PSA call for journal papers

PSA 2025 has partnered with the ANS journal Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) to publish a special issue of papers derived from the conference. Additionally, should you choose not to pursue journal publication, we invite you to consider submitting to the ANS online platform Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research (NSTOR). See below or click here for more information on NSTOR.

If interested, please contact the guest editors listed below or submit directly via the links below.

**Submission window: open now with a final deadline of September 30, 2025

Details:

• Your submitted paper should be derived from your conference paper but must be updated to include final results and a full description of the methods/technology.
• For NSE, your paper will go through the standard journal peer review process. This invitation is not a guarantee of acceptance or publication. For NSTOR, your article will be screened and then published online ahead of peer review.
• Please be mindful of the article type when submitting your paper. See the descriptions online: NSE | NSTOR
• Standard publication in NSE is free of charge, while open access publication is available for a fee ($2,990 per paper). NSTOR is fully open access and has publication charges dependent upon article type; although, these fees are 50% discounted if submitting before December 31, 2025.
• There is no restriction on length. Please follow submission guidelines at the websites below: NSE | NSTOR
• For NSE, accepted papers are published online ahead of print, immediately following copyediting and typesetting—usually within 5 weeks (see metrics). The compiled special issue will follow, with print publication estimated for Q3 2026.

Submittal instructions:

Please consider the scopes of the journals when deciding where to submit.

Nuclear Science and Engineering welcomes submissions that explore basic and fundamental research in all areas related to nuclear science and engineering.
Submit to NSE – Questions? Email nse@ans.org.

Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research welcomes submissions where authors prefer, or funders require, a fully open publication venue for research articles, and/or where authors would like to submit article types not typically supported by archival journals (e.g., brief reports, method articles, data notes, posters/presentations).
Submit to NSTOR – Questions? Email nstor@ans.org

Thank you again for attending PSA 2025, and we hope you participate in this special issue opportunity!

Our very best,

Dave Grabaskas
PSA 2025 program chair; special issue guest editor

Zahra Mohaghegh
PSA 2025 publications chair; special issue guest editor

Farzad Rahnema
Editor-in-chief, Nuclear Science and Engineering