Silicon

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 2004

ISSN1876-9918

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.522

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.07

Total Worksi

4,681

Total Citationsi

68,384

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Silicon is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to all aspects of silicon research and development across various disciplines. Silicon is the only journal devoted to the spectacular diversity of silicon covering materials chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, plus environmental science offers a platform for research from academia, industry and national research laboratories

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 434 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,681

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1876-9918

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

300

7.7k

2019

505

11k

2020

665

12k

2021

773

10k

2022

561

7.1k

2023

375

3.3k

2024

367

2025

196

142

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.

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Semiconductor materials and devicesAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit DesignNanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesSilicon Effects in AgricultureSilicon and Solar Cell TechnologiesAdvanced ceramic materials synthesisSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceAluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animalsIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Silicon

Is Silicon a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Silicon: 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 Silicon?

Silicon 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 3.94.

Is Silicon indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Silicon is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.