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Micron

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1972

ISSN1878-4291

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.563

H-Indexi

116

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.024

Total Worksi

3,766

Total Citationsi

90,006

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microscopy; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous); Structural Biology; Cell Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

FrequencyMonthly, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,766

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-4291

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

138

2.3k

2019

107

1.1k

2020

135

2021

102

912

2022

103

760

2023

111

480

2024

125

104

2025

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.

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Structural BiologyQ3

Cell BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microscopy

Scopus Categories

Structural BiologyMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Cell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure AnalysisPlant and animal studiesNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Frequently asked questions about Micron

Is Micron a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Micron: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Micron?

Micron 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 1.85.

Is Micron indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Micron is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Micron?