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Journal of Nuclear Materials
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Journal of Nuclear Materials

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 214 328 767 35

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 502
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1010
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 174
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.984
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Nuclear Materials?

The foci of Journal of Nuclear Materials are Metallurgy, Irradiation, Analytical chemistry, Composite material and Atomic physics. The presentations discussing Metallurgy offer insights in topics such as Alloy, Microstructure, Corrosion, Ultimate tensile strength and Oxide. The majority of Microstructure studies in Journal of Nuclear Materials are focused on the subject of Grain boundary.

Concepts in Radiochemistry, as well as related topics in Tritium, are covered in the Irradiation research presented in it. While it focused on Analytical chemistry, it was also able to explore topics like Deuterium, Hydrogen, Nuclear chemistry, Annealing (metallurgy) and Atmospheric temperature range. The main emphasis of it is the research on Composite material, emphasizing the topic of Creep.

Atomic physics research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Plasma and Sputtering. Journal of Nuclear Materials facilitates discussions on Plasma that incorporate concepts from other fields like Limiter and Impurity. Studies on Fusion power discussed in it link to the field of Nuclear engineering.

  • Metallurgy (24.89%)
  • Irradiation (23.13%)
  • Analytical chemistry (20.59%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Handbook of SiC properties for fuel performance modeling (873 citations)
  • The chemical state of the fission products in oxide fuels (631 citations)
  • Recent analysis of key plasma wall interactions issues for ITER (589 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Nuclear Materials:

The most cited papers primarily tackle Metallurgy, Irradiation, Analytical chemistry, Nuclear chemistry and Microstructure. Aside from discussions in Irradiation, the most cited publications also deal with the subject of Ion which intersects with Atomic physics disciplines. The featured Analytical chemistry studies in the published articles mainly concentrate on Plasma but also cover areas of interest in Limiter and Impurity.

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

  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Composite material, Helium, Analytical chemistry, Krypton and Microstructure are the subjects of interest in the journal. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Helium, it also covered topics in Condensed matter physics, Tungsten, Irradiation and Bubble. The Tungsten works featured in Journal of Nuclear Materials incorporate elements from Steady state, Dense plasma focus, Plasma, Diffusion and Pulse duration.

Issues in Analytical chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Fission products, Density functional theory and Atoms in molecules. The journal addresses concerns in Krypton which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Particle, Nuclear engineering, Nuclear fission product, Computational mesh and Thermal conduction. The journal focuses on Microstructure but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Sputter deposition which is concerned with Phase (matter), Chemical engineering and Oxide.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Self-healing behavior of Cr-coated Zr alloy cladding in high temperature steam oxidation process (0 citations)
  • The effect of potassium hydroxide primary water chemistry on the IASCC behavior of 304 stainless steel (0 citations)
  • Molecular dynamics simulation study of helium bubble growth on W/Ta semi-coherent interface (0 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 Journal of Nuclear Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • V. Philipps (199 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yutai Katoh (178 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Francis A. Garner (162 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • J. Roth (161 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lance Lewis Snead (147 papers) absent at the last 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 Journal of Nuclear Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1690 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 64 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (1235 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • European Atomic Energy Community (1152 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (1139 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Argonne National Laboratory (987 papers) absent at the last 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.38% of all publications and 46.15% 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

  • Design considerations for high entropy alloys in advanced nuclear applications

    Unknown

    (2022)
    150 Citations
  • Mechanical properties of tungsten: Recent research on modified tungsten materials in Japan

    Shuhei Nogami;Akira Hasegawa;Makoto Fukuda;Michael Rieth

    (2021)
    108 Citations
  • Thermal aging behaviors of duplex stainless steels used in nuclear power plant: A review

    Y. Fan;T.G. Liu;L. Xin;Y.M. Han

    (2021)
    105 Citations
  • Nanoscale mechanism of ions immobilized by the geopolymer: A molecular dynamics study

    Dongshuai Hou;Jinglin Zhang;Wang Pan;Yue Zhang

    (2020)
    89 Citations
  • Additive manufacturing of silicon carbide for nuclear applications

    Takaaki Koyanagi;Kurt Terrani;Shay Harrison;Jian Liu

    (2021)
    77 Citations
  • Mechanical and chemical properties of PVD and cold spray Cr-coatings on Zircaloy-4

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Hydrothermal corrosion of 2nd generation FeCrAl alloys for accident tolerant fuel cladding

    Stephen S. Raiman;Kevin G. Field;Raul B. Rebak;Yukinori Yamamoto

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Development of accident tolerant FeCrAl-ODS fuel cladding for BWRs in Japan

    K. Sakamoto;Y. Miura;S. Ukai;N.H. Oono

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Mechanical behavior of additively manufactured and wrought 316L stainless steels before and after neutron irradiation

    T.S. Byun;B.E. Garrison;M.R. McAlister;X. Chen

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Perspectives on multiscale modelling and experiments to accelerate materials development for fusion

    Mark Gilbert;Kazuto Arakawa;Z. Bergstrom;M.J. Caturla

    (2021)
    58 Citations

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