Journal profile · Engineering, Biomedical
Biomedical Engineering Online
ISSN 1475-925X · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Irregular · Founded 2002
Biomedical Engineering Online: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.59; fully open access; APC about USD 2,790; median 144 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 168 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biomedical Engineering Online is published by BioMed Central 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 Muscle activation and electromyography studies, Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, together about 19.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BioMedical Engineering OnLine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that is dedicated to publishing research in all areas of biomedical engineering. BioMedical Engineering OnLine is aimed at readers and authors throughout the world, with an interest in using tools of the physical and data sciences and techniques in engineering to understand and solve problems in the biological and medical sciences. BioMedical Engineering OnLine does not consider papers that contain only simulation data (no real patient data), that work with only publicly available data (e.g. Physionet, TCGA), studies containing health controls, and preliminary design results. Topical areas include, but are not limited to: Bioinformatics Bioinstrumentation Biomechanics Biomedical Devices & Instrumentation Biomedical Signal Processing Healthcare Information Systems Human Dynamics Neural Engineering Rehabilitation Engineering Biomaterials Biomedical Imaging & Image Processing BioMEMS and On-Chip Devices Bio-Micro/Nano Technologies Biomolecular Engineering Biosensors Cardiovascular Systems Engineering Cellular Engineering Clinical Engineering Computational Biology Drug Delivery Technologies Modeling Methodologies Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology in Biomedicine Respiratory Systems Engineering Robotics in Medicine Systems and Synthetic Biology Systems Biology Telemedicine/Smartphone Applications in Medicine Therapeutic Systems, Devices and Technologies Tissue Engineering This publication promotes the rapid and free accessibility of articles for biomedical engineering researchers everywhere, who are linked together by their various research interests and their values in promoting benefits to all of humanity.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Biomedical
Editor-in-chief Ervin Sejdic BEScPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering6.6%
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringEngineering6.4%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience6.3%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine5.6%
- ECG Monitoring and AnalysisMedicine5.6%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions5.4%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine4.7%
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsEngineering4.2%
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 | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
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 | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexMEDLINEINSPECEmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 4.59LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,623OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 163LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,593 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 123 | 123 | 56 |
| 2025 | 168 | 168 | 989 |
| 2024 | 133 | 133 | 1,460 |
| 2023 | 129 | 129 | 2,049 |
| 2022 | 92 | 92 | 1,438 |
| 2021 | 133 | 133 | 2,949 |
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
144 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 103 days – 184 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 158 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (326 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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,690 / EUR 2,290 / GBP 1,990 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted5
- book reviewFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Software Book review CommentLength not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. BioMedical Engineering OnLine articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1475-925X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biomedical Engineering Online
What CAS zone is Biomedical Engineering Online in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Biomedical Engineering Online is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Biomedical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Biomedical Engineering Online?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.59; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 123.
How long does peer review take at Biomedical Engineering Online?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 144 days (interquartile range 103–184 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Biomedical Engineering Online?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biomedical Engineering Online is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, MEDLINE, INSPEC, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Biomedical Engineering Online open access, and what is the APC?
Biomedical Engineering Online is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,790.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .