Journal metric profile

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank Nov-41 Recorded category rank

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.100, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The database records the JCR category rank as “Nov-41”. Because some imported rank values may require manual verification, readers should confirm the category rank with the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 19,252 total citations, 761 total articles, 779 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.200, which is 0.100 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.950.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN is identified in this record by print ISSN 0029-5493 and electronic ISSN 1872-759X. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameNUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
Abbreviated journalNUCL ENG DES
PublisherELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,872
ISSN0029-5493
eISSN1872-759X
Total cites19,252
Total articles761
Citable items779
Cited half-life10.6 years
Citing half-life9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.100
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.950
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rankNov-41
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN is 2.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN?

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN?

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN is listed as being published by ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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