Journal profile · Chemistry-Chemistry (all)
ACS Applied Bio Materials
ISSN 2576-6422 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2018
ACS Applied Bio Materials: CAS Zone 3 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.6 (journal website); transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 78 days to acceptance (141 articles, last 24 months); 889 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACS Applied Bio Materials is published by American Chemical Society and is in Zone 3 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, together about 27.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ACS Applied Bio Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing research articles covering all aspects of biomaterials biointerfaces and applications.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry-Chemistry (all)
Editor-in-chief Xing Yi LingPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering12.4%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.1%
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsMaterials Science6.8%
- Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryMaterials Science6.2%
- Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsEngineering5.5%
- RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Graphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsEngineering4.9%
- 3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchEngineering4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Biomaterials | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Biomaterials | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,129OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 849LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,977 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 645 | 161 | 304 |
| 2025 | 889 | 208 | 4,358 |
| 2024 | 697 | 163 | 8,206 |
| 2023 | 555 | 131 | 8,888 |
| 2022 | 534 | 115 | 11,230 |
| 2021 | 733 | 126 | 17,199 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
78 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 60 days – 116 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 102 days
- Sample
- 141 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,737 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Transformative journalLetPub
A subscription journal moving to full open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,500 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2018
- ISSN
- 2576-6422
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9, Issue 17 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACS Applied Bio Materials
What CAS zone is ACS Applied Bio Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACS Applied Bio Materials is in Zone 3 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Biomaterials / Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ACS Applied Bio Materials?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 8, h-index 95.
How long does peer review take at ACS Applied Bio Materials?
Based on the dates recorded on 141 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 78 days (interquartile range 60–116 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index ACS Applied Bio Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACS Applied Bio Materials is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is ACS Applied Bio Materials open access, and what is the APC?
ACS Applied Bio Materials is a transformative journal. APC about USD 4,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .