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Progress in Nuclear Energy
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Progress in Nuclear Energy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 526 31 102 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 153
Documents by Best Scientists*: 279
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 90
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.822
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Progress in Nuclear Energy?

Progress in Nuclear Energy focuses largely on the fields of Nuclear engineering, Nuclear reactor, Mechanics, Coolant and Nuclear physics. Some problems in Nuclear engineering that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Nuclear power plant and Thermal hydraulics. The research on Nuclear power plant discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Nuclear power.

The journal investigates Nuclear reactor research which frequently intersects with Pressurized water reactor. Boiling and Thermodynamics are some topics wherein Mechanics research discussed in Progress in Nuclear Energy have an impact. The main emphasis of it is the subject of Nuclear physics, focusing on Neutron.

  • Nuclear engineering (29.14%)
  • Nuclear reactor (13.55%)
  • Mechanics (13.37%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Radiation effects in nuclear waste forms for high-level radioactive waste (499 citations)
  • The molten salt reactor (MSR) in generation IV: Overview and perspectives (398 citations)
  • Fast iterative methods for discrete-ordinates particle transport calculations (387 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Progress in Nuclear Energy:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Nuclear engineering, Nuclear reactor, Mechanics, Coolant and Nuclear power. The published articles focus on Nuclear engineering research which is adjacent to topics in Nuclear transmutation. The journal papers address concerns in Nuclear reactor which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Neutron, Plutonium, Nuclear fuel and Light-water reactor.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • World War II
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Nuclear engineering, Mechanics, Heat transfer, Composite material and Electromagnetic shielding. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Nuclear engineering, it also covered topics in Neutron flux, Research reactor and Coolant. Mechanics research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Boiling and Work (thermodynamics).

Heat transfer studies presented include Heat flux and Heat transfer coefficient. In addition to Electromagnetic shielding research, Progress in Nuclear Energy aims to explore topics under Neutron, Neutron radiation, Mass attenuation coefficient, Mean free path and Analytical chemistry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Dense and environment friendly bismuth barium telluroborate glasses for nuclear protection applications (9 citations)
  • CFD validation with optimized mesh using benchmarking data of pebble-bed high-temperature reactor (8 citations)
  • Radiation shielding properties of selected alloys using EPICS2017 data library (5 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 Progress in Nuclear Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Guanghui Su (110 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Suizheng Qiu (80 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wenxi Tian (69 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Masaki Saito (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hiroshi Sekimoto (30 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 Progress in Nuclear Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology (199 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (189 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (97 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Engineering University (88 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Japan Atomic Energy Agency (68 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 12.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.25% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.07% of all publications and 55.12% 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

  • Two-phase bubbly flow simulation using CFD method: A review of models for interfacial forces

    Irfan Khan;Mingjun Wang;Yapei Zhang;Wenxi Tian

    (2020)
    148 Citations
  • Full-scale numerical study on the flow characteristics and mal-distribution phenomena in SG steam-water separation system of an advanced PWR

    Di Fang;Mingjun Wang;Yuangang Duan;Jun Li

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Design concepts of supercritical water-cooled reactor (SCWR) and nuclear marine vessel: A review

    Mohammad Mizanur Rahman;Ji Dongxu;Ji Dongxu;Nusrat Jahan;Massimo Salvatores

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Experimental investigation on flow regimes and transitions of steam-water two-phase flow in narrow rectangular horizontal channels

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Numerical investigation of flow and heat transfer characteristics in plate-type fuel channels of IAEA MTR based on OpenFOAM

    Kai Liu;Mingjun Wang;Fujun Gan;Wenxi Tian

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Design, optimization and thermodynamic analysis of SCO2 Brayton cycle system for FHR

    (2023)
    36 Citations
  • 3D fluid-solid coupling simulation for plate-type nuclear fuel assemblies under the irradiation condition

    Haoyu Liao;Yangyang Wang;Yuanming Li;Kunpeng Wang

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Current achievements on bubble dynamics analysis using MPS method

    Ronghua Chen;Chunhui Dong;Kailun Guo;Wenxi Tian

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Dynamic bayesian networks based abnormal event classifier for nuclear power plants in case of cyber security threats

    Pavan Kumar Vaddi;Michael C. Pietrykowski;Diptendu Mohan Kar;Xiaoxu Diao

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Full-scale numerical study on the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of steam-water separation system in an advanced PWR UTSG. Part two: Droplets separation process

    Di Fang;Linfeng Li;Jun Li;Mingjun Wang

    (2020)
    25 Citations

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