IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems

Aims & Scope

Design and realization of microelectronic systems using VLSI/ULSI technologies requires close collaboration among scientists and engineers in the fields of systems architecture, logic and circuit design, chips and wafer fabrication, packaging, testing, and systems applications.

Generation of specifications, design, and verification must be performed at all abstraction levels, including the system, register-transfer, logic, circuit, transistor, and process levels.

To address this critical area through a common forum, the IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems was founded.

The editorial board, consisting of international experts, invites original papers which emphasize the novel system integration aspects of microelectronic systems, including interactions among system design and partitioning, logic and memory design, digital and analog circuit design, layout synthesis, CAD tools, chips and wafer fabrication, testing and packaging, and system level qualification.

Thus, the coverage of this Transactions focuses on VLSI/ULSI microelectronic system integration.

Topics of special interest include, but are not strictly limited to, the following: • System Specification, Design and Partitioning, • System-level Test, • Reliable VLSI/ULSI Systems, • High Performance Computing and Communication Systems, • Wafer Scale Integration and Multichip Modules (MCMs), • High-Speed Interconnects in Microelectronic Systems, • VLSI/ULSI Neural Networks and Their Applications, • Adaptive Computing Systems with FPGA components, • Mixed Analog/Digital Systems, • Cost, Performance Tradeoffs of VLSI/ULSI Systems, • Adaptive Computing Using Reconfigurable Components (FPGAs)

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	2.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7483

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2291

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.744

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	122

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• 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.

• A survey of design techniques for system-level dynamic power management

  Citation: 861

  Authors: L., A., G.

• HotSpot: a compact thermal modeling methodology for early-stage VLSI design

  Citation: 840

  Authors: S., S., K., K., M.R.

• Bus-invert coding for low-power I/O

  Citation: 704

  Authors: M.R., W.P.

• Extracting secret keys from integrated circuits

  Citation: 682

  Authors: J.W., B., G.E., M., S.

• Power analysis of embedded software: a first step towards software power minimization

  Citation: 665

  Authors: V., S., A.

• Vibration-to-electric energy conversion

  Citation: 654

  Authors: S., J.O., R., A., J.H.

• Memristor-Based Material Implication (IMPLY) Logic: Design Principles and Methodologies

  Citation: 537

  Authors: Shahar, Guy, Nimrod, Eby G., Avinoam, Uri C.

• Multilevel hypergraph partitioning: applications in VLSI domain

  Citation: 499

  Authors: G., R., V., S.

• A survey of power estimation techniques in VLSI circuits

  Citation: 446

  Authors: F.N.

• High-throughput LDPC decoders

  Citation: 429

  Authors: M.M., N.R.

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