Journal profile · Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
ISSN 2168-2372 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.76; fully open access; APC about USD 2,160; median 157 days to acceptance (72 articles, last 24 months); 56 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 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 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces and ECG Monitoring and Analysis, together about 29.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine is an open-access product that bridges the engineering and clinical worlds, focusing on advanced engineering and technical solutions that have been tested and demonstrated in real-world clinical and healthcare contexts. A unique aspect of the journal is its ability to foster a collaboration between physicians and engineers for presenting broad and compelling real-world technological and engineering solutions that have been implemented into clinical environments in the interest of improving the quality of patient care and treatment outcomes, thereby reducing costs and improving efficiency.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
Editor-in-chief Richard ReillyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 25, Ireland 12, Italy 5, Mainland China 3, Japan 3 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringEngineering12.8%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience9.5%
- ECG Monitoring and AnalysisMedicine7.3%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering5.3%
- Neuroscience and Neural EngineeringNeuroscience5.3%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine5.1%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions4.7%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine4.7%
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: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| 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: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 3.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 10.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 398OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 48LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 696 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 9 |
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | 175 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 359 |
| 2023 | 69 | 69 | 1,086 |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | 1,785 |
| 2021 | 57 | 57 | 1,438 |
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
157 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 206 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (72 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 163 days
- Sample
- 72 articles with submission and acceptance dates (74 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 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 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 | USD 2,160 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,075 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,995 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,160 | — | — |
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 accepted4, with length limits
- communicationsCommunications Short manuscripts of 5 pages maximum (4 for text and 1 for acknowledgment and references).Length not stated
- letter to the editorA Letter to the Editor is a brief report or commentary that is within the journal’s scope and of particular interest to the community, but not suitable as a sta…main text ≤ 500 words
- papersPapers These manuscripts have a length of up to 8 pages of text, including references (8 pages is recommended).Length not stated
- reviewPapersThese manuscripts have a length of up to 8 pages of text, including references (8 pages is recommended). Papers must include the sections below.Download t…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Code availability, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use IEEE JTEHM Guidelines for Generative AI Usage
AI use disclosure required Model summary
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, particularly large language models (LLMs), is fundamentally transforming how publications are written.The IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine advocates for the judicious application of these technologies to ensure that such AI systems primarily enhance researchers’ inherent capabilities to produce e…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Code Ocean available for code Model summary
For large code associated with articles, authors can utilize Code Ocean which is a cloud-based computational reproducibility platform, integrated with IEEE Xplore that enables IEEE authors to publish their executable code associated with research articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Reviewer recommendation required Model summary
You will be asked to recommend reviewers for your manuscript as part of the submission process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Supplemental material accepted Model summary
The IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine accepts supplemental material (code, data, video, etc.) with all article submissions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-anonymous peer review with minimum two independent reviewers Model summary
Each published article is reviewed by a minimum of two independent reviewers using a single-anonymous peer review, where the identities of the reviewers are not known to the authors, but the reviewers know the identities of the authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening before review Model summary
Submitted articles are screened for plagiarism before review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Conference proceedings expansion encouraged Model summary
The Editorial Board encourages authors who have published work in peer-reviewed conference proceedings to consider expanding their work and submitting a manuscript for consideration to JTEHM.
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
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2168-2372
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
What CAS zone is IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine 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 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.76; CiteScore 10.2, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 72 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 157 days (interquartile range 114–206 days); authors report an average review time of about 27 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.
Where are the editorial board members of IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine based?
Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (25), Ireland (12) and Italy (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,160.
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: .