Journal profile · Nuclear Science & Technology
Nuclear Engineering and Technology
ISSN 1738-5733 · eISSN 2234-358X · Korean Nuclear Society · SOUTH KOREA · Bimonthly
Nuclear Engineering and Technology: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.88; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 115 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 638 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nuclear Engineering and Technology is published by Korean Nuclear Society and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties and Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics, together about 40.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nuclear Engineering and Technology (NET), an international journal of the Korean Nuclear Society (KNS), publishes peer-reviewed papers on original research, ideas and developments in all areas of the field of nuclear science and technology. NET monthly publishes original articles, reviews, and technical notes. The journal is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) of Thomson Reuters.NET covers all fields for peaceful utilization of nuclear energy and radiation as follows: Reactor Physics Thermal Hydraulics Nuclear SafetyNuclear I&C Nuclear Physics, Fusion, Laser, and Accelerator Technology Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Radioactive Waste ManagementNuclear Fuel and Reactor Materials Radiation Application Radiation Protection Structural Integrity Analysis and Plant Management & MaintenanceNuclear Policy, Economics, and Human Resource Development
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nuclear Science & Technology
Editor-in-chief Man GyunPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named South Korea 24, United States 14, Japan 6, United Arab Emirates 2, Mainland China 1 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringEngineering17.5%
- Nuclear Materials and PropertiesMaterials Science13.4%
- Nuclear Engineering Thermal-HydraulicsEngineering9.4%
- Nuclear Physics and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy7.3%
- Nuclear and radioactivity studiesEngineering7.1%
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studiesMaterials Science6.4%
- Risk and Safety AnalysisDecision Sciences5%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nuclear Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nuclear Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nuclear Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 2.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,926OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 887LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,817 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 598 | 598 | 152 |
| 2025 | 638 | 638 | 1,391 |
| 2024 | 662 | 662 | 3,792 |
| 2023 | 521 | 521 | 4,123 |
| 2022 | 402 | 402 | 4,329 |
| 2021 | 448 | 448 | 6,790 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
115 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports 6–12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 115 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 32 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | Yes, amount not published | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 200 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- USD 200
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- original articlesOriginal articles report the results of original research and assess its contribution to the body of knowledge in nuclear science and technology.Length not stated
- review articlesReview articles should aim to provide the reader with a balanced overview of an important and topical subject related to nuclear science and technology, and hig…Length not stated
- technical noteTechnical notes report new developments, significant advances, or novel aspects of experimental and theoretical methods and techniques which are relevant for sc…Length not stated
- technical notesTechnical notes report new developments, significant advances, or novel aspects of experimental and theoretical methods and techniques which are relevant for sc…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright vested in KNS Model summary
Published manuscripts become the permanent property of the Korean Nuclear Society, and must not be published elsewhere without written permission. All articles published in the journal are protected by copyright, which covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, as well as translation rights. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access Model summary
Every peer-reviewed article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet. The author does not have any publication charges for open access by the maximum eight pages. The page charge will be 200 US dollars per additional page exceeding eight pages.A Creative Commons user license manages the reuse of the a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor'…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Korean Nuclear Society
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
- Electronic ISSN
- 2234-358X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nuclear Engineering and Technology
What CAS zone is Nuclear Engineering and Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nuclear Engineering and Technology is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Nuclear Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Nuclear Engineering and Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.88; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 84.
How long does peer review take at Nuclear Engineering and Technology?
The publisher reports about 115 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 Nuclear Engineering and Technology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Nuclear Engineering and Technology based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (24), United States (14) and Japan (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nuclear Engineering and Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nuclear Engineering and Technology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Nuclear Engineering and Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Nuclear Engineering and Technology is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .