Journal profile · Engineering, Biomedical
COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
ISSN 1025-5842 · eISSN 1476-8259 · Informa Healthcare · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1997
COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.03; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 160 days to acceptance (108 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 311 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING is published by Informa Healthcare 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, Elasticity and Material Modeling and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, together about 24.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The primary aim of Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE) is to provide a means of communicating the advances being made in the area of computational biomechanics and biomedical engineering with the emphasis being placed on biomechanics. High quality research articles form the main body of the journal. These papers will focus on state-of-the-art computational aspects of biomechanics and simulation in both engineering and clinical scenarios. Accepted submissions will be of high scientific value in providing a significant contribution and impact on computational biomechanics. They should also expand upon novel and innovative research where the methods, analysis and conclusions are robust and of the highest standard. CMBBE also encourages rapid innovative communications of 1,500 words. These would feature novel and innovative approaches within the field of computational biomechanics providing the journal with a forum of cutting edge content which will significantly impact the area. We aim to review such submissions within a shorter time frame than full research articles. Topics covered include the computational aspects of: Mechanics of biological tissue, organ systems and biomaterials Material identification and inverse problems Human body movement, motion analysis and impact Cell mechanics, mechanotransduction, and computational mechanobiology Computer assisted surgery and simulation Biofluids and hemodynamics Modelling, design and assessment of medical devices and implants Application of imaging in biomechanics Joint and ligament mechanics Multiscale and multiphysics modelling All papers are subject to the peer review process, including rapid innovative communications. Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Biomedical
Editor-in-chief João Manuel R.Publisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 20%); most named United States 2, Mainland China 1, Switzerland 1, Portugal 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering8.9%
- Elasticity and Material ModelingEngineering8.1%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine7.6%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering5.3%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine5%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine4.5%
- Automotive and Human Injury BiomechanicsMedicine4.4%
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine4.4%
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 | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | 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 | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedCASPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, RePEc, BIOSIS®, Biological Abstracts, British Library Inside, Cabell's Directory, EBSCO Databases, Ergonomics Abstracts, New Jour, SciBase, Zetoc
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
- 2.03LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.42Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.81Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,605OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 312LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 292,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,949 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 206 | 26 | 53 |
| 2025 | 311 | 31 | 434 |
| 2024 | 235 | 27 | 795 |
| 2023 | 214 | 40 | 1,332 |
| 2022 | 193 | 30 | 1,770 |
| 2021 | 193 | 38 | 2,149 |
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
160 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 117 days – 250 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (108 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 108 articles with submission and acceptance dates (575 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- rapid innovative communicationsCMBBE also encourages rapid innovative communications of 1,500 words.Length not stated
- research articlesHigh quality research articles form the main body of the journal.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open acce…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All papers are subject to peer review, including rapid innovative communications. Model summary
All papers are subject to the peer review process, including rapid innovative communications.
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
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1025-5842
- Electronic ISSN
- 1476-8259
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 12 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
What CAS zone is COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications / Engineering, Biomedical. 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 COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.03; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING?
Based on the dates recorded on 108 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 160 days (interquartile range 117–250 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), Mainland China (1) and Switzerland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING open access, and what is the APC?
COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .