Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Top Research Topics at Nuclear Engineering and Technology?

Nuclear engineering, Mechanics, Mechanical engineering, Nuclear power plant and Nuclear power are among the topics commonly tackled in Nuclear Engineering and Technology. The journal holds forums on Nuclear engineering that merges themes from other disciplines such as Neutron and Coolant. The Neutron study which was featured in the journal aims to expound on the research in Nuclear physics.

Nuclear Engineering and Technology focuses on different Mechanics studies like Flow (psychology) and Heat transfer. The research on Nuclear power plant discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Reliability engineering.

• Nuclear engineering (18.20%)
• Mechanics (11.03%)
• Mechanical engineering (7.40%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Review of supercritical CO2 power cycle technology and current status of research and development (467 citations)
• PYROPROCESSING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AT KAERI (187 citations)
• Development of pyroprocessing and its future direction (123 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nuclear Engineering and Technology:

The most cited papers primarily focus on research topics in Nuclear engineering, Mechanical engineering, Nuclear power, Waste management and Metallurgy. The journal articles with studies in Nuclear engineering featured incorporate elements of Simulation and Coolant. The journal papers hold forums on Nuclear power that merge themes from other disciplines such as Nuclear power plant, Reliability engineering and Risk analysis (engineering).

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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Nuclear Engineering and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Man Gyun Na (38 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Poong Hyun Seong (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Myung Jo Jhung (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Guanghui Su (31 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Nam Zin Cho (31 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Nuclear Engineering and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• KAIST (136 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (76 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• Hanyang University (73 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Xi'an Jiaotong University (65 papers) published 28 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Seoul National University (61 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 6 more 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 2021 edition, 16.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.10% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.20% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.33% of all publications and 39.37% 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.