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Nuclear Fusion

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN1741-4326

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

158

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 143d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.27

H-Indexi

185

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.764

Total Worksi

13,973

Total Citationsi

373,337

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Physics, Fluids & Plasmas; Condensed Matter Physics; Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 533 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications13,973

Publisher OrgIOP Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~21 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

ChinaPorticoNational Digital Preservation ProgramCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1741-4326

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

China, Portico, National Digital Preservation Program, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

492

13k

2019

457

8.7k

2020

559

10k

2021

424

5.6k

2022

406

4.2k

2023

623

4.4k

2024

569

1.3k

2025

317

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.

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ1

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Fluids & Plasmas

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsCondensed Matter Physics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Magnetic confinement fusion researchIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsFusion materials and technologiesLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsSuperconducting Materials and ApplicationsParticle accelerators and beam dynamicsPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsNuclear reactor physics and engineeringNuclear Materials and Properties

Frequently asked questions about Nuclear Fusion

Is Nuclear Fusion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nuclear Fusion: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Nuclear Fusion?

Nuclear Fusion 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 3.47.

Is Nuclear Fusion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nuclear Fusion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Nuclear Fusion?