Fusion Science and Technology

Fusion Science and Technology aims to be the leading source of timely information on fusion research. We publish technical papers, technical notes, critical reviews, rapid communications, book reviews, and letters to the editor on fusion applications, design, and system studies. Technical papers present archival, original contributions to the field of knowledge. Technical notes describe preliminary results or limited extensions of previously reported work. Critical reviews combine a focused topical overview with an extensive literature review to critically evaluate the state-of-the-art, but do not necessarily add new knowledge to the field. Rapid communications provide speedy publication, after accelerated review and processing, of innovative work of high and immediate interest to the journal readership. Book reviews give an overview of a recently published book, including a brief summary and statement of value to the community. Letters to the editor provide an expeditious medium for comments on editorial policies and for discussions on the content of other contributions. We welcome submissions that explore the following topics: -Fusion plasma physics- Fusion plasma engineering- Fusion plasma–enabling science and technology- Fusion nuclear technology and material science- Plasma and fusion energy physics- Tokamak experiments- Stellarators- Next-step burning plasma experiments- Target fabrication and technology for inertial confinement fusion- Inertial fusion science and applications- Tritium science and technology- Magnetic and inertial fusion energy reactor studies- Heating and current drive physics and technology- Plasma control- Plasma diagnostics. Once your article has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will be single-blind peer reviewed by expert referees.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Civil and Structural Engineering	1999	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2000	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2001	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2002	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2003	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2004	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2005	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2006	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2007	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2008	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2009	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2010	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2011	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2012	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2013	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2014	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2015	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2016	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2017	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2018	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2019	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2020	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2021	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2022	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	2023	Q3
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2021	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2023	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	1999	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2000	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2001	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2002	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2003	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2004	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2005	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2006	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2007	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2008	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2009	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2010	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2011	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2012	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2013	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2014	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2015	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2016	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2017	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2018	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2019	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2020	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2021	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2022	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2023	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	1999	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2000	Q2
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2001	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2002	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2003	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2004	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2005	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2006	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2007	Q2
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2008	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2009	Q2
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2010	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2011	Q2
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2012	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2013	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2014	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2015	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2016	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2017	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2018	Q2
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2019	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2020	Q2
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2021	Q2
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2022	Q3
Nuclear and High Energy Physics	2023	Q3
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	1999	Q1
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2000	Q1
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2001	Q1
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2002	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2003	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2004	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2005	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2006	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2007	Q1
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2008	Q1
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2009	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2010	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2011	Q1
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2012	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2013	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2014	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2015	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2016	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2017	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2018	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2019	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2020	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2021	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2022	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.387
2000	0.687
2001	0.491
2002	0.511
2003	0.337
2004	0.623
2005	0.415
2006	0.498
2007	0.679
2008	0.566
2009	0.583
2010	0.357
2011	0.617
2012	0.448
2013	0.382
2014	0.357
2015	0.411
2016	0.423
2017	0.383
2018	0.663
2019	0.449
2020	0.749
2021	0.576
2022	0.472
2023	0.355

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	153
2000	126
2001	311
2002	303
2003	171
2004	127
2005	500
2006	162
2007	378
2008	278
2009	316
2010	162
2011	445
2012	224
2013	189
2014	101
2015	266
2016	84
2017	207
2018	110
2019	118
2020	120
2021	100
2022	57
2023	185

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.363
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.563
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.651
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.540
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.487
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.800
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.724
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.003
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.755
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.813
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.740
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.969
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.642
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.711
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.559
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.682
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.677
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.922
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.135
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.066
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.395
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.274
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.004
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.157
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.363
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.633
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.684
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.585
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.458
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.507
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.972
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.791
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.046
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.765
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.928
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.677
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.083
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.670
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.671
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.521
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.767
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.784
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.027
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.192
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.297
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.189
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.319
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.982
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.083
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.374
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.608
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.695
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.600
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.472
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.656
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.279
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.774
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.076
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.902
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.805
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.744
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.155
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.647
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.625
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.613
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.910
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.689
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.054
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.553
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.069
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.162
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.345
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.914
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.968

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	51
Self Cites	2000	82
Self Cites	2001	94
Self Cites	2002	91
Self Cites	2003	90
Self Cites	2004	87
Self Cites	2005	206
Self Cites	2006	110
Self Cites	2007	254
Self Cites	2008	173
Self Cites	2009	211
Self Cites	2010	58
Self Cites	2011	250
Self Cites	2012	58
Self Cites	2013	79
Self Cites	2014	38
Self Cites	2015	77
Self Cites	2016	27
Self Cites	2017	88
Self Cites	2018	70
Self Cites	2019	47
Self Cites	2020	77
Self Cites	2021	35
Self Cites	2022	18
Self Cites	2023	55
Total Cites	1999	240
Total Cites	2000	317
Total Cites	2001	362
Total Cites	2002	345
Total Cites	2003	339
Total Cites	2004	398
Total Cites	2005	584
Total Cites	2006	631
Total Cites	2007	825
Total Cites	2008	796
Total Cites	2009	759
Total Cites	2010	658
Total Cites	2011	819
Total Cites	2012	618
Total Cites	2013	558
Total Cites	2014	447
Total Cites	2015	394
Total Cites	2016	436
Total Cites	2017	463
Total Cites	2018	664
Total Cites	2019	520
Total Cites	2020	517
Total Cites	2021	459
Total Cites	2022	332
Total Cites	2023	300

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.286
External Cites per document	2000	0.469
External Cites per document	2001	0.507
External Cites per document	2002	0.431
External Cites per document	2003	0.336
External Cites per document	2004	0.396
External Cites per document	2005	0.629
External Cites per document	2006	0.653
External Cites per document	2007	0.724
External Cites per document	2008	0.599
External Cites per document	2009	0.670
External Cites per document	2010	0.617
External Cites per document	2011	0.753
External Cites per document	2012	0.607
External Cites per document	2013	0.576
External Cites per document	2014	0.477
External Cites per document	2015	0.617
External Cites per document	2016	0.736
External Cites per document	2017	0.831
External Cites per document	2018	1.066
External Cites per document	2019	1.180
External Cites per document	2020	1.011
External Cites per document	2021	1.218
External Cites per document	2022	0.929
External Cites per document	2023	0.884
Cites per document	1999	0.363
Cites per document	2000	0.633
Cites per document	2001	0.684
Cites per document	2002	0.585
Cites per document	2003	0.458
Cites per document	2004	0.507
Cites per document	2005	0.972
Cites per document	2006	0.791
Cites per document	2007	1.046
Cites per document	2008	0.765
Cites per document	2009	0.928
Cites per document	2010	0.677
Cites per document	2011	1.083
Cites per document	2012	0.670
Cites per document	2013	0.671
Cites per document	2014	0.521
Cites per document	2015	0.767
Cites per document	2016	0.784
Cites per document	2017	1.027
Cites per document	2018	1.192
Cites per document	2019	1.297
Cites per document	2020	1.189
Cites per document	2021	1.319
Cites per document	2022	0.982
Cites per document	2023	1.083

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	14.38
2000	12.70
2001	14.15
2002	0.99
2003	15.79
2004	21.26
2005	17.80
2006	26.54
2007	16.40
2008	23.38
2009	15.82
2010	20.37
2011	17.75
2012	22.77
2013	22.22
2014	23.76
2015	17.67
2016	16.67
2017	16.91
2018	16.36
2019	22.03
2020	19.17
2021	16.00
2022	17.54
2023	17.84

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	3
Non-citable documents	2000	4
Non-citable documents	2001	3
Non-citable documents	2002	11
Non-citable documents	2003	18
Non-citable documents	2004	22
Non-citable documents	2005	16
Non-citable documents	2006	16
Non-citable documents	2007	21
Non-citable documents	2008	28
Non-citable documents	2009	32
Non-citable documents	2010	32
Non-citable documents	2011	26
Non-citable documents	2012	26
Non-citable documents	2013	21
Non-citable documents	2014	22
Non-citable documents	2015	12
Non-citable documents	2016	13
Non-citable documents	2017	11
Non-citable documents	2018	13
Non-citable documents	2019	13
Non-citable documents	2020	14
Non-citable documents	2021	11
Non-citable documents	2022	7
Non-citable documents	2023	3
Citable documents	1999	658
Citable documents	2000	497
Citable documents	2001	526
Citable documents	2002	579
Citable documents	2003	722
Citable documents	2004	763
Citable documents	2005	585
Citable documents	2006	782
Citable documents	2007	768
Citable documents	2008	1012
Citable documents	2009	786
Citable documents	2010	940
Citable documents	2011	730
Citable documents	2012	897
Citable documents	2013	810
Citable documents	2014	836
Citable documents	2015	502
Citable documents	2016	543
Citable documents	2017	440
Citable documents	2018	544
Citable documents	2019	388
Citable documents	2020	421
Citable documents	2021	337
Citable documents	2022	331
Citable documents	2023	274

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	519
Uncited documents	2000	326
Uncited documents	2001	346
Uncited documents	2002	390
Uncited documents	2003	528
Uncited documents	2004	569
Uncited documents	2005	344
Uncited documents	2006	478
Uncited documents	2007	447
Uncited documents	2008	664
Uncited documents	2009	499
Uncited documents	2010	637
Uncited documents	2011	400
Uncited documents	2012	615
Uncited documents	2013	537
Uncited documents	2014	610
Uncited documents	2015	323
Uncited documents	2016	331
Uncited documents	2017	263
Uncited documents	2018	306
Uncited documents	2019	213
Uncited documents	2020	212
Uncited documents	2021	144
Uncited documents	2022	185
Uncited documents	2023	144
Cited documents	1999	142
Cited documents	2000	175
Cited documents	2001	183
Cited documents	2002	200
Cited documents	2003	212
Cited documents	2004	216
Cited documents	2005	257
Cited documents	2006	320
Cited documents	2007	342
Cited documents	2008	376
Cited documents	2009	319
Cited documents	2010	335
Cited documents	2011	356
Cited documents	2012	308
Cited documents	2013	294
Cited documents	2014	248
Cited documents	2015	191
Cited documents	2016	225
Cited documents	2017	188
Cited documents	2018	251
Cited documents	2019	188
Cited documents	2020	223
Cited documents	2021	204
Cited documents	2022	153
Cited documents	2023	133

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	6.25
2000	16.67
2001	8.16
2002	12.77
2003	7.72
2004	11.90
2005	10.71
2006	11.75
2007	8.16
2008	14.50
2009	9.93
2010	9.83
2011	14.94
2012	15.70
2013	14.07
2014	17.60
2015	14.75
2016	15.38
2017	17.10
2018	20.47
2019	17.88
2020	21.50
2021	14.94
2022	26.67
2023	21.36

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	1
Overton	2001	1
Overton	2002	2
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	0
Overton	2005	0
Overton	2006	0
Overton	2007	0
Overton	2008	1
Overton	2009	0
Overton	2010	0
Overton	2011	0
Overton	2012	0
Overton	2013	1
Overton	2014	0
Overton	2015	0
Overton	2016	0
Overton	2017	3
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	1
Overton	2020	1
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	1