Reliability Engineering and System Safety

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.

Join the conversation about this journal

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
Applied Mathematics	1999	Q3
Applied Mathematics	2000	Q4
Applied Mathematics	2001	Q3
Applied Mathematics	2002	Q3
Applied Mathematics	2003	Q3
Applied Mathematics	2004	Q3
Applied Mathematics	2005	Q3
Applied Mathematics	2006	Q2
Applied Mathematics	2007	Q2
Applied Mathematics	2008	Q2
Applied Mathematics	2009	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2010	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2011	Q2
Applied Mathematics	2012	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2013	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2014	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2015	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2016	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2017	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2018	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2019	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2020	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2021	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2022	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2023	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	1999	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2000	Q2
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2001	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2002	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2003	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2004	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2005	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2006	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2007	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2008	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2009	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2010	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2011	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2012	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2013	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2014	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2015	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2016	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2017	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2018	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2019	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2020	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2021	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2022	Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	2023	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	1999	Q2
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2000	Q3
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2001	Q2
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2002	Q2
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2003	Q2
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2004	Q2
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2005	Q2
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2006	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2007	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2008	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2009	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2010	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2011	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2012	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2013	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2014	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2015	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2016	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2017	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2018	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2019	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2020	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2021	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2022	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2023	Q1

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	0.296
2000	0.230
2001	0.389
2002	0.458
2003	0.414
2004	0.482
2005	0.504
2006	0.672
2007	0.740
2008	0.932
2009	1.142
2010	1.270
2011	0.818
2012	1.512
2013	1.327
2014	1.419
2015	1.316
2016	1.422
2017	1.665
2018	1.944
2019	1.925
2020	1.761
2021	1.824
2022	1.760
2023	2.028

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	112
2000	101
2001	123
2002	131
2003	124
2004	115
2005	117
2006	151
2007	170
2008	185
2009	207
2010	141
2011	166
2012	153
2013	215
2014	223
2015	273
2016	235
2017	281
2018	280
2019	371
2020	515
2021	616
2022	580
2023	662

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	0.538
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.686
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.684
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.850
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.105
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.096
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.507
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	2.201
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	2.266
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.608
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	3.056
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	3.401
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	3.634
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	4.262
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	4.022
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	4.056
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	4.556
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	4.229
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	5.390
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	5.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	6.531
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	7.220
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	7.442
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	8.593
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	9.397
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.538
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.596
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.698
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.923
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.073
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.114
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.476
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	2.177
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	2.217
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.416
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	3.067
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	3.210
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.666
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	4.125
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	3.661
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	3.949
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.306
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	4.170
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	5.224
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	5.342
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	6.382
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	7.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	7.499
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	8.589
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	9.638
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.376
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.552
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.662
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.893
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.075
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.929
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.444
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	2.155
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.966
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	2.302
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.662
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	3.237
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	3.388
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	3.590
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	3.342
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.731
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	4.094
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	3.968
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	5.116
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	4.984
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	6.225
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	7.017
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	7.005
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	8.458
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	10.370

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	60
Self Cites	2000	93
Self Cites	2001	97
Self Cites	2002	135
Self Cites	2003	124
Self Cites	2004	74
Self Cites	2005	89
Self Cites	2006	130
Self Cites	2007	136
Self Cites	2008	107
Self Cites	2009	258
Self Cites	2010	213
Self Cites	2011	224
Self Cites	2012	292
Self Cites	2013	277
Self Cites	2014	323
Self Cites	2015	443
Self Cites	2016	486
Self Cites	2017	626
Self Cites	2018	666
Self Cites	2019	839
Self Cites	2020	1326
Self Cites	2021	2329
Self Cites	2022	3978
Self Cites	2023	4986
Total Cites	1999	168
Total Cites	2000	189
Total Cites	2001	217
Total Cites	2002	310
Total Cites	2003	381
Total Cites	2004	421
Total Cites	2005	546
Total Cites	2006	775
Total Cites	2007	849
Total Cites	2008	1058
Total Cites	2009	1552
Total Cites	2010	1804
Total Cites	2011	1954
Total Cites	2012	2120
Total Cites	2013	1684
Total Cites	2014	2109
Total Cites	2015	2545
Total Cites	2016	2965
Total Cites	2017	3819
Total Cites	2018	4215
Total Cites	2019	5080
Total Cites	2020	6627
Total Cites	2021	8744
Total Cites	2022	12901
Total Cites	2023	16491

