Introduction and Purpose of the Journal
Nuclear Power Engineering, founded in 1980 and sponsored by the director of Nuclear Power Institute of China, is a journal of Nuclear Energy and Power Branch of Chinese Nuclear Society. It has been selected as a T1 journal in the nuclear field of Chinese Nuclear Society, a core Chinese journal of Peking University, a core journal of science and technology in China, and a journal in the World Journal Clout Index Report. Its influence index has long ranked Q1 area of domestic nuclear science and technology journals.
Nuclear Power Engineering mainly publishes the latest research results and trends in the field of nuclear energy science and technology in China, and comprehensively introduces the latest achievements and development trends in theoretical research, experimental technology, engineering design, NPP operation and maintenance, safety protection, equipment development in the field of nuclear energy and power and other fields directly related to nuclear energy and power application in China.
Indexing Status
Nuclear Power Engineering is indexed by several databases, including Engineering Index (EI, USA), Chemical Abstracts (CA, USA), Japan Science and Technology Agency Database (JST, Japan), Scopus Database (Netherlands), China Science Citation Database (CSCD, China), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, China), China Lifelong Education Academic Research Database, and World Journal Clout Index (WJCI) of Scientific and Technological Periodicals (China).
Scope of Articles Received
The main format of articles for the journal is research papers, and the primary sections include:
Reactor physics and thermal-hydraulics
Nuclear fuel and reactor structural materials
Structural mechanics
Security and control
Circuit and equipment
Column on operation and maintenance of national key laboratory of advanced nuclear energy technology
Column on national key laboratory of nuclear reactor technology
Journal Honors
The journal has received several awards, including the Second Prize for Excellent National Defense Journals from the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the First Prize for Excellent Academic Journals from the China Association for Science and Technology, the Second Prize for National Excellent Journals, the First Prize for the Second Sichuan Provincial Excellent Journals, the First Prize for the Third Sichuan Provincial Excellent Journals, the Second Prize for National Excellent Energy Journals, the Caj-cd Standard Awarded Journal, the High-quality Science and Technology Journals of Colleges and Universities in Sichuan Province, the First-Class Journals of Sichuan and Chongqing, and the Xiniu Program - Excellent Chinese Science and Technology Journals.