About the Journal
JICS publishes spontaneous submissions - regular papers - as well as selected papers from both Brazilian Societies annual conferences, SBCCI - Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems and SBMicro - Symposium on Microelectronics Technology and Devices. Also Special Issues on subjects defined by the Editorial Board are published. Acceptance of papers for publication is subject to a peer review procedure and it is conditional on revisions being made given comments from referees.
JICS publishes 3 issues (numbers) per year, with standard schedule being April (No. 1), August (No. 2) and December (No. 3).
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no fee (no charge) for authors or readers.
JICS submissions undergo thorough peer-review process together with clear ethical standards aiming the publication of high-quality scientific works. Whenever we become aware of ethical issues, we commit to investigate and take necessary actions to maintain the integrity of JICS and published works, ensuring safety and integrity of the involved research community.
We work to early detect potential ethics issues by automated and manual checks of submitted manuscripts and of the peer review process. We commit to a fair and objective ethics checking as well as to a fair and objective peer review process, keeping all parties informed when possible and appropriate, and providing adequate response time.
Authors submitting a manuscript for possible publication by JICS must warrant that their work is original and does not infringe the intellectual property rights or other rights of any individual or entity.
The topics of interest are (but not limited to):
- Processes & Materials
- Devices & Characterization
- Modeling & Simulation
- Analog & Digital IC Design
- System Design, MPSOC, NOC
- High-level Synthesis
- HW & SW Codesign
- EDA - Logic & Physical Synthesis
- Technology CAD
- IC Test and Verification
- Sensors & Actuators (Microsystems)