Journal profile · Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation
ISSN 0195-9298 · eISSN 1573-4862 · Springer US · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1980
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation: CAS Zone 3 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.94; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,290; median 159 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 167 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
The journal's website announces a move to full open access: We are pleased to announce that Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation will become a fully open access (OA) on 1 January 2027. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation is published by Springer US and is in Zone 3 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation, Non-Destructive Testing Techniques and Geophysical Methods and Applications, together about 49.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
We are pleased to announce that Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation will become a fully open access (OA) on 1 January 2027. As a result, all submissions received from 1 July 2026 are subject to an article publication charge (APC) if accepted and published in the journal (unless a waiver is applied). Please see our FAQs which can be found at the bottom of this page for more information on APCs, funding options, waivers and the journal's transition to fully open access. The Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that focuses on quantitative nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of a broad range of materials, components, and biological objects including engineered materials such as coatings and composites, micro and nanomaterials, and additive manufactured components. The Journal provides a forum to report a broad range of scientific and engineering activities related to NDE, where measurement of phenomena or application of technology are used to monitor manufacturing processes, assess structural health or integrity, carry out damage assessment or flaw detection, characterize material properties or states, or predict maintenance and service life. The Journal encourages manuscript submissions that describe original work including theoretical, numerical, experimental, or combined analyses; laboratory studies; field application studies; condition monitoring; NDE modelling and inversions; data fusion; imaging; and probability of detection (POD) and related reliability metrics. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of new technologies and new trends in NDE such as NDE 4.0 and the coupling between natural, computer, and data sciences as well as the connected engineering fields in developing new NDE technology and instrumentation. The Journal publishes technical articles, short communications, review papers and also special issues dedicated to significant NDE technical issues. Guidance on manuscripts relating to machine learning and artificial intelligence The Journal receives manuscript submissions relating to machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) within a nondestructive evaluation context. Although the Journal welcomes work that considers the application of emerging, cutting edge analysis technologies, works that do not meet the standards and scope of JONE are candidates to be rejected without review. For submitted ML/AI-based work to meet the standards and scope of the Journal, it should address a d
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Editor-in-chief John S. PopovicsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 12%); most named United States 21, Germany 6, Mainland China 5, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1 (41 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave PropagationEngineering23.3%
- Non-Destructive Testing TechniquesEngineering18.2%
- Geophysical Methods and ApplicationsEngineering8%
- Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesEngineering7%
- Thermography and Photoacoustic TechniquesEngineering6.6%
- Welding Techniques and Residual StressesEngineering6.2%
- Magnetic Properties and ApplicationsMaterials Science3.5%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 2 |
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 CompendexINSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 2.94LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 940OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 163LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 269,800Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,942 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 117 | 28 | 43 |
| 2025 | 167 | 55 | 436 |
| 2024 | 119 | 45 | 635 |
| 2023 | 112 | 29 | 1,003 |
| 2022 | 76 | 24 | 950 |
| 2021 | 111 | 34 | 1,962 |
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
159 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 118 days – 214 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 185 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (305 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,290 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Generative AI Images
LLMs do not satisfy authorship criteria; LLM use must be documented in the Methods section. Model summary
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
Manuscript submission implies originality, no simultaneous submission, and co-author/institutional approval. Model summary
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
Authors must disclose financial or non-financial competing interests. Model summary
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement explaining how to access supporting data. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
The journal follows COPE guidelines on publication ethics and misconduct. Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 0195-9298
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-4862
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation
What CAS zone is Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation is in Zone 3 of Materials Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Materials Science, Characterization & Testing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.94; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 70.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 159 days (interquartile range 118–214 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation based?
Of the 41 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 12%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (21), Germany (6) and Mainland China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,290.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .