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Microprocessors and Microsystems is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 9.6), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0141-9331Verify ISSN ↗1872-9436Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$2,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 76 / 568 | 86th | Q1 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 38 / 245 | 84th | Q1 |
| Software | 79 / 503 | 84th | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 104 / 570 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1978–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 9.6.
Microprocessors and Microsystems is Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 76 of 568), Q1 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 38 of 245) and Q1 in Software (rank 79 of 503), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Microprocessors and Microsystems is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 9.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.629, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 62.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,290 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.
Microprocessors and Microsystems is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0141-9331 and its online ISSN is 1872-9436.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Microprocessors and Microsystems has an h-index of 84 and a 2-year mean of 1.59 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #241 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
Microprocessors and Microsystems published 56 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 720. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from France (14.9%), Spain (13.4%) and Italy (12.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 630 retracted papers are recorded (63 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 560 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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