Journal profile · Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
Micro and Nano Systems Letters
ISSN 2213-9621 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
Micro and Nano Systems Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,990; median 62 days to acceptance (55 articles, last 24 months); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Micro and Nano Systems Letters is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 4 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, together about 28.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Micro and Nano Systems Letters is an international open access journal published by SpringerOpen. The MNSL offers express online publication of short research papers containing the latest advances in micro and nano-scaled devices and systems. It also offers a rapid route for the international dissemination of high quality research findings from both the micro and nano communities. Manuscripts should report new and significant findings that represent recent advances and practical applications of micro and nano systems engineering. The journal’s specific areas include, but are not limited to: • Micro & Nano Fabrication Technologies • Packaging Technologies • Materials and Device Characterization • Mechanical Sensors and Systems • Physical (Optical, Magneto) Devices • RF MEMS • Bio and Chemical Sensors and Systems • Medical Microsystems • Micro & Nano Fluidic Components and Systems • Micro & Nano Actuators • Energy Harvesting and Power Systems • Nano-Electro-Mechanical Devices and Systems
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
Editor-in-chief Jungchul LeePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named South Korea 49, United States 16, Japan 3, Canada 2, Mainland China 1 (75 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering12.2%
- Advanced MEMS and NEMS TechnologiesEngineering8.4%
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsEngineering7.4%
- Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsEngineering5.4%
- Microfluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesEngineering5.4%
- Analytical Chemistry and SensorsChemical Engineering4.9%
- Mechanical and Optical ResonatorsPhysics and Astronomy4.6%
- Advanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesEngineering4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 298,900Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 263 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 271 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 324 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 372 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 467 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 594 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
62 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 41 days – 112 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 86 days
- Sample
- 55 articles with submission and acceptance dates (55 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,690 / USD 1,990 / GBP 1,390 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,090 / EUR 1,790 / GBP 1,490 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,990 / USD 2,390 / GBP 1,690 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,390 / USD 199 / USD 1,990 / EUR 1,690 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- LaTeX
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- correspondencesFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Correspondences ReviewsLength not stated
- reviewsFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Correspondences ReviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where appropriate. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Micro and Nano Systems Letters articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2213-9621
- Society / sponsor
- Society of Micro and Nano Systems
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Micro and Nano Systems Letters
What CAS zone is Micro and Nano Systems Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Micro and Nano Systems Letters is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Micro and Nano Systems Letters?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 9.7, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Micro and Nano Systems Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 55 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 62 days (interquartile range 41–112 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Micro and Nano Systems Letters?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: LaTeX; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Micro and Nano Systems Letters based?
Of the 75 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (49), United States (16) and Japan (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Micro and Nano Systems Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Micro and Nano Systems Letters is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Micro and Nano Systems Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Micro and Nano Systems Letters is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .