Journal profile
Biological Imaging
ISSN 2633-903X · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom
Biological Imaging: fully open access; APC about USD 3,450; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says it has ceased publication.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: Biological Imaging ceased publication at the end of 2024, and new submissions to the journal are no longer being accepted. All published materials will remain available through the Cambridge University Press platform in perpetuity. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biological Imaging is published by Cambridge University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, together about 46.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Biological Imaging provides a single open access forum for important bioimaging research. The journal publishes original reports, reviews and other article types on techniques and methods that use imaging approaches (especially quantitative and computational imaging) at their core and that enable discoveries and advances in biology (from molecular to tissue scales). The scope covers, but is not limited to image acquisition and processing, data mining and analysis, mathematical modelling, microscopy and machine learning. Modalities predominantly used for macroscopic medical imaging (including computerised tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron-emission tomography (PET), ultrasonography (US)) and for which multiple publication venues exist, do not fall in the scope of the journal, unless they are associated with modalities at the microscopy level.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cell Image Analysis TechniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.6%
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.6%
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Enzyme Structure and FunctionMaterials Science5.8%
- Image and Signal Denoising MethodsComputer Science5%
- Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Science3.6%
- Advanced Image Processing TechniquesComputer Science3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 53 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 98 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 60 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,450 / GBP 2,320 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,450 / GBP 2,320 | Yes | — |
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
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2633-903X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biological Imaging
How long does peer review take at Biological Imaging?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks. 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.
Is Biological Imaging open access, and what is the APC?
Biological Imaging is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,450.
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: .