Journal of Nuclear Materials

Journal of Nuclear Materials is an Elsevier journal that publishes materials research for nuclear applications, above all for fission and fusion reactors. It has appeared since 1959 and takes both experimental and theoretical work, provided that the results are novel and are discussed at length. Its 2025 impact factor is 3.3 and its CiteScore is 5.9.《核材料杂志》是 Elsevier 出版的一份期刊，刊载面向核应用的材料研究，首先是裂变与聚变反应堆方向。该刊自 1959 年出版，接收实验与理论两方面的工作，前提是结果具有新意并得到充分讨论。其 2025 年影响因子为 3.3，CiteScore 为 5.9。

Scope

• The journal publishes high-quality papers in materials research for nuclear applications, and it names fission reactors, fusion reactors and similar environments as its field.该刊发表面向核应用的材料研究高质量论文，并把裂变反应堆，聚变反应堆以及类似环境列为其领域。

• Radiation areas of charged particle accelerators are included in the range of environments the journal treats as nuclear.带电粒子加速器的辐照区域也被纳入该刊视为核环境的范围。

• Original research and critical review papers are both welcome, and the journal is open to experimental, theoretical and computational work alike.原创研究与批判性综述论文都受到欢迎，该刊对实验，理论与计算工作一视同仁。

• Papers may be fundamental or applied in nature, so the journal does not require that work be justified by an immediate engineering use.论文既可以偏基础，也可以偏应用，因此该刊不要求研究必须由眼前的工程用途来证明其价值。

• A submission is expected to show a high degree of novelty, which the journal sets as a condition rather than a preference.投稿被期望具有高度的新意，该刊把这一点设为条件而非偏好。

• Papers must contain a substantial discussion section that analyses and interprets the results, so that the outcomes advance understanding and push the field forward.论文必须包含一个充实的讨论部分，对结果加以分析与解释，使结论能推进认识并把领域向前推动。

• The journal states that incremental research papers are not acceptable.该刊声明，增量式的增量研究论文不予接受。

• The breadth of the field means that a wide range of processes and properties in materials science and engineering is of interest to its readers.这一领域的广度意味着材料科学与工程中范围很广的过程与性质都为该刊读者所关注。

• Atom-scale processes, microstructures, thermodynamics, mechanical properties, physical properties and corrosion are the examples the editors give.原子尺度过程，微观组织，热力学，力学性质，物理性质与腐蚀是编辑给出的例子。

• Fission reactor materials make up a named topic, and the list runs through fuels, cladding, core structures, pressure vessels, coolant interactions and fission product behaviour.裂变反应堆材料构成一个列出的主题，清单贯穿燃料，包壳，堆芯结构，压力容器，冷却剂相互作用与裂变产物行为。

• Materials aspects of the whole fuel cycle, of the actinides and of their compounds are taken, as are the performance of nuclear waste materials and their immobilisation.整个燃料循环，锕系元素及其化合物的材料学问题都在接收之列，核废料材料的性能及其固化也是如此。

• Fusion reactor materials close the list, and it covers first walls, blankets, insulators and magnets.聚变反应堆材料补足了清单，它涵盖第一壁，包层，绝缘体与磁体。

• Radiation effects in materials from neutrons and charged particles are treated in their own right, including defects, transmutations, microstructures, phase changes and macroscopic properties.中子和带电粒子在材料中引起的辐照效应被单独处理，包括缺陷，嬗变，微观组织，相变与宏观性质。

• The interaction of plasmas, ion beams, electron beams and electromagnetic radiation with materials relevant to nuclear systems forms a subject in itself.等离子体，离子束，电子束与电磁辐射同核系统相关材料之间的相互作用，本身构成一个选题。

• Materials aspects of the immobilisation of nuclear wastes close the list of topics that the journal sets out on its own pages.核废料固化的材料学问题补足了该刊在自己页面上列出的选题清单。

History

• The journal has been published since 1959, so it grew up alongside the first generation of civil nuclear power.该刊自 1959 年起出版，因此它与第一代民用核电一同成长。

• Its early imprint was the North Holland Publishing Company in Amsterdam, and the publisher is now Elsevier.其早期出版方是阿姆斯特丹的北荷兰出版公司，现在出版方是 Elsevier。

• The print number is 0022-3115 and the electronic number 1873-4820.其印本刊号为 0022-3115，电子刊号为 1873-4820。

• The journal has long carried articles in English, French or German, and it now publishes in English.该刊长期接收英文，法文或德文的文章，现在以英文出版。

• Its volumes have been issued in groups of four a year with three issues to a volume, which works out at twelve issues in twelvemonth.该刊每年出版四卷，每卷三期，合计一年十二期。

• Cumulative indexes were published for volumes 11 to 20 and later for volumes 111 to 120, which shows how long a run the title already had by the 1980s.该刊先后为第 11 至 20 卷以及第 111 至 120 卷出版累积索引，可见到 1980 年代它已有相当长的出版史。

• The 2025 impact factor is 3.3 and the five-year figure is 3.5, which places the title in the first quartile of nuclear science and technology.该刊 2025 年影响因子为 3.3，五年影响因子为 3.5，位于核科学与技术的第一象限。

• Its snapshot records more than forty-three thousand citations and 644 articles, among the largest annual outputs in its category.其快照记录总被引超过四万三千次，年发文 644 篇，在其类目中属于数一数二的年产出。

• The cited half-life of 11.4 years is long, which fits a field where results are used for decades of plant life.被引半衰期长达 11.4 年，这切合一个研究结果会被用于数十年电厂寿命的领域。

• About one article in five was open access in the same snapshot, so the journal remains largely a subscription title with an open option.在同一份快照中，约每五篇有一篇是开放获取，因此该刊大体仍是带开放选项的订阅刊物。

• The volumes are numbered continuously from 1959, and the fact that a cumulative index was needed for volumes 111 to 120 shows how far the run had gone by 1984.该刊自 1959 年起卷号连续，第 111 至 120 卷需要累积索引，足见到 1984 年这条出版线已经走了多远。

• The title sits in the publisher's materials and nuclear lists, and its papers are handled through the publisher's own online submission system.该刊同时出现在出版方的材料类与核类刊物清单中，稿件经由出版方自有的在线投稿系统处理。

• A submitted paper is expected to advance understanding rather than to add one more measurement to a result that is already established.投稿被期望推进认识，而不是在已经确立的结果上再添一次测量。

• The editorial team is spread across Belgium, Australia, France, China and the United States, which reflects the international character of the field it serves.编辑团队分布于比利时，澳大利亚，法国，中国与美国，这反映了其所服务领域的国际性质。

• Associate editors take charge of manuscripts within their own specialisms, and the subject list is wide enough that no single editor could cover all of it.副编辑负责各自专长范围内的稿件，而选题清单之广使任何一位编辑都无法独自覆盖。

• The board is refreshed from time to time, and the publisher lists the current members with their institutions beside their names.编委会不时更新，出版方把现任成员与所属机构一并列在名字旁边。

• Authors are directed to the editor whose expertise matches their subject when they submit through the online system.作者通过在线系统投稿时，会被引导到专业方向与其选题相符的编辑那里。

• Its back volumes remain available through the publisher's platform, and the older papers in them are still cited at a steady rate.该刊的过刊仍可通过出版方平台获取，其中较早的论文至今仍以稳定的速率被引用，这也解释了其被引半衰期为何偏长，这一特征在核材料领域尤为常见。

Editors

• (Gary Was) of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is editor-in-chief.（Gary Was）任职于密歇根大学安娜堡分校，是该刊主编。

• (Ann Leenaers) of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre in Mol is a senior editor.（Ann Leenaers）任职于莫尔的比利时核研究中心，是一位资深编辑。

• (Michael Preuss) of Monash University in Melbourne is a senior editor, and his work sits on the materials side of nuclear engineering.（Michael Preuss）任职于墨尔本的莫纳什大学，是一位资深编辑，其工作位于核工程的材料一侧。

• (Steven J. Zinkle) of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville is the third senior editor.（Steven J. Zinkle）任职于诺克斯维尔的田纳西大学，是第三位资深编辑。

• (Tommaso Barani) of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission at Cadarache is an associate editor.（Tommaso Barani）任职于法国原子能与替代能源委员会卡达拉什中心，是一位副编辑。

• (Anne Campbell) of Oak Ridge in Tennessee and (Peter Hosemann) of the University of California at Berkeley are associate editors.（Anne Campbell）任职于田纳西州的橡树岭，（Peter Hosemann）任职于加州大学伯克利分校，两人都是副编辑。

• (Xunxiang Hu) of Sichuan University in Chengdu and (Hefei Huang) of the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics bring Chinese institutions into the editorial team.（Xunxiang Hu）任职于成都的四川大学，（Hefei Huang）任职于上海应用物理研究所，把中国机构带入编辑团队。

• The board numbers 48 members in thirteen countries and regions, with the United States, France and Japan the largest contingents.编委会有 48 位成员，来自十三个国家与地区，其中美国，法国与日本的人数最多。

• The United Kingdom, China, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Korea and Sweden are represented by two or more members each, and Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain also appear.英国，中国，澳大利亚，加拿大，韩国与瑞典各有两位以上成员，比利时，德国，荷兰与西班牙也在名单之中。

• The board reported a gender split of 79 per cent men, nine per cent women and twelve per cent who preferred not to disclose, from about six members in ten who answered.在约六成作答的编委中，性别构成报告为 79% 男性，9% 女性与 12% 不愿披露。