Journal profile · Engineering, Biomedical
Expert Review of Medical Devices
ISSN 1743-4440 · eISSN 1745-2422 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 2004
Expert Review of Medical Devices: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.81; hybrid open access; median 101 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 159 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Expert Review of Medical Devices is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, together about 22.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal serves the device research community by providing a comprehensive body of high-quality information from leading experts, all subject to rigorous peer review. The Expert Review format is specially structured to optimize the value of the information to reader. Comprehensive coverage by each author in a key area of research or clinical practice is augmented by the following sections: Expert commentary - a personal view on the most effective or promising strategies Five-year view - a clear perspective of future prospects within a realistic timescale Key issues - an executive summary cutting to the author's most critical points In addition to the Review program, each issue also features Medical Device Profiles - objective assessments of specific devices in development or clinical use to help inform clinical practice. There are also Perspectives - overviews highlighting areas of current debate and controversy, together with reports from the conference scene and invited Editorials.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Biomedical
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine8%
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine7.2%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering6.8%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine5.3%
- Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesMedicine5.2%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine5.1%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine4.8%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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
- 2.81LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,132OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 128LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,257 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 113 | 43 | 33 |
| 2025 | 159 | 56 | 420 |
| 2024 | 120 | 42 | 559 |
| 2023 | 131 | 47 | 1,173 |
| 2022 | 83 | 31 | 962 |
| 2021 | 125 | 28 | 2,677 |
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
101 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 70 days – 158 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 125 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (311 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1743-4440
- Electronic ISSN
- 1745-2422
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Expert Review of Medical Devices
What CAS zone is Expert Review of Medical Devices in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Expert Review of Medical Devices is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 Expert Review of Medical Devices?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.81; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 95.
How long does peer review take at Expert Review of Medical Devices?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 101 days (interquartile range 70–158 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; 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 Expert Review of Medical Devices?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Expert Review of Medical Devices is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Expert Review of Medical Devices open access, and what is the APC?
Expert Review of Medical Devices is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .