A new Special Issue on Current Advances in Nuclear Fusion Technology in the journal Applied Sciences opened for submissions in November 2025. Alejandro Soba, member of the Fusion group at BSC, is serving as Guest Editor and will oversee the full publication process.
This Special Issue highlights the latest advances in overcoming scientific and engineering challenges on the path to practical fusion energy. It features research on plasma behaviour, reactor modelling, and instability control, including turbulent transport, MHD stability, and multi-physics simulations that link plasma dynamics with material response. Studies explore plasma–material interactions, heating and fuelling methods, and laser–plasma processes for inertial confinement fusion. Contributions also address fast particle physics, burning plasma self-heating, high-performance scenario control, and resilient reactor materials. Together, these innovations advance diagnostics, power exhaust technologies, and overall reactor design, marking an important step toward achieving safe and sustainable fusion energy.
About Applied Sciences
Applied Sciences offers broad visibility in the scientific community and is indexed in major databases such as Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, Inspec, and CAPlus/SciFinder. The journal has a CiteScore of 5.5, ranking it in Q1 for General Engineering, Instrumentation, and Fluid Flow & Transfer Processes, and Q2 for Computer Science Applications, Materials Science (General), and Process Chemistry & Technology. Its Impact Factor is 2.5, placing it in Q2 in Multidisciplinary Engineering and Q3 in Applied Physics.
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Submission Information
This Special Issue offers an excellent opportunity to bring together a cohesive collection of recent advances across all areas of nuclear fusion technology. Submissions are open until 31 May 2026.