Reliability Engineering & System Safety
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Aims & Scope
Reliability Engineering and System Safety is an international journal devoted to the development and application of methods for the enhancement of the safety and reliability of complex technological systems, like nuclear power plants, chemical plants, hazardous waste facilities, space systems, offshore and maritime systems, transportation systems, constructed infrastructure and manufacturing plants. The journal normally publishes only articles that involve the analysis of substantive problems related to the reliability of complex systems or present techniques and/or theoretical results that have a discernable relationship to the solution of such problems. An important aim is to achieve a balance between academic material and practical applications. The following topics are within the scope of the journal: methods for reliability and probabilistic safety assessment; model and parameter uncertainties; aleatory and epistemic uncertainties, sensitivity analysis, data collection and analysis; engineering judgement and expert opinions; human reliability; test and maintenance policies; models for ageing and life extension; systems analysis of the impact of earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, winds, floods, etc.; codes, standards and safety criteria; operator decision support systems; software reliability; methods and applications of automatic fault detection and diagnosis; dynamic reliability; design and evaluation of man machine systems and human interfaces; design innovation for safety and reliability; safety culture; accident investigation and management. The journal does not normally publish articles that involve fuzzy sets and related non-probabilistic methods unless they contribute significantly to the solution of substantive problems related to the analysis of real systems. The journal will contain contributed material in the form of original research papers, review articles, industrial case studies, safety recommendations, and short communications.
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ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisReliability Engineering & System Safety (acronym: jress, abbr: RELIAB. ENG. SYST. SAF, ISSN: 0951-8320) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Management Science, published by Elsevier Ltd in England. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 13.7, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 2.838 (Q1), an H-index of 209.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an average review speed of 21.6周, a publication frequency of Monthly, an annual output of approximately 735 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,856 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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