-- Database schema
| Author : Id [ INTEGER ] primary_key , Name [ TEXT ] , Affiliation [ TEXT ] | Conference : Id [ INTEGER ] primary_key , ShortName [ TEXT ] , FullName [ TEXT ] , HomePage [ TEXT ] | Journal : Id [ INTEGER ] primary_key , ShortName [ TEXT ] , FullName [ TEXT ] , HomePage [ TEXT ] | Paper : Id [ INTEGER ] primary_key , Title [ TEXT ] , Year [ INTEGER ] , ConferenceId [ INTEGER ] Paper.ConferenceId = Conference.Id , JournalId [ INTEGER ] Paper.JournalId = Journal.Id , Keyword [ TEXT ] | PaperAuthor : PaperId [ INTEGER ] PaperAuthor.PaperId = Paper.Id , AuthorId [ INTEGER ] PaperAuthor.AuthorId = Author.Id , Name [ TEXT ] , Affiliation [ TEXT ] |
-- -- Give the number of papers that were published on "IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science" in 1999.

SELECT COUNT(T2.Id) FROM Journal AS T1 INNER JOIN Paper AS T2 ON T1.Id = T2.JournalId WHERE T1.FullName = 'IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science' AND T2.Year = 1999;