Editorial

The ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science (NERS)¹ celebrates its eleventh year from the date of establishment (the Journal was established in 2014) and tenth year from our first issue (published in January of 2015). On this occasion, I would like to congratulate all members of our Journal Board, reviewers, authors, and readers with these dates. Also, the Journal received a Journal Impact Factor in 2023.

First of all, we would like to admit those Associate and Guest Editors, whose terms have expired in 2024, for their valuable contributions to the Journal and nuclear engineering/radiation science:

Associate Editors:

• Liangzhi Cao, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

• Mauro Cappelli, ENEA, Italy

• Yonghee Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)

• Cecilia Martin-del-Campo, National Autonomous University of Mexico

• Arun Kumar Nayak, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

• Eugene Shwageraus, University of Cambridge, UK

• Craig F. Smith, Naval Postgraduate School, USA

• Georgy Tikhomirov, National Research Nuclear University MEPHI, Russia

• Shoaib Usman, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

• Ilan Yaar, NRCN, Israel

Guest Editors:

• Ignacio Gomez, Commissariat à l’énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA), France

• Dorde Petrovic, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre—SCK CEN

• Thomas Romming, Sanmed GmbH

• Marius Tchonang-Pokaha, Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa

• Mitja Ursic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

Also, we would like to welcome new Associate and Guest Editors, who have joined our Journal Board or started their second term in 2024:

Associate Editors:

• Marc Barrachin (second term), IRSN, France

• Adam Burak, University of Michigan, USA

• Kastanya Doddy, Kinectrics Inc., Canada

• Read Nathaniel, University of Cambridge, UK

• Martin Schulc (second term), Research Centre Rez, Czech Republic

• Yanlin Wang, Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC)

• Sheng Zhang, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Guest Editors

• Rosa Lo Frano, University of Pisa, Italy

• Afaque Shams, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

• Qian Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

With the abovementioned changes in the lists of Associate and Guest Editors, our editorial team consists of 1 Editor (Ed), 23 AEs, and 4 GEs, whom represent 14 countries with nuclear-power reactors: Canada (2 AE); China (4 AEs and 1 GE); Czech Republic (1 AE); France (1 AE); Germany (1 AE); India (1 AE); Japan (3 AEs); Pakistan (1 AE); Slovenia (1 Editor); UK (1 AE); and U.S. (4 AEs); and 3 countries without nuclear-power reactors: Italy (1 AE and 1 GE), Saudi Arabia (1 GE), and Serbia (1 AE).

During our tenth year, we have published four issues electronically and as hard copies (as planned, always on time or ahead of a schedule) with about 100 papers, including one Special Issue and one Special Section with selected augmented and revised papers:

Issue 1, January 2024:

SI—Special Issue: Selected Augmented and Revised Papers from the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe (NENE) 2022.

Issue 3, July 2024:

Special Section: Progress in Advanced Nuclear Reactors

We would like to share some statistics on papers accepted for publication in our Journal by country, as such, the largest contributors within 2015–2024 were: (1) Canada—174 papers; (2) U.S.—110; (3) China—103; (4) Japan—72; (5) Czech Republic—71; (6) India—50; (7) Germany—47; (8) Italy—32; (9) France—31; and (10) UK—25; and in total: ∼892 papers have been published! Also, we have noticed that many countries without operating nuclear-power reactors (Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, DR of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, and Turkey) have submitted papers to our Journal. In total, we have published papers from 55 countries.

Also, we must keep the highest quality level of published papers. Therefore, we have the following statistics on papers, which have not been accepted for publication: Rejected ∼20%; Withdrawn ∼8%; and Removed ∼24%, i.e., in total ∼52% from all submitted papers. By maintaining a comprehensive, objective, and independent peer-review process, we are publishing papers in the ASME J. NERS that are of a much higher quality and credibility relative to those that have no independent and objective peer review.

Our plans for this year are:

• Publish four issues with a larger number of papers and to make the “waiting time” for publishing as short as possible.

• Publish several Special Issues.

The Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science is currently included in the Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index, and Scopus. The title is also included in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).

And finally, we hope that you will join us in our Journal as authors of submitted manuscripts and as reviewers. This is indeed a unique international journal, which combines research, industrial operating experience, new designs/systems, safety analysis, applications of nuclear energy, and many other related topics that change the world and our lives for the better! We also hope you will enjoy reading papers that follow.

Professor I. Pioro, Founding Editor (2014) and Editor-in-Chief (2014–September 2024), would like to express his great appreciation to all Associate Editors, Guest Editors, reviewers, authors, ASME staff, and readers for their continuous support to our Journal within these years and to wish all the best in their professional and personal lives!

Professor L. Cizelj, Editor-in-Chief (September 2024–), would like to express thanks to Professor I. Pioro for his decade long excellent and vigorous editorial work and leadership in advancing J. of NERS.

On behalf of the ASME J. of NERS Editorial Board,