Journal profile
BMC Biomedical Engineering
ISSN 2524-4426 · BMC · United Kingdom
BMC Biomedical Engineering: fully open access; APC about USD 2,190; median 151 days to acceptance (32 articles, last 24 months); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMC Biomedical Engineering is published by BMC. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Muscle activation and electromyography studies and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics, together about 20.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BMC Biomedical Engineering is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of biomedical engineering, including fundamental, translational and clinical research. It combines tools and methods from biology and medicine with mathematics, physical sciences and engineering towards the understanding of human biology and disease and the improvement of human health. BMC Biomedical Engineering welcomes manuscripts in the following broad areas of research: Biomaterials, nanomedicine and tissue engineering - this section focuses on the development of tools, functional substitutes and clinical strategies that repair, regenerate, preserve, or develop tissue or organ function. It considers articles on the development of functional biomaterials, cell-assembled systems, biofabrication methods, nanomedical devices/implants, diagnostic systems, regenerative medicine therapies, drug-discovery/delivery methods, responsive systems, as well as 2D/3D tissue growth. Medical technologies, robotics and rehabilitation engineering - this section focuses on research and development of orthopedic, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, craniofacial, neurological, urologic and other medical technologies (including medical/surgical robotics, computer assisted technologies, medical devices, e/m-health and other medical instrumentation) that improve the prevention, diagnosis, intervention and treatment of injury or disease. It also considers technical (hardware, software) and practical aspects of rehabilitation engineering (age-related rehabilitation, blast injury rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, functional rehabilitation) from concept to clinic and papers on improving the quality of life of patients with a disability. Biosensors and bioelectronics - this section considers research on the theory, design, development and application on all aspects of biosensing and bioelectronics technologies. It will consider approaches that combine biology and medicine with sensing and circuits and systems technologies on a wide variety of subjects, including lab-on-chips, microfluidic devices, biosensor interfaces, DNA chips and bioinstrumentation. Computational and systems biology - this section considers research on all aspects of mathematical, computational, systems and synthetic biology and medicine that result in the improvement of patient health through integrative and multi-scale approaches, in the network and mechanism-based definition of injury and disease, or its
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neuroscience and Neural EngineeringNeuroscience7.9%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering6.4%
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsEngineering6.4%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience5.7%
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition SystemsComputer Science5.7%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering5.7%
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringEngineering5.7%
- Anatomy and Medical TechnologyEngineering5.7%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCASPublisher 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
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.89OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 128,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 120 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 307 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 411 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 385 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 319 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 321 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 305 |
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
151 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 87 days – 284 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (32 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 160 days
- Sample
- 32 articles with submission and acceptance dates (34 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 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 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 | EUR 1,790 / USD 2,190 / GBP 1,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,090 / EUR 1,690 / GBP 1,240 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,190 / USD 1,990 / EUR 1,590 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,290 / USD 2,190 / EUR 1,790 | — | — |
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 papers2, by deadline
- Non-animal methodsDeadline
- Multiplexed tissue imagingDeadline
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted6
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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 licensing: CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY; 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. BMC Biomedical Engineering articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribut…
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
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2524-4426
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 BMC Biomedical Engineering
How long does peer review take at BMC Biomedical Engineering?
Based on the dates recorded on 32 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 151 days (interquartile range 87–284 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 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.
Which databases index BMC Biomedical Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMC Biomedical Engineering is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BMC Biomedical Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
BMC Biomedical Engineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,190.
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: .