Progress in Nuclear Energy

Progress in Nuclear Energy is an international review journal from Elsevier that covers nuclear science and engineering as applied to nuclear energy.《Progress in Nuclear Energy》是 Elsevier 出版的国际综述期刊，关注应用于核能领域的核科学与工程。

It favours medium-length and long papers, and directs short research reports to its sister title Annals of Nuclear Energy.刊物偏好中长篇论文，短篇研究报告则被引导至姊妹刊《Annals of Nuclear Energy》。

Coverage reaches reactor physics and thermal hydraulics, also safety and materials, and extends to the fuel cycle, fusion technology and nuclear economics.内容覆盖反应堆物理与热工水力，也覆盖安全与材料，并延伸到燃料循环、聚变技术和核电经济。

Scope

• The aims statement describes an international review journal for all aspects of nuclear science and engineering that bear on nuclear energy.征稿说明把刊物定位为国际综述期刊，涵盖与核能相关的核科学与工程各个方面。
• Reactor physics and neutron transport remain central, together with thermal hydraulics and multiphase flow in power plant systems.反应堆物理与中子输运居于核心，电厂系统中的热工水力与多相流动同样重要。
• Safety, siting and environmental impact are encouraged, as are probabilistic risk assessment and regulatory analysis.安全、选址与环境影响受到鼓励，概率风险评价与监管分析也在其列。
• Fuel management and the back end of the fuel cycle, including reprocessing and waste issues, are treated as technical subjects in their own right.燃料管理与燃料循环后端被视为独立的技术议题，后者涉及后处理与废物问题。
• Materials behaviour, radiation damage and fuel performance form a growing part of the journal.材料行为、辐照损伤与燃料性能在刊物中的比重不断上升。
• Fusion technology is covered through blanket physics and radiation damage, alongside fission reactor engineering.聚变技术通过包层物理与辐照损伤进入刊物视野，与裂变反应堆工程并列。
• New physics phenomena, design tools and analysis methods are explicitly within scope, provided they add knowledge rather than repeat known results.新物理现象、设计工具与分析方法明确属于范围，前提是增加知识而非重复已知结果。
• Economics, public policy and the social dimensions of nuclear power are accepted, including work on public engagement and megaprojects.核电经济、公共政策与社会维度同样被接受，包括公众参与和大型项目治理的研究。
• Nuclear cogeneration is included, although the journal asks that the nuclear power aspects remain the focus rather than the downstream applications.核能联产纳入范围，但刊物要求以核电环节而非下游应用为论述重点。
• Routine applications of computer codes that merely reproduce known reactor behaviour are rejected as better suited to laboratory reports.仅用计算程序重复已知反应堆行为的常规工作会被拒稿，刊物认为这类内容更适合作为实验室报告。
• Review articles are particularly sought, either invited by the editors or proposed by experts who contact an editor in advance.综述文章尤其受欢迎，可由编辑约请，也可由专家提前联系编辑提出选题。
• Contributions are expected to support the UN sustainable development goals on affordable and clean energy and on climate action.刊物希望来稿呼应联合国关于可负担清洁能源与气候行动的可持续发展目标。
• The journal publishes archival work of medium to long length, and it asks authors of short studies to consider Annals of Nuclear Energy instead.刊物发表中长篇的存档性研究，并建议短篇研究的作者改投《Annals of Nuclear Energy》。
• Small modular reactors and advanced reactor concepts have become a visible share of recent issues, including high-temperature gas-cooled designs.小型模块化反应堆与先进反应堆概念在近年的刊物中占据明显比重，高温气冷设计也在其中。

