Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
2.3
SJR
0.755
CiteScore
2.3
Categories
Political Science and International Relations
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1946-1948, 1971, 1973-1975, 1979, 1996, 1998-2025
journal names
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
B ATOM SCI
Publications
9 723
Citations
13 494
h-index
40
Publications
360
Citations
5 177
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Chicago
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Stanford University
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Princeton University
Princeton University (1 publication)
University of Arizona
University of Arizona (1 publication)
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota (1 publication)
Top-3 countries
USA (1757 publications)
Italy (223 publications)
United Kingdom (117 publications)
USA (3 publications)

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466 citations, 3.45%
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Taylor & Francis
2147 citations, 15.91%
Elsevier
1826 citations, 13.53%
Springer Nature
1418 citations, 10.51%
Wiley
795 citations, 5.89%
SAGE
725 citations, 5.37%
Cambridge University Press
620 citations, 4.59%
Oxford University Press
520 citations, 3.85%
MDPI
349 citations, 2.59%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
156 citations, 1.16%
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151 citations, 1.12%
MIT Press
131 citations, 0.97%
Emerald
113 citations, 0.84%
Duke University Press
107 citations, 0.79%
Frontiers Media S.A.
99 citations, 0.73%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
92 citations, 0.68%
IOP Publishing
90 citations, 0.67%
American Psychological Association (APA)
71 citations, 0.53%
IGI Global
71 citations, 0.53%
AIP Publishing
64 citations, 0.47%
Walter de Gruyter
54 citations, 0.4%
University of Chicago Press
50 citations, 0.37%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
44 citations, 0.33%
Copernicus
37 citations, 0.27%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
33 citations, 0.24%
Annual Reviews
31 citations, 0.23%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
30 citations, 0.22%
Mary Ann Liebert
29 citations, 0.21%
American Geophysical Union
29 citations, 0.21%
University of California Press
27 citations, 0.2%
BMJ
27 citations, 0.2%
American Public Health Association
26 citations, 0.19%
CAIRN
23 citations, 0.17%
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21 citations, 0.16%
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20 citations, 0.15%
The Royal Society
20 citations, 0.15%
OpenEdition
19 citations, 0.14%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
18 citations, 0.13%
American Physical Society (APS)
17 citations, 0.13%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
16 citations, 0.12%
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14 citations, 0.1%
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SciELO
14 citations, 0.1%
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Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
6 citations, 0.04%
Edinburgh University Press
5 citations, 0.04%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
5 citations, 0.04%
Indiana University Press
5 citations, 0.04%
Institute of International Relations, Prague
5 citations, 0.04%
JSTOR
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Environmental Health Perspectives
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4 citations, 0.03%
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4 citations, 0.03%
Center for Crisis Society Studies
4 citations, 0.03%
Geological Society of London
4 citations, 0.03%
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3 citations, 0.02%
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3 citations, 0.02%
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University of Chicago
81 publications, 0.83%
Harvard University
80 publications, 0.82%
Stanford University
68 publications, 0.7%
Princeton University
68 publications, 0.7%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
59 publications, 0.61%
Cornell University
45 publications, 0.46%
Argonne National Laboratory
31 publications, 0.32%
Los Alamos National Laboratory
29 publications, 0.3%
University of Maryland, College Park
25 publications, 0.26%
Columbia University
24 publications, 0.25%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