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	0.346
External Cites per document	2000	0.303
External Cites per document	2001	0.386
External Cites per document	2002	0.521
External Cites per document	2003	0.724
External Cites per document	2004	0.918
External Cites per document	2005	1.235
External Cites per document	2006	1.812
External Cites per document	2007	1.862
External Cites per document	2008	2.171
External Cites per document	2009	2.557
External Cites per document	2010	2.831
External Cites per document	2011	3.246
External Cites per document	2012	3.556
External Cites per document	2013	3.059
External Cites per document	2014	3.345
External Cites per document	2015	3.557
External Cites per document	2016	3.487
External Cites per document	2017	4.368
External Cites per document	2018	4.498
External Cites per document	2019	5.328
External Cites per document	2020	5.688
External Cites per document	2021	5.502
External Cites per document	2022	5.941
External Cites per document	2023	6.724
Cites per document	1999	0.538
Cites per document	2000	0.596
Cites per document	2001	0.698
Cites per document	2002	0.923
Cites per document	2003	1.073
Cites per document	2004	1.114
Cites per document	2005	1.476
Cites per document	2006	2.177
Cites per document	2007	2.217
Cites per document	2008	2.416
Cites per document	2009	3.067
Cites per document	2010	3.210
Cites per document	2011	3.666
Cites per document	2012	4.125
Cites per document	2013	3.661
Cites per document	2014	3.949
Cites per document	2015	4.306
Cites per document	2016	4.170
Cites per document	2017	5.224
Cites per document	2018	5.342
Cites per document	2019	6.382
Cites per document	2020	7.111
Cites per document	2021	7.499
Cites per document	2022	8.589
Cites per document	2023	9.638

% 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	10.71
2000	11.88
2001	13.01
2002	11.45
2003	15.32
2004	13.04
2005	19.66
2006	19.21
2007	26.47
2008	21.08
2009	24.15
2010	27.66
2011	28.31
2012	31.37
2013	32.09
2014	30.49
2015	37.36
2016	34.89
2017	44.13
2018	38.93
2019	38.27
2020	34.17
2021	36.69
2022	34.48
2023	30.97

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	4
Non-citable documents	2000	4
Non-citable documents	2001	2
Non-citable documents	2002	5
Non-citable documents	2003	8
Non-citable documents	2004	13
Non-citable documents	2005	12
Non-citable documents	2006	10
Non-citable documents	2007	11
Non-citable documents	2008	18
Non-citable documents	2009	32
Non-citable documents	2010	33
Non-citable documents	2011	24
Non-citable documents	2012	12
Non-citable documents	2013	6
Non-citable documents	2014	9
Non-citable documents	2015	9
Non-citable documents	2016	12
Non-citable documents	2017	10
Non-citable documents	2018	11
Non-citable documents	2019	8
Non-citable documents	2020	9
Non-citable documents	2021	7
Non-citable documents	2022	7
Non-citable documents	2023	6
Citable documents	1999	308
Citable documents	2000	313
Citable documents	2001	309
Citable documents	2002	331
Citable documents	2003	347
Citable documents	2004	365
Citable documents	2005	358
Citable documents	2006	346
Citable documents	2007	372
Citable documents	2008	420
Citable documents	2009	474
Citable documents	2010	529
Citable documents	2011	509
Citable documents	2012	502
Citable documents	2013	454
Citable documents	2014	525
Citable documents	2015	582
Citable documents	2016	699
Citable documents	2017	721
Citable documents	2018	778
Citable documents	2019	788
Citable documents	2020	923
Citable documents	2021	1159
Citable documents	2022	1495
Citable documents	2023	1705

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	221
Uncited documents	2000	206
Uncited documents	2001	198
Uncited documents	2002	189
Uncited documents	2003	176
Uncited documents	2004	183
Uncited documents	2005	143
Uncited documents	2006	102
Uncited documents	2007	111
Uncited documents	2008	116
Uncited documents	2009	107
Uncited documents	2010	114
Uncited documents	2011	80
Uncited documents	2012	83
Uncited documents	2013	55
Uncited documents	2014	71
Uncited documents	2015	79
Uncited documents	2016	121
Uncited documents	2017	86
Uncited documents	2018	81
Uncited documents	2019	58
Uncited documents	2020	75
Uncited documents	2021	56
Uncited documents	2022	60
Uncited documents	2023	46
Cited documents	1999	91
Cited documents	2000	111
Cited documents	2001	113
Cited documents	2002	147
Cited documents	2003	179
Cited documents	2004	195
Cited documents	2005	227
Cited documents	2006	254
Cited documents	2007	272
Cited documents	2008	322
Cited documents	2009	399
Cited documents	2010	448
Cited documents	2011	453
Cited documents	2012	431
Cited documents	2013	405
Cited documents	2014	463
Cited documents	2015	512
Cited documents	2016	590
Cited documents	2017	645
Cited documents	2018	708
Cited documents	2019	738
Cited documents	2020	857
Cited documents	2021	1110
Cited documents	2022	1442
Cited documents	2023	1665

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	17.14
2000	16.43
2001	16.07
2002	15.82
2003	13.39
2004	16.36
2005	13.54
2006	20.42
2007	19.64
2008	16.62
2009	21.08
2010	21.01
2011	23.51
2012	20.66
2013	22.95
2014	20.97
2015	23.76
2016	24.87
2017	23.75
2018	24.89
2019	22.39
2020	26.12
2021	25.49
2022	25.89
2023	29.35

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	0
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	19
Overton	2005	16
Overton	2006	22
Overton	2007	27
Overton	2008	34
Overton	2009	28
Overton	2010	21
Overton	2011	28
Overton	2012	22
Overton	2013	16
Overton	2014	25
Overton	2015	32
Overton	2016	14
Overton	2017	16
Overton	2018	17
Overton	2019	18
Overton	2020	8
Overton	2021	21
Overton	2022	2
Overton	2023	0