your network. Upon publicati
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nuclear Science & Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fusion materials and technologiesMaterials Science19.2%
- Magnetic confinement fusion researchPhysics and Astronomy17.5%
- Nuclear Materials and PropertiesMaterials Science7%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsPhysics and Astronomy6.9%
- Superconducting Materials and ApplicationsEngineering6.2%
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringEngineering6%
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamicsEngineering5.9%
- Nuclear Physics and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nuclear Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nuclear Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nuclear Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of SciencePubMedCASGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, INIS Collections Search, Clarivate Analytics, EBSCOhost (various), Elsevier BV, Gale Academic OneFile, 01/2015-, InfoTrac Custom, 1/2015-, International Atomic Energy Agency, National Library of Medicine, Ovid, Personal Alert (E-mail), ProQuest (various), The Getty Conservation Institute, AATA Online (Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts), World Ceramics Abstracts (Online)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.17LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.42Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.83Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,383OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 144LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 143,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,712 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 142 | 42 | 13 |
| 2025 | 153 | 44 | 142 |
| 2024 | 63 | 19 | 196 |
| 2023 | 176 | 65 | 623 |
| 2022 | 68 | 16 | 449 |
| 2021 | 108 | 33 | 497 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
145 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 102 days – 193 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 53 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 201 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (300 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 67%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 68 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted7
- addendumAddendum describes published work that adds additional information or clarification to another work.Length not stated
- correctionsCorrections are modifications or corrections of errors in previously published material.Length not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the editor are miscellaneous correspondence to the journal’s editorial office that is not specifically a comment on or response to a published articl…Length not stated
- notesNotes are contributions narrowly focused on a specific research subject or are minor extensions of previous works.Length not stated
- rapid communicationsRapid communications report fast-breaking research, after accelerated review, of high and immediate interest to the journal readership.Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles present original contributions to the field of knowledge.Length not stated
- review articlesReview articles combine a focused topical overview with an extensive literature review to critically evaluate the state-of-the-art, but do not necessarily add n…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals. Model summary
The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Fusion Science and Technology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabili…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review is single-anonymous. Model summary
Once your article has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will be reviewed by expert referees. The peer review is single-anonymous.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Nuclear Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1536-1055
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-7641
- Society / sponsor
- American Nuclear Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 82, Issue 7 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
What CAS zone is FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nuclear Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.17; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 145 days (interquartile range 102–193 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 67%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, PubMed, CAS, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY open access, and what is the APC?
FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .