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Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1983

ISSN1879-0836

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

2.647

H-Index

220

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.84

Total Works

11,166

Total Citations

422,887

2yr Mean Citedness

9.05

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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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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 915 articles / year

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

Times cited

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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