Micro takes the small end of materials science and engineering as its subject, and the word in the title is meant literally rather than as a metaphor for something innovative.《Micro》以材料科学与工程里尺寸那一端为题目，标题里的微是实指的，不是用来代指某种新意。
The scope page lists thirteen blocks. Microfabrication and micromachining open the list, followed by microdevices and their sensing applications.范围页把收稿方向列成十三块。排头的是微细加工与微机械加工，随后是微器件及其传感应用。
Materials science proper sits in the middle. Nanoparticle synthesis, thin films, coatings and composites are all inside, and the boundary with nanoscience is not policed hard.材料学本身在中间。纳米颗粒合成、薄膜、涂层与复合材料都在里面，与纳米科学之间的界线守得不严。
Microfluidics and lab-on-chip work is a standing interest. A 2026 review runs through sixteen fabrication methods for microparticles in one article.微流控与芯片实验室是常设方向。2026 年一篇综述在一篇文章里走完十六种微颗粒制备方法。
Energy devices appear as often as biomedical ones. Supercapacitor electrodes from doped lithium titanate nanoflakes and from metal sulphide composites fill recent issues.能源器件与生物医学器件出现得一样勤。掺镧钛酸锂纳米片做电极，金属硫化物复合材料做电极，近几期都有。
Green synthesis has become a genre of its own. Silver and copper oxide nanoparticles made with mushroom extracts, seaweed and plant infusions turn up in issue after issue.绿色合成已经成了一种体裁。蘑菇提取物、海藻与植物浸液做的银与氧化铜纳米颗粒，一期接一期地出现。
Antimicrobial surfaces are the largest single application. Chitosan films carrying zinc oxide are tested against multidrug-resistant strains and against biofilm formation.抗菌表面是最大的单一应用。载氧化锌的壳聚糖膜要对着多重耐药菌株试，也要对着生物膜试。
Microplastics entered the scope early. Papers on their detection in human tissue and on their role as ecological infrastructure for microbial communities both appear in volume six.微塑料很早就进了选题范围。在人体组织中检出微塑料的文章，与把它们当作微生物群落生态基质的文章，都出现在第 6 卷。
Manufacturing is treated as research. Metal additive manufacturing, electrospinning of polymer membranes and nanoimprint lithography on silicon all get full papers rather than short notes.制造本身被当作研究。金属增材制造、聚合物膜静电纺丝、硅上的纳米压印，都拿整篇文章来做，不用短讯打发。
Medical devices bring the scale down to the body. Microneedles for drug delivery, wound dressings built from clay minerals and implant coatings all sit inside the thirteen blocks.医疗器械把尺度压到身体里。给药的微针、用黏土矿物做的创面敷料、植入物涂层，都在那十三块之内。
Wearables and smart textiles have a place. A 2026 paper puts supercapacitor threads into sportswear, which is the kind of cross-over the journal invites.可穿戴与智能纺织也有一席。2026 年一篇把超级电容器纤维做进运动服，这类跨界正是这份刊想收的。
Everything is published in English on a full open access basis, and the author keeps copyright under a Creative Commons licence.全部内容以英文在完全开放获取下发表，著作权按知识共享许可留在作者手里。
The charge is 1,000 Swiss francs per accepted article. The journal is listed in the open access directory, which records the fee and the review model on the same page.每篇录用文章收一千瑞士法郎。这份刊列在开放获取期刊目录里，费用与评审模式就记在同一页上。
History
The first volume is 2021 and it held two issues and 19 papers. The journal started small on purpose.第 1 卷是 2021 年，全年两期十九篇。创办时就有意做得小。
Four issues a year began with volume 2 and have held since. Volume 2 carried 46 papers, volume 4 carried 51.一年四期从第 2 卷起，此后没变。第 2 卷装了四十六篇，第 4 卷装了五十一篇。
Growth has been steady rather than explosive. Volume 6, the current one, already holds 89 papers with the year still running.增长是稳步的，不是爆发的。正在进行的第 6 卷已经装了八十九篇，这一年还没走完。
Volume boundaries no longer line up with calendar years. Volume 2 runs across 2021 and 2022, and volume 6 across 2025 and 2026.卷界不再与日历年对齐。第 2 卷横跨 2021 与 2022 两年，第 6 卷横跨 2025 与 2026 两年。
The deposit holds 329 records. That is the whole run in five volumes plus the current one, with nothing missing at the start.存缴里共 329 条记录。五卷加当前一卷的全貌都在这里，开头没有缺件。
The journal acknowledged its reviewers in print. The 2022 list was published as its own item in volume 3, which is a practice more titles should copy.这份刊在纸面上谢过审稿人。2022 年的名单在第 3 卷里单独成篇发表，这个做法别的刊应当学。
A change of editor was announced in an editorial. The 2024 piece is titled as an opening of a new chapter and signs the incoming pair, Zhou Li and Heyi Wei.换主编是在一篇社论里宣布的。2024 年那篇题为开启新篇章，署的是接手的一对主编 Zhou Li 与 Heyi Wei。
Scopus accepted the journal in July 2024 and the emerging sources list followed in August of the same year. Both arrived within a month of each other, three years after the first issue.Scopus 在 2024 年 7 月收录，新兴来源名单在同一年 8 月跟上。两项相隔不到一个月，距创刊三年。
The 2025 impact factor is 2.4, up from 1.9 in 2024. The journal has had only two impact factors in its life, so the trend line is one step long.2025 年影响因子 2.4，比 2024 年的 1.9 高。这份刊一生只有过两个影响因子，所谓趋势线只有一步。
The five-year figure of 2.6 is above the two-year figure. The early papers still pull the average up, which is what a young journal wants to see.五年影响因子 2.6 高于两年值。早年的论文还在把均值往上拉，这是年轻刊物愿意看到的。
Total citations are 523 with a cited half-life of 2.5 years. The immediacy index of 1.0 means the average paper is cited about once in the year it appears.总被引 523 次，引用半衰期 2.5 年。即年指标是 1.0，意思是平均每篇论文在发表当年就被引一次上下。
The journal citation indicator is 0.28 and the percentile is 31. In materials science, multidisciplinary, the title stands at 326 of 472.期刊引文指标 0.28，百分位 31。在材料科学综合门类里，这份刊排 472 种中的第 326 位。
The citable count of 61 against 47 articles in the year carries the same signature as a review-heavy journal. Reviews are counted in the denominator and cited more often.那一年可引文献 61 篇、论文 47 篇，这个差额与综述偏多的刊物是同一个特征。综述进分母，也被引得更勤。
PubMed takes selected citations only. The National Library of Medicine records the imprint as Basel from the first volume, and the title is filed with the place qualifier attached.PubMed 只做选择性收录。国家医学图书馆从第 1 卷起就把出版地记作巴塞尔，刊名入库时还带着地名限定。
The single electronic identifier is 2673-8023. There is no print edition and no second number to reconcile, which keeps the citation record simple.电子刊号只有一个，2673-8023。没有纸版，也就没有第二个号要对，引用记录因此干净。
Editors
Zhou Li is editor-in-chief. He works at the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, and his name comes first on the 2024 editorial that opened the new chapter.主编是 Zhou Li。他在中国科学院化学研究所工作，2024 年那篇开启新篇章的社论里，他的名字排在前面。
Eiichi Tamiya held the post before him. The Osaka researcher ran the journal through its first three volumes, when the scope was being filled in block by block.在他之前坐这位子的是 Eiichi Tamiya。这位大阪的研究者带着刊物走过前三个卷次，那时选题范围还在一块一块地填。
The handover was published rather than announced elsewhere. An incoming editor who writes about the change in the journal is telling readers the journal is theirs to account for.交接是发表出来的，不是拿到别处宣布的。接手的主编在刊物上谈这次变化，等于告诉读者这本刊要向他们交代。
The editorial board is organised by the same thirteen blocks as the scope. Each block carries its own editorial team rather than reporting to a single subject editor.编委会按与选题范围相同的十三块来组织。每一块有自己的编辑团队，不由一位学科编辑统一管。
Guest editors handle the topical collections. Vittorio Ferrari and Elisabetta Comini have worked on sensor collections, and Marco Baù and Dario Zappa have joined them on later ones.专题合集由客座编辑负责。Vittorio Ferrari 与 Elisabetta Comini 做过传感器主题的合集，Marco Baù 与 Dario Zappa 在后面的合集里加入过。
An outside guest editor also ran a collection on a materials theme, with Ajit Roy credited on it. The practice keeps the collections from looking like the board talking to itself.另有一位外部客座编辑主持过一个材料方向的合集，署名是 Ajit Roy。这个做法让合集不至于像编委会自己跟自己说话。
A youth editorial board was formed in 2025 with its first cohort. The members review, propose collections and take the early-career readership seriously, which is a constituency the journal needs.2025 年组建了青年编委会，第一批成员已经到位。他们审稿，提议合集，认真对待青年读者，而这正是刊物需要的一批人。
Review is single anonymous. The referee sees the author's name and the author does not see the referee's, and the instructions page carries the editoral procedure as a numbered sequence.评审是单匿名的。审稿人看得见作者名字，作者看不见审稿人，投稿说明页把编辑流程一条一条编了号。
The office publishes its turnaround. The median time to a first decision is 22.4 days, and the median from acceptance to publication is 3.8 days.编辑部公布自己的周转时间。到第一次决定的中位时间是 22.4 天，从录用到上线是 3.8 天。
That speed is a policy rather than an accident. A journal that reports its medians invites authors to hold it to them, which is the point.这个速度是政策，不是碰巧。公布中位数的刊物是在请作者拿这个数来要求它，这正是用意。
The editorial office sits in Basel with the publisher. Enquiries, proposals for collections and appeals all go to the same address rather than to individual editors.编辑部与出版方一起在巴塞尔。咨询、合集提案与申诉都送到同一个地址，不投给某位编辑个人。
A board of this size for 47 articles a year is a bet on the thirteen-block structure. Every block needs a specialist at its head, and the journal would rather staff all of them than concentrate the work.一年四十七篇文章配这样一套编委，是押在那十三块结构上的赌注。每块都要一位专家压阵，刊物宁可把它配满，也不愿把活集中起来。