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Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1983

ISSN1879-0836

SJR Q1✓ 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 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.838

H-Indexi

220

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.84

Total Worksi

11,166

Total Citationsi

422,887

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Reliability Engineering and System Safety is an international journal dedicated to the development and application of methods aimed at enhancing the safety and reliability of complex technological systems. It aims to achieve a balance between academic material and practical applications.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1983

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,166

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-0836

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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?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

398

19k

2019

525

23k

2020

688

34k

2021

610

28k

2022

748

27k

2023

750

18k

2024

1.3k

9.3k

2025

842

533

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.

Applied MathematicsQ1

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ1

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, IndustrialOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringApplied MathematicsSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reliability and Maintenance OptimizationRisk and Safety AnalysisProbabilistic and Robust Engineering DesignSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchStatistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsInfrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability AnalysisOccupational Health and Safety ResearchFault Detection and Control SystemsMachine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesPower System Reliability and Maintenance

Frequently asked questions about Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Is Reliability Engineering and System Safety a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Reliability Engineering and System Safety: 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 Reliability Engineering and System Safety?

Reliability Engineering and System Safety 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 9.05.

Is Reliability Engineering and System Safety indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Reliability Engineering and System Safety is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.