Journal Title：Hardwarex

The goal of Hardwarex is to recognize the time and effort that researchers have invested in developing the scientific infrastructure, while providing users with enough information to replicate and verify the advances presented. Open to input from all scientific, technical, and medical disciplines and the broadest interpretation of scientific infrastructure, including hardware modifications to existing infrastructure, tools and sensors to perform measurements and other functions (e.g., wearables, air quality sensors, low-cost alternative tools, etc.), and the creation of entirely new tools for standard or novel laboratory tasks.

Authors are encouraged to submit hardware developments that address all aspects of science, not just the final measurements, such as sample preparation and handling, user safety, and quality control improvements. The journal encourages the use of distributed digital manufacturing strategies (such as 3D printing), and all designs must be submitted under an open source hardware license.

《硬件X》目標是認可研究人員在開發科學基礎設施方面所投入的時間和精力，同時為用戶提供足夠的信息來復制和驗證所呈現的進步。對所有科學、技術和醫學學科的輸入持開放態度，并對科學基礎設施進行最廣義的解釋，包括對現有基礎設施的硬件修改、執行測量和其他功能的工具和傳感器（例如可穿戴設備、空氣質量傳感器、低成本替代工具等），以及為標準或新穎的實驗室任務創造全新的工具。

作者被鼓勵提交解決科學的各個方面的硬件發展，不僅僅是最終的測量，例如樣本準備和處理、用戶安全以及質量控制的改進。期刊鼓勵使用分布式數字制造策略（例如3D打印），并且所有設計必須在開源硬件許可下提交。

Hardwarex由Elsevier出版商出版，收稿方向涵蓋Engineering - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering全領域，平均審稿速度 24 Weeks ，影響因子指數2，該期刊近期沒有被列入國際期刊預警名單，廣大學者值得一試。