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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment is published by Elsevier BV under ISSN 0168-9002. It holds an h-index of 228 across 55,976 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 1.51, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, Particle Detector Development and Performance, Nuclear Physics and Applications.

Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.

Publication record and impact metrics

PublisherElsevier BV
ISSN-L0168-9002
All ISSNs0168-9002, 1872-9576
Indexed works55,976
Total citations840,210
h-index228
2-year mean citedness1.51
Open accessNot fully open access
Main topicsRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies · Particle Detector Development and Performance · Nuclear Physics and Applications · Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers · Particle accelerators and beam dynamics

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A worked example from this journal

The source

Geant4—a simulation toolkit

Authors
S. Agostinelli, John E. Allison, B. R. Ko, J. Apostolakis, H. M. Araújo, P. Arce, and 94 more
Year
2003
Volume
506
Issue
3
Pages
250-303

IEEE

S. Agostinelli, J. E. Allison, B. R. Ko, J. Apostolakis, H. M. Araújo, P. Arce et al. "Geant4—a simulation toolkit," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 506, no. 3, pp. 250-303, 2003, doi: 10.1016/s0168-9002(03)01368-8.

IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment against your target publication's reference list before submitting.

APA

Agostinelli, S., Allison, J. E., Ko, B. R., Apostolakis, J., Araújo, H. M., & Arce, P., et al. (2003). Geant4—a simulation toolkit. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 506(3), 250-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9002(03)01368-8

APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.

BibTeX

@article{agostinelli2003,
  author  = {S. Agostinelli and John E. Allison and B. R. Ko and J. Apostolakis and H. M. Araújo and P. Arce},
  title   = {Geant4—a simulation toolkit},
  journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment},
  volume  = {506},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {250--303},
  year    = {2003},
  issn    = {0168-9002},
  doi     = {10.1016/s0168-9002(03)01368-8}
}

The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.

What to verify before you submit

  • The volume and page range. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment records 55,976 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
  • The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
  • Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
  • Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
  • That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.

How this journal sits in the record

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment carries an h-index of 228, which is above 4% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 840,210 citations across 55,976 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 1.51.

209 of the journals covered here are published by Elsevier BV. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.

These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.

Questions about Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

What is the ISSN of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment?

The linking ISSN is 0168-9002. The journal also carries 1872-9576, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.

Who publishes Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment?

Elsevier BV publishes it. 209 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.

Is Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment open access?

OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.

How do I cite an article from Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment in LaTeX?

Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key agostinelli2003 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.

Does Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment use page numbers or article numbers?

The example article runs from page 250 to 303, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.

How influential is Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment?

Its h-index is 228, above 4% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 840,210 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 1.51. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.

Does Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment have a Journal Impact Factor?

Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 228 and a two-year mean citedness of 1.51 across 55,976 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.

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