History

• Volume 1, issue 1 appeared in January 1977 under Pergamon Press, opening with an editorial that set out the journal's review mission.第一卷第一期于 1977 年 1 月由 Pergamon 出版社推出，开篇社论阐明了刊物的综述使命。
• The first volume mixed review essays with technical papers on reactor surveillance and plant operation.首卷把综述文章与反应堆监测、电厂运行的技术论文放在一起。
• Pergamon became part of Elsevier in the early 1990s, and the journal has been an Elsevier title since then.Pergamon 在 1990 年代初并入 Elsevier，刊物从此归入 Elsevier 旗下。
• Output expanded sharply after 2011, when a single annual volume gave way to several volumes a year.2011 年之后发文量迅速扩张，原先每年一卷的节奏变为每年数卷。
• Twelve volumes appeared in 2025, numbered 178 to 189, reflecting growth in submissions from Asia and from the small modular reactor field.2025 年共出版十二卷，编号从 178 到 189，反映出亚洲来稿与小型模块化反应堆领域的增长。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.2, with a five-year value of 3.5 and a rank of 5 among 42 nuclear science and technology titles.2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.2，五年影响因子为 3.5，在 42 种核科学与技术期刊中排名第 5。
• Impact factors rose from 2.256 in 2021 and 2.461 in 2022 to 3.3 in 2023, then held at 3.2 in 2024 and 2025.影响因子从 2021 年的 2.256 和 2022 年的 2.461 升至 2023 年的 3.3，2024 年与 2025 年维持在 3.2。
• The 2025 Journal Citation Indicator of 1.40 places the journal second among 42 titles in its category.2025 年期刊引证指标为 1.40，在本学科 42 种期刊中位列第二。
• CiteScore for the same period is 6.4, and the journal counted 470 articles and 11,726 citations in the 2025 report.同期 CiteScore 为 6.4，2025 年报告统计的论文数为 470 篇，总被引 11726 次。
• The title is hybrid, with a subscription route and an open access option priced at 3,200 dollars.刊物采用混合模式，保留订阅渠道，同时提供价格为 3200 美元的开放获取选项。
• Editorial speed is comparatively quick, with a median of five days to first decision and 151 days from submission to acceptance.编辑流程相对快捷，首次决定的中位时间为五天，从投稿到接受的中位时间为 151 天。
• Recent special issues cover molten salt reactors and high-temperature gas-cooled reactor safety, and also the fuel cycle of small modular reactors.近期专辑涉及熔盐堆与高温气冷堆安全，也涉及小型模块化反应堆燃料循环。
• The journal shares its field with Annals of Nuclear Energy, and the two titles divide long-form review work from shorter research papers.刊物与《Annals of Nuclear Energy》同处一个领域，两者大致以长篇综述和短篇研究论文分工。

Editors

• Yousry Azmy of North Carolina State University is Editor-in-Chief, with research interests in nuclear computational science and radiation transport.北卡罗来纳州立大学的 Yousry Azmy 担任主编，研究方向为核计算科学与辐射输运。
• Three editors cover reactor physics, materials and thermal hydraulics, namely Yonghee Kim at KAIST, Simon Middleburgh at Bangor and Dalin Zhang at Xi'an Jiaotong.三位编辑分别负责反应堆物理、材料与热工水力，分别是韩国科学技术院的 Yonghee Kim，班戈大学的 Simon Middleburgh，以及西安交通大学的 Dalin Zhang。
• Associate editors bring instrumentation, energy policy and thermal hydraulic safety, represented by Sacit Cetiner at Idaho National Laboratory, Markku Lehtonen at Pompeu Fabra and Antonella Lombardi Costa at Minas Gerais.副编辑带来仪表、能源政策与热工安全方面的专长，代表人物是爱达荷国家实验室的 Sacit Cetiner，庞培法布拉大学的 Markku Lehtonen，以及米纳斯吉拉斯联邦大学的 Antonella Lombardi Costa。
• The board has 37 members from 12 countries, with 13 in the United States, 10 in the United Kingdom and three in Brazil.编委会由 12 个国家的 37 位成员组成，其中美国 13 位，英国 10 位，巴西 3 位。
• Among respondents to the publisher's diversity survey, 64 percent are men and 36 percent are women.在出版方多样性调查的回复者中，男性占 64%，女性占 36%。
• The advisory board gathers national laboratories and universities, with Los Alamos and Idaho National Laboratory represented, and JAEA and Culham Centre for Fusion Energy also taking part.顾问委员会汇集多国实验室与高校，洛斯阿拉莫斯与爱达荷国家实验室在列，日本原子能研究开发机构与卡勒姆聚变能源中心同样参与，塞拉菲尔德和马克斯·普朗克等离子体物理研究所也派出成员。
• Manuscripts are assigned to an editor, sent to external referees and decided on the basis of those reports.稿件分配给编辑后送外审，决定依据审稿报告作出。
• Review articles can be proposed by contacting an editor, and the editors commission others directly.综述选题可以通过联系编辑提出，部分综述由编辑直接约请。
• The journal states that papers built only on routine code runs will be declined, and it asks for work that expands knowledge in the field.刊物明确表示只靠常规程序计算支撑的论文会被拒收，并要求研究能够扩展领域知识。
• Editorial handling follows Elsevier's publication ethics framework, including competing interest declarations and data availability statements.编辑流程遵循 Elsevier 的出版伦理框架，包括利益冲突申报与数据可得性声明。
• The board spans national laboratories, universities and industry, which keeps applied reactor engineering visible in the review process.编委来自国家实验室、高校与产业界，使应用反应堆工程在评审中保持可见度。
• Guest editors organise thematic issues, most recently on molten salt reactor technology for the EUROMOST 2026 special issue.客座编辑负责组织专题，最近一次是 EUROMOST 2026 熔盐堆技术专辑。