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HardwareX is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2468-0672Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | 54 / 206 | 74th | Q2 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 244 / 740 | 67th | Q2 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 144 / 434 | 66th | Q2 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | 145 / 425 | 66th | Q2 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 168 / 342 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.6.
HardwareX is Q2 in Instrumentation (rank 54 of 206), Q2 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 244 of 740) and Q2 in Civil and Structural Engineering (rank 144 of 434), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
HardwareX is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 74th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.475, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 34.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$610 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
HardwareX is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 2468-0672.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
HardwareX has an h-index of 42 and a 2-year mean of 2.02 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #67 of 146 Scopus journals in Instrumentation.
HardwareX published 120 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 135. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (18.3%), Germany (8.7%) and Mexico (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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