Journal profile · Electrochemistry
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
ISSN 0956-5663 · eISSN 1873-4235 · Elsevier Ltd · NETHERLANDS · Monthly · Founded 1990
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS: CAS Zone 1 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 11.11; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,540; median 82 days to acceptance (116 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 77%; 1,069 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS is published by Elsevier Ltd and is in Zone 1 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Biosensors and Analytical Detection and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors, together about 46.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Biosensors & Bioelectronics has an open access companion journal Biosensors &Bioelectronics: X . To submit to Biosensors & Bioelectronics: X visit https://www.editorialmanager.com/BIOSX/default.aspx.Biosensors are defined as analytical devices incorporating a biological material, a biologically derived material or a biomimic intimately associated with or integrated within a physicochemical transducer or transducing microsystem, which may be optical, electrochemical, thermometric, piezoelectric, magnetic or micromechanical (Turner et al., 1987; Turner, 1989). Biosensors & Bioelectronics is the principal international journal devoted to research, design, development and application of biosensors and bioelectronics. It is an interdisciplinary journal serving professionals with an interest in the exploitation of biological materials and designs in novel diagnostic and electronic devices including sensors, DNA chips, electronic noses, lab-on-a-chip and μ-TAS. Biosensors usually yield a digital electronic signal which is proportional to the concentration of a specific analyte or group of analytes. While the signal may in principle be continuous, devices can be configured to yield single measurements to meet specific market requirements. Examples of Biosensors include immunosensors, enzyme-based biosensors, organism- and whole cell-based biosensors. They have been applied to a wide variety of analytical problems including uses in medicine, biomedical research, drug discovery, the environment, food, process industries, security and defence. The design and study of molecular and supramolecular structures with molecular biorecognition and biomimetic properties for use in analytical devices is also included within the scope of the journal. Here the focus is on the complementary intersection between molecular recognition, nanotechnology, molecular imprinting and supramolecular chemistry to improve the analytical performance and robustness of devices.The emerging field of Bioelectronics seeks to exploit biology in conjunction with electronics in a wider context encompassing, for example, biological fuel cells, bionics and biomaterials for information processing, information storage, electronic components and actuators. A key aspect is the interface between biological materials and micro- and nano-electronics.While endeavouring to maintain coherence in the scope of the journal, the editors will accept reviews and papers of obvious relevance to the community, which describe important new concepts, underpin understanding of the field or provide important insights into the practical application, manufacture and commercialisation of biosensors and bioelectronics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Electrochemistry
Editorial board by country: 16 in mainland China (about 21%); most named United States 17, Mainland China 16, Germany 10, United Kingdom 7, Japan 6 (78 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.8%
- Biosensors and Analytical DetectionEngineering12.1%
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsEngineering11.9%
- Electrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsChemistry6.9%
- Analytical Chemistry and SensorsChemical Engineering6.9%
- Advanced Biosensing Techniques and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.7%
- Advanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisMaterials Science3.1%
- Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsEngineering2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Biophysics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Electrochemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Biophysics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Electrochemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Biophysics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Electrochemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
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
- 11.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2020
- 10.61Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 19.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 19.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 170LetPub ·
- h-index
- 286OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15,623OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 11.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,018LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 20,800 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 801 | 136 | 908 |
| 2025 | 1,069 | 230 | 9,702 |
| 2024 | 953 | 235 | 21,046 |
| 2023 | 765 | 209 | 22,709 |
| 2022 | 944 | 253 | 39,079 |
| 2021 | 851 | 269 | 43,637 |
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
82 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 104 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 1 days (116 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 83 days
- Sample
- 116 articles with submission and acceptance dates (2,319 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 1.9 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 77%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 84 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 5,540 / EUR 5,180 / GBP 4,440 / JPY 687,130 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 5,440 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 1–7
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- editorialFull papers should describe original research work not previously published, and should be complete descriptions of full investigations comprising around 5000 w…Length not stated
- full paperFull papers should describe original research work not previously published, and should be complete descriptions of full investigations comprising around 5000 w…Length not stated
- full papersFull papers should describe original research work not previously published, and should be complete descriptions of full investigations comprising around 5000 w…Length not stated
- original researchFull papers should describe original research work not previously published, and should be complete descriptions of full investigations comprising around 5000 w…Length not stated
- reviewFull papers should describe original research work not previously published, and should be complete descriptions of full investigations comprising around 5000 w…Length not stated
- review articleFull papers should describe original research work not previously published, and should be complete descriptions of full investigations comprising around 5000 w…Length not stated
- review articlesReview Articles should present a thorough and comprehensive overview of the chosen subject and be extensively referenced and comprise around 8000-10000 words.Length not stated
- short communicationFull papers should describe original research work not previously published, and should be complete descriptions of full investigations comprising around 5000 w…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- short communicationsShort Communications should be concise but complete descriptions of original limited investigations comprising around 3000 words with up to 3 figures and/or tab…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication. In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service on SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint and early research …
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
- Elsevier Ltd
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 0956-5663
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-4235
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
What CAS zone is BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS is in Zone 1 of Chemistry, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Biophysics / Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology / Chemistry, Analytical / Electrochemistry / Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 11.11; CiteScore 19.2, h-index 286.
How long does peer review take at BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS?
Based on the dates recorded on 116 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 82 days (interquartile range 59–104 days); authors report an average review time of about 1.9 months; the community-reported acceptance is “77%”. 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 BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 1–7; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word. 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 BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS based?
Of the 78 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 16 (about 21%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (17), Mainland China (16) and Germany (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS open access, and what is the APC?
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,540.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .