Journal profile · Physics and Astronomy-Instrumentation
Microscopy
ISSN 2050-5698 · eISSN 2050-5701 · Oxford University Press · JAPAN
Microscopy: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.79; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,494; median 102 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); 58 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Microscopy is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, together about 50.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Microscopy , previously Journal of Electron Microscopy , promotes research combined with any type of microscopy techniques, applied in life and material sciences. Microscopy is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. The journal is an international forum, open to all scientists in the field, for publishing the best research in advanced microscopy and its applications. To ensure this policy, the journal has appointed eminent scientists from around the world. Microscopy publishes six issues a year, and papers cover the application of advanced microscopy in diverse fields. Articles cover theories, methods, techniques, and instrumentation, as well as their applications to life and material sciences. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 1.8 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 1.8 Microscopy (Rank by Impact Factor) 7/8 2025 Cited Half-Life 5.7 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.5 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00093 2025 Article Influence Score 0.425 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 3.9 Instrumentation (Rank by CiteScore) 72/206 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine And Imaging (Rank by CiteScore) 138/361 Structural Biology (Rank by CiteScore) 31/51 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.613 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 127,938 Peer Review and Production 2025 Median days from submission to first decision 23 days 2025 Median days from submission to final decision 56.5 days About metrics Microscopy is covered by the following major indexing services:- Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases Aluminium Industry Abstracts Biological Abstracts BIOSIS Previews CAB Abstracts Computer and Information Systems Abstracts Corrosion Abstracts CSA Engineering Materials Abstracts CSA Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts Current Contents® /Life Sciences Electronics & Communications Abstracts Journal Environmental Science and Pollution Management Global Health Horticultural Abstracts Index Medicus/ Medline Index Veterinarius INIS Atomindex Journal Citation Reports /Science Edition METADEX Plant Breeding Abstracts PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 International PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Biology Journals PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Central PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Health & Medical Complete PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Medical Library PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Pharma Collection Review of Agricultural Entomology Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology Review of Plant Pathology
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physics and Astronomy-Instrumentation
Editor-in-chief Kenji TsudaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 13%); most named United States 2, Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.4%
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesMaterials Science20.7%
- Force Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy5.2%
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
- Advanced X-ray Imaging TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy4.2%
- Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure AnalysisEngineering4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microscopy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microscopy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microscopy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINECAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, ProQuest
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
- 1.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 359OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 127,938Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,719 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 13 | 14 |
| 2025 | 58 | 37 | 116 |
| 2024 | 59 | 20 | 136 |
| 2023 | 64 | 27 | 345 |
| 2022 | 77 | 36 | 455 |
| 2021 | 58 | 20 | 642 |
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 PubMed · to
102 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 56 days – 142 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (18 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 83 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (123 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
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 56.5 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,494 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) publicationethics.org
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-5698
- Electronic ISSN
- 2050-5701
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Society of Microscopy
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 75, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Microscopy
What CAS zone is Microscopy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Microscopy is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Microscopy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Microscopy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.79; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 49.
How long does peer review take at Microscopy?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 102 days (interquartile range 56–142 days). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Microscopy based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), Mainland China (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Microscopy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Microscopy is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Microscopy open access, and what is the APC?
Microscopy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,494.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .