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Annals of Nuclear Energy
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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 299 56 222 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 213
Documents by Best Scientists*: 449
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 88
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.897
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annals of Nuclear Energy?

The primary areas of discussion in Annals of Nuclear Energy are Nuclear engineering, Mechanics, Neutron, Monte Carlo method and Nuclear physics. The journal explores topics in Nuclear engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Neutron transport, Coolant and Thermal hydraulics. The journal connects research in Mechanics with the related topic of Thermodynamics.

The studies on Neutron discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Computational physics and Atomic physics. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Monte Carlo method, apply to Statistical physics as well. The Nuclear physics research dealing mostly with Fission is the focus of the journal.

  • Nuclear engineering (27.59%)
  • Mechanics (15.88%)
  • Neutron (13.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Calculation of radiation attenuation coefficients for shielding concretes (442 citations)
  • Overview of the FLUKA code (243 citations)
  • CAD-based Monte Carlo program for integrated simulation of nuclear system SuperMC (231 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annals of Nuclear Energy:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Nuclear engineering, Mechanics, Neutron, Monte Carlo method and Nuclear physics. While work presented in the most cited papers provide substantial information on Nuclear engineering, it also covers topics in Neutron transport, Coolant and Thermal hydraulics. The most cited articles explore topics in Mechanics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Control theory and Thermodynamics.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in Annals of Nuclear Energy deals with Nuclear engineering, Mechanics, Power (physics), Nuclear power plant and Neutron transport. Annals of Nuclear Energy focuses on Nuclear engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as TRIGA, Neutron, Work (thermodynamics) and Benchmark (computing). Annals of Nuclear Energy explores issues in Mechanics which can be linked to other research areas like Tube (fluid conveyance), Void (composites) and Molten salt.

The journal deals with Power (physics) in conjunction with Control theory and similar fields in Fuzzy logic. Neutron transport research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Discretization, Mathematical analysis and Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Annals of Nuclear Energy focuses on Applied mathematics but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Monte Carlo method which is concerned with Nuclear reactor core.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Analysis of double-layered buffer in high-level waste repository (2 citations)
  • A perturbation-based acceleration for Monte Carlo – Thermal Hydraulics Picard iterations. Part I: Theory and application to extruded BWR unit-cell. (1 citations)
  • Internal model control based proportional-integral controller with class topper optimization for power control of molten salt breeder reactor core (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Annals of Nuclear Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Guanghui Su (160 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 32 less than at the previous edition,
  • Suizheng Qiu (121 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 25 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wenxi Tian (107 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 26 less than at the previous edition,
  • Liangzhi Cao (93 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hongchun Wu (88 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Annals of Nuclear Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (396 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 51 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Engineering University (252 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 40 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (251 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 26 less than at the previous edition,
  • Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (231 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • KAIST (200 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 17.92% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.69% of all publications and 31.03% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Recent progress of CFD applications in PWR thermal hydraulics study and future directions

    Mingjun Wang;Yingjie Wang;Wenxi Tian;Suizheng Qiu

    (2021)
    229 Citations
  • Technological solutions for long-term storage of partially used nuclear waste: A critical review

    Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan;Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan;Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman;Deepak Singh;Ram Avtar

    (2022)
    107 Citations
  • Experimental study on startup performance of high temperature potassium heat pipe at different inclination angles and input powers for nuclear reactor application

    Chenglong Wang;Lirong Zhang;Xiao Liu;Simiao Tang

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • Thermal-electrical coupling characteristic analysis of the heat pipe cooled reactor with static thermoelectric conversion

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Core thermal-hydraulic evaluation of a heat pipe cooled nuclear reactor

    Xiao Liu;Ran Zhang;Yu Liang;Simiao Tang

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Experimental study on heat transfer limit of high temperature potassium heat pipe for advanced reactors

    Chenglong Wang;Xiao Liu;Minghao Liu;Simiao Tang

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • A fuzzy-PID composite controller for core power control of liquid molten salt reactor

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Underwater laser cutting of stainless steel up to 100 mm thick for dismantling application in nuclear power plants

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Conceptual design and analysis of a megawatt power level heat pipe cooled space reactor power system

    Wenwen Zhang;Wenwen Zhang;Dalin Zhang;Chenglong Wang;Wenxi Tian

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • A new approach for fault diagnosis with full-scope simulator based on state information imaging in nuclear power plant

    Yuantao Yao;Yuantao Yao;Jin Wang;Min Xie;Liqin Hu

    (2020)
    41 Citations

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