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IEEE Micro

IEEE Computer Society · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN0272-1732eISSN1937-4143

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.031

H-Indexi

137

SNIPi

1.403

Total Worksi

5,124

Total Citationsi

96,318

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

A leader in the research of microprocessors, IEEE Micro has published the latest in technical knowledge and industry trends for designers, system integrators, and users since 1981.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyBimonthly, 1983-

StatusActive

Total Publications5,124

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IEEE Computer Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0272-1732 / 1937-4143

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

136

1.1k

2019

148

3.2k

2020

192

2.2k

2021

163

2022

171

955

2023

151

647

2024

163

130

2025

118

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Hardware and ArchitectureQ1

SoftwareQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Hardware & ArchitectureComputer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Hardware and ArchitectureSoftwareElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEmbedded Systems Design TechniquesInterconnection Networks and Systems

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Micro

Is IEEE Micro a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Micro: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEEE Micro?

IEEE Micro is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.46.

Is IEEE Micro indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Micro is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Micro?