Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express
ISSN 2057-1976 · Institute of Physics Publishing
Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,400; median 119 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); 310 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express is published by Institute of Physics Publishing 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 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, together about 35.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy14.6%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine11.6%
- Radiation Therapy and DosimetryMedicine9.1%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering7.6%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience6%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine5.2%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine4.4%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy3.7%
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 | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 514OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 54.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 324LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,557 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 362 | 273 | 59 |
| 2025 | 310 | 109 | 388 |
| 2024 | 320 | 190 | 1,217 |
| 2023 | 192 | 166 | 1,201 |
| 2022 | 159 | 95 | 1,026 |
| 2021 | 191 | 95 | 1,547 |
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
119 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 93 days – 148 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 132 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (766 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
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 2,400 / EUR 2,030 / GBP 1,785 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- ISSN
- 2057-1976
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express
What CAS zone is Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. 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.
How long does peer review take at Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 119 days (interquartile range 93–148 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 Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express open access, and what is the APC?
Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .