IEEE Micro

Aims & Scope

IEEE Micro addresses users and designers of microprocessors and microprocessor systems, including managers, engineers, consultants, educators, and students involved with computers and peripherals, components and subassemblies, communications, instrumentation and control equipment, and guidance systems.

Contributions should relate to the design, performance, or application of microprocessors and microcomputers.

Tutorials, review papers, and discussions are also welcome.

Sample topic areas include architecture, communications, data acquisition, control, hardware and software design/implementation, algorithms (including program listings), digital signal processing, microprocessor support hardware, operating systems, computer aided design, languages, application software, and development systems.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.945

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	106

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science and Engineering, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Loihi: A Neuromorphic Manycore Processor with On-Chip Learning

  Citation: 2856

  Authors: Mike, Narayan, Tsung-Han, Gautham, Yongqiang, Sri Harsha, Georgios, Prasad, Nabil, Shweta, Yuyun, Chit-Kwan, Andrew, Ruokun, Deepak, Steven, Arnab, Jonathan, Guruguhanathan, Yi-Hsin, Andreas, Yoonseok, Hong

• Myrinet: a gigabit-per-second local area network

  Citation: 1204

  Authors: N.J., D., R.E., A.E., C.L., J.N.

• Designing Reliable Systems from Unreliable Components: The Challenges of Transistor Variability and Degradation

  Citation: 987

  Authors: S.

• NVIDIA Tesla: A Unified Graphics and Computing Architecture

  Citation: 983

  Authors: Erik, John, Stuart, John

• Energy scavenging with shoe-mounted piezoelectrics

  Citation: 842

  Authors: N.S., J.A.

• Design challenges of technology scaling

  Citation: 785

  Authors: S.

• Mica: a wireless platform for deeply embedded networks

  Citation: 738

  Authors: J.L., D.E.

• Niagara: A 32-Way Multithreaded Sparc Processor

  Citation: 699

  Authors: P., K., K.

• The GPU Computing Era

  Citation: 695

  Authors: John, William J

• The Raw microprocessor: a computational fabric for software circuits and general-purpose programs

  Citation: 659

  Authors: M.B., J., J., D., F., B., H., P., W., A., A., M., N., V., M., S., A.

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