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Microchimica Acta

Springer-Verlag Wien · Austria · Est. 1937

ISSN1436-5073
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / 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.

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.751
H-Indexi
132
SNIPi
0.804
Total Worksi
16,774
Total Citationsi
298,592
2yr Mean Citednessi
4.63
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
8
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

As a peer-reviewed journal for analytical sciences and technologies on the micro- and nanoscale, Microchimica Acta has established itself as a premier forum for truly novel approaches in chemical and biochemical analysis. Coverage includes methods and devices that provide expedient solutions to the most contemporary demands in this area. Examples are point-of-care technologies, wearable (bio)sensors, in-vivo-monitoring, micro/nanomotors and materials based on synthetic biology as well as biomedical imaging and targeting. Invited Review Articles provide a critical assessment of research progress in the scientific fields covered by the journal. Topical Collections present emerging topics of paramount interest and feature highly-cited articles . Volumes and Issues of Microchimica Acta provide articles on fundamentals, practical applications to real-world challenges, and new methodological approaches.

General Information

Country / RegionAustria
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1937
FrequencyTwelve No. A Year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications16,774
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer-Verlag Wien
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1436-5073
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
915
34k
2019
609
19k
2020
484
13k
2021
483
11k
2022
526
7.9k
2023
753
7.7k
2024
874
4.3k
2025
597
377
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.

Analytical ChemistryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Analytical

Scopus Categories

Analytical Chemistry

Frequently asked questions about Microchimica Acta

Is Microchimica Acta a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Microchimica Acta: 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 Microchimica Acta?

Microchimica Acta 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 4.63.

Is Microchimica Acta indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Microchimica Acta is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Microchimica Acta?

As a peer-reviewed journal for analytical sciences and technologies on the micro- and nanoscale, Microchimica Acta has established itself as a premier forum for truly novel approaches in chemical and biochemical analysis. Coverage includes methods and devices that provide expedient solutions to the most contemporary demands in this area. Examples are point-of-care technologies, wearable (bio)sensors, in-vivo-monitoring, micro/nanomotors and materials based on synthetic biology as well as biomedical imaging and targeting. Invited Review Articles provide a critical assessment of research progres

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref