About this journal
Aims and scope
Research in Nondestructive Evaluation is the flagship research journal of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. Since 1989, RNDE has published peer-reviewed papers on novel experimental and theoretical investigations that advance state-of-the-art nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM) methods such as acoustic and ultrasonic testing, electromagnetics, radiography, and thermography, as well as optical techniques.RNDE’s scope includes original research on NDE and SHM sensor/method development and verification studies as well as novel applications of NDE in various fields. The scope also includes the application of machine learning in NDE data analysis and interpretation.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor regarding quality and consistency with the Aims and Scope, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 12K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.1 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.620 (2023) SNIP
- 0.343 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 70 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 108 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 27% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Parisa Shokouhi,
Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
Email:
Editorial Board
John C. Duke, Jr., Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Daniel Algernon - SVTI Swiss Association for Technical Inspections, Switzerland
Imad L. Al-Qadi - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Walter Arnold - Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany
Mourad Bentahar - Universite' du Maine, Le Mans, France
Andriy M. Chertov - University of Windsor, ON, Canada
Ehsan Dehghan-Niri - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
Yiming Deng - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Boro Djordjevic - Materials and Sensors Technologies, Inc., Severna Park, MD, USA
Kristen M. Donnell - Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA
Anton Du Plessis - Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou - Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Trey Gordon - Boeing Research and Technology, Seattle, WA, USA
David Gray - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Janez Grum - University of Ljubljana, Lubljana, Slovenia
Manton J. Guers - Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
Francesco dell’Isola - University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Shant Kendarian - Aerospace Corporation, Pasadena, CA, USA
Anish Kumar - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Tamil Nadu , India
Simon Laflamme - Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Francesco Lanza di Scalea - University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Cara Campbell Leckey - NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Xin Li - GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA
Eric Lindgren - AFRL: Nondestructive Evaluation Branch, WPAFB, OH, USA
Cliff J. Lissenden - Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
Didem Ozevin - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Jacques Riviere - Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
Igor Yu. Solodov - Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Jiming Song - Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Bernhard R. Tittmann - The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
Joseph A. Turner - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Research in Nondestructive Evaluation® is indexed and abstracted in: CSA: Engineered Materials Abstracts; CSA: Metals Abstracts; Elsevier Engineering Information: COMPENDEX; ISI: Current Contents/Engineering; Computing; & Technology; ISI: Materials Science Citation Index; ISI: Science Citation Index; ISI: Science Citation Index Expanded; and Physics Abstracts.
Open access
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