23 publications, 0.24%
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
22 publications, 0.23%
University of California, Berkeley
22 publications, 0.23%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
16 publications, 0.16%
Johns Hopkins University
15 publications, 0.15%
University of California, Los Angeles
15 publications, 0.15%
University of Michigan
15 publications, 0.15%
King's College London
14 publications, 0.14%
Yale University
13 publications, 0.13%
Northwestern University
13 publications, 0.13%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
13 publications, 0.13%
International Atomic Energy Agency
12 publications, 0.12%
California Institute of Technology
12 publications, 0.12%
George Washington University
12 publications, 0.12%
University of California, San Diego
12 publications, 0.12%
University of Colorado Boulder
12 publications, 0.12%
University of Pittsburgh
12 publications, 0.12%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11 publications, 0.11%
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
10 publications, 0.1%
University of Illinois at Chicago
10 publications, 0.1%
University of Alberta
10 publications, 0.1%
New York University
9 publications, 0.09%
University of Pennsylvania
9 publications, 0.09%
University of Washington
8 publications, 0.08%
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung)
8 publications, 0.08%
El Colegio de México
8 publications, 0.08%
University of New Mexico
8 publications, 0.08%
Australian National University
7 publications, 0.07%
University of Cambridge
7 publications, 0.07%
University of Birmingham
7 publications, 0.07%
American University
7 publications, 0.07%
University of Notre Dame
7 publications, 0.07%
Brown University
7 publications, 0.07%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
7 publications, 0.07%
University of Georgia
7 publications, 0.07%
University at Albany, State University of New York
7 publications, 0.07%
University of Oxford
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Carnegie Mellon University
6 publications, 0.06%
Georgetown University
6 publications, 0.06%
George Mason University
6 publications, 0.06%
Miami University
6 publications, 0.06%
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of Russian Academy of Sciences
5 publications, 0.05%
Bilkent University
5 publications, 0.05%
Quaid-i-Azam University
5 publications, 0.05%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Manchester
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Southern California
5 publications, 0.05%
Michigan State University
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Sydney
5 publications, 0.05%
Washington State University
5 publications, 0.05%
University of California, Davis
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Arizona
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Texas at Austin
5 publications, 0.05%
Technical University of Darmstadt
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Minnesota
5 publications, 0.05%
Louisiana State University
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Bradford
5 publications, 0.05%
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
4 publications, 0.04%
P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences
4 publications, 0.04%
Tsinghua University
4 publications, 0.04%
Örebro University Hospital
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Copenhagen
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Southampton
4 publications, 0.04%
Brookhaven National Laboratory
4 publications, 0.04%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 0.04%
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Canterbury
4 publications, 0.04%
Arizona State University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Santa Cruz
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Tokyo
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Rochester
4 publications, 0.04%
Indiana University Bloomington
4 publications, 0.04%
Sandia National Laboratories
4 publications, 0.04%
Wesleyan University
4 publications, 0.04%
Watson Research Center
4 publications, 0.04%
Smithsonian Institution
4 publications, 0.04%
Jawaharlal Nehru University
3 publications, 0.03%
Fudan University
3 publications, 0.03%
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
3 publications, 0.03%
Imperial College London
3 publications, 0.03%
London School of Economics and Political Science
3 publications, 0.03%
Duke University
3 publications, 0.03%
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
3 publications, 0.03%
Ohio State University
3 publications, 0.03%
Tufts University
3 publications, 0.03%
DePaul University
3 publications, 0.03%
Nagoya University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Bristol
3 publications, 0.03%
Wayne State University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Waterloo
3 publications, 0.03%
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1 publication, 0.28%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.28%
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USA, 1757, 18.07%
USA
1757 publications, 18.07%
Italy, 223, 2.29%
Italy
223 publications, 2.29%
United Kingdom, 117, 1.2%
United Kingdom
117 publications, 1.2%
Germany, 57, 0.59%
Germany
57 publications, 0.59%
Sweden, 57, 0.59%
Sweden
57 publications, 0.59%
Canada, 51, 0.52%
Canada
51 publications, 0.52%
India, 38, 0.39%
India
38 publications, 0.39%
Switzerland, 38, 0.39%
Switzerland
38 publications, 0.39%
Mexico, 30, 0.31%
Mexico
30 publications, 0.31%
Japan, 30, 0.31%
Japan
30 publications, 0.31%
Australia, 29, 0.3%
Australia
29 publications, 0.3%
Russia, 23, 0.24%
Russia
23 publications, 0.24%
Panama, 19, 0.2%
Panama
19 publications, 0.2%
France, 17, 0.17%
France
17 publications, 0.17%
China, 15, 0.15%
China
15 publications, 0.15%
Austria, 15, 0.15%
Austria
15 publications, 0.15%
Georgia, 15, 0.15%
Georgia
15 publications, 0.15%
Israel, 15, 0.15%
Israel
15 publications, 0.15%
USSR, 15, 0.15%
USSR
15 publications, 0.15%
Pakistan, 14, 0.14%
Pakistan
14 publications, 0.14%
Norway, 12, 0.12%
Norway
12 publications, 0.12%
Argentina, 11, 0.11%
Argentina
11 publications, 0.11%
Republic of Korea, 11, 0.11%
Republic of Korea
11 publications, 0.11%
Czech Republic, 11, 0.11%
Czech Republic
11 publications, 0.11%
Netherlands, 9, 0.09%
Netherlands
9 publications, 0.09%
New Zealand, 7, 0.07%
New Zealand
7 publications, 0.07%
Turkey, 7, 0.07%
Turkey
7 publications, 0.07%
Ukraine, 6, 0.06%
Ukraine
6 publications, 0.06%
Belgium, 6, 0.06%
Belgium
6 publications, 0.06%
Denmark, 6, 0.06%
Denmark
6 publications, 0.06%
Kazakhstan, 5, 0.05%
Kazakhstan
5 publications, 0.05%
Brazil, 5, 0.05%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.05%
North Korea, 5, 0.05%
North Korea
5 publications, 0.05%
Croatia, 5, 0.05%
Croatia
5 publications, 0.05%
South Africa, 5, 0.05%
South Africa
5 publications, 0.05%
Iran, 4, 0.04%
Iran
4 publications, 0.04%
Ireland, 4, 0.04%
Ireland
4 publications, 0.04%
Philippines, 4, 0.04%
Philippines
4 publications, 0.04%
Portugal, 3, 0.03%
Portugal
3 publications, 0.03%
Finland, 3, 0.03%
Finland
3 publications, 0.03%
Bulgaria, 2, 0.02%
Bulgaria
2 publications, 0.02%
Jordan, 2, 0.02%
Jordan
2 publications, 0.02%
Costa Rica, 2, 0.02%
Costa Rica
2 publications, 0.02%
Slovenia, 2, 0.02%
Slovenia
2 publications, 0.02%
Thailand, 2, 0.02%
Thailand
2 publications, 0.02%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 2, 0.02%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2 publications, 0.02%
Belarus, 1, 0.01%
Belarus
1 publication, 0.01%
Angola, 1, 0.01%
Angola
1 publication, 0.01%
Armenia, 1, 0.01%
Armenia
1 publication, 0.01%
Vatican, 1, 0.01%
Vatican
1 publication, 0.01%
Vietnam, 1, 0.01%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.01%
Haiti, 1, 0.01%
Haiti
1 publication, 0.01%
Guatemala, 1, 0.01%
Guatemala
1 publication, 0.01%
Greece, 1, 0.01%
Greece
1 publication, 0.01%
Iraq, 1, 0.01%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.01%
Iceland, 1, 0.01%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.01%
Colombia, 1, 0.01%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.01%
Lithuania, 1, 0.01%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.01%
Malaysia, 1, 0.01%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.01%
Mozambique, 1, 0.01%
Mozambique
1 publication, 0.01%
Nigeria, 1, 0.01%
Nigeria
1 publication, 0.01%
UAE, 1, 0.01%
UAE
1 publication, 0.01%
Singapore, 1, 0.01%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.01%
Uganda, 1, 0.01%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.01%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.01%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.01%
Yugoslavia, 1, 0.01%
Yugoslavia
1 publication, 0.01%
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