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Explore open access research in nuclear engineering, advancing reactor design, nuclear materials, safety, radiation measurement and waste management.

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes research across nuclear science, technology, and engineering. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Sergei Dudarev (United Kingdom Atomic Energy...

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Sergei Dudarev

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

United Kingdom

Editor-in-Chief

Bernd Grambow

UMR6457 Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées (SUBATECH)

France

Specialty Chief Editor

Radioactive Waste Management

Edgar C Buck

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE)

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Nuclear Materials

Enrico Zio

Centre de Recherche sur les Risques et les Crises, ParisTech École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Université de Sciences Lettres de Paris

France

Specialty Chief Editor

Nuclear Safety

Qingmin Zhang

Xi'an Jiaotong University

China

Specialty Chief Editor

Radiation Measurements

Wenxi TIAN

Xi'an Jiaotong University

China

Specialty Chief Editor

Nuclear Reactor Design

Ahmed K. Alkaabi

Khalifa University

United Arab Emirates

Associate Editor

Nuclear Reactor Design

Amy Hixon

University of Notre Dame

United States

Associate Editor

Nuclear Materials

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Scope

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes research across nuclear science, technology, and engineering. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Sergei Dudarev (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, UK), this journal - indexed in Web of Science (ESCI) and Scopus - publishes research on various domains of nuclear engineering. Applications of nuclear engineering have grown rapidly in recent years and increasingly transcend conventional subject boundaries. The journal aims to advance multidisciplinary research in this field and welcomes submissions that bridge the gap between research and practical applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: advanced modelling and simulation of processes, materials and systems applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence design of reactors and power plants effects of radiation on materials, components and systems fission and fusion materials and power generation fundamentals and applications of plasmas management of nuclear waste nuclear materials nuclear plant decommissioning and spent fuel management nuclear systems engineering radiation effects structural integrity and nuclear safety analysis. The journal does not publish papers on nuclear medicine. Manuscripts on the military applications of nuclear energy, or the effects of radiation on live tissues, are not suitable for publication in this journal. Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering is committed to advancing developments in the field of nuclear engineering by allowing unrestricted access to articles, and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Aims

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes research across nuclear science, technology, and engineering.

Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Sergei Dudarev (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, UK), this journal - indexed in Web of Science (ESCI) and Scopus - publishes research on various domains of nuclear engineering. Applications of nuclear engineering have grown rapidly in recent years and increasingly transcend conventional subject boundaries. The journal aims to advance multidisciplinary research in this field and welcomes submissions that bridge the gap between research and practical applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

advanced modelling and simulation of processes, materials and systems

applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence

design of reactors and power plants

effects of radiation on materials, components and systems

fission and fusion materials and power generation

fundamentals and applications of plasmas

management of nuclear waste

nuclear materials

nuclear plant decommissioning and spent fuel management

nuclear systems engineering

radiation effects

structural integrity and nuclear safety analysis.

The journal does not publish papers on nuclear medicine. Manuscripts on the military applications of nuclear energy, or the effects of radiation on live tissues, are not suitable for publication in this journal.

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering is committed to advancing developments in the field of nuclear engineering by allowing unrestricted access to articles, and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/about

ISSN
2813-3412
Editor-in-Chief
Sergei Dudarev (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Abingdon, United Kingdom) — Field Chief Editor
Established
2026

Sections

  • Nuclear Materials

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/sections/nuclear-materials

  • Nuclear Reactor Design

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/sections/nuclear-reactor-design

  • Nuclear Safety

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/sections/nuclear-safety

  • Radiation Measurements

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/sections/radiation-measurements

  • Radioactive Waste Management

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/sections/radioactive-waste-management

Article types accepted

  • Original Research
  • Methods
  • Review
  • Mini Review
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Perspective
  • Data Report
  • Brief Research Report
  • General Commentary
  • Opinion
  • Correction
  • Editorial
  • Technology and Code
  • FAIR² Data

Fees and currencies

  • Article processing charges (official)
  • - Category A: CHF 2,195 — Original Research, Methods, Review, Hypothesis and Theory, Technology and Code
  • - Category B: CHF 1,750 — Mini Review, Perspective, Data Report, Brief Research Report, General Commentary, Opinion
  • - Category C: CHF 0 — Correction, Editorial
  • Currency: CHF

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

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Indexing

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  • Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
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Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/about

Instructions for authors

Accepted article types

  • Original Research (fee category A)
  • Methods (fee category A)
  • Review (fee category A)
  • Mini Review (fee category B)
  • Hypothesis and Theory (fee category A)
  • Perspective (fee category B)
  • Data Report (fee category B)
  • Brief Research Report (fee category B)
  • General Commentary (fee category B)
  • Opinion (fee category B)
  • Correction (fee category C)
  • Editorial (fee category C)
  • Technology and Code (fee category A)
  • FAIR² Data

Author guidelines

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/for-authors/author-guidelines

Peer review

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/about/peer-review

Journal metrics

Citation score
2.5
Articles
50
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Citations
847

Internal metrics, calculated on this platform and maintained by the editorial office.

Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
1.9
CiteScore
2.5
Citations
686
Acceptance rate
33
Time to decision
35
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-23.