Reliability Engineering & System Safety

Reliability Engineering & System Safety is a monthly peer-reviewed journal founded in 1980 and published by Elsevier in association with the European Safety and Reliability Association, devoted to the safety and reliability of complex technological systems, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 13.7（Reliability Engineering & System Safety）创刊于 1980 年，由（Elsevier）出版并与（European Safety and Reliability Association）合作，聚焦复杂技术系统的安全性与可靠性，2025 年影响因子为 13.7。

Scope

• It addresses the enhancement of the safety and reliability of complex technological systems such as nuclear power plants, chemical plants, hazardous waste facilities, space systems, offshore and maritime systems, transportation systems, constructed infrastructure and manufacturing plants研究核电站、化工厂、危险废物设施、航天系统、海洋与海事系统、运输系统、建筑基础设施与制造工厂等复杂技术系统的安全性与可靠性提升。
• Core methods include reliability and probabilistic safety assessment, model and parameter uncertainties, aleatory and epistemic uncertainties, sensitivity analysis, and data collection and analysis核心方法包括可靠性与概率安全评估、模型与参数不确定性、偶然与认知不确定性、敏感性分析，以及数据采集与分析。^[1][2][3]
• It covers engineering judgement and expert opinions, human reliability, test and maintenance policies, and models for ageing and life extension涵盖工程判断与专家意见、人因可靠性、试验与维修策略，以及老化与寿命延长模型。
• It analyses the impact of earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, winds and floods on engineering systems and covers codes, standards, safety criteria and operator decision support systems分析地震、火灾、龙卷风、风与洪水对工程系统的影响，并涉及规范、标准、安全准则与操作员决策支持系统。
• Further topics are software reliability, automatic fault detection and diagnosis, dynamic reliability, and the design and evaluation of man machine systems and human interfaces其他方向包括软件可靠性、自动故障检测与诊断、动态可靠性，以及人机系统与人机界面的设计与评估。
• It also covers design innovation for safety and reliability, safety culture, and accident investigation and management还涵盖面向安全与可靠性的设计创新、安全文化，以及事故调查与管理。
• Article types include original research papers, review articles, industrial case studies, safety recommendations and short communications文章类型包括原创研究论文、综述、工业案例研究、安全建议与短篇通讯。

History

• It was founded in 1980 as Reliability Engineering, published in England by Elsevier Applied Science Publishers该刊于 1980 年以（Reliability Engineering）之名创刊，由位于英格兰的（Elsevier Applied Science Publishers）出版。
• It was renamed Reliability Engineering & System Safety in 1988, continuing the volume numbering from volume 201988 年更名为（Reliability Engineering & System Safety），卷号自第 20 卷起延续。
• It is published in association with the European Safety and Reliability Association and the Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis Division该刊与（European Safety and Reliability Association）及（Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis Division）合作出版。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Scopus）收录。
• It appears monthly with twelve issues a year该刊按月出版，一年 12 期。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 6.188 in 2021 and 7.247 in 2022 to 11.0 in 2024 and 13.7 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 6.188 与 2022 年的 7.247，升至 2024 年的 11.0 与 2025 年的 13.7。

Editors

• Its Editor-in-Chief is Marko Cepin of the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia其主编为（Marko Cepin），任职于斯洛文尼亚（University of Ljubljana）。
• Its Managing Editor is Leandro Iannacone of Lund University in Sweden其执行编辑为（Leandro Iannacone），任职于瑞典（Lund University）。
• Its Editors include G. Levitin of the Independent System Operator Ltd. in Israel其编辑包括以色列（Independent System Operator Ltd.）的（G. Levitin）。
• Its Triage Editors are Marcos Valdebenito and Matthias Faes of TU Dortmund University in Germany, Pengfei Wei of Northwestern Polytechnical University in China, Min Xie of City University of Hong Kong, and Elena Zaitseva of the University of Zilina in Slovakia其分诊编辑为德国（TU Dortmund University）的（Marcos Valdebenito）与（Matthias Faes）、中国（Northwestern Polytechnical University）的（Pengfei Wei）、（City University of Hong Kong）的（Min Xie），以及斯洛伐克（University of Zilina）的（Elena Zaitseva）。
• Its Associate Editors include David Coit of Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Yanfu Li of Tsinghua University and Alessandro Contento of Fuzhou University其副编辑包括（Rutgers The State University of New Jersey）的（David Coit）、（Tsinghua University）的（Yanfu Li）与（Fuzhou University）的（Alessandro Contento）。
• Its former Editors are George Apostolakis of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carlos Guedes Soares of the University of Lisbon其历任编辑为（Massachusetts Institute of Technology）的（George Apostolakis）与（University of Lisbon）的（Carlos Guedes Soares）。
• Editorial Board members include Nancy Leveson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Terje Aven of the University of Stavanger, Enrico Zio of the Polytechnic University of Milan and Bruno Sudret of ETH Zurich编委会成员包括（Massachusetts Institute of Technology）的（Nancy Leveson）、（University of Stavanger）的（Terje Aven）、（Polytechnic University of Milan）的（Enrico Zio）与（ETH Zurich）的（Bruno Sudret）。