IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems

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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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	1999	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2000	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2001	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2002	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2003	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2004	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2005	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2006	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2007	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2008	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2009	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2010	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2011	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2012	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2013	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2014	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2015	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2016	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2017	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2018	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2019	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2020	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2021	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2022	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2023	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	1999	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2000	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2001	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2002	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2003	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2004	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2005	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2006	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2007	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2008	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2009	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2010	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2011	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	2012	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2013	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2014	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2015	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2016	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2017	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2018	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2019	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2020	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2021	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2022	Q2
Hardware and Architecture	2023	Q2
Software	1999	Q2
Software	2000	Q2
Software	2001	Q1
Software	2002	Q1
Software	2003	Q1
Software	2004	Q1
Software	2005	Q2
Software	2006	Q2
Software	2007	Q2
Software	2008	Q2
Software	2009	Q2
Software	2010	Q2
Software	2011	Q2
Software	2012	Q2
Software	2013	Q2
Software	2014	Q2
Software	2015	Q2
Software	2016	Q2
Software	2017	Q2
Software	2018	Q2
Software	2019	Q2
Software	2020	Q2
Software	2021	Q2
Software	2022	Q2
Software	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.384
2000	0.360
2001	0.968
2002	1.236
2003	0.970
2004	0.655
2005	0.687
2006	0.722
2007	0.729
2008	0.636
2009	0.586
2010	0.474
2011	0.557
2012	0.534
2013	0.528
2014	0.552
2015	0.592
2016	0.411
2017	0.447
2018	0.405
2019	0.561
2020	0.506
2021	0.834
2022	0.940
2023	0.937

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	56
2000	85
2001	97
2002	98
2003	113
2004	138
2005	141
2006	138
2007	142
2008	176
2009	176
2010	189
2011	241
2012	242
2013	238
2014	273
2015	326
2016	340
2017	349
2018	258
2019	280
2020	255
2021	196
2022	177
2023	215

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	1.203
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.548
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	2.197
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	2.194
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	2.336
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	2.448
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	2.565
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	2.545
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	2.379
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.411
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.288
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.483
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.297
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.474
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	2.551
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.728
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.669
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.670
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	2.549
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.888
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.013
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.351
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	3.687
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.661
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.203
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.484
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.914
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	2.239
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	2.196
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	2.260
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	2.387
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	2.452
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	2.350
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.190
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.221
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.209
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.390
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.318
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.438
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.506
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.750
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.532
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.628
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.532
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.946
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.170
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.314
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.840
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.487
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.953
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.190
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.993
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.989
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.810
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.872
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	2.100
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	2.197
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.964
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.989
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.893
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.020
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.293
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.177
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.286
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.442
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.477
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.347
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.459
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	2.512
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	3.038
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.056
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	3.379
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.488
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	3.206

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	8
Self Cites	2000	15
Self Cites	2001	24
Self Cites	2002	36
Self Cites	2003	37
Self Cites	2004	47
Self Cites	2005	40
Self Cites	2006	40
Self Cites	2007	49
Self Cites	2008	38
Self Cites	2009	39
Self Cites	2010	40
Self Cites	2011	72
Self Cites	2012	67
Self Cites	2013	76
Self Cites	2014	147
Self Cites	2015	163
Self Cites	2016	187
Self Cites	2017	218
Self Cites	2018	158
Self Cites	2019	190
Self Cites	2020	157
Self Cites	2021	123
Self Cites	2022	133
Self Cites	2023	116
Total Cites	1999	207
Total Cites	2000	273
Total Cites	2001	425
Total Cites	2002	533
Total Cites	2003	615
Total Cites	2004	696
Total Cites	2005	833
Total Cites	2006	961
Total Cites	2007	980
Total Cites	2008	922
Total Cites	2009	1013
Total Cites	2010	1091
Total Cites	2011	1293
Total Cites	2012	1405
Total Cites	2013	1638
Total Cites	2014	1807
Total Cites	2015	2071
Total Cites	2016	2119
Total Cites	2017	2468
Total Cites	2018	2570
Total Cites	2019	2790
Total Cites	2020	2812
Total Cites	2021	2628
Total Cites	2022	2807
Total Cites	2023	2190

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	1.157
External Cites per document	2000	1.402
External Cites per document	2001	1.806
External Cites per document	2002	2.088
External Cites per document	2003	2.064
External Cites per document	2004	2.107
External Cites per document	2005	2.272
External Cites per document	2006	2.349
External Cites per document	2007	2.233
External Cites per document	2008	2.100
External Cites per document	2009	2.136
External Cites per document	2010	2.128
External Cites per document	2011	2.257
External Cites per document	2012	2.208
External Cites per document	2013	2.324
External Cites per document	2014	2.302
External Cites per document	2015	2.534
External Cites per document	2016	2.308
External Cites per document	2017	2.396
External Cites per document	2018	2.376
External Cites per document	2019	2.746
External Cites per document	2020	2.993
External Cites per document	2021	3.159
External Cites per document	2022	3.658
External Cites per document	2023	3.303
Cites per document	1999	1.203
Cites per document	2000	1.484
Cites per document	2001	1.914
Cites per document	2002	2.239
Cites per document	2003	2.196
Cites per document	2004	2.260
Cites per document	2005	2.387
Cites per document	2006	2.452
Cites per document	2007	2.350
Cites per document	2008	2.190
Cites per document	2009	2.221
Cites per document	2010	2.209
Cites per document	2011	2.390
Cites per document	2012	2.318
Cites per document	2013	2.438
Cites per document	2014	2.506
Cites per document	2015	2.750
Cites per document	2016	2.532
Cites per document	2017	2.628
Cites per document	2018	2.532
Cites per document	2019	2.946
Cites per document	2020	3.170
Cites per document	2021	3.314
Cites per document	2022	3.840
Cites per document	2023	3.487

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	46.43
2000	38.82
2001	28.87
2002	14.29
2003	16.81
2004	17.39
2005	23.40
2006	21.74
2007	31.69
2008	64.20
2009	22.16
2010	22.22
2011	23.24
2012	24.38
2013	23.11
2014	29.67
2015	29.75
2016	28.24
2017	29.51
2018	28.68
2019	27.86
2020	22.35
2021	20.92
2022	24.29
2023	24.19

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	1
Non-citable documents	2000	1
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	3
Non-citable documents	2003	8
Non-citable documents	2004	11
Non-citable documents	2005	9
Non-citable documents	2006	5
Non-citable documents	2007	5
Non-citable documents	2008	9
Non-citable documents	2009	13
Non-citable documents	2010	13
Non-citable documents	2011	9
Non-citable documents	2012	6
Non-citable documents	2013	3
Non-citable documents	2014	3
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	5
Non-citable documents	2019	7
Non-citable documents	2020	9
Non-citable documents	2021	7
Non-citable documents	2022	7
Non-citable documents	2023	4
Citable documents	1999	171
Citable documents	2000	183
Citable documents	2001	222
Citable documents	2002	235
Citable documents	2003	272
Citable documents	2004	297
Citable documents	2005	340
Citable documents	2006	387
Citable documents	2007	412
Citable documents	2008	412
Citable documents	2009	443
Citable documents	2010	481
Citable documents	2011	532
Citable documents	2012	600
Citable documents	2013	669
Citable documents	2014	718
Citable documents	2015	752
Citable documents	2016	836
Citable documents	2017	938
Citable documents	2018	1010
Citable documents	2019	940
Citable documents	2020	878
Citable documents	2021	786
Citable documents	2022	724
Citable documents	2023	624

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	79
Uncited documents	2000	71
Uncited documents	2001	88
Uncited documents	2002	80
Uncited documents	2003	104
Uncited documents	2004	113
Uncited documents	2005	111
Uncited documents	2006	125
Uncited documents	2007	131
Uncited documents	2008	135
Uncited documents	2009	151
Uncited documents	2010	144
Uncited documents	2011	153
Uncited documents	2012	182
Uncited documents	2013	176
Uncited documents	2014	207
Uncited documents	2015	170
Uncited documents	2016	219
Uncited documents	2017	210
Uncited documents	2018	252
Uncited documents	2019	219
Uncited documents	2020	210
Uncited documents	2021	184
Uncited documents	2022	143
Uncited documents	2023	130
Cited documents	1999	93
Cited documents	2000	113
Cited documents	2001	134
Cited documents	2002	158
Cited documents	2003	176
Cited documents	2004	195
Cited documents	2005	238
Cited documents	2006	267
Cited documents	2007	286
Cited documents	2008	286
Cited documents	2009	305
Cited documents	2010	350
Cited documents	2011	388
Cited documents	2012	424
Cited documents	2013	496
Cited documents	2014	514
Cited documents	2015	583
Cited documents	2016	618
Cited documents	2017	729
Cited documents	2018	763
Cited documents	2019	728
Cited documents	2020	677
Cited documents	2021	609
Cited documents	2022	588
Cited documents	2023	498