Journal profile · Engineering, Biomedical
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
ISSN 1523-9829 · eISSN 1545-4274 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1999
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 11.41; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, together about 28.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering covers the significant developments in the broad field of biomedical engineering, including biomechanics, biomaterials, computational genomics and proteomics, tissue engineering, biomonitoring, health care engineering, drug delivery bioelectrical engineering, biochemical engineering, and biomedical imaging topics. 
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Biomedical
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- 3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchEngineering12.5%
- Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.5%
- Microfluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesEngineering6.3%
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineMedicine5.4%
- Neuroscience and Neural EngineeringNeuroscience5.2%
- RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 11.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 11.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 18.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 120LetPub ·
- h-index
- 176OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 473OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 15.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 550 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 21 | 45 |
| 2025 | 21 | 20 | 245 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 722 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 663 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 824 |
| 2021 | 24 | 23 | 1,781 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1523-9829
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-4274
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Engineering, Biomedical; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 11.41; CiteScore 18.8, h-index 176.
Which databases index Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .