Journal History
| 2010 | The inaugural issue was released. Micromachines was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2013 | Micromachines was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Micromachines was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier). Micromachines was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2014 | Micromachines received its first Impact Factor (1.286). |
| 2015 | Micromachines adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2016 | Micromachines published its 500th paper. |
| 2017 | Micromachines announced the first edition of the Travel Award. Micromachines received its 2016 Impact Factor (1.833). |
| 2018 | Micromachines received its 2017 Impact Factor (2.222). Micromachines was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM). Micromachines published its 1,000th paper. Micromachines announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. |
| 2019 | Micromachines received its 2018 Impact Factor (2.426). Micromachines announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. Micromachines announced the 2019 Travel Award. Micromachines announced the 2019 Best Paper Award. |
| 2020 | Micromachines received its 2019 Impact Factor (2.523). Micromachines established the following section: -Engineering and Technology. Micromachines announced the 2020 Best Paper Award. Micromachines announced the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award. Micromachines announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award. |
| 2021 | Micromachines received its 2020 Impact Factor (2.891). Micromachines established the following sections: -B1: Biosensors; -B2: Biofabrication and Tissue Engineering; -B3: Nanoparticles in Biomedicine; -B4: Point-of-Care Devices; -B5: Drug Delivery System; -D1: Semiconductor Devices; -D2: Biomaterial Devices; -D3: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. Micromachines published its 5,000th paper. The 1st International Conference on Micromachines and Applications (ICMA2021) was held on Sciforum on 15–30 April 2021. Micromachines announced the 2021 Best Paper Award. |
| 2022 | Micromachines received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.523). Micromachines announced the 2022 Best Paper Award. |
| 2023 | Micromachines received its 2022 Impact Factor (3.4). Micromachines announced the 2023 Best Paper Award. |
| 2024 | Micromachines received its 2023 Impact Factor (3.0). Micromachines announced the 2024 Best Paper Award. Micromachines established the following sections: -C1: Micro/Nanoscale Electrokinetics; -D4: Advances in Glassy Materials and Micro/Nano Devices; -A1: Optical MEMS. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2010–2016 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Miko Elwenspoek |
| 2024–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Aiqun Li |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2018–2019 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Aiqun Liu for the section on Micro-/Nano-System and Technology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Nam-Trung Nguyen for the section on Micro/Nanofluidics and Lab on a Chip |
| 2019–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Aiqun Liu for the section on A: Physics |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nam-Trung Nguyen for the section on B: Biology and Biomedicine Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Remzi Dokmeci for the section on D: Materials and Processing |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Igor Medintz for the section on C: Chemistry |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Giancarlo C. Righini for the section on D4: Advances in Glassy Materials and Micro/Nano Devices Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xiangchun Xuan for the section on C1: Micro/Nanoscale Electrokinetics |
