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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology

Korean Radioactive Waste Society · South Korea · Est. 2003

ISSN2288-5471

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.369

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.561

Total Worksi

846

Total Citationsi

1,763

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology (JNFCWT) is a quarterly journal publishing peer-reviewed papers in various research areas associated with the nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste management. The journal is managed by the Korean Radioactive Waste Society. JNFCWT provides a forum for all stakeholders in the field of nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste management aiming at sharing and disseminating state of the art technical information, lessons learned from industrial experiences, and discussions on current socio-political issues. JNFCWT publishes the results of original research in the format of review articles, commentaries, and technical notes. From Volume 1 (2003) to Volume 11 (2013), this journal was published as the Journal of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society. It was renamed to the Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology (JNFCWT) in 2013. As of 2022, the journal is listed in the SCOPUS of Elsevier and ESCI of Clarivate as well. JNFCWT covers the following fields related to the nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste management as follows: 1. Policy, Safety, and Regulation of Nuclear Fuel Cycle / Non-proliferation, Safeguards, and Nuclear Security 2. Transportation and Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel 3. Treatment and Recycling of Spent Nuclear Fuel 4. High-Level Waste Immobilization and Disposal Technologies 5. Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Management 6. Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation 7. Radiation Protection, Shielding, and Environment 8. Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications846

Publisher OrgKorean Radioactive Waste Society

OA Since2010

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Radioactive Waste Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2288-5471

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

190

2018

179

2019

143

2020

102

2021

102

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Fuel TechnologyQ3

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Nuclear Energy and EngineeringQ3

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ3

Waste Management and DisposalQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nuclear Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalNuclear Energy and EngineeringManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawFuel TechnologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nuclear and radioactivity studiesGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studiesNuclear Materials and PropertiesRadioactive element chemistry and processingNuclear reactor physics and engineeringMolten salt chemistry and electrochemical processesRadioactive contamination and transferChemical Synthesis and CharacterizationExtraction and Separation ProcessesRisk and Safety Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology

Is Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology?

Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology 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 0.93.

Is Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.