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Fusion Engineering and Design

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0920-3796eISSN1873-7196

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.626

H-Indexi

106

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.219

Total Worksi

16,429

Total Citationsi

189,598

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nuclear Science & Technology; Civil and Structural Engineering; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Mechanical Engineering; Nuclear Energy and Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 631 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications16,429

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0920-3796 / 1873-7196

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

876

9.5k

2019

670

2020

727

6.6k

2021

317

2.9k

2022

618

3.1k

2023

560

2024

716

2025

258

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Nuclear Energy and EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nuclear Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Nuclear Energy and EngineeringMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Mechanical EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fusion materials and technologiesMagnetic confinement fusion researchSuperconducting Materials and ApplicationsNuclear Materials and PropertiesNuclear reactor physics and engineering

Frequently asked questions about Fusion Engineering and Design

Is Fusion Engineering and Design a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fusion Engineering and Design: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Fusion Engineering and Design?

Fusion Engineering and Design is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.77.

Is Fusion Engineering and Design indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fusion Engineering and Design is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Fusion Engineering and Design?