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HardwareX

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1953

ISSN2468-0672eISSN2468-0672

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total88

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?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.475

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.949

Total Worksi

761

Total Citationsi

8,285

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Instruments & Instrumentation; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Civil and Structural Engineering; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Instrumentation; Mechanical Engineering; Biomedical Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications761

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~24 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoKoninklijke BibliotheekPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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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?

2468-0672 / 2468-0672

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.2k

2019

1.6k

2020

1.3k

2021

135

1.6k

2022

111

841

2023

112

399

2024

118

137

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.

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ2

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ2

InstrumentationQ2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Biomedical EngineeringQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicInstruments & InstrumentationMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringInstrumentationMechanical EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesWater Quality Monitoring TechnologiesInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationElectrowetting and Microfluidic TechnologiesUnderwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiosensors and Analytical Detection

Frequently asked questions about HardwareX

Is HardwareX a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for HardwareX: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 88/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of HardwareX?

HardwareX 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 1.65.

Is HardwareX indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

HardwareX is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.