Journal profile · Chemistry, Analytical
Biomedical Chromatography
ISSN 0269-3879 · eISSN 1099-0801 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1986
Biomedical Chromatography: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.69; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,710; median 71 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 379 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biomedical Chromatography is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals and Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, together about 34.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Effective with the 2014 volume, this journal will be published in an online-only format. Biomedical Chromatography is devoted to the publication of original papers on the applications of chromatography and allied techniques in the biological and medical sciences. Research papers and review articles cover the methods and techniques relevant to the separation, identification and determination of substances in biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular biology, cell biology, clinical chemistry, pharmacology and related disciplines. These include the analysis of body fluids, cells and tissues, purification of biologically important compounds, pharmaco-kinetics and sequencing methods using HPLC, GC, HPLC-MS, TLC, paper chromatography, affinity chromatography, gel filtration, electrophoresis and related techniques. This journal, as well as reporting current research, also serves our community as a major resource for information on practical and instrumental methodology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Analytical
Editor-in-chief USA M. G.Publisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 17%); most named United States 11, Mainland China 8, Japan 7, United Kingdom 3, India 3 (47 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry15.7%
- Analytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsChemistry10.1%
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyMedicine8.4%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisMedicine5.8%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsEngineering4.4%
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and SafetyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.69LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,281OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 285LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 350Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 354,914Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,791 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 305 | 128 | 82 |
| 2025 | 379 | 114 | 676 |
| 2024 | 257 | 113 | 814 |
| 2023 | 250 | 111 | 1,184 |
| 2022 | 283 | 28 | 2,049 |
| 2021 | 264 | 15 | 2,171 |
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 Crossref · to
71 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 44 days – 108 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 100 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (717 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 89 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer review, at least 2 reviewersPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,710 / EUR 3,120 / GBP 2,480 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted6
- correspondenceCorrespondence should be a constructive comment on published work or used for putting forward new ideas and is published at the discretion of the Editors.Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Research papers require the following sections: Abstract. The abstract must be a concise (up to 200 words) summary of the whole paper, not just the con…Length not stated
- perspectivesA Perspective is a lightly referenced scholarly opinion piece about current or future directions in a field.Length not stated
- rapid communicationsRapid Communications. Experimental findings that merit very rapid publication can be submitted to the journal as Rapid Communications.Length not stated
- reviewsReviews will usually be written at the invitation of the Editors. Unsolicited reviews will be welcome but authors wishing to submit a review are requested to co…Length not stated
- short communicationsShort Communications must be complete, self-contained papers, and not preliminary reports. They should not exceed two printed pages in the journal.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Preprints
- Data availability
Data sharing encouraged; data accessibility statement required. Model summary
Biomedical Chromatography encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics: IRB approvals, ethical treatment, informed consent, COI declaration required. Model summary
The journal requires that you include in the manuscript details institutional review board approvals, ethical treatment of human and animal research participants, and gathering of informed consent, as appropriate. You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
Copyright/licensing via Wiley Author Licensing Service; CTA or OnlineOpen CC licenses. Model summary
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement If the OnlineOpen option is not select…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: journal accepts preprint-posted articles; preprints allowed. Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Biomedical Chromatography will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. Please find the Wiley preprint policy here…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0269-3879
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-0801
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 11 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biomedical Chromatography
What CAS zone is Biomedical Chromatography in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Biomedical Chromatography is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biochemical Research Methods / Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Chemistry, Analytical / Pharmacology & Pharmacy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Biomedical Chromatography?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.69; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 80.
How long does peer review take at Biomedical Chromatography?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 71 days (interquartile range 44–108 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Biomedical Chromatography?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Biomedical Chromatography based?
Of the 47 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 17%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (11), Mainland China (8) and Japan (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Biomedical Chromatography?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biomedical Chromatography is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Biomedical Chromatography open access, and what is the APC?
Biomedical Chromatography is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,710.